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ELECTION
One of radio’s most significant and historically important shows was the minute by minute coverage of the 1940 presidential election returns from the stage of famous 8H. The News and Special Events department was moved bodily from its accustomed quarters into the studio for the night, and on the stage where Maestro Toscanini has conducted many an NBC symphony, the four thousand guests who attended the party saw a huge tally chart, control desk, tabulators, news tickers and teletype machines. As reports of the balloting poured in they were posted by members of Guest Relations on the election chart mounted in back of the stage. The chart indicated the progress of the voting in the Presidential and secondary races in each of the 48 states from the time the polls closed until the issue had been decided. The teletype machines placed below the chart turned out a constant flow of election news gathered by all the major press services — Associated Press, United Press, and International News Service. The nerve center of the election set-up, the control desk, was placed directly in front of the teletype battery. All the copy passed through the hands of A. A. Schechter, NBC’s News Director who as general election editor was seated at the control desk surrounded by engineers, traffic men, and rewriters. Bulletins were delivered to the various
Looking down the photo montage you will find Abe Schechter in the midst of the most special of Special Events; Eddie Cantor, apparently engrossed in the latest reports; John B. Kennedy being photographed for the newsreels; H. V. Kaltenborn, George Hicks, and Baukhage sending the news out to millions of eager listeners all over the country; David Sarnoff, Cano Dunn and Niles Trammell meet in the midst of the reception; Howard (Father) Lindsay and Dorothy (Mother) Stickney came over just as soon as the curtain lowered on the final act of “Life With Father’’; and Herminio Traviesas with Ary Moll for International.