Radio stars (Oct 1934-Sept 1935)

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RADIO STARS R ADIO in the White house . . . Dark magic, earlier occupants of the presidential mansion would have thought it. They carried the burdens of State with lonely courage, unrelieved by a bright half hour of classical music, of popular song or nonsensical mirth. No Amos 'n' Andy to divert their harassed thoughts. No Will Rogers to "kid" their pregnant conferences, their momentous decisions. No news broadcasts to tell them how the nation reacted to their programs. Imagine Lincoln, his angular, stooped shoulde: covered with a shawl, listening to radio comments cl his Gettysburg address ! But. like its present occupants, the White House d today is truly modern. Within its historic walls the nei day and the new deal dwell. All the best that this amazirj mechanistic age can produce supplements its storitl splendor. And in the rooms within its portals are eight radio, Over the air, into the most famous and historic home ii