Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1929, Page 40

CARLTON FLAUNTS RADIO COMPETITION Western Union Head Foints to 25,000v0ffices as Reply to Wireless.. BY MARTIN CODEL. - NEW YORK, April §. ;'A'n‘?'.hfl' d(‘p; recatory fling at the broadcasting - projects that are being projected to oompeu with the land line telegraph systems is the only that Newcomb Carlton, . president nu Western Union, will give to '.he lenge of radio to the wire com Although he vfixld no; ml:! ‘on the individual radio pro] are being undertaken for intercity services— namely, those of the Universal Wireless Communications Co., Inc., and the Rg- dio Corporation of "America—Mr. Carlton Gid make this flat statement to his in- terviewer: “Today there isn’t a person who is seriously considering going into the land line business by radio.” This is exactly what the Universal, recently granted 40 wave lengths by the Federal Radio Commission for a net- work linking 110 cities of the United States, and the Radio Corporation of America, soon to obtain extensions of its transoceanic channels and some continental wave lengths for a network connecting about 30 cities, have re- peatedly stated they propose to Universal, in fact, announced this week that its New York-Chicago circuit was already in experimental operation. Dubious of Future. Nevertheless, Mr. Carlton remains dubious about the future prospects of radio-telegraph ventures, at least in the domestic fleld. In international com- munications, of course, radio. has al- ready developed into a formidable com- petitor for traffic with the cables oper- ated by Western Union. “;‘We are not worrying,” Mr. Carlton id. in such ventures than any other-per- sons on earth. We have the greatest property _to be ‘affected., . But ,consider the number of cities there are in the United States that must be served. How many can the radio handle? At the very most but a few. When the time comes for radio in this field you will find us prepared.” The Western Union has something like 25.000 branch offices ti hout the United States. It covers practically every important community, and it is Mr. Carlton’s contention that the radio development cannot ,conceivably ‘be. as widespread in the immediate or perhaps even in the far future. When asked by the interviewer why Western Union has 5o assiduously remained aloof.from ra- dio, he referred to the company’s 1928 annual report, just issued. “As to domestic land line transmis- sion,” said the portion of the -report that expressed what Mr. Carlton said was his and his company’s, attitude, “we await with an open mind the dem- onstration of a comprehensive’ system by radio. An effort to displace land wires by radio is interesting from a scientific point of view, but the prob- lems are such that our faith reposes in wires. Distribution Is Key. “It will be found by, those' who com- pete for land tel that the me. | dium of connecting the thousands of villages, towns and cities is incident to the major problem of collecting and distributing the millio; d millions of messages. - If, however, in the years to come a system superior to wires is developed, it can safely be assumed that our company will be in'the forefront of such development.” The Universal company proposes that |, its system shall cover major cities in every State in the Union. The Radio Corporation of America not only pro- poses to handle traffic between. certain larger cities, but also wants a demestic radio-telegraph network to serve as a| “feeder” into its widespread interna- tional radio system. With regard to the international sit- uation, in which the acquisition of the Radio Corporation of America ship and transoceanic systems is proposed by the International Telephone & Telegraph Co., if the prohibitive section of the radio act can be circumvented, Mr. Carlton remarked that the Radio Cor- poration of America-International Tele= phone & Telegraph Co. negotiations Tepresented “a beginning where we left off,” he referred to the hat earlier negotiations looking to a ruslon of the Western Union and Radio Corporation of America failed to consummate. Mr. Carlton said he was unwilling to comment on the proposed action of Western Union's competitors. ~He added- that he would have “som to uy" about the international it is brought up, presumably in gress, where an effort will be mldz 10 secure an amelioration of the laws pro- hibiting cable and radio mergers. The proposed Intermunml Telephmz & Telegraph Co.’s acquisition- of the Radio Corporation of America would join a system of telephone, telegra; and cables covering most of North and South America and extending across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, with important internal connections in cer- tain European countries, to the world- wide radio circuits of the Radio Cor- “Certainly we are more interested } 55—Motion picture guide. 6: oo-»wmmamm - Orchestra . B. C). s”—lhrt.hln hvvm hmnnl: 7:00—"An lumor: lorl ‘»‘6‘ by .Yohn xm uu 'IOO—AHChInmm by D. Y. C. .vn.mu Yen and Oriental musi- 8 oo—cmu Service o-vnmn .nc or- ttl 1 zb-—mdlocnms N. B. C). i e nal ers, of ‘War hme-pew Good and ‘Sena- tor Daniel A, Steck of Towa. 11:00 to' 12:00—Slumber music ‘(N. B. C). R 6:: Gsn—‘nwer health elerellel lOOQ—OnChelH(NBC) !ls&—Psde;lm -morning de (N. 3 B, €. 9! oou—sonn by Milt Colzmnn (N. B, B:lsl—mrryNMBurker and his orches- 1: oo—wuaorz -Astora . Orchestra = (N. . 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Meanwhile the Nafl.h M- lantic cable traffic, he po!nted uuc been on the increase, and America, Gmt Britain and ““There are uses for radio,” he stated, again pointing to the company’s annual npam “which are unique, such as for; communications with remote ally suffer through delays due to atmo- spheric _conditions.’ (Copyrieht, 1929: by North American News- ductor, lualoflhe" INTO YOUR HOME TUNE IN ON THE 1:30a—Ohildren's, program. 'S, C. I:W to uso—hmnm& l '-—— 205.4—WISV—1,460. 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