Word: broadcast
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Royal S. "Copeland, junior Senator from New York: "From Washington, I broadcast a diagnosis of the condition which caused guests of the Silk Association of America at a dinner in Manhattan to hiss me when I declared for tax reduction and soldier bonus too. Said I: 'They hissed and booed, blatted and squealed like a barnyard filled with frightened cattle, geese and swine. It is a most interesting example of mass hysteria. I never more enjoyed a clinic in mental nervous diseases. . . Children who act one-tenth as bad are punished...
...speeches were broadcast by radio. Said Dr. Sze: "Particularly at this time, China, while passing through a period of transition in her attempt to follow the example of the United States and to solve the problems of true democracy, needs all the patience, tolerance and advice of all her friends. Above all she needs advice of a constructive character." He said that in China, "everything is progressing well, thanks to American coöperation...
Magnus Johnson, great-voiced Senator and farmer from Minnesota, delivered a speech on Peace which was broadcast from Washington by the Radio Corporation of America (WRC). In part, he said: "Peace is more conducive to happiness than is war. . . . My idea about bringing about peace is: When disputes between nations arise they should take time to get together and talk things over before they rush at each other's throats...
...Deputy of Ariége was responsible for starting a hot controversy in Paris by suggesting that the debates in the Chamber of Deputies be broadcast by the Eiffel Tower Wireless Station. The issue seemed to have become confused between the relative value of ragtime concerts and parliamentary debates. Radio fans were in a quandary...
Congress having settled its petty equabbles and fallen in line like a set of good children, President Coolidge has at last been able to deliver his message. Radios and newspaper scareheads have broadcast his words from one end of the country to the other, editorials and enthusiastic tax-payers have lauded it to the skies. If there is anything left to be said, it must be by way of general comment. The country has waited so long and so expectantly for President Coolidge to break his silence that it has doubtless devoured the message whole as soon as it appeared...