WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:04.297 Mhm. Now let's come back to san Francisco where the United Nations 00:00:04.330 --> 00:00:08.146 conference is really doing things to a man whom you should know frank. 00:00:08.179 --> 00:00:15.006 Mccall Director of news and special events for the new york office of NBC 00:00:15.039 --> 00:00:19.306 frank if you don't mind. I'd I'd like to tell you that you don't look too 00:00:19.339 --> 00:00:24.026 well this morning. Well, I don't feel too well howard well, how's it going 00:00:24.059 --> 00:00:26.907 anyway, frank. Are you happy with the whole thing or you, would you rather 00:00:26.940 --> 00:00:30.197 be back in new york? I'd very much rather be in new york right now or 00:00:30.230 --> 00:00:37.196 almost anywhere else. And my only comment on the conferences such as no 00:00:37.229 --> 00:00:42.506 comment isn't that pretty generally the case. That's the case over there. 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:47.946 We're in an operation in radio wise. It's almost unbelievable in relation 00:00:47.979 --> 00:00:51.376 to what normal broadcasting is. I think you appreciate how it having been 00:00:51.409 --> 00:00:56.207 over there and see what we're trying to do. And the problem is that 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:58.976 there's never been a conference exactly like this before, certainly not in 00:00:59.009 --> 00:01:02.307 the history of radio and we're trying to broadcast this and a lot of 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:07.167 problems. That's what I'm worried about. Uh did you set this up in new 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.137 york before you came out here or has it been done since you came here? No 00:01:10.170 --> 00:01:14.167 , I was, I came to san Francisco about four months ago from Pearl Harbor. 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:20.307 I was out with the sink back. That is the head of the Navy operation. 00:01:20.340 --> 00:01:22.917 Getting some broadcasting arrangements out there and it came back to san 00:01:22.950 --> 00:01:27.206 Francisco to try to translate those into reception and we're just about to 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:30.307 leave town to get ready to and we got word from the altar, there's going 00:01:30.340 --> 00:01:34.516 to be a big conference here being international conference. So I was told 00:01:34.549 --> 00:01:37.016 to stay around and see what I could do about it. How much time are you 00:01:37.049 --> 00:01:41.096 trying to release from the Veterans building and the Opera House? Well, as 00:01:41.129 --> 00:01:46.846 of this hour we have a big pacific war going on. We have the end of the 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:51.837 european war in progress, we have a conference on and the problem and the 00:01:51.870 --> 00:01:57.007 problem is to try to get all three of them broadcast as fairly as possible. 00:01:57.040 --> 00:01:59.786 I think you're doing very well frank in spite of you rather rumpled 00:01:59.819 --> 00:02:06.786 appear. Well this isn't like any other radio show I was ever on. I mean 00:02:06.819 --> 00:02:09.846 I've covered wars and I've covered democratic national conventions and 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:12.666 I've covered most everything there is in radio. But this is entirely 00:02:12.699 --> 00:02:18.207 different because one thing is the language element 2ndly the element of 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:22.307 of this other big news we've got. And third the fact that the State 00:02:22.340 --> 00:02:25.677 Department is doing an almost impossible job and finally getting it done 00:02:25.710 --> 00:02:32.557 of organizing this business as you know, When they met at Yalta two or 00:02:32.590 --> 00:02:35.397 three months ago all of a sudden they announced they were going to have a 00:02:35.430 --> 00:02:40.747 conference in San Francisco. This town next perhaps next to Norfolk 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:44.816 Virginia is the most crowded city in the United States. The thousands of 00:02:44.849 --> 00:02:49.566 servicemen are an everyday on leave, all our personnel, military and 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:52.807 commentators, correspondents, army men are on their way. The pacific 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:58.346 through here. It takes about four days and 15 letters to get a hotel room 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:01.827 in normal times and all of a sudden we are told that On a certain date 00:03:01.860 --> 00:03:06.457 there will be a big conference involving 44 nations, 1200 newspaper men 00:03:06.490 --> 00:03:10.297 and radio people to 3000 delegates, AIDS assistance cooks for the Chilean 00:03:10.330 --> 00:03:14.707 delegation and so forth. If you were lucky you were here, I was here first. 00:03:14.740 --> 00:03:18.707 So the problem has been to get all these people housed, get them up to 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:23.356 the veterans Opera House. The security angle is terrific there. Imagine 00:03:23.389 --> 00:03:27.297 you can appreciate the important people involved Secret Service, the army 00:03:27.330 --> 00:03:32.677 and so forth. Can fusion dying down a little bit a little bit today. I 00:03:32.710 --> 00:03:36.376 talked to the hall a while ago and they made very important decisions as 00:03:36.409 --> 00:03:42.487 you know on organization. I had breakfast with commander Stassen today, 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:48.816 the american delegate and he's rather optimistic about things. So I think 00:03:48.849 --> 00:03:53.286 sincerely so because we were just sitting around the breakfast room over 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.237 the Clift hotel and sort of shooting the breeze and he seemed reasonably 00:03:57.270 --> 00:04:01.337 happy if I was going to work. All right, they are very terrific problems. 00:04:01.370 --> 00:04:05.717 But they think they have a formula at least to discuss the mortally and 00:04:05.750 --> 00:04:10.677 get something going. Been a very colorful meeting. It is a very colorful 00:04:10.710 --> 00:04:15.497 meeting. I mean the idea of the number of nations involved and the setting 00:04:15.530 --> 00:04:20.267 of san Francisco san Francisco is a fabulous city. Is somebody coming the 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:23.437 other day. It never was a small town. It was always a big city from the 00:04:23.470 --> 00:04:28.447 time they started, somebody told me this morning, I think it was that this 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.877 is much more of a city than Los Angeles. I mean in a metropolitan Los 00:04:32.910 --> 00:04:36.106 Angeles people listening to me on this program, I don't know how far your 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:39.277 wavelength goes. They're entirely different cities. There's all the 00:04:39.310 --> 00:04:44.377 difference between the world between new york and Miami and Los Angeles 00:04:44.410 --> 00:04:49.166 and san Francisco. 1's a city that's San Francisco. The other is a, what 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.486 might be described as a great big community frank. I hope you survive it. 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.746 Well, I'm gonna do my best Howard and I hope you learn something up at 00:04:55.779 --> 00:04:59.166 the conference is there to mind if you do please let me know. Thanks. 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:02.806 Thanks. Thanks a lot Howard, 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:06.226 I want you to know ladies and gentlemen that frank. Mccall has been an 00:05:06.259 --> 00:05:09.916 invaluable aid to us in working out the details of the United Nations 00:05:09.949 --> 00:05:13.467 conference broadcast that are being released by the Valley National Bank 00:05:13.500 --> 00:05:18.556 in Arizona recording facilities, accreditation helps contact by the dozens 00:05:18.589 --> 00:05:23.166 , all our specialties with frank and he hasn't spared a single courtesy 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:27.746 and obliging our needs. We appreciate his generous cooperation. Even as we 00:05:27.779 --> 00:05:32.226 do the generous cooperation of K f. I. Earl See Anthony well known to all 00:05:32.259 --> 00:05:36.067 of you in the Los Angeles area as the packet distributor. That should make 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:39.346 shot boy you're very very happy because I could say the same for him in 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:43.866 phoenix. Mr mason is our technician tonight and we're personally grateful 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:48.127 to him in introducing our next guest. There are dozens of things I might 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:53.166 say, but nothing about him impresses me quite so much as the fact that he 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:57.656 is the husband of one of the most attractive women I have ever met. She's 00:05:57.689 --> 00:06:03.387 a lovely blonde, lovely in the most beautiful sense of the word. Ladies 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:07.726 and gentlemen, carver as well. Thank you Howard. Hello everybody. This is 00:06:07.759 --> 00:06:10.507 carve it. Well speaking 00:06:10.540 --> 00:06:14.687 well the good ship an SEO is on its way and has already weathered its 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:19.106 first storm. As I look back I should say that the most interesting day was 00:06:19.139 --> 00:06:25.397 the first plenary session when molotov Anthony Eden and dr soon spoke dr 00:06:25.430 --> 00:06:29.606 soon like so many chinese not only spoke english beautifully with a rich 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:34.327 vocabulary, but he spoke at a good deal better than many englishmen. That 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:37.916 china was to enjoy great popularity at the conference was shown by the 00:06:37.949 --> 00:06:43.296 burst of applause that greeted Dr Sue in an extremely scholarly address. 00:06:43.329 --> 00:06:47.217 The leader of the chinese delegation while he made no mention of Pearl 00:06:47.250 --> 00:06:52.067 Harbor reminded his audience that World War two started when Japan invaded 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:56.027 Manchuria, which is an indication that china will probably expect to 00:06:56.060 --> 00:06:59.697 return to her of that great region which has been such a bone of 00:06:59.730 --> 00:07:05.327 contention between Russia and Japan as the subject of the disposition of 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.267 Manchuria is likely to be a difficult problem, almost as difficult as the 00:07:09.300 --> 00:07:13.017 polish question. It was very interesting to note that the chinese 00:07:13.050 --> 00:07:16.717 statesman stated with great deliberation, that we must not hesitate to 00:07:16.750 --> 00:07:20.757 surrender a part of our sovereignty in the interests of collective 00:07:20.790 --> 00:07:25.556 security and that as for individuals, for nations great and small, there 00:07:25.589 --> 00:07:29.707 must be liberty under the law. 00:07:29.740 --> 00:07:34.536 The applause that greeted these remarks was spontaneous and hottie, but 00:07:34.569 --> 00:07:37.897 before anyone had time to discuss the matter and there was a sudden 00:07:37.930 --> 00:07:40.976 stirred among the great audience and people stood up while others shouted 00:07:41.009 --> 00:07:46.317 of them, sit down as Mr Stettinius announced the next speaker, Mr molotov 00:07:46.350 --> 00:07:52.447 , The mysterious Russian who seems to appear and disappear at will, to the 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:57.106 consternation of newspaper men and the disappointment of the crowds ran up 00:07:57.139 --> 00:08:01.846 the steps just like a schoolboy, hurrying to get out of the school Behind 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:05.536 him, beside inside his interpreter. And for the next 20 minutes Molotov 00:08:05.569 --> 00:08:09.827 spoke rapidly and emphatically in Russian, and really it was a tribute to 00:08:09.860 --> 00:08:13.937 his personality and also to the great interest of the world in him as the 00:08:13.970 --> 00:08:17.937 mouthpiece of Stalin, that everyone was absolutely quiet and attentive and 00:08:17.970 --> 00:08:22.327 very molotov conscious, in spite of the fact that only a handful of people 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:25.507 could understand a word he said. 00:08:25.540 --> 00:08:30.546 Unfortunately, it was almost as hard to understand the interpreter, and 00:08:30.579 --> 00:08:34.967 when the speech was repeated in french, a steady stream of people 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:40.256 discovered that they had a date, Mr Stettinius looked very embarrassed and 00:08:40.289 --> 00:08:44.096 was evidently much relieved when the french interpreter finished and he 00:08:44.129 --> 00:08:48.457 was able to announce the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the 00:08:48.490 --> 00:08:54.667 United Kingdom. Mr. Anthony Eden. Oh, it was the most fortunate circuses 00:08:54.700 --> 00:08:58.427 that Anthony Eden was chosen to conclude the first plenary session of the 00:08:58.460 --> 00:09:02.986 conference. But he saved the day and instead of the meeting fizzling out, 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:06.957 he brought the audience to its feet for innovation. And the meeting ended 00:09:06.990 --> 00:09:12.616 in a blaze of enthusiasm. But today one of the topics of conversation in 00:09:12.649 --> 00:09:18.207 hotel lobbies is a very unusual one. The Tower of Babel, by the way. If 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:21.687 you have not read the story, may I suggest that you do read the second 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.037 chapter of the Book of Genesis, in which there is an account of the 00:09:25.070 --> 00:09:30.407 building of a great tower whose top was going to reach even out of heaven. 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:34.236 In those ancient days, there was only one language on earth, and because 00:09:34.269 --> 00:09:37.177 people vainly devoted all their energies to trying to accomplish an 00:09:37.210 --> 00:09:40.417 impossible task. The Lord not only caused the people to speak many 00:09:40.450 --> 00:09:45.907 different languages, but he also scattered them over the face of the earth. 00:09:45.940 --> 00:09:49.736 Never before have people been brought so vividly face to face with the 00:09:49.769 --> 00:09:54.437 results of their forefathers sins as they are at this conference, as it 00:09:54.470 --> 00:09:59.217 dawns upon them at the speeches of the 46 nations will in all probability 00:09:59.250 --> 00:10:03.167 be given in just as many languages And that if the speeches are going to 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.467 be understood by everyone of the delegates, then each speech and they have 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:12.116 to be interpreted 46 times and there'll be no end of this conference. Of 00:10:12.149 --> 00:10:17.807 course this problem still remains to be solved satisfactorily. 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:22.197 You know, I heard today that 20 different cities were offered the honor of 00:10:22.230 --> 00:10:27.376 having the conference of the United Nations 19 accepted and the only one 00:10:27.409 --> 00:10:34.307 to refuse with San Francisco. But the conference came here just the same. 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:38.937 Okay, thank you very much garbage. Wells friends. One of these mornings 00:10:38.970 --> 00:10:42.266 I'm going to tell you an extra special story about car with Wells that has 00:10:42.299 --> 00:10:44.976 nothing to do with his charming wife. We'll talk about that when I get 00:10:45.009 --> 00:10:47.006 home 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:51.317 so much for our transcribed guests for this evening. I promised earlier 00:10:51.350 --> 00:10:54.996 that I would tell you why this has been one of those Sundays I shall never 00:10:55.029 --> 00:11:00.717 forget since early morning. I have been the guest of Captain and mrs 00:11:00.750 --> 00:11:06.177 Joseph Madison Greer down in the Mare Island, Navy Yard and Hospital. I 00:11:06.210 --> 00:11:10.907 have these two widely known Arizona's here in the studio with me tonight 00:11:10.940 --> 00:11:14.707 and I want to have them say just a word or two to you, Captain Greer. It's 00:11:14.740 --> 00:11:18.766 been a real pleasure to be with you and Mrs Greer today. Well, howard, 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.717 it's been a real pleasure to have had you with us. And while I'm on the 00:11:22.750 --> 00:11:26.106 air, I'd like to extend greetings to my friends in the Valley National 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:31.807 Bank. My friends in rotary and my friends and all of Arizona, 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:36.317 we know that the United Nations conference is the all important things and 00:11:36.350 --> 00:11:41.766 that's why our Howard Pyle is up in san Francisco at this time. However, 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:46.327 we also know that there are many reasons quiet as United Nations 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:51.297 conference is important and we think today that we were able to present 00:11:51.330 --> 00:11:56.917 some of these reasons to Howard Pyle. And we hope that sometime during the 00:11:56.950 --> 00:12:01.116 weeks to come, when he returns to Arizona that he will tell you something 00:12:01.149 --> 00:12:05.636 about some of these reasons that makes this conference so all important. 00:12:05.669 --> 00:12:08.976 I'll do that and you can depend on it. Dr Greer. If you don't mind my 00:12:09.009 --> 00:12:14.006 reverting to our phoenix status just for the second Mrs Greer, would you 00:12:14.039 --> 00:12:18.427 lean over here and say hello to your many friends in the state? Yes, I'm 00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:24.287 very happy to say hello to all my friends everywhere in Arizona. four 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:30.707 years is a long time to be away from home that day that we went out humor 00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:35.386 on into California. Seems a long time ago and it'll be a good thing to be. 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:38.937 Well, we love to have you home to. I'd like to recognize also that we 00:12:38.970 --> 00:12:42.657 have in the party tonight. Captain kessler of the Mare Island Navy Yard 00:12:42.690 --> 00:12:47.817 also or the hospital rather Lieutenant phillips and Lieutenant room strom 00:12:47.850 --> 00:12:52.886 both ways in the Navy. They've all been in the party today and I want you 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:57.616 to know that I have enjoyed it thoroughly. It's been a privilege to have 00:12:57.649 --> 00:13:02.807 you for here with me tonight. And I want to thank you for bringing me back 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:06.157 saturday afternoon I was introduced to the chief of NBC sound effects 00:13:06.190 --> 00:13:09.567 division here in san Francisco and you'll never guess what his name is. 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.606 Believe it or not, It's Lloyd Creek more Lloyd Creek more. That's what I 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:18.467 call a perfect name for a sound effects man. Of course many say that names 00:13:18.500 --> 00:13:21.736 don't mean anything, but I don't agree. You can't tell me that just any 00:13:21.769 --> 00:13:26.587 bank by any name would be a satisfactory to at least 140,000 arizonans as 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:30.197 the one we appreciated. The Valley National Bank. True. There are many 00:13:30.230 --> 00:13:34.317 fine financial institutions in Arizona. But there is only one valley bank 00:13:34.350 --> 00:13:39.537 with 20 friendly convenient offices in Arizona. For those who do their 00:13:39.570 --> 00:13:43.207 banking with this institution, there are special reasons for continuing 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.516 the practice just as there are special reasons for the constant stream of 00:13:46.549 --> 00:13:49.636 new patrons that are continuously moving to the Valley National or their 00:13:49.669 --> 00:13:54.366 accounts get acquainted with Arizona's largest financial institution. Ask 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.797 about its many superior services. And you'll conclude that there is 00:13:57.830 --> 00:14:02.827 something in a name when that name is the Valley National Bank as I 00:14:02.860 --> 00:14:05.807 promised you the other morning lucio Delgado. formerly manager radio 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.346 station K. Y. C. A. Prescott and now holding an important position with 00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:11.967 the Department of inter american Affairs, will join me for tomorrow 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:16.537 morning 7 45 broadcast. I understand to the polish question is beginning 00:14:16.570 --> 00:14:20.207 to be news again, so we'll talk about that too. Until then. This is Howard 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:23.396 Pyle reporting to the Valley National Bank to the people of Arizona, 00:14:23.429 --> 00:14:27.307 directly from the United Nations Conference in SAn Francisco. This is the 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:32.639 network of the Arizona broadcasting Company. Mhm. Yeah.