International Aspects of Radio

The importance of radio communication as an agency for world-wide understanding and solidarity has been amply recognized in at least two highly diverse fashions. In the less attractive aspect, the value and influence of radio broadcasting is attested by extraordinary and large-scale efforts to interfere with broadcasts crossing the boundaries of attemptedly self-contained States. In the more pleasant aspect, radio is acclaimed by men of good will as a potent means for beneficial and enlightening contacts between men of all nations and modes of thought. The following Guest Editorial analyzes the more prepossessing facts of this situation. It has been written by a Fellow, Past Vice-President, and former Director of The Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)+, who is the Director of Radio Research in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of the Government of Great Britain.