from the Schenectady Gazette, Sept 13, 1935 page 6.
Due to Cramped Facilities Atop Whiteface, 10,000 Will Hear His Words at Lake Placid Flying Field
LAKE PLACID, Sept. 12 (Special) - The speech by President Roosevelt dedicating the Whiteface
Memorial Highway, to be delivered from the top of Whiteface mountain at noon Saturday, will be
sent by General Electric's beam of light apparatus to the Lake Placid airport and fed into a
public address system for the benefit of the 10,000 or more who were expected here for this
event.
With the announcement today that 200 automobiles only would be allowed to accompany the President
up the mountain Saturday for this ceremony, which meant that the large majority of persons would
be disappointed, representatives of the General Electric telephoned Marvin H. McIntyre, secretary
to the President, at Hyde Park, and arranged for the President's speech to be sent over the
beam of light apparatus to the airport where there are ample accommodations for all.
Earlier in the day the President decided that his talks here would not be broadcast. He will speak
twice. The first will be at the Olympic stadium and it will be devoted to 50 years of
conservation. The second talk will be atop Whiteface mountain. Immediately after the dedicatory
ceremonies, the President will leave by special train for Saratoga, where he will spend the hour
between 5 and 6 o'clock Inspecting the new Roosevelt baths and the Spa development. Friday
night Governor Lehman will speak from atop Whiteface mountain over the beam of light to the 1,000
or more attending the open air sportsmen's dinner at the airport.
The beam of light apparatus atop the mountain will be directed by L. H. Peer,
assisted by H. D. Phillips, with Elmer Finger
operating the receiving equipment at the airport.
All are from the research laboratory of the General Electric Company at Schenectady.