Abstract
This study, based on primary sources, explores the role of Idaho Senator William E. Borah in getting the Senate — and government — to finally act to pass the first national 1927 Radio Act. Borah represented a long and continuing progressive tradition in the 1920s age of business. His concern about preserving freedom of speech from government brought him into conflict with many, including his own Republican President Calvin Coolidge, who wanted to keep closer federal control over radio.
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