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Identifier: belltelephonevol21mag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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ding officers ofthe Navy; Hon. Robert H. Hinckley,Chairman of the Civil AeronauticsAuthority; members of the AdvisoryCommission to the Council of Na-tional Defense; and Chairman Flyand other members of the FederalCommunications Commission. I car-ried a message to each from Mr. Gif-ford—that the armed services andother Government agencies couldcount on the Bell System, its peopleand its resources, to do its full partin preparing for the defense of ourcountry, or, if war came, in the win-ning of it. I asked each for sug-gestions as to how the System couldbe most useful. These purposes have dominated thethinking of Bell System people sincethat time. For many years during peace-timeall of the units of the System haddesignated appropriate administrativeofficials as principal service repre-sentatives with the regional area andshore establishments of the Army,Navy, Marine Corps, and CoastGuard, and with their headquartersorganizations in Washington. Thesepositions were reviewed immediately
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V. S. ABMY All! COUPS PHOTO by the presidents of all the AssociatedCompanies and by executives of theA. T. and T. Company. The officesthemselves were strengthened and ex-perienced executives were chosen tohead them so as best to meet theexpanding service requirements ofthe military. The Washington serv-ice representative of the companiesstrengthened his office and put it ona basis of 24-hour service. A perma-nent war office was established atA. T. & T. headquarters in New York,manned and equipped for instant com-munication and action around theclock of every day. The watchwordwas, Know what communicationservice the Army and Navy need assoon as they know it, and get it forthem instantly. iJEFORE the war began in Europe,much had been done in cooperationwith the Army, Navy, and CoastGuard that has since proved of greatvalue in the war effort. Practicalworking arrangements for telephoneservice at Army, Navy, and CoastGuard establishments in peace andwar had been adopted; plans forspec

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