Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

no sccoikI pii/c. We aic plaving lor kt'ops. "TIic Initcil States, uliiili means each aiul e\ erv (iiie of us. is engaged ill a figlit to the death against tlie Axis powers. Tlieie is no phiee tor Ameri- cans in Japan's eo-prosperitv sphere. There is no ])hjee lor .Americans in Hitler's New Order. For ns thev mean economic, pohtieal, rehgioiis. and per sonal shi\ery." Of particular iniportaiiee to us was Mr. Nelson s discussion of the prohlems of material shortages. "There are such shortages." he said, "and there will he more. We must face the facts. "We ha\'e now arrived at wli.il I think of as the l)alaneing period. We ha\e to go over our parts on liand to see what is lacking, what is surplus for the time being. To get balance we will cut down further on materials for ci\il- ian use, and, when we must, we will even cut materials for one war use to fill a more pressing and immediate war need. That has already happened in a few instances, and it will be made ne- cessarv again. It will mean .some lay- offs and lost time for workers who are intent on producing for \'ietor\-. "Vou won't like it. 1 will not like it either. But we'll do it when it is made necessary by the fortiuies of war. "Our material shortages are being at- tacked by increasing plant capacities, where that is feasible, by shutting down plants serving less essential civil- ian needs, by improved scheduling, by conservation, and by increasing the emphasis on the production of raw material.' Mr. Nelson paid triiiute to the six RCA Victor workers who ha\e won the highly prized certificates of indix idual production merit award b\- the WI'B for outstanding suggestions which helped speed production. He singled out Benjamin Willett of the Camden plant for special mention. Before introducing .\Ir. Nelson, Colonel Sarnoff, who is on active dut\ with the U. S. Signal Corps, delivered a powerful message to his huge visible and radio audiences. "Vou ha\e alwa\s got to remember that the stuff vou turn out toclai/. in- stead of tomorrow." said .\h'. Sarnoff. "can mean the difference between life f£r'' SO\ UiT UEHOKS, MKOl. \l kl: \s \M HI \kO \M) I, III' I . I.RinMlI. \ I' \ \ I .ICMKNKO. CHAT WITM DH. \. K. ZWORYKIN .^ND COL. nWIl) S.^RNOFF .\T WAR RALLY. and death to some Aruerie.in lio\ on a sliip. or m a plane, or on a field ol battle. "In the past most ol \'ou here tonight ha\ (> helped to put llie I'liited Stati'S onl in tidiil ol .ill other ii.itions in i.idid and electricity, ^'ou tiid that in the days ol peace, but our encMuies sav you can- not do it in lime ol war. The\' saN' that when it comes to war, we are slow anil soft and ineffieienl. I liev sav they can hi'at us because- what wf c-.m do is going to be 'too little .uid too late. "That is a lie. and nou know it, and this wonderful rally tonight jiroNcs it." Mr. Nelson was followed by Daniel W. Tracy, Assistant Secretary of Labor. Driving home the importance of a good job wi'll done, \lr, Tracy said: "The smallest screw you drive, the soldered joint xou make, the tiniest luit and lockwashei vou put on a radio re- ceiving set or transmitter mav mean the difference between lite and ticath to the crew ol a I'. S. bomber. "No sacrifice is too gicat. no eliort is too strenuous to defend and perpetuate the heritage of .Amerie.L The keynote ol the entire ralK was struck bv Robert Shannon, president ol KC.AM. .Addressing the vast audience, he pointed out that three out of every tv\enty male emplovees of the RCA oigani/ation are now in military uni- forms anti that it is our responsibilitv to those boys and their buddies in arms to get them the e([uipment tliev need to destrov the eneniv. "There has been a lot ol piihlie clamor for a 'second trout.' .\lr. Shan- non stated. "When, where and how a second front should come into being is not for civilians to say. That is the re- sponsibility ol our militarv leaders, in whom we have the utmost confidence. But we do know this; "The second front de|5ends on the home front. .Ml ol our fronts depend upon the home front. The final victory (Continued on /)«^6' 22) I RADIO AGE 7 1