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h The reductions In rates were p greed to by the company because of the position of the Commission, which the company believes Is unsound under present conditions but which the Commission con¬ sidered is within its discretion; and because the comoany felt it important to have the rate proceedings discontinued so that it could get on with the business of helping win the war. ”
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ADMIRAL HOOPER, INTERNATIONAL RADIO EXPERT, RETIRES
Although he remains in the service as a general consult¬ ant, Rear Admiral S. C. Hooper, noted radio authority, has been placed on the retired list. Several months ago. Secretary Knox ordered that all officers over the age of 58 (Admiral Hooper is 59) be given special physical examinations to assure that the men hold¬ ing top Jobs be fully capable of the strain of modern war.
In addition to being one of the Navy 1 e foremost radio experts, Admiral Hooper served temporarily as the Chief Engineer of the Federal Radio Commission. Also he was one of those responsible for the organization of the Radio Corporation of America.
As told by Messrs. Herring and Cross in their book "Tele¬ communications ", it was in 1919 when the General Electric was about to sell certain American patents to the British Marconi Company :
“Negotiations were about concluded, when officers of the General Electric Company were visited by Rear Admiral William H. G. Bullard, Director of Naval Communications , and Com. S. C, Hooper, of the Bureau of Engineering of the Navy Department. It was point¬ ed out by these two men that the Alexanderson alternator and its accessories had been demonstrated to be the best system then in existence for reliable transoceanic radio service and that if the General Electric Company should sell these devices to the Marconi interests, it would result in a British monopoly of world-wide com¬ munication for an indefinite future. The officers of the General Electric Company pointed out, however, that it was the business of this company to develop and sell electrical apparatus and that the principal customers for the alternators were the Marconi companies. Nevertheless, following these conferences with Rear Admiral Bullard and Commander Hooper, the General Electric Company ceased negotia¬ tions with the British Marconi Company and proceeded to develop plans for the establishment of a new radio company for the exploita¬ tion of these patents, controlled wholly by American interests. * *
On Oct, 17, 1919, the General Electric Company caused to be organized the Radio Corporation of America; and on Nov. 20, 1919, the new cor¬ poration entered into an agreement with the American Marconi Company whereby the latter transferred to the Radio Corooration all its tangible physical assets and, in addition, certain valuable patents. On tne same date, the Radio Corporation entered into a contract with the General Electric Company whereby in addition to securing rights
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