Tape Network, 1950-1953 (1) (1950-1953)

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Network Report — 5 primarily of tape-recordings, secondarily of disc-recordings, NAEB publications, etc. It will make only those policy and practice decisions which by their nature cannot profitably be handled by committees, executives, and the board of directors. It will do no kind of production work which subtracts from its staff as a distri¬ bution center, nor accept new functions unless granted the staff to handle them. STATIONS« COMMITTEE. AND NETWORK HEADQUARTERS will all insist on standard, orderly procedure from each other and will uphold such procedure on their own parts. This report is not in any sense meant to be negative. On the contrary, advances in Network activity are duly noted. When we say that "your problems are not Ours, but ours are defintely yours,” we are not trying to be ungracious, but merely to emphasize that the Network has not passed out of the stations’ hands: it exists only as a function of you, the NAEB, your stations. It is your Network, not ours. Nor in speaking of Network problems do we mean to imply that we are un¬ aware of your many problems: many of you must struggle constantly for funds, for staff, to rebuff unjustified interference, to justify your very existance. Mere¬ ly recognizing the existance of problems does not solve them, of course; but the history of NAEB and the Network does provide strong grounds for the belief that we shall. Respectfully submitted, John Holt Manager, NAEB Network Material for this report was collected with the assistance of Rosaline T. Biason,