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

PRODUCTION WINS 3 AWARDS RCA Victor Plants In Camden and Indianapolis and Radiomarine All Get'Gooernment Honors for Outstanding War Production. ri'^HE efficiency of RCA workers JL on the war production front has again received official recogni- tion. On August 17, the Camden plant of the RCA Victor Division won a third star for its Army-Navy "E" Flag and on September 7, Radiomarine Corporation of Amer- ica added a star to its Maritime "M" Pennant. Moreover, the In- dianapolis plant of RCA Victor has been notified that it will be awarded the Army-Navy "E" Flag in the near future. Including the Indianapolis award, RCA organizations have now won five Army-Navy "E" Flags with a total of five stars, a Maritime "M" Pennant with one star, and a Vic- tory Fleet Flag. The Camden plant of RCA-Victor began the flag-winning parade in January, 1942, when it became the first RCA unit privileged to fly the Army-Navy "E" Flag. Since that time it has won three stars for its flag, each star representing six months of continued production effi- ciency. In awarding the third star on August 17, Admiral C. C. Bloch of the Navy Board for Procurement Awards said in part: The men and women of RCA Victor have achieved a signal honor by continuing their splendid production in such volume as to justify this re- newal of their award. In the first instance, it was difficult to win the Army-Navy "E", and by meriting a renewal the management and employees have indicated their solid de- termination and ability to sup- port our fighting forces by sup- plying the equipment which is necessary for ultimate victory. Workers at the Harrison plant of RCA Victor won the Army-Navy "E" Flag in September, 1942. A star was added to the Harrison flag in April, 1943, when Under-Secre- tary of War Robert P. Patterson declared that it was "the symbol of appreciation from our armed forces for your continued and determined effort and patriotism." Radiomarine Corporation of America was awarded the Army- Na\T "E" Flag in December, 1942, and a star for continued production was added in March, 1943. Radio- EMPLOYEES OF THE RCA VICTOR PLANT IN CAMDEN, N. J., RAISE THEIR NEWLY AWARDED ARMY-NAVY "E" FLAG WITH THREE STARS FOR CONTINUED EXCEl,- LENCE OF WAR PRODUCTION. marine also holds the Victory Fleet Flag and the coveted United States Maritime Commission "M" Pennant to which a star was affixed on Sep- tember 7. Both these flags were awarded in March, 1943. In pre- senting the flags. Admiral H. L. Vickery, Vice Chairman of the United States Maritime Commis- sion praised Radiomarine em- ployees for on-time delivery of vast amounts of radio equipment for the Merchant Marine despite innumer- able difficulties in procurement of materials. The fourth Army-Navy "E" Flag won by the RCA organization was awarded to RCA Laboratories in June, 1943. Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, who spoke to the re- search workers for the Navy, said: You who have been in the middle of things like I have, ap- preciate the enormous amount of technological development successfully completed before actual combat took place. You who participated in this effort made great contributions to win the war long before the war started. To you we are in- debted for our present techno- logical excellence. But not con- tent with what you accom- plished before the war, you are still contributing to the war with conspicuous success. The announcement that the RCA Victor Division plant in Indian- apolis was soon to be the fifth RCA winner of the Army-Navy "E" Flag was greeted with a spontaneous display of employee enthusiasm throughout the factory -when the letter from Undersecretary of the Navy James N. Forrestal was read over the plant-wide broadcasting system by C. N. Reif.steck, plant manager. Buy War Bonds [RADIO AGE 27]