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areas, and will themselves become linked together. Thus, city after city across the continent will be brought into network operation, until finally complete nationwide networks will become a reality." Viewing television as a forward stride in the field of communica- tions as great as aviation has proved to be in the realm of trans- portation, Mr. Trammell described the networking of television pro- grams on a nationwide basis, when this can be achieved, as "one of the major services of the 20th Century to the American people". Despite the problems and the risks which confront the broadcast- ing industry, Mr. Trammell said, the National Broadcasting Com- pany believes that television service should be brought as soon as pos- sible into every American home, and that this is. and should remain, the task of private enterprise. In conclusion, he declared: "NBC will continue its activities in the field of television with vigor and confidence, with absolute faith in the vital significance of sight- and-sound broadcasting to the American public. Television prom- ises to be the greatest medium of mass communication yet evolved with unparalleled opportunities for services of entertainment and edu- cation. It is our belief that NBC affiliates will join in these activities and share in that faith. By such cooperation, we will successfully meet the challenge and the oppor- tunities which television presents to the initiative and courage of American enterprise." Schedule Outlined Together with his statement, Mr. Trammell made public a letter from Keith S. McHugh, Vice-President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, which outlined a schedule contingent on the war and other considerations, for the installation of special coaxial cable for long-distance transmission of television signals. The schedule shows how three re- gional transmitting projects event- ually may be joined in a 6,000-to- 7,000-mile, all-American television network, as follow's: 1945-—New York-Washington 1946—New York-Boston; Wash- ington-Charlotte ; Chicago- Terre Haute-St. Louis; Los Angeles-Phoenix. 1947—Chicago-Toledo-Cleveland- Bufl'alo; part of the South- ern transcontinental route including Charlotte; Co- lumbia - Atlanta - Birming- ham - Jackson - Dallas - E 1 Paso-Tucson-Phoenix. 1948-'50—Completion of South- ern transcontinental route; Washington - Pittsburgh - Cleveland; St. Louis-Mem- phis-New Orleans-Kansas City-Omaha; Des Moines- Minneapolis; Atlanta- Jacksonville - Miami; Los Angeles-San Francisco. Buy War Bonds PROPOSED INTER-CITY CONNECTIONS OF COAXIAL CABLE FOR TELEVISION. Ejistfig A_ T 4 T CaWt & Wife Routes ^^^^^ tiistmg Coaxiat Routes "^^" Proposed Coamal Routes Map Prepared by N 6 C on Intormatjon Supplied by A. T 4 T [RADIO AGE 7]