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

dustry and for use in the commu- nications field, including television, which will likewise exceed the wai"- time peak. A growing variety of applications for phototubes in the field of industrial control indicates a future market at least five times as great as the pre-war level." The main building of the plant accommodates nearly all of the tube production operations in addition to offices, a complete engineering lab- oratory, a cafeteria, a dispensary, and warehousing space. Other buildings include a lumi- nescent materials plant where RCA manufactures all its own cathode- ray and kinescope screen coating materials, a gas plant for the man- ufacture of hydrogen, oxygen and liquid air used in tube manufactur- ing processes, a fireproof solvent storage building, a modern power- house and a separate building for engineering development of large power tubes. On the grounds are all-weather tennis courts, a baseball diamond, and a large parking lot. Wartime Needs Were Met Foreseeing the need for expan- sion to meet wartime needs, RCA drafted a plan for plant expansion during the summer of 1941. The plan was transmitted to the Bureau of Ships one month prior to Pearl Harbor. In January, 1942, the Navy asked RCA to build and oper- ate additional facilities in this field. Building operations at Lancaster were begun in March, 1942, and the plant was ready to begin production the following December. Just nine months later, in September, 1943, the Lancaster plant had attained the production rate to which it was committed. From October, 1941, to the peak month of June, 1944, RCA expanded its production of cathode- ray tubes 29.6 times; pick-up tubes 27.1 times; power tubes, 4.4 times; and special purpose tubes, 3.7 times. During the war, the Lancaster plant was the largest single sup- plier of cathode-ray and power tubes for war critical radar, shoran, loran, radio altimeter, and airborne television ("block" and "ring") equipments used by the various armed services. Other vital war- time products included high-sensi- tivity multiplier phototubes used for jamming enemy radar and high- frequency magnetrons used in fine- detail radar mapping. New Officers Elected John T. Cahill, senior member of the New York law firm of Cahill, Gordon, Zachry & Reindel, was elected a Director of the Radio Cor- poration of America at the annual meeting of RCA stockholders. May 7, and Arthur B. Tuttle was elected Treasurer of the Corporation by the Board of Directors on May 10. Cahill's election fills the vacancy caused by the death of DeWitt Mill- hauser. Tuttle succeeds George S. DeSousa who will continue as Vice President of RCA. Mr. Cahill was born in New York City on November 17, 1903. Gradu- ated from Columbia University in 1924 and from Harvard Law School in 1927, he became associated with the firm of Cotton and Franklin. He served as Assistant Attorney Gen- eral of New York from 1931 until 1933, when he joined the firm of Wright, Gordon, Zachry & Parlin. In 1936 Mr. Cahill was named Special Assistant to the District Attorney of New York County. He served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1939 to 1941, then re- turned to private law practice. Associated with RCA for twenty- five years, Mr. Tuttle has served since December 6, 1940 as Vice President and Treasurer of RCA JOHN T. CAHILL Director of RCA ARTHUR B. TUTTLE Treasurer of RCA Communications, Inc. He joined RCA in January, 1921, later was advanced to Credit Manager, and in 1927 was elected Assistant Treas- urer. During the early part of 1931, he was Treasurer of the Radioma- rine Corporation of America and also held the position of Treasurer in RCA Communications. A native of Bay Shore. L. I., Mr Tuttle studied at Commercial High School in Brooklyn and completed .special courses at Cornell Univer- sity. He served with the New York National Guard on the Mexican Border in 1916, and was a second lieutenant in the infantry during the First World War. He saw serv- ice in Belgium and Germany. Be- fore joining RCA, he worked as an engineer with the DuPont Construc- tion Company, Flint, Mich. [24 RADIO AGE]