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

Our Small-Business Family (Continued from Page 29) comprehensive system of statistical reports. Each month, reports on the dollar volume and number of purchase orders from each product department are tabulated. All our current vendors are di- vided, according to Government classification, as small or large. An IBM card index system digests this information and allows us to prepare semi- annual reports showing total dollar volume of business with each vendor and whether that vendor is small or large. This has helped us maintain a constant and equitable allocation of subcontracts between businesses of all sizes. 5— Assiitance to Small Business: —We believe that the success of a subcontracting program is de- pendent on more than a written contract. It requires a comradely relationship between the prime contractor and the vendor; it requires a willingness to swap information and technical know-how; it requires a desire to help the other fellow out in a pinch, to expedite supplies, to lend financial encouragement. The story of how RCA Victor contributes these "extras" was told in terms of a few small companies which are typical of the many. We provided capsule de- scriptions of our association with the Atkron Company, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Dielectric Products, of Jersey City, N. J.; the Independent Manufacturing Company, of Riverton, N. J.; E. R. Capewell & Sons, of Mt. Holly, N. J.; GrayhiU Company, of LaGrange, 111.; D. S. Kennedy Company, of Cohasset, Mass.; and Kusic-Haines Manufacturing Company, of Weir- ton, W. Va. In each instance, we showed how these companies had grown as a result of their association with us; in each instance, we demon- strated that close collaboration had reacted to our mutual benefit. Through this report and our subsequent meeting, Mr. Amis had an opportunity to become acquainted with our company's traditional belief: that small and large businesses are completely interdependent, that by working together they can meet the dual needs of de- fense and home consumption and thus sustain our unmatched standard of living. 1,892 Employees of RCA are Members of 25-Year Clubs (Continued froi?i Page 30) Daniel J. DeCoste, Senior Clerk at the Boston Office. Born 62 years ago, Mr. DeCoste joined the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America in the sum- mer of 1909. For many years he was responsible for the operating and servicing of communications equip- ment. The RCA International Division's roster of 2 5-year veterans consists of four women and 20 men. Of this group. Traffic Manager Howard M. Spellman has accumulated the longest service, begining in 1907 with the 'Victor Talking Machine Company. In I91.T he became first assistant in Victor's Export Department. After performing various billing and shipping duties, he was made Traffic Manager of RCA Victor in 1935 and ten years later was transferred to his present position in the International Division. Mr. Spellman is now Chairman of the Overseas Freight and Traffic Committee of the Radio and Television Manu- facturers Association. Two of the present employees of RCA Institutes have served with RCA or its predecessor companies for 25 years. Cornelius Peterson, veteran instructor of the Institutes, conducts classes in radio physics and mathematics. Mr. Peterson began his teaching career in 1924 with the Radio Institute of America, which later became RCA Institutes. During World War II, he spent two years with the Radiomarine Corporation of America. Mr. Peterson is believed to have taught the subject of radio transmitter theory for more years than any other man in the United States. A review of RCA's veteran employees and the clubs which have been established to recognize their years of faithful service can present only a small cross-section of the people who compose the RCA family. Through- out the vast army of RCA's employees are hundreds of persons who have devoted 5, 10, 15, 20 and more years within the ranks of the Corporation. These men and women are at work as clerks, technicians, secretaries, engineers, machinists, assembly line workers, account- ants, executives and in many other fields. The progress and accomplishments of RCA in the last 3.t years can be attributed in large measure to the outstanding co- operation and teamwork of these veterans. RADIO AGE 31