"Television: the revolution," ([1944])

Page scan 000230 from "Television: the revolution,"

Record Details:

Title:
"Television: the revolution,"
Date:
[1944]
Publisher:
New York, Essential Books
Volume:
"Television: the revolution,"
Leaf #:
000230
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"MONKEY WRENCHES" 211 ship will be much more generous than any fixed scale demanded at the outset. This sliding rate of pay, with semiannual ad- justments made more-or-less automatically, seems a practicable way of forming the people of television into a working partnership. Per- haps someone will have a better suggestion. But these matters are too far-reaching in importance to be left to chance or to the inspiration of the moment. These contingencies must be planned for now. Otherwise, the early months of com- mercial television will be wracked with petty squabbles, misunderstandings, ridiculous propo- sitions and equally ridiculous counterproposals. Even the most patient sponsor may give up the whole thing as a bad job and tele may strike out the first time it comes up to the plate. Laying the groundwork for this relationship between the various participants in the new in- dustry is probably the most important single contribution which an early meeting of the Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Television can perform. Let us hope that representatives of all the interested parties can sit down together around one table—discuss the probable require- ments of the new industry—consider each other's