The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-09
VAIL IN FAVOR
| Or UNITED SERVICE
Would Pool Telephone and
Telephone Facilities
of Country
UNDER COMPETENT
OPERATING HEAD
Believes Pooling Arrangement Should
Be Done in Such a Way That Proper
ties Can be Turned Back to Private
Owners at End of Public Control

OWuPTS dL VI AUilC SuISAoA. |
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-Pooling Of
the telephone and telegraph facilities
of the country on the one hand and the
marine cable lines on the other, each
with comprehensive operating organ
ization under a single executive head, is
recommended to Postmaster General t
Burleson by Theodore \. Vail, pres
ideut of the American Telegraph &
Telephone company
| | In his letter made public Mr.. Vail |
said the pooling arrangements should
| lbc brought about without dismcmber- |
ment of the properties and IN such |
| manner that they could be turned back |
TO private owners at the expiration of |
| the period Of Government control.
| ..What should 10 done to create on
dead system said Mr.. Vail, "canuot
| 10 done because Of existing laws. nor
| 81 ulI complete consolidation be iusti
Gcd. since 10 undo such consolidation
| r>tem into its former units would lead
i t3p uTwarfanted waste.
Il There are, however, many things
which can be done. which would not
produce waste and might, by improve
menf of service, help TO further educate
thc public and create an actively favor
| able attitude toward some correlation
or coordination of operation and serv
| ice. with control and regulation and re-
strction. through some combination Of
ownership or operation, retaining all
the advantages and incentives Of
both
l.. Mr. Vail, who Is acting as confdcn.
Y. fial adviser TO Postmaster General
N Burleson in the control of he wire
ia communication systems taken over by
ne the government, discussed the land
n and marine wire organizations scpar-
NJ atelg.
he of the United States he said. is
Is 70 become a commercial and industrial
OF woridccntcr, an American cable sys-
As tenn must be organized.
te "There must he United States svs-
ap tenn. which will place this country di-
We reetlv III communication with every
country with which We have or hope to
have important commercial relations,
declared Mr. Vail . as it now is we
in are on one side Of the world system. We
IN, must be made one of the centers OF the
pm world system ii We expect to compete
N. en- even terms with the world or be
OF properly considered by the countries
ar We wish to reach
'aS 1.-The immediate and pressing neccs-
nm sity is for the East Coast South Ameri-
ils can cable to give this country and the
CIR River Plate countries direct com
j uAieation.
Congress has authorized combina-
ton in foreign commercial enterprises
ee;l # the advantages and necessities were
81 properly presented il should he possible
H.
cen or legislation Is would give. under the
led yene,. !, "a oa,.o,p,annt ,nthoy;.1
OF for combination, aud operation OF al
IN electric intcrcommunicat;nG systems. il
direct connection and coordination Niti
the national wire system, between thi
county AMI MI foreign countries.
5aI- 'sThcre j. one thing that calls for i'm
ist, mediate action. The cable Situation is
mn and has been. grave. Congestion Is nov
the the rule ana accumulation Of bushes
e~I is 1t times serious, and when the aet;vi
e-t ties OF the Peace Conference are ryall-
eht commenced in Europe il will be ercatl,
'e' increased
"By orr traffic head controlling ca
He operation aud fcW slight change
ed, in the physical property which coul
OF eentralize the cable terminals, as i
m were, the efficiency can be somcwha
eui- increased
Egg He says thai if i were lawful. or
''le it could b. brought about hv consent .
Low the propr"torS il would DC a great gal
~ if the cable systems could lze consoi
dated into oae system and arrange
and eStendcd more Or less
''Such combination, he say.
would At once bring about an ilnpol
tay tant saving IN cost of operation.
- broader, cheaper and more abu:
dant service voali he . NEST ciiectua
70 adjunct 20 our own commercial agent
' ~, abroad il securing business 'fh2yc
- already IN active movement being il
20 aHguratcd, particularly in South Amer
~, "a, by German commercial agents 10 II
cover their prewar conditions, whie
!, ! mast be promptly met if the Unite
~ STATES is 10 get any advantage fro'
s;c, the present sitaat ion.'
IN For the uAifcation OF tue land wire
i Mr. Vail suggested creation Of thrc
tb;s operating divisions, each embracing tb
distinctive operation Of ''telePhor
.c,- service ':teiceraph service" an
! "the maintenance and manipulation
tie OF wires Of systems as distinct frol
traffic operations Below those div
sions, the organization could be am},l
MT fed and arranged 10 meet the uecess
ties, he said, and the whole should opc
ate under one executive head
si'o Telegraph and telephone wireS. NJ
Vail declared could be utilized FOR bot
uav purposes without any merger or chang
fire olnel IMAM 70 ttihs 'hcIi 70 %
omb 'ef. All operations eoaio DC 80 CORE
ians. a'eu anu goo! ulita 'eu' "S sale.
were nfine apout a very eou9ldefao4r
crease in efficiency, and much eecaonl
without doing anything which copl
Sori not be undone at The end OF aoVefhhei
control