The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1920-01-05
OFFICERS NAMED
FOR WORLDWIDE
WIRELESS SYSTEM
E. j. Nully Heads Radio Cor
poration Of America
Prominent Men on Board.

Edward ]. Naily, for many years inter
ton service and long vice president AM
general manager of the Marconi Wireless
Telegraph Company of America, has beel
elected president OF the Radio Corpora
Ton which is arranging for u world wild
wireless service. The other officers are:-
Owen D. Young. chairman of the Board
Charles J. Ross, secretary and controller
George S. De Sousa. treasurer; Levi
MacConnach, assistant secretary; Marion
IL Payne, assistant treasurer, and JOIN
w. Griggs, general counsel.
The directors include Gordon Abbott
chairman of the Board. Old Colony Trus
Company. Boston. Mass; Albert G. Davis
vice president OF the General Electric
Company; John w. Griggs. formerly At
torney General of the United States ant
Governor OF New Jersey; Edward W
Harden. of the firm of James B. Colgat
& Co.; Edward J. Nally. president OF thu
Radio Corporation of America; Edwin W
Rice. Jr.. president of the General Electri'
Company: James r. Sheffield, of the firm
Of Sheffield & Belts, and Owen d. Young
vice president of the General Electric Com
rany.
Mr.. Nally yesterday made the following
statement regarding the aims of the new
corporation
1.-THE principal aim and purpose OF thu
Radio Corporation OF America will be tn,
establishment and maintenance Of trans
oceanic and long distance overland com
municHt'on.
"The Radio Corporation has been great,
strengthened through its connection will
The General Electric Company by reason
Of which il will have available for its USE
me valuable wireless apparatus recently
developed by the General Electric Com
pany, the principal device being already
widely known as the AleXanderson high
frequency alternator.
Through agreements made with the
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Ltd, of England. new powers and privi'
leges are granted the Radio Corporation
extending it's scope OF activity and pro-
vidng among other things, for the forma'
ton of South American company to bt
managed by It. The Radio Corporation
will own the majority of stock in various
companies which will construct stations
in South America for communication with
the United States and England and In due
course with other countries.
1T is confidently expected that this
win be the forerunner of similar plans FOL
the further extension of transocenaic wire
less Thus the Radio Corporation Of
America, under traffic arrangements witt
tho British company and others, VIII o.
enabled as soon as its stations are re-
turned by our government to start traffi'
with the British Isles, Norway, Franco
and Japan, in addition to the South Ameri
can project already referred TO.
Under new conditions of financia
strength and in possession of the engi
neering resources of the General Electric
Company, with departmental staff O
exceptional experience and ability th'
company expects to attain the great Cd
iective for which it has always aimed
namely, a world WIDE system OF com
merciaI wireless communication.
'Tn accordance with what is understood
to be the wishes of, the United States gov
ernment. effective means have been taker
TO see to it that the actual control of thu
Radio Corporation shall at all times 20
main I'm the hands OF loyal American clti
IONS or corporations"