The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-12
RADIO CORPORATION
GETS INLAND LINES
Postal Agrees to Collect and
Deliver Messages All Over
the United States.
CHEAP LETTER PLANNED
Mackay Also in Deal With
Telefunken Enabling Him
to Enter Wireless Field.

Clarence H. Mackay president Of the
Postal Telegraph Cable Company, and
Edward J. Nally. president OF the Radio
Corporation OF America, announced yes
terday that their organizations have en-
tered an agreement for the correlation
OF land line telegraph and transatlantic
radio communication.
The Postal Company now places at
the service of the Radio Corporation it's
land line system in all parts of the
United States for the collection and
delivery OF transatlantic radio messages
The Radio Corporation In return will
transmit to Postal Telegraph all mes
sages received at Its stations for delivery
to inland points within the Postal Tele-
graph system.
Can Wireless From Any station.
The mutual arrangement will make It
possible to send and receive dispatches
to and from Europe via radio" from
any OF the several thousand stations of
the Postal Telegraph Company. Hither-
to this servics has been available
through the New York and Washington
offices of the Radio Corporation
The announcement from Mr.. Mackay
follows one Of August 20, when he told
OF the alliance OF his cable system with
the All America Cables, Inc., providing
for exchange OF traffic and a mutual
offer of facilities from the United States
and Canada to Central and South Amer
lea. and from east to west. from points
in Europe to the Orient. This arrange
ment involved $4,000 miles of cable.
The arrangement OF cable and land
line telegraph systems announced yes
terday was described by Mr. Mackay
a q nj Sarian -
munication." He explained that his
company had moved In accordance with
policy to advance lin every possible
way American interests in the field of
communication and as a progressive step
in the interest of the public to the end
that every form OF communication
service will be made available at all
Offices of the Postal Telegraph Cable
Company"
his company has reached an agreement
with the Telefunken Company of Ger
many, a great radio manufacturing COM
pany. which has constructed stations in
all parts of the world, by which the
Mackay interests have the right to pur-
chase from the Telefunken Company all
the high powered radio apparatus neces-
sary to construct one or more high
power radio stations in the United
States. Where and when any of these
stations may be established has not
been decided. Mr.. Mackay said. the
project being at present In reserve.
The contract with the German COM
pany carries also the right to a proper
ton of the wireless traffic out of that
country and to an exchange of radio
traffic with Telefunken stations in all
parts OF the world. This insures to the
Mackay companies an opportunity ic
enter the field Of radio communication
as competitor with their own existing
organization IL they so desire.
Calls Radio Adjunct 10 Cable.
Mr.. Mackay also said that although
his companies are following closely the
development of wireless telegraphy. he
believes that radio will never supplant
the cables. He still ascribes to radio a
special field as IAN adjunct to the cables
and stimulus to the increased use OF
communication by telegraph. cable and
radio"
In the radio world the cooperation Of