Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-03
Nation Marvels at Solons
AS They Evict Dial Phones

Ability of Senator Glass to obtain a
unanimous vote of his branch of Com
greSs eliminating the dial telephones
wakes general, If, in some cases. slightly
lronical, praise as a legislative achieve
ment. Meanwhile no unanimity is
reached concerning modern methods
Of telephoning.
Viewing the congressional action as
revolt, the Rochester Times Union
remarks that the Washington COM
pany Is left SpeechleSs, SAYS a report.
particularly since it is recalled that
recently President Hoover refused to
nave the dial telephones installed in
the White House." The Adrian Dailv
Telegram states: THE performance is
one to which We may point with pride.
IL opens the way TO getting things done
in Washington. II we can contriye
by some method to clothe pending leg
lslation with personal touch, we may
look forward hopefully to less debate
and more action
Not holding any brief for or against
dial telephones" says the Newark Eve
ming News. lone nevertheless envies the
facility with which Senator, and a
Democrat at that, can get action to
Dust some especial aversion. We of
around here are to twiddle those discs
with holes in them, after a certain
time. If they prove nuisances, and no.
body is saying they will, we shall twid-
die them just the same. probably, with
the alternative of writing letters. send
ing kilograms, hiring messenger boys,
or calling III persons to say what we
have to say. Introducing a resolution
wouldn't help us any, even were there
a place to introduce It,"
There is pith and sense" declares
the Danbury Evening News. "in SEN
ator Glass objection to being trans
formed into one of the employees of
the telephone company without paw"
That paper also argues: Many people
all over the United States are in fer
vent agreement with the gentleman
from Virginia. They do not like TO
operate their own telephones and they
do not like to believe that the dial
telephones are resulting in an increase
in what Is called archaeological unem-
ployment.' more work for the sub
scriber and no lessening of telephone
rates.
IF the telephone companies are
really going to make the subscriber like
the automatic phones they must make
them handler than they are at pres
ent," thinks the New York World,
while the Lynchburg Advance con-
tends: Many children. who are now
able to use the phone by calling CEN
trail, would find the new system too
complicated, and there are many occa-
sions when 1t is necessary for them to
make calls. The dial arrangement no
doubt has some advantages, but we
are not yet convinced that 1t is superior
to the present system, as some users
profess to believe" The Utica Observ-
er-Dispatch sees lone of the first evil
dences of revolt against devices calcu-
lated to conserve labor" and feels
that lit is TO be wondered whether the
idea will spread in the efforts which
are being made to solve the problems
of unemployment In this and other
countries"
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Ordinary mortals must use the dial
phones and like them" asserts the
News. There is no dan
ger OF this senatorial independence ex-
tending to the average person. II 1t
did he might refuse to consider using