Evening star., 1938-12-04
Communication Firms
pay$1o,000 Salaries
To 50 More Aides
Telephone Group Tops
List by Wide Margin;
Head Paid $209, $50
~ the Associated Press.

0y the Associated Press.
Sixty-nine more telephone and
telegraph oficiAls received salaries
of $4,000 or more In 1887 than In
1896.
This was reported by the Com
mnuications Commission yesterday
in its annual summary OF compen-
sation paid to oncers. directors and
other employees Of telephone and
telegraph companies. The commits
sion said 568 persons received $4,000
or more last year, compared with
400 in 1896. Only SO of the 1897
salaries were In telegraph companies,
the remainder being in the telephone
group.
Without naming names, the COM
mission reported the 500 $50 COM
pensation Of the president-director
Of the American Telephone q Tele-
graph Co., topped all others. OF
this total, $206.250 was salary and
50, 400 other compensation.
walter s. Clifford is president of
the A. T. g. t.
$50 at $4,000 or More.
Approximately 100 persons re-
ceived $4,000 or more from the A
T. g. T. Following the presidents
$2o9 $50 was $102 300 received by a
vice president-director. The vice
president-general counsel and the
vice president-chief engineer each
received $4,000. Another vice presi-
dent, who was also q director, re-
ceived $67 200; a third $66, 900. Other
reported A. 7. & T. compensation in
cluded:
Vice presidents, 5000, $45. .s33
$4,000 and $4,000: controller, $50
600; counsel, $4,000, and general
patent attorney, $4,000.
Compensation received by officials
Of the telephone companies includ-
ed: Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele.
phone Co. chesapeake g. Potomac
Telephone Co. of Baltimore City
Chesapeake IL Potomac Telephone
Co. of Virginia and Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co. OF West Vir-
glnia) President-d director. $40 900:
vice president director, S24 500; vice
president director, S24.80O; vice pres
ident-general counsel, $4,000.
Western Union Head, S84,34o.
The commission said the presi-
dent-director of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. received SS4, $40 in
salary and other compensation.
The report showed many of the
A. T. & T. officials received salary
increases during 1897.
Reported compensation of tele-
graph company officials included:
Commercial Cable Co.-President-
director. S30,060.
Postal Telegraph Cable Co. 0and
line system-Operating vice presi-
dent-director. s22500.
r. c. A. Communications. Inc
Vice president-general manager
director. $32. 100.
Radiomarine Corporation of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, $25,-
220.
"ScISAA OAllOu 4ClcBTApl TO-
Chairman Of board. SOL 995; presi-
dent-director. $84,340; first vice
president director, $34,885; vice
president, $25 5,993; vice president,
$23. 1874.
The commission said compensa-
ton by holding companies included:
General Telephone Corp.-Presi-
dent-director, $22 ,220.
International Telephone g. Tele-
graph Corp. - President director,
s66, $40; vice president-general attor-
director. $34,620; vice PRESIDENT
controller director, $67 ,26O, includ-
ing $4,000 final separation payment
for the right of personal consulta-
ton; vice president $34,-
$50; vice president-director s25, ,4S0.
Radio Corporation of America
Chairman of board, s6O.62O; presi-
dent-director, $1OO,620; vice presl-
dent-general counsel. $27 500; vice
president, $4,000.