. Bell telephone magazine . by Chairman Hosfeld to designate those phases of theirjobs which they considered the most important ones on whichto focus effort during the next year or two. In their replies,the following six items were mentioned most frequently: 1. Forecasting and Budget Control (with particular reference to maintenance expense). 2. Employee Training (vote about equally divided between vo- cational and supervisory training). 3. Simplification and Reduction of Clerical Work Performed by the Field Forces (including more accurate report-ing). 4. Improved Outside Plant Maintenance (wi
. Bell telephone magazine . by Chairman Hosfeld to designate those phases of theirjobs which they considered the most important ones on whichto focus effort during the next year or two. In their replies,the following six items were mentioned most frequently: 1. Forecasting and Budget Control (with particular reference to maintenance expense). 2. Employee Training (vote about equally divided between vo- cational and supervisory training). 3. Simplification and Reduction of Clerical Work Performed by the Field Forces (including more accurate report-ing). 4. Improved Outside Plant Maintenance (with emphasis on preventive maintenance). 5. Improved Installation Performance (both quality and cost). 6. Improved Repair and Test Desk Service. Throughout the conference particular emphasis was placedupon the opportunity and importance of effecting further im-provements in plant costs and service, and the opinion of allpresent was to the effect that the conference would greatlyfacilitate the achievement of that result. 236. An IntercomMrxicATiNG System iok Humes and 1. Push Buttons on the Instrument for Establishing Connections. (See page 270.) Bell TelephoneQuarterly A Medium of Suggestionand a Record of Progress CONTENTS FOR OCTOBER 1930 PAGE International Co-operation in Telephony—H. E. Shreeve and H. S. Osborne 239 1930 Stock Oflfer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company —H. Blair-Smith 250 Bell System Sales Activities—H. C. Lauderback 262 An Intercommunicating System for Homes and Offices—C /. Davidson and A. Tradup 270 Significant Features of the Early Census Returns—jR. L. Tomblen . . 274 Notes on Recent Occurrences 287 VOL IX NO. 4 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY FOR THE BELL SYSTEM BY THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION, $ PER YEAR, IN UNITED STATES AND CANADA; SINGLE COPIES, 50 CENTS Address all communications to INFORMATION DEPARTMENTAMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 195 Broadway, New York CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS I
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