. Bell telephone magazine . ssage services. We are convincedthat we can profitably provide bulkservices at rates which are in the rangeof private microwave costs. If our ratesand those of the other common car-riers are significantly above that range,we will all find ourselves excludedfrom a major portion of the a loss would be detrimental tothe customers for our other services. We must also recognize that boththe carrier and its customers have aninterest in the relative stability of ratesand the revenues which they should be able to makeplans without the hazard of
. Bell telephone magazine . ssage services. We are convincedthat we can profitably provide bulkservices at rates which are in the rangeof private microwave costs. If our ratesand those of the other common car-riers are significantly above that range,we will all find ourselves excludedfrom a major portion of the a loss would be detrimental tothe customers for our other services. We must also recognize that boththe carrier and its customers have aninterest in the relative stability of ratesand the revenues which they should be able to makeplans without the hazard of frequent,unpredictable wide fluctuations incharges. On the carriers part, con-tinual changes in rates can have un-settling effects on both its revenuesand its ability to market its serviceseffectively. Thus, significant changesin rate levels ought to be proposedonly when needed to meet changedconditions which are reasonably welldefined and are considered to be rel-atively permanent, and not merelytransient, in nature. D 21. CommunicatingPresidents by Merriman Smith As late as 1929, the President of the United States did not have a telephone in his office. Today, the most sophisticated kinds of communications help our chief executives carry out their duties as national and world leaders. Air Force One, a gleaming silver and blue jet trans-port, speeds across America at 35,000 feet bound forthe Orient and a Summit Conference of nations in-volved in the Vietnam war. The President of theUnited States sits in a reclining leather chair besidea long table in his combination office and sittingroom. Tiny gold stars shine in an artificial sky on theceiling. This is the larger room of his suite in the aftersection of the aircraft. At the end of his table a tiny red light glows. ThePresident picks up a white telephone. Hello there, Senator, he says. Are you all goingto vote today on the bill 1 called you about from Texaslast night? Conversation ends quickly and the President saysto an aid
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