. Bell telephone magazine . andIt was attempting to restore com-munications to meet the Armys radio equipment and the essen-tial units of the control equipmentwere found to have escaped theB-29S and were intact, although invery poor condition. Here also theland-line system was in too sorry a 1946 Three-Minute Furloughs 33 state to permit connections with theoverseas circuit. At the direction ofthe Army, and under the guidance ofthe Long Lines representative, theJaps prepared the equipment for serv-ice and established and organized atelephone center for overseas calls. paintings grace
. Bell telephone magazine . andIt was attempting to restore com-munications to meet the Armys radio equipment and the essen-tial units of the control equipmentwere found to have escaped theB-29S and were intact, although invery poor condition. Here also theland-line system was in too sorry a 1946 Three-Minute Furloughs 33 state to permit connections with theoverseas circuit. At the direction ofthe Army, and under the guidance ofthe Long Lines representative, theJaps prepared the equipment for serv-ice and established and organized atelephone center for overseas calls. paintings graced the walls and a smallvase held a single orchid. ♦ On January 10, 1946, everythingwas in readiness. English-speakingJapanese operators, trained by anArmy lieutenant who had stuciiedJapanese in college, covered the The Long Lines man. In comment- switchboard, Jap technicians manneding on the attitude of the Japanese the equipment, and the first call waswho worked on the project, said, I completed. At first, because of the. l\ Japax, the details of calls to this country are handled by the Army, but Japanese operators set up the connections had to give up thinking out loud, be-cause what I thought were just Ideasthe Japs took as orders for executionpronto. For example, looking at alittered corner of the room whichwas to become the telephone center,lie had remarked wryly, This oughtto be OK when we get it painted andpictures on the wall and flowersaroimd. On opening day several oil great demand, only calls involvingemergencies at home were accepted,but as the kinks were ironed out serv-ice was made available to all andother accredited personnel in Japan. Meanwhile, Manila was strugglingtoward rehabilitation after enemy oc-cupation and the ruin created by thebitter fighting when the city was re- 34 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING taken. The main building of the Phil-ippines Long Distance TelephoneCompany in downtown Manila hadbeen reduced to rubble, but an officebuilding near
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