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the hope of scientists and engineers who have been engaged in this 

 work that this closer knitting together of the nations and races of the 

 world will be a great contribution to international friendship and 

 good will. Mr. ("oolidge, President of the I'nited States in 1927, 

 on the occasion of the opening of the telephone connection between 

 the Ignited States and Spain, gave apt expression to this thought 

 when he said, "I believe it to be true that when two men can talk 

 together the danger of any serious disagreement is measurably lessened, 

 and that what is true of individuals is true of nations. The inter- 

 national telephone which carries the warmth and the friendliness of 

 the human voice will always correct what might be misinterpreted in 

 the written word." 



