TELEPHONE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES 5 



departments of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 

 and are adopted and placed in use by all of the Associated Operating 

 Companies to the extent that they apply to their local conditions. 

 Special arrangements are, of course, made available to meet special 

 requirements. The specifications for all standardized apparatus and 



rPersonnel Vice President 



Board 



of 



Director? 



Operation 

 and Engi- 

 neering. . 



.Vice President 

 and Cliief 

 Engineer 



Assistant Vice President 

 Benefit and Medical 

 Work 

 J Assistant Vice President 

 Employee Relations 

 Assistant Vice President 

 Special Employment 

 and Training 



Commercial Engineer 

 .■Assistant Vice President 

 Plant Operation Engi- 

 neer 

 General Operating 



Results 

 Traffic Engineer 

 Plant Engineer 



Legal . 



f Attorney 

 .\'ice President J Ta.x Attorney 

 and General 1 Patent Attorney 

 Counsel |^ General Solicitor 



Transmission Develop- 

 ment Engineer 



Outside Plant Develop- 

 ment Engineer 



Research Engineer 



'Vice President 



President*! 



President 



Development 

 and 

 Research 



Assistant Vice-, Equipment Development 



Engineer 

 Electrical Interference 



Engineer 

 Technical Representative 



in Europe 



Bell Telephone 

 Laboratories 

 Chairman 

 of Board 

 President 

 Vice Presi- 

 dent 



Director of Research 



Director of Appara- 

 tus Development 



Director of Systems 

 Development 



General Patent At- 

 torney 



Director of Publica- 

 tion 



Personnel Director 



Accounts, 

 Finance and 

 Business Vice President 



'Comptroller 

 Treasurer 



.\ssistant \'ice President 

 General Policies and 

 Contracts 

 Assistant Vice President 

 General Service Bureau 



Information. 



Secretary 



r.^dvertising Manager 

 . VicePresident-i .\ssistant Vice President 

 L Publicity 



Fig. 2 — Organization of the general departments of the American Telephone and 

 Telegraph Company, including Bell Telephone Laboratories. 



materials are prepared by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, and the 

 Western Electric Company is enabled to concentrate on the task of 

 purchasing and manufacturing standardized supplies, materials and 

 apparatus in accordance with these standard specifications. Stand- 

 ardization also has great operating advantages in minimizing stocks 



