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Show REAL SERVICE The average American is used to quick action. If central fails to say number, with in five seconds after the telephone receiver is removed, we complain about slow service. I As is often the case, we fail to ap preciate advantages close at home. American travelers abroad find out what slow telephone service really means. Over the government telephone tele-phone lines in European countries, it is sometimes necessary to make; an application to talk several hours ahead of time and then wait your turn for your call to be placed. In addition, on busy circuits conversations conversa-tions are often limited to from 3 to G minutes. At the end of that ime. your connection will he cut and you mus' make a new application and ; wait several hours more. I This is government service in Eu-! Eu-! rope. How long would we tolerate ; such a condition from our private I companies in America. Private initiat've and en'erprise . which depend on public good will for 'support always render better service j than government monopoly which ''s ; unaffected one way or the other by inoonvemonee or expnse of custo-I custo-I mers. A |