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Further information most welcome, thank-you

In the 1948 Radio handbook which I mentioned previously, there are adverts
from a company by the name of Millen, and I assumed it was the same guy
after he had left National.

I'm a bit surprised to see any doubt about James Millen as the honcho
of National Company before 1939, his departure from National, and his
setting up James Millen Manufacturing in Malden, Mass. a short
distance from National in 1939-40. Yes, there was only one James
Millen. There are a couple of web sites devoted to (Jim) Millen's
history. I worked for James Millen Mfg. for a couple of years in the
1950's, so know a bit about Millen and some of the history behind the
1939 split with National. It was never entirely clear to me just
what went on---on the one hand, a desire on the part of National's
principal money backers to go public, and to move the company in
different directions, with more consumer products; also, some
financial things that reduced the money that Millen and his close
associates (most or all of whom moved to Millen Mfg.) got from
National.

Millen was such a strong name by itself (I remember the single column ads
in the back of QST in 1971 when I started reading it), I think it was only
in recent years that I learned he had been part of National. That there
was a connection between the two companies had always seemed obvious,
though I assumed Millen had been like a subcontractor to supply parts to
Natinoal.

Millen probably was better off as a separate company, he could "design for
excellence" and have his name more prominent.

MIchael VE2BVW