to the radio department. The year 1929 closed with record company sales of $3 million.

As a result of the Great Depression, the company was posting record losses and by 1932, it reduced its workforce and cut wages by 50%. Throughout this period, Lynde Bradley supported an aggressive research and development approach intended to "develop the company out of the Depression." By 1937, Allen-Bradley employment had rebounded to pre-Depression levels and company sales reached an all-time high of nearly