 DuMont 's biggest corporate hurdle , however , may have been with the company 's own partner , Paramount . Relations between the two companies were strained as early as 1939 , when Paramount opened experimental television stations in Los Angeles and Chicago without DuMont . Dr. DuMont claimed that the original 1937 acquisition proposal required Paramount to expand its television interests " through DuMont " . Paramount representative Paul Raibourn , who also was a member of DuMont 's board of directors , denied that any such restriction had ever been discussed ( Dr. DuMont was vindicated on this point by a 1953 examination of the original draft document ) . 
 DuMont <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>biggest corporate hurdle , however , may have been with the company <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>own partner , Paramount . Relations between the two companies <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> strained as early as 1939 , when Paramount opened experimental television stations in Los Angeles and Chicago without DuMont . Dr. DuMont claimed that the original 1937 acquisition proposal required Paramount to expand its television interests " through DuMont " . Paramount representative Paul Raibourn , <a href='null_relcl' title='4'><mark>who</mark></a>also was a member of DuMont <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>board of directors , denied that any such restriction <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>had</mark></a> ever been discussed ( Dr. DuMont was vindicated on this point by a 1953 examination of the original draft document ) . 
DuMont  biggest corporate hurdle , however , may have been wit da company  own partner , Paramount . Relations between the two companies was strained as early as 1939 , when Paramount opened experimental television stations in Los Angeles and Chicago without DuMont . Dr. DuMont claimed dat the original 1937 acquisition proposal required Paramount to expand its television interests " through DuMont " . Paramount representative Paul Raibourn , also was a member of DuMont  board of directors , denied tdatany such restriction done eva been discussed ( Dr. DuMont was vindicated on this point by a 1953 examination of the original draft document ) .