Communications Act of 1934, Section 214, Legislative Background |
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... respect- able body of statutory law existed . Finally , the Congress was pushed forward by an aroused public opinion offended by monopolistic rail- road practices . Resolutions calling for study of the idea of interstate regulation were ...
... respect- able body of statutory law existed . Finally , the Congress was pushed forward by an aroused public opinion offended by monopolistic rail- road practices . Resolutions calling for study of the idea of interstate regulation were ...
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... respect to the effect which it is supposed it would have upon any particular part of the United States . If there is any one thing which the transportation system of the country taken as a whole , is now 14 Testimony of Edgar Clark ...
... respect to the effect which it is supposed it would have upon any particular part of the United States . If there is any one thing which the transportation system of the country taken as a whole , is now 14 Testimony of Edgar Clark ...
Page 13
... respect to the extension of railroads or the build- ing of railroads *** I know of no problem which requires correction by this enactment *** I doubt if there are enough lines of railroad now , if our country continues to grow ...
... respect to the extension of railroads or the build- ing of railroads *** I know of no problem which requires correction by this enactment *** I doubt if there are enough lines of railroad now , if our country continues to grow ...
Page 15
... respect of a diversified car supply for the shipment of coal and lumber ; it suggests the possibility of failure of opera- tion from various causes , that under some circumstances competition operates to stimulate better service and ...
... respect of a diversified car supply for the shipment of coal and lumber ; it suggests the possibility of failure of opera- tion from various causes , that under some circumstances competition operates to stimulate better service and ...
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... respect to the construction of a new line or the extension of any line as being limited to such toll facilities as are intended to be used " primarily " for interstate service . Congress provided no such test . It could have done so if ...
... respect to the construction of a new line or the extension of any line as being limited to such toll facilities as are intended to be used " primarily " for interstate service . Congress provided no such test . It could have done so if ...
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abandonment acquisition additional or extended amended authority Bell System bill cable landing cable landing licenses carrier systems CATV certificate CHAIRMAN channel of communication Commission Commission's Communications Act competing competition COMSAT Cong Congress convenience and necessity Court direct circuits direct distance dialing docket domestic duplication equipment established Execunet FCC 2d FCC's Federal Federal Communications Commission Federal Radio Commission foreign GIFFORD grant Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission investment issuance issue jurisdiction lease legislative Mackay Radio ment monopoly munications phantom circuits private line service proceeding proposed public convenience public interest Radio Act radiotelegraph rate base RCAC record carriers reference omitted regulation regulatory route satellite served Sess Southwestern Bell specialized carriers Specialized Common Carrier switching tariff tele telephone companies telephone service territory tion toll traffic transmission Transportation Act U.S. House U.S. Senate United utility Western Union wire