...terms of section 1 of the Communications Act of 1934, to the development of "a rapid, efficient, * * * and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges for the purpose of the national defense," and for other designated purposes. The proper development...

...the law. Mr. PORTER. I read it every day practically. Senator MCKELLAR. I want to read it. SECTION 1. For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign...so as to make available so far as possible to all of the people of the United States a rapid, efficient Nation-wide and world-wide wire and radio communication...

...present statute, the Federal Communications Act (title 47 USC, sec. 151) however, specifically provides: "For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through...

...present statute, the Federal Communications Act (title 47 USC, sec. 151) however, specifically provides: "For the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national defense, for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through...

...telephone service for Alaskans. It would coincide with the purpose of the Communications Act of 1934 "to make available, so far as possible, to all the...efficient nationwide and worldwide wire and radio communications service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges." The State of Hawaii, isolated...

...which Section 315 was enacted, Section 1 of the Communications Act makes clear, that Act was enacted "for the purpose of regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio, and thus constitutes an exercise of the commerce power under Article I, Section 8. That radio broadcasting...

...will later discuss these activities in more detail. The Commission, as you know, is charged with — regulating interstate and foreign commerce in communication by wire and radio so us to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient,...

...field of radio, telephone, and telegraph. Specifically, the Commissioners are required to regulate "interstate and foreign commerce in communication...rapid, efficient. Nationwide and world-wide wire- and radio-communication service with adequatefaeilities at reasonable charges, for the purpose of the national...

...mandated by the Communications Act of 1934, and was codified in its preamble, which states: ". . . to make available, so far as possible, to all the...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges.. . ." 18 The Communications Act of 1934 divided the world of regulated communications into common carrier...

...established the FCC to regulate the emerging radio and telephone services. It states its purpose to be "... to make available, so far as possible, to all the...service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges. ..." The telephone system was to be managed privately as a common carrier that could not arbitrarily...