Telephone, telegraph and cable regulation to remain with interstate commerce commission

In a progress report opposing the Couzens Bill now pending in the Senate (for “the transmission of regulation of transmission of intelligence by wire or wireless”) — Council's Committee on Communication declares that for the present at least, regulation of telephone, telegraph and cable common carriers should remain with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The committee is against the creation of an additional Federal regulatory commission except where existing agencies are not equipped to handle the work. It favors Federal regulation without depriving the states of their legitimate powers over interstate business, and believes that what is really needed is a reorganization of existing governmental bureaus, and legislation which will permit the unified operation of telephones, telegraphs, cables, and radio under governmental control.