VOLUME II-PART 2

THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1978

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMUNICATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 13015

TITLES I AND III

GENERAL PROVISIONS, COMMON CARRIER TELECOMMUNICA-
TIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL COMMON CARRIERS

AUGUST 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 1978

Serial No. 95-196

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1979

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HARLEY O. STAGGERS, West Virginia, Chairman

Allen, Edward, Assistant Director, Community and Economic Development

Division, U.S. General Accounting Office.....

717

Bennis, Robert E., chairman, regulatory liaison committee, International

Communications Association

157

Birkle, B. E., Deputy Director, Community and Economic Development
Division, U.S. General Accounting Office...

717

Branch, Stuart E., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications, De-
partment of State.

150

Brandt, Richard, president, Trans-Lux Corp

712

Brewer, Paul, United Telephone Co., Monroe, Wis.

342

Buckelew, Donald, director, Policy Development Division, New York State

Commission on Cable Television

355

Buckle, Thomas R., chairman, regulatory committee, Tele-Communications

Association.....

188

Charyk, Joseph V., Ph. D., president, Communications Satellite Corp

Cincotta, George A., chairman, New York State Commission on Cable

Television

492

355

Conn, Robert E., executive vice president and counsel, Western Union

International, Inc.

666

Crawford, Graham, manager, communications, Sears, Roebuck & Co., on
behalf of International Communications Association

157

DeRosa, Francis J., vice president and general counsel, RCA Global Com-
munications, Inc .......

661

Effros, Stephen R., executive director, Community Antenna Television

Association

349, 595

Ferris, Hon. Charles D., Chairman, Federal Communications Commission. 76

Fogarty, Commissioner Joseph R., Federal Communications Commission ..

Gallagher, Edward A., chairman, Western Union International, Inc.

Geller, Henry, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information,

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Depart-

ment of Commerce..

98

666

1

188

566

Grove, Daniel L., president, Tele-Communications Association.

Hilburn, Earl D., president, Western Union Corp

Hoke, David, Advocacy Committee chairperson, National Federation of

Local Cable Programers

443, 595

Isaacs, Lloyd, manager, telecommunications, Chrysler Corp

Jasper, Herbert N., executive vice president, Ad Hoc Committee for

Competitive Telecommunications....

644

275, 280

Kane, Daniel J., president, local 111, American Communications Associ-

ation, Communications Trade Division, and Secretary-Treasurer, Com-

munications Trade Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters ....

Knapp, George F., vice president, International Telephone & Telegraph

Corp....

Koenig, Joshua N., associate counsel, New York State Commission on

Cable Television.

650

481

355, 595

Lipton, Roni, senior policy analyst, New York State Commission on Cable

Television

355

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