Communications Daily for December 11, 1981, with story on Wirth's introduction of H.R. 5158, summarizes major provisions of bill and differences to S. 898.

Includes amendments to H.R. 5158 made after mark-up hearings by the House Energy and Commerce Committee; schedule for hearings on the AT&T settlement and H.R. 5158; list of clarifying amendments made in response to Bell concerns.

Includes newsletter by Rep. Tom Tauke to constituents in support of H.R. 5158; MCI lobbying materials opposing legislation; letters opposing legislation from SBS, ACCT and MCI to legislators.

Includes draft letter from William McGowan to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee stating MCI's opposition to H.R. 5158 due to conflicts with the proposed consent decree and proposed new charges for long-distance service; copy of H.R. 5158 as passed by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications.

Letter from Cox to Robert Whitaker discussing Rep. Tom Tauke's analysis of the now-withdrawn H.R. 5158.

Includes letter from William Baxter to Rep. Madigan, summarizing position of Department of Justice regarding H.R. 5158, particularly conflicts between the bills provisions on reorganization of the Bell System with the proposed consent decree between the U.S. and AT&T; letter from NARUC to the HCS proposing principles for inclusion in forthcoming House legislation.

List of legislative principles authored by a coalition of AT&T competitors, including GTE, MCI and ACCT.

Drafts of letters to MCI customers asking them to express opposition to S. 898.

Letter from Phillip Nyborg to Dennis Kass, Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Policy and Development, discussing proposed revisions of Baxter amendment on exchange access.

Notes on meeting with Tom Boggs, Senator Bill Hathaway and Congressman Jim O'Hara regarding lobbying.

Notes on meeting between ACCT members discussing plans for lobbying activities and deficiencies in current lobbying.

Includes Department of Defense analysis of the effects of AT&T divestiture on national defense; draft letter to FCC Chairman Fowler from the Senate Judiciary Committee; FCC responses to Rep. Wirth's questions on common carrier policies

Editorial from Telephony.

Letter to members of the United State Independent Telephone Association announcing Board of Directors resolution in favor of S. 898.

Includes Congressional Record text of S. 898 with technical amendments; Communications Daily commentary on Senate passage of S. 898 with analysis of amendments on AT&T subsidiaries and Baxter antitrust suit amendments; MCI memorandum on Sen. Thurmond's ENFIA amendment.

S. 898, the Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1981, with annotations by Cox.

Includes legislative history of bill, discussion of major provisions, section by section analysis and minority views.

Includes lists of committee members, Broadcasting article on AT&T donations to legislators and other news clippings and press releases concerning the activities of the committee.

Includes letter from Senator Strom Thurmond to Senator Robert Packwood reviewing the antitrust ramifications discussed in the hearings on H.R. 6121 and the possibility of similar issues in S. 898, and seeking referral of the bill to his Committee on the Judiciary; letter from William McGowan to members of the Judiciary Committee seeking an amendment permitting equal access for competitors to Bell's local exchanges.

Materials from the Judiciary Committee's hearings concerning the antitrust implications of S. 898. Includes Cox's notes on sessions; testimony by Herbert Jasper, representing the ACCT; testimony by William G. McGowan with appended exhibits from MCI v. AT&T and papers on separations of powers issues raised by legislation involving consent decrees.

Memorandum discussing amendments made to S. 898 establishing national security requirements on the national telecommunications network and providing for Defense Department authority over aspects of communications policy.

McGowan's testimony to House Telecommunications Subcommittee on MCI's position regarding the settlement of the government's antitrust suit against AT&T, and the continuing need for legislation.

Includes report on the program of the Committee on Energy and Commerce; correspondence and news clippings concerning the passage of S. 898 in the Senate and plans for concurring legislation in the House.