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1800 denials after New England Telephone policy
Eighteen hundred of 3000 applicants were denied telephones this month under a war policy to curb expansion by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. President Philip L. Spalding and general counsel M. B. Jones testified before the Public Service Commission about resource use, material shortages, and the company’s patriotic aims.
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New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
M. B. Jones
Public Service Commission
Philip L. Spalding
Spalding
William W. Clarke
Clarke
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Western Electric Company
Bell Companies
Public Service Corporation
Western Electric
Fred J. Macleod
Commission
Jones
Eastman
Russia
Harry J. Dooley
David I. Walsh Collegian Club
Boston City Club
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Telephone