Cuba, nor shall it transmit messages in transit from points outside of Cuba to the United States without specific authorization by the President. 17. That the permittee will insert in every contract notice of all rights reserved to the United States in this rermit that may affect such contract. The acceptance of the terms and conditions upon which this consent is given shall be evidenced by certified copies of a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of the said company, under its seal, one copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of War and the other with the Secretary of the State before operations are begun to land these cables on the shores of the United States. WOODROW WILSON. The CHAIRMAN. Now, if Mr. Vallance will furnish us the rest of them we will put them in our record also. Assistant Secretary CASTLE. We will do that, and I only wish to add a word, that the reason I answered Senator Dill as I did, was because we could not be sure we have them all. The CHAIRMAN. We will try to ask the companies themselves about this matter when they come here before us. (The cable landing licenses issued by the President since the hearings of the Interstate Commerce Committee in 1920 are as follows:) List of cable landing licenses issued by the President since the hearings of the Interstate Commerce Committee in 1920 Commercial Cable Co. of Cuba. Commercial Cable Co. of Cuba (extension). Do. All America Cables (Inc.): 1. Mala Point, Canal Zone, to International Telephone Co. Mexican Telegraph Co.: 1. Galveston, Tex., to Puerto Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.: 1. Far Rockaway, N. Y., to West India & Panama Co. All America Cables (Inc.). 1. Mala Point, Canal Zone, to West India & Panama Co. Bell Telephone Co. of Canada (Ltd.). International Telephone Co. Mountain Home Telephone Co. New York Telephone Co. Secretary of the Navy (Executive Order No. 3600). Michigan State Telephone Co. 1. Mala Point, Canal Zone, 2. Mala Point, Canal Zone, to Santa Elena, Ecuador. Mexican Telegraph Co. 1. Galveston, Tex., to Puerto West India & Panama Co. All America Cables (Inc.). 1. Mala Point, Canal Zone, Scotia. West India & Panama Co. Western Union Telegraph Co. Do. Mexican Telegraph Co. 1. Far Rockaway, N. Y., to West India and Panama Co. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.: 1. Far Rockaway, N. Y., to Mexican Telegraph Co.: 1. Galveston, Tex., to any point Zone, to Santa Elena, Ecuador, connecting with Buena Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. All America Cables (Inc.). Northern New York Telephone Co. Mexican Telegraph Co. and All America Cables (Inc.) All America Cables (Inc.) (Mala Point, Canal Zone, to San All America Cables (Inc.): 1. Mala Point, Canal Zone, to New York Telephone Co. All America Cables (Inc.). Michigan Bell Telephone Co. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. All America Cables (Inc.). In the matter of the application of the Commercial Cable Co., of Cuba, for permission to lay, land, maintain, and operate one submarine cable at Miami Beach, Fla., connecting Miami Beach and Habana, Cuba, and involving a physical connection between the United States and Cuba THE WHITE HOUSE, The President of the United States, having duly considered the application of the Commercial Cable Co., of Cuba, for permission to land a submarine cable at Miami Beach, Fla., connecting Miami Beach and Habana, Cuba., and involving a physical connection between the United States and Cuba, hereby grants authority for laying, landing, maintaining, and operating the said cable, subject to the conditions imposed in the attached permit of the Secretary of War dated June 12, 1920; to the conditions set forth below; to any further condition or conditions which the President or the Congress of the United States may hereafter see fit to impose; to any action by the President or by the Congress of the United States affirming, revoking, amending, altering, or modifying, in whole or in part, the conditions and terms upon which this consent is granted; also subject to any conventions between the United States and Cuba applicable to said cable line, and to any general treaties or conventions relating to electrical communications to which the United States is now or may become a party. Conditions.-1. That the permittee, its successors or assigns, or any cable with which it connects has not and shall not receive any exclusive privilege or concession from any foreign government which excludes any other person, partnership, joint-stock company, or corporation organized in the United States from a like privilege of landing on such foreign shores and connecting freely with the inland telegraphic systems of that country and operating therein and that the proposed line is not a link in and shall not have any connection with a foreign cable system which enjoys in Brazil or elsewhere rights of entry, connection, or operation denied American cable companies. 2. That the Government of the United States, its departments, officers, and agents, and insular or Territorial officers or governments, shall have priority for their official messages over all outgoing messages and over all incoming messages except those for the Government of Cuba. 3. That the permittee shall not consolidate or amalgamate with any other line or combine therewith for the purpose of regulating rates. 4. That charges to the United States Government shall not be at a higher rate than to any other government, and these charges, as well as the charges to the general public shall be fair and reasonable. The said company agrees to accept and transmit official telegraphic messages from the United States Government and the departments thereof, its officers, and insular or Territorial officers and governments upon the route of such cable. The charge for the transmission of the official telegraphic messages above mentioned shall not exceed one-half of the commercial rates for similar telegraphic messages until June 30, 1921, and thereafter the Postmaster General of the United States shall have the power to fix the rates to be charged for such official telegraphic messages during each succeeding year. 5. That the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the same or similar privileges as may by law, regulation, agreement, or otherwise be granted by the company to any foreign government. 6. That all contracts entered into by the said company with foreign governments, except the Government of Cuba, for the transmission of messages by the said cable shall be suspended when the United States is engaged in war so far as the President or Congress shall elect. 7. That no liability shall be assumed by the Government of the United States by reason of any control or censorship which it may exercise over said line in the event of war or civil disturbance. 8. That a citizen of the United States shall stand on the same footing as regards privileges with the citizens of any other country. 9. That messages shall have precedence in the following order: A. Official messages to, from, or by the Government. B. Telegraphic business. C. General business. 10. That the line shall be kept open for daily business, and all messages in the above order shall be transmitted according to the time of receipt. 11. That, to the extent it may do so consistently with the sovereignty of Cuba, the United States shall have authority to assume full control of the said cable during war or when war is threatened, subject to the payment of such compensation as Congress may provide. 12. That the permittee shall not lease, transfer, or assign the line to any person, partnership, joint stock company, or corporation, without the consent of the President. 13. That the permittee shall not employ the line for the transmission of messages in transit from the United States to points situated outside of Cuba, nor shall it transmit messages in transit from points outside of Cuba to the United States, without specific authorization by the President. The acceptance of the terms and conditions upon which this consent is given shall be evidenced by certified copies of a resolution duly adopted by the board of directors of the said company, under its seal, one copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and the other with the Secretary of War before operations are begun to land this cable on the shores of the United States. WOODROW WILSON. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 27, 1921. Whereas a permit was granted on this date to the Commercial Cable Co. of Cuba authorizing it to lay, land, maintain, and operate one submarine cable at Miami Beach, Fla., connecting Miami Beach with Habana, Cuba, under certain conditions therein set forth; And whereas condition No. 13 of said permit provides as follows: "That the permittee shall not employ the line for the transmission of mes sages in transit from the United States to points situated outside of Cuba, nor shall it transmit messages in transit from points outside of Cuba to the United Sates, without specific authorization by the President." And whereas the said company has further made application to employ the said cable for the transmission of messages in transit to and from the United States originating in or destined to certain points outside of Cuba: Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, hereby authorize the said company, in accordance with the said condition No. 13 of the aforesaid permit granted this day, to employ the said cable for the transmission of messages in transit to and from the United States originating in or destined to Jamaica, the British West Indies, except Barbados, Haiti, San Domingo, Porto Rico, the French West Indies, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, San Sal vador, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, United States of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, British Guiana, Dutch Guiana, French Guiana, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Brazil: Provided, however, that this authorization shall be subject to all the conditions specified in the aforesaid permit granted this day to the said company for permission to land the submarine cable connecting Miami Beach, Fla., and Habana, Cuba. And provided further, that messages shall not be transmitted to or from points in Venezuela or Brazil over cables of foreign companies owned or operated under exclusive or monopolistic governmental privileges, concessions, or grants which prevent American cable companies from enjoying equal or equivalent facilities in respect of the landing and operation of cables between points in Brazil or between points in Venezuela, or between points in Brazil or Venezuela and foreign points. The right to amend, alter, modify, or revoke this authorization in whole or in part is hereby reserved. WOODROW WILSON. In the matter of the application of All America Cables, (Inc.), for permission to lay, land, maintain, and operate one submarine cable at Fishermans Point, Guantanamo, Cuba, connecting the Government reservation at Guantanamo with the city of Santiago de Cuba THE WHITE HOUSE, Whereas the President of the United States has duly considered the application of All America Cables, (Inc.), for permission to lay, construct, land, maintain, and operate a submarine telegraphic line of cable at Fishermans Point, Guantanamo, Cuba, as shown on the attached map; and Whereas it appears that the President of Cuba, by Decree 1201, a translation of which as published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba on August 2, 1920, is attached hereto granted All America Cables, (Inc.), authority to lay one submarine cable or more between Santiago de Cuba, or any other point in the vicinity that may be designated by the company, and any point in Guantanamo Bay; and Whereas the Government of Cuba by a lease signed at Habana on July 2, 1903, leased certain areas of land and water to the United States for the establishment of naval or coaling stations in Guantanamo, and negotiations are pending with the Government of Cuba to arrange for a joint understanding between the two Governments that article 3 of said lease shall be modified to permit All America Cables, (Inc.), to lay, land, maintain, and operate certain cables in Guantanamo Bay, The President of the United States hereby consents that All America Cables, (Inc.), may lay, construct, land, maintain, and operate one submarine cable at Fishermans Point, Guantanamo, Cuba, as shown on the attached map, the exact point of said landing to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the purpose of connecting said reservation at Guantanamo with the city of Santiago de Cuba. The President hereby further consents that said All America Cables, (Inc.), may erect and maintain at the point selected as aforesaid on the Guantanamo Reservation suitable station buildings of design and dimensions approved by the Secretary of War. This consent is granted subject to the condition that a joint agreement is reached between this Government and the Cuban Government, modifying article 3 of the lease of July 2, 1903, so that All America Cables, (Inc.), may be authorized to lay, land, maintain, and operate this cable, subject to the conditions set forth below, to any further condition or conditions which the President or the Congress of the United States may hereafter see fit to impose, and subject also to any action by the President or by the Congress of the United States affirming, revoking, amending, altering, or modifying, in whole or in part, the conditions and terms upon which this consent is granted, and subject also to any conventions between the United States and Cuba applicable to said cable line, and also to any general treaties or conventions relating to electrical communications to which the United States is now or may become a party. |