MANN ELKINS ACT JUNE 1910 MANN ELKINS ACT U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE COMMUNICATIONS U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION ECONOMY AND LABOR IN JUNE 1910 CONGRESS PASSED THE MANN ELKINS ACT THE ACT INCREASED THE AUTHORITY OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ICC PASSED WITH THE SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT THE ACT PLACED TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES UNDER THE ICC'S AUTHORITY THE ACT WOULD LATER BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE CABLE AND WIRELESS SERVICES IN ADDITION THE ACT CREATED A FEDERAL COURT OF COMMERCE TO HEAR DISPUTES OVER RATES THE MANN ELKINS ACT WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN THE EARLIER HEPBURN ACT WHICH PLACED RAILROADS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ICC THE COURT OF COMMERCE WAS ABOLISHED IN 1912
