Kelly would maintain—sometimes under oath, in front of a state or federal utility commission—that Bell Labs’ purpose was to give AT&T and its regional operating companies “the best and most complete telephone service at the lowest possible cost.”
Times when asked to testify due to the ongoing development of the telephone monopoly. This indication advances the understanding that the goal was to provide a unanimous service to the citizens that was of quality and affordability. Bells labs and Western were to show the goal was not for the c-suite executives to gain wealth.
