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Show CREEL ASSAILED IN THE HOUSE WASHINGTON, April 20 A special' committee of the house, headed by Itepp tentative t'arawu) of rkansas, recommended today that the house refuse re-fuse to accept a report from Postmaster-General Burleson on the amount of printed matter sent to the soldiers by . the committee on public information, informa-tion, because it contained a statement by George Creel, chairman of the com- 1 mittee on information characterized as impertinent' and not respectful. The report was made in response to a resolution offered by Representative Tread way of Massachusetts. who charged that Creel's committee was ending "tons of literature .to the sol- , diers which was not wanted Mr. Burleson's reply contained a statement from Creel declaring the , baselessness of Mr. Treadway's charges could have been ascertained, by a telephone inquiry." |