Show Star Route Contracts WASHINGTON May 29In the matter of he star route contracts suspended by Second Assistant PostmasterGeneral Whitefield because of their apparent illegal if not fraudulent execution the assistant attorneygeneral for the post office department has just rendered a decision deci-sion He holds that the entire series of contracts amounting to 8147000 is illegal and void The propssals upon which the contracts were based while held irregular in many respects are not deemed absolutely void The assistant attorneygeneral holds hat those based upon these proposals and ho proposals for new contracts which are properly and legally executed may be re cowed The opinion recites at length the excul atory evidence presented by the contractors tractorsSevere |