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Show LOGAN POSTDFFICE G0HTES1JTILL 01 Prominent Local Democrats Ask That A G Barber's Claims Be Considered On the heels of the eport that Con gressman James II Majs and Nat onal Con n tteen an W R 'Wallace who was n Wash ngton th s week had urged to the postofhee lepartment tl e appo nt ment of J Al Bla r as post aster at Logan a number of fea t Lake Demo rats telegraihel Congressman Majs g ng co s derat o ol G Barber f o tho appo nt ent Compl cat ous ove the Logan post rnaste sla p became apparent jesterday when t vas announced that not only had &alt Lake Den oerats taken occa s on to urge Barber but that Congress man Joseph Howell had inst tuted an actl e opi os t on to Blair s appo nt ment Congressman Howell jeBterday requested Postmaster General Burleson to w thhold act on on the recommenda t ons of Bla r unt 1 further representa t ons n beha i o Barber could be brought to his attent on Entrance ot the Salt Lake Den o crats several of them tederal orhoe holders into the Logan postmastersh p hght was a development Congressn an AlayB n Wash ngton gave out a tele gram rece ved by h m 10 ntly s gned by Aqu la Nebel er Uathonihah lhomas Frank Is. 'Mebeker, Noble Varrun D b Cook and AV AV Ray asking f the repo t of h s and Comn tteeman AAal lace s ndorsement of Bla r vas true and ask ng the quest on AVould the ndorsement of A G Barber by the unders ned rece e cons derat onf To th s telegram Mr Mays responded that he had no personal inte est n the matter but had acted upon the e dence that a major tv of the patrons of the Logan postomce the heads of the educat onal mst tut ons there the ed fni tho laaH nfr Tnnnrt n nana I paper and the Democrat c nat onal com m tteeman had ndorsed Bla r and that he could not g e any we ght to the members of the c ty comm ttee who first indorsed Bla r and then repud ated the r own act on He added that he could not rep (Tate h s own recommendat on and closed by saying "iour indorsement can be sent d rect to the postomce department receiving cons derat on there ' A statement from Nat onal Comm t teeman AVallaee could not be obta ned n Wash nrton yesterday, but it s un derstood that ne 1 ke Representat e Mays will stand pat on h s recommen dat on of Blair and t is eipecte I that the postmaster general w 11 recommend to tne pres dent that the nom nation shall be n ade in accordance w th the w shes of Mr AVallaee and Representa t ve Mays The s gners of the telegram to Congressn an Mays sa d they had allowed their pames to be used n the telegram but wished it un derstood thev were not act vely oppos ing Blair a appo ntment but wanted to secu e an equal eons derat on of Ba ber's qualificat Ons bv the department Cha rmarr b R Thurman of the Democrat state central comm ttee does not concur w th Nat onal Con m tteeman W U Wallace in h s n dorsement of Bla r Mr latest advices, said Judge Thurman were that Air Barber had a major ty of the local committee n Log&n m fa or of h s aj.po ntment and accord ngly I -rote a perfunctory let ter uidors ng Air Barber to the post office department Th s was n accordance w th a rule adopted bj the state con roittee tw& ears ago to tl e effect that the st te cha rman and the nat onal comm ttee man sho Id accept the major tj ote of local con m ttces In niak ng recommen lat ons Howe e as I sa my letter to tl e postn aster general was ost I erfi nctor I 1 a e taken no part n the contro ersv 0 er the Logan post n astersh p and regarl both Bla r an! Barber as good men |