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Show fimMi mm BILK'S II Will Fight to Last Ditch, Head of Postal Company Com-pany Declares. NEW YORK. March 2-1. Pustmasu-r Genera Burleson's action in dismissing Clarence H. Mackay as president of the Postal Telegraph Cable company was characterized by Mr. Mackay as "despotic "des-potic and brutal." in a sLaU'iueih issued here tonigiit on his return from Baltimore, Balti-more, where ho was when the dismissal notice was served at the company's of -fice here last Saturday. Mr. Mackav added Unit "V illiam Hohenzollern himself could not have been more arbitrary, despotic and vindictive," and served notice on Mr. Burleson tha t ho would "fight to my last dollar and to the 1st difcli." He ridiculed Mr. Burleson's statement that the dismissal "was thy result (if his failure to obev instruct ions of the post-office post-office department." asserting that tin. Postal's only two failures to comply with instructions were in cases where, "ambiguity" "ambi-guity" in instrimi ions caused delay, and whero the company '"would ha e faced prosecutions with possible heavy finer.. ' had it obovi'd. "This act of Mr. Burelson," he said, "is only the continuation of a dellhera; conspiracy to wreck and ruin the rosMa! Teteeraph system and tip.o establish a '. mononolv uf wir eumm union lion in Ua . : United States." , Mr. Burleson's principal aHs. since tak- I inpj of the Jines, Mr. Mackay assert. - t. had "been .Tii'resisiin,- of loiiK-di:-. a n :5 i tieiilinjio rates in the inl crests of the j Jicil T''bniKine company; the prono.dMuu I to inei-fase ii'leffrapii rales in lln.- inter' :aL I of the 'Weslci ii l.'nion Tolirrn pi i com-' 1 pf ny; (ho yejy.nf of the cible.s afl"r tht. siifni in; ii' the arm i i ice; 1 he on.-!: in;,' ol. 1 myself and ctlier oll'icials oi' tin- v'oni-' ! moroial '."able and Pos! :d cuinpa i.ies. and I l li . K.vt".:V i.iiai the I Vist a! bubo no jin-.-;j. I to oiiiim.tn with Ihe TelepJuili.'' oi Vi- era Union without f :rsi sub, nil i h.r i nijr plans to off icia Is uf those con: -! !.tni--s.'' |