Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-10 | Page 1 | [Illegible] over Telegraph Stirs up Turmoil

w KING KII DV OVER R TORS TIRS UP Vets Vets' Using Resolution t Filibuster r Against r T Time me Prohibition and aId Booze Wine ime Beer I Associated Pe By Press s. s w July 10 The Thc The TheBUS'S BUSS BUS'S suse use resolution authorizing the i resident ei to take over telegraph telegraph- i l hone cable and radio services the war was formally re- re orl d to the senate senat tod today y by byh h irman hirman Smith of the commerce commerce r with the committees committee's 1 able recommendation Senator ator Smith as asked d Imm immediate late but Senator Penrose j objected and the so ution went went o to the calendar i By United Press 11 July 10 V The United States signal is compiling complete data operation in in this In rJ- rJ ry including th that t of private of-private private I 1 eased ased J h his activity lee led to to belief today I i f President Wilson seizes elz s th the gr mph graph ph lines of f the tle n nation 1 n tas as a atar tar tar necessity th their lr operation 1 16 e placed In the han hands s of f. f the thena thena na nal corps his is done don it will vm eliminate the of ot both union men and mb rs ra of congress to placing wire in the hands of ot Postmaster leral Eat Burleson P BUSY warfare tending o 0 o delay ibn on In the res resolution lution empowering to take over tl the e tele- tele Ph and telephone sy systems was umed today in the senate i by yop y op- op of government control The Thed ond d report of of the interstate com com- r rc rc Q committee ordered late Jat yes yes- dy lay was wall before belore t the e senate against the committees committee's lve s session hearing are arc e expect expect- CM I Committee members i rrt in having baving Ne Newcomb c mb Carlton arlton mt ent of or the Western Vestern Tele Tele- l PO pi company t testify were indig- indig Carlton's testimony was wasi ej i in secret session HAND ets Who are using tha the telegraph olion as aa a means ot filibustering wartime prohibition also were Iv oday today oday stirring up up turmoil over Quotation Two other groups were d to assail the committee for or the resolution back hack so quick quick- l Kno no ne of these Is composed of those I governmental control un- un any circumstances cIrcumstance's the other Is of government control ad- ad ates who demand more information t S 1 governments government's plans for taking r nd nd administering the systems ne j latter group grOUP is frankly moved the he fear that Postmaster General Generall l leson son Is t to be made director of com com- The strongest opposition to giving Burleson any more cen- cen n hp p powers over news and papers