Gunnison Valley News | 1919-05-02 | Page 6 | Relinquish Control of Wires

RELINQU ISH CONTROL OF WIRES i Burleson Has Recommended That Cables Be Returned to Owners. Washington. The government is preparing to relinquish control next month of American cable lines and to restore the telegraph, and telephone systems to private ownership immediately immedi-ately after enactment by congress or lav necessary to safeguard the properties. prop-erties. Postmaster General Burleson, as directing di-recting head of the wire communication communica-tion service taken over as a war measure, announced on April 28 he had recommended to President AVilson that the cables be turned back forthwith, forth-with, probably not later than May 10. An hour later the postmaster general gave out a statement saying he would ,vecommend tfluit the telegraph and telephone service he returned to private pri-vate owners, contingent, however, upon up-on financial protection to be obtained from congress.