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Show GREAT VICTOR! AGAINST TRUST ID Voluntary Dissolution of Tele phone Trust Arouses Much Interest in Washington. BIG FIGHT AVOIDED Details of Separation Subject of Immediate Attention by Attorney General. Washington. Dec. 20 The greatest j anti trust victory of President Wil-I Wil-I son's administration thus far tho val-! val-! untary dissolution of the s-vcalled tel-I tel-I ephone trust commanded the atten I tlon of all administration officials to I day. mW Next to the fact that all the features fea-tures against which the government was preparing an anti-trust suit, will be eliminated with the consent and co-operation of big business" itself without years of court fighting, the principal topic of discussion In admin- HL Istration circles was what effect will the dissolution have on the movement for government ownership? It has been gnerally expected in congress that such a plan would soon be urged as an administration measure. With the voluntary dissolution of the so-called trust actually under way. noc-ei, .rtlLuiiir ueueiai .icncu- olds and the Interstate Commerce commission today prepared to scan the details of the separation of the Amer'can Telephone and Telegraph company from the Western Union and the work of discussing telephone affairs af-fairs throughout the country which threatened federal action. Administration ?upporters after In formal conferences on the telephone dissolution and going over so much of the plan as has been published were of the opinion that tho latest development would at least retard the movement to present the government ownership question to congress Lewis Urges Aotlon, Representative Lewie of Maryland, author of the parcel post law and active In the movement for government govern-ment ownership of telegraph and telephone tele-phone lines, introduced a resolution however, to direct the house post- ofrree committee to go ahead and re 1 port a bill for government ownership I 1 of telephone lines, to be operated by ' I the postofflco department. In a statement accompanying his I resolution. Mr Lewis contended that the action of the Bell Telephone com- pany to prevent litigation under the i actl-trust law, did not affeet the legls- la'iTe situation at all "The action j of the Bel company will not reduce a ;iiii.ie telephone or telegraph rate m Mi. United Stales, and so the pub- lic necessities for legislative action I to postalizo these methods of com- municatlon, as they have been in 1 . irly all other countries, are not affected In the least." said he. Plan of Appraisal. The Lewis resolution embodies a plan by which the telephone lines would be appraised by the Interstato 1 ommerce commission and the com I panies might appeal to the United States circuit courts on the awards. Hi pi ndlng litigation. Interest at the rato of 4 per cent a year would be paid ' to the owners, t3 The government would iesue three per cent bonds from time to time as the acquisition of properties demanded demand-ed IB |