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Show mm opposes CGI8L1II0F IE TELEGRAPH 1 J NEW YORK. Nov. 22. The Postal Telegraph-Cablo company will contest in court the government seizure of it properties and proposed consolidation of its land lines with those of tho Western Union Telegraph company, Clarence H. Mackay, president, announced an-nounced tonight. He declared taking over of the cables by the government was contrary to the letter as well as I the spirit of the law." "Mr. Burleson announces that ho proposes to merge or consolidate the Western Union and Postal," said Mr. Mackay. "Has he no fear of the Sherman Sher-man anti-trust act? If tho two companies com-panies themselves started out to consolidate con-solidate or merge they would promptly prompt-ly be met by an injunction by the attorney at-torney general of the United States and would face jail. "The joint resqlution of congress authorized au-thorized tho taking over of the telegraph tele-graph linos for national security -and defense, but did not authorize or intimate inti-mate In the slightest degree that any merger or consolidation was contemplated, contem-plated, expected or would be tolerated, or that tho postmaster general could override tho acts of congress. We shall contest this in the courts if attempted." attempt-ed." nn |