Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 4 | Rationing News May be Order to Correspondents

Raibmg News May Be Order. To Correspondents WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. Published reports from Paris that limited cable I space for newspaper men may compel "rationing" of news from the peace conference, werct brought to the attention at-tention of the senate today by Republican Re-publican members. Senator Johnson of California read a statement that Edgar Sisson of the committee on public information will issue official statements for the American delegation. delega-tion. Senators Watson and Now of Indiana, In-diana, Republican, and Sherman of Illinois, joined in tho criticism. Senator Sena-tor Walsh of Montana, Democrat, suggested sug-gested that wire "rationing" might be absolutely necessary In view of the number of newspaper men at tho conference. con-ference. "I'm not so much complaining about the systom of rationing," Senator Watson replied, "as I am about the mon who is to do the rationing. As I understand it, tho 2S.000 words the cable can carry is to be parcollcd out by Mr. Creel. It was for that especial es-pecial purpose that ho was taken to tho peace conference. And I warn the American people that, if Mr. Creel is to censor everything that comes from tho peace conference, they must . make very great allowances for its 1 1 vuth and authenticity." I Senator Sherman said congress was derelict in giving powers lo the com-Imitteo com-Imitteo on public information to oxer-j oxer-j cise- censorship. Pie added that while I tho cables were in the possession of private hands, messages from and to I relatives of soldiers could be sent for I six cents a word, but, since the gov-lernment gov-lernment has taken them over, the old rate ot 2S cents a word has been restored. re-stored. oo -