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Show Declare Postal Telegraph Prof- H its Sought to Make Good i H U. S. Losses f I NEW YORK, May 6. Officials of H the Postal Telegraph company de-clared de-clared the company would welcome ti 'H suit by the government to recover $2,-123,392, $2,-123,392, which Postmaster General 1 Burleson yesterday told congress rep-resented rep-resented the amount earned "by the Pos'tal during federal control over the compensation awarded by him. , William J. Deegan, secretary of the liH company, declared the Postal earned i $4,029,195, but that Burleson had ' awarded him the company $1680,000 as IH compensation. , Deegan said the Western Union and the Beel Telephone companies were given $10,210,681 more than they earned. He declared that Burleson proposed to take the Postal company's jH profits to make up the Western Union company's losses. Four court decisions i relating to compensation to railroads taken over by the government during the war, Deegan pointed out, held that the compensation must at least equal the profits earned by the railroads. 2 |