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Show CABLE DISPUTE GROWS WARMER W. U. Says State Department Fprebade Cuba to Allow Landing of Line I WASHINOTOH, Ji.n. lv -Charges I I that the state department was "inak-inr "inak-inr threats against th- Cuban g'v-j g'v-j ernmenf." to prevent the issuance of permits for Western I'nlon cable landings land-ings oil the IhIhioI. Were made before I a senate committee today i hTeirodnib Carlton, president of the Western Un-1 Un-1 lOfl company. I -VJr- CarROn declared the department was pursuing the point of nerse-I nerse-I cutlon" its differences with the company com-pany over the attempt to land the ca-I ca-I bio fr.nii BarbadoeSi trhlcli ho wild, I would establish a new line of commu-I commu-I nlcatlon with youth America. wuestionei (, to alleged supervision supervis-ion b English authorities of olflclal I dispatches sent from Washington to I American diplomatic representatives In Great Uritaln, Mr. Carlton refused to "answer categorically because It would make trouble." The witness said the state department had the l facts and Senator. Kellogg, chairman ! of tho committee, risked t Uder secre-1 secre-1 Uiry of silate Davis to appear this afternoon. af-ternoon. ) Frederick Roy Marliru acting gen- er.il manager of ihc as.no. . ued ii oss, told the committee that any increases or Communication faculties aiu.-d the ; dissemination of American news. "i he Associated Frees is furnishing , Its new report- to i'orio Rico, Hawaii . Alaska and Mexico," he said, "and has gone very extensively Into South America Our reports on the. Jjacitic are sent by radio and Incidentally cop-i cop-i led for free distribution to Japan and China. This la an unprofitable field , and vv.. are keeping up Ior patriotic I motives to maintain the connection I between the United Staus ana its pos-t pos-t sessions " I South American readers. Mr. Mai-. Mai-. tin suid, desiied news from the United States and tho onlv dlfflcultv In the service was In the lack of cable facli-: facli-: itics. Senator Kellogg asked if the I governmeiu could assist uows dlsiri-but dlsiri-but Ion. i'nly by facilitating private inter-eats inter-eats in extending cable facilities ." Mr. i ( .Martin replied. The AsSoCiateA Press! doe i not want any govornrnent cubsl-flv. cubsl-flv. ,- should liko to see direct cable' to Italy and the Scandinavian countries coun-tries Wo have ljd our troubles with government censorship during the last' n w years I v. lll sa v for our EnglNh ' friends thai ihplr censorship la no nar. rower than our own Only last aat-: aat-: urday ue found that ib, navy depart-i depart-i meat v.-as cenanrlng ( dispatch from San 1" vi ii else,, It ha be, ii ., i,i . ii . i p) anient to us to find thut American laides to , South America could not give us sufficient suf-ficient facilities, and vv huvt been forced to contract with tin KiikIIhIi Western company at London, to carry I a million words a year to our South 1 American pupi rs " Degree T Margraves, representing 1 the Universal service, suid lack of facilities fa-cilities limited pre.-s service and also ! told of difficulties encountered in 1 ; reaching South America oo |
