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Show TAFT DOES NOT APPROVE. Oppose Hitchcock's Suggestion of Government Ownership of Telegraph Tele-graph Lines. Washington. President Taft on Thursday Informed congress that he did not approve of Posimssler General Gen-eral llllcbcork'a suggestion that the government buy and operate all telegraph tele-graph lines an adjunct of the postal pos-tal ayitem. Mr. Taft said that If It could be ahown Hint the public wou'.d benefit by receiving service at a leas price than la now paid be might think differently of the plan, but that be was not convinced eui h would be the effect. |