Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' £ t ■Q. K 1955 m RLFSOX UKMOYES POSTAL OFFICIALS Maokuy, Do<*kan Und C<H)k ReUered From all Connection with Govern ment Operation of Their System. Move Marks Culmination of Feud of Lomr Standing Washington, March 22—Differences between the management of the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company and Postmaster General Burleson, w^iiqh have been acute ever since the govern ment assumed control of the telegraph and telephone systems, culminated to- dn v in -AT) order bv the postmaster gen- eral summarily relieving the chief of ficers, directors and owners of the Postal Company from all duties in con- nection with government operation of their system. In the place of Clarence II. Mackay, president of the company, the. order appointed A. F. Adams, president of the Kansas City Home Telephone Com pany, and member of the government's general telephone and telegraph oper ating. board, to take over management of the entire Postal system. In an nouncing the action, ]>ost office de partment officials said Mr. Adams took over control today. W. W. Cook, general counsel, and William J. Deegan, secretary, were named specifically with .Mr. Mackay in v ■ the removal order. The department announced the action was made necessary by failure or refusal of the Postal officials to follow instructions, efforts to eml»ar- rass and discredit government control and failure promptly to put a new wage schedule and the eight hour day into operation. Officials said informally they assum ed the Postal Company would seek to interfere with execution of the order by some court action. The officers re lieved retain their connection with the company itself, the postmaster general’s authority extending only to actual control and operation Last January Mr. Burleson removred Edward Reynolds, vice presldqin and general manager, of the Postal on the ground that he was ob^ttnicting oper ation. sons” for the removal today hy Mr. Burleson of Clarence Mackay, presi dent, and other officials of the com pany. Mr. Deegan declared in a statement that ” | we shall not surrender er aban don our fight against Burleson’s usur pations.” The order removing the officials was served at noon today without previous notice, said the statement which con tinued: “Burleson gives as a reason for the order that we have failed to carry out his orders and instructions. We do .not know what Burleson refers to God helps those who ‘ help thetn- •Mevs.—Buy War Savings Stamps. Spend one penny less than thy clear gains. — Buy War Sav^g# Stamps. Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.—Buy War Savings Stamps. If you would be wealthy, think .of saving as well as getting—Buy War Savings Stamps. ^ Remember that money is of tho prolific, generating nature.—Buy War Savings Stamps. in fhe way of orders and instructions. ,It all is a pretense. “The statement by Burleson that we failed promptly to put into effect the wage schedule is a distortion. We announced ah increase in wages of all our employees on March 5; effective from January 1. which was more gen erous than that ordered by Burleson. The Burleson schedule was based ett tire-ly on the Western I'nion plan of organization which is different from ours, and -it was impossible to apply it to our organization. Burleson’s op erating board admitted this and told us to do fhe best we.could. Burleson’s statement on the wage schedule is a deliberate attempt to distort facts. “We did refuse to assent to a prop osition, made by Burleson’s operating board of Bell Telephone and Western FINISH THE JOB Success of the Victory Liberty Loan, the fifth government war loan, will depend largely’on the savings of the people of the nation. To insure its success, we must save NOW—to practice anew the great lessons of the war, thrifty and economy Aside from the loss of respect for our selves as a nation, every family will ' • npleasantly affected, if the coal ing lean is not fully subscribed. Uncle Sam’s war exchequer is compelled to Resolved. Union officials to increase telegraph rates, hut this never reached the form of an order. Burleson carefully re frains from mentioning this and thi may be’why he has removed our cials.” r The statement which dpclares the action of the i>ostmaster general to be “one of the mo^Faespotic acts in the history of the government,” and this purpose/^evidently is to destroy the Postal Telegraph system,” says the men who were appointed to take ov^t the property know nothing, of fhe telegraph business. f That peace will find us' back ing Uncle Sam as strongly as we backed^him in war. That between now and April we will lay every possible stone of the groundwork for the Fifth Liberty Loan and leave no act undone which will tend to keep alive and quicken the con sciousness of the nation that savings and thrift are peace es sentials. - That we will exert our efforts to stop trafficking in bonds of the first four loans and will keep our War Savings Stamps. That we will-carry out our War Savings pledge if that is unfulfiUen. and make and keep new/Savings pledges this year. "That we will work toot.n and nail from now till the last day of the April drive to oversub- < ► scribe that Liberty Loan. $ That we will finish our job. ° sac occupation, to rehabilitate the wound ed, to bring home (tie victors and to carry out the program of recoqstrup- tion. to the Second division and various marine regiments assigned to duty at the embarkation camps and other army centers in France. On February 28, the total strength v of the forces in France and those en route home was placed at 1,677,024. Deaths reported this month numbered 2,339 while the tnoops landing in this country and embarking from France from February 28 to March 20 num bered 204,d09. New Yorlvi^March 22.—Refusal by the PostaFTelegraph Company to sanc tion an increase of telegraph rates if ?nied unjust and award of a 19 per 'cent wage increase to employees in stead of o per cent advance orered by Postmaster. General Burleson were said today by William S. Deegan, sec retary of the company, to be the “rea- Baltimore, March 22.—Clarence H. Mackay, president of tho Postal Tele graph and Cacle Company, who was in Baltimore today, said tonight: “Until t shall have had the oppor tunity of reading and studying the full text of the order dismissing me from _ A the service of the company, I prefer to make no comment about iL A state ment Will likely be issued by the com pany in New York tonight. I will wait until I get back to New York to read he order and will probably majie a statement then.” Tbe Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak Yon must have Health, Strength and En durance to tight Colds, Grip and Influenza. When your blood is not in a healthy condition and does not circulate properly, your system Is unable to withstand the Winter cold. GROVE’S TASTELESS Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the.Blood. It contains the well-known tonic prop erties of Quinine and Iron In a form lUe to the most delicate stomach, pleasant to take. You can soon feel am Its Strengthening. Invigorating Effect. 60c. Detroit Vapor Oil Stoves work like gas. S. M. & E. H. WILKES dL CO. Alaska Ice Cream Freezers. All sizes in stock. See our display of Aluminum ware. S. M & E. H. WILKES & CO. This money is being borrowed from the banks of the country, and Uncle Sam is issuing short-term certificates of indebtedness in'anticipation of the coming Liberty Loan and of the fed eral income taxes. If the banks were not speedily paid back, their resources would be gone, and as they could make no/loans, credit operations would be hampered and businss stagnate. How about it? W r ill we finish our job—that of paying the war bill*, as our immortal heroes finished theirs ol vanquishing the Hun? They were not quitters, even when called on tc make the supreme sacrifice. Will we be quitters, when there is all to gain and nothing to lose? A little saving now is all it will cost and this saving will niefen a stronger grip on the future. The Victory Lib erty Loan will soon be offered. Will you he ready to do your part? DR. CHAS. A. CROMER GRADUATE VETERINARY SURGEON 8 DENTIST Seryice Day and Night Charges Reasonable — Will Appreciate Yow Patronage . m,. „ ( Telephones: Residence 201: Office 45. Office at Posey’s Drug Store, Laurens, S. C. OYER HALF MILLION MEN RETURNED Strength of the A. E. F. on March 20th was 1,470,676. Washington, March 22.—The total number of the members of the Am erican expeditionary forces returned to the United States has passed the half million mark. The War Depart ment announced today the actual fig ure on March 20 was 500,034, includ ing 27,940 officers, 2,146 nurses, 2,68.3 civilians and 448,241 men of the army, 13,550 navy personnel and 4,474 ma rines. The strength of -the expeditionary forces March 20 was 1,470,676. This included 24,199 men of the navy comprising hospital units, big gun I*rows and similar auxiliary forces serving'in connection with the army’s work in France^ The marine contin gent on that date had been reduced to 23.502 including the brigade attached // THEFAMOUS Dixie Portable Drag Saw “The Saw With the Clytch” -- ( No need to ever stop your engine to stop 'the saw. There is a positive clutch controll ing the movement of the saw blade. A" husky 4 h. p, motor can be used for any other purpose about the farm. A pulley is supplied with each outfit without additional cost for belt work, such as pumping water, threshing peas, pulling mills, etc. See the Dixie—they are wonders. ‘ Write, phone or wire for territory. Deal ers wanted. 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