The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-14
MIR. MELLEN HITS BACK.
His Present State of Wholesome of the Experiences He Has These
 Days.

CFrorn Letter by President Charles $.
 Mellen Of the New Haven Railroad
 to the Editor of the Boston Ameri-
 can)
 I have no business interest except in the success and safety of the New England railroad lines. Many of my meals are eaten on the train, or in the railroad stations, and most of my directions must be given by telegraph to heads of departments. work more than 12 hours a day. I have no doubt I should have added an hour or two more, and explained matters to the press and the public. My excuse is that thought the public would see
 my work, my rebuilding of the main line of the road without any serious accident or interruption to the busi-
 ness of New England, and my pres
 ent work in the identification of the
 line.
 I, am a servant of the corporation
 and the public and have funds to spend for nay personal defense or ex-
 ploitation.
 The press is open to every one of 13, ,0OO, 600 people dwelling in New Eng
 land or about our railroad terminal in
 New York-every one from MT. Bran
 deis with his s100,00o corporation fees,
 down to a small shipper whose freight gets caught in an autumn congeS- ton. MT. Brandeis and MT. Norman White
 have been tn agftators for many years favoring the destruction Of New Eng lands railroad system. MT. Brandeis' advertisement in this connection brings him enormous fees from cor porate interests and combinations at- tacking corporate interests, which can afford to pay them. MT. White wiN give after January 1, 1913, This whole time" according to the language of the faIfQ in he n0Siti0n tn which he has been appointed. He will not
 then be free to travel that he may at
 tack and defarae everybody from the President of the United States down to my humble self. But MT. Bran deis will then find another mos1tll- piece. My personality is of little conse- quence in this matter, but the danger of demoralization to the railroad ser vice of New England and the New ] England travelling and business i'm White attacks does most deeply com cern me.
 The basis and reason for these at tacks is political sensation A letter falsely connecting the president of the United States with the direction and management of this railroad system is good newspaper ammunition while it lasts and MT. White, some other Brandeis mouthpiece is speaking.
 Fortunately, in this case, somebody with Knowledge was present and a
 newspaper sensation was spoiled. :. A few days ago I was summoned to testify at the state-house in Bos- ton. At the entrance I was met by a representative of MT. Hearst's Ameri- can and requested to pause and pose for a photograph. My associate, Vice President Byrnes. protested that my time was short, but remembered the caution of my associates to give the press more time, and 50 I paused and posed.
 Please smile.'' said the photo grapher, and I smiled.
 But I did not smile when later the American was handed to me with my picture labeled, 'Mellen giving New England the laugh"
 What do you think should have been my feelings I passed to the
 bedside of my sick daughter to again l see my smiling picture on the frs page of the American and below. 1t the photograph of the dead body. o1 | a woman being taken from railroad wreck of several months before-my l smiling face set above her dead body