New-York tribune., 1916-07-25
Ticket Agents Plan to
Flood Congress with
Pleas for Scheme.
AIMS AT BRITAlN'S
LETTER SEIZURES
Sending Out of Form kilograms
by Association Exposed by
Senator Husting.
fFrom Tho Tribune Bureau

Washington, July 24.-Existence OF
an organized propaganda to food Con-
gress with demands for action against
Great Britain for her interference with
American mails and to bring about the
sending of mail abroad on warships, so
as to make interference impossible. was
exposed prematurely here to-day oy
Senator Hutsings, Of Wisconsin.
1t had been planned that teiegrams
should be sent 10 Senators and KEEP
resentatives from all over the country
on July 26, so as TO reach the legIs-
lators in big avalanche on July a.
The propaganda is being conducted by
the American Steamship Ticket Agents
Association, Of 395 Broadway, New
York.
In much the same form that German
influences urged citizens, all over tne
Middle West particularly, to deluge
their members Of Congress in behalf OF
the German contention that American
citizens should be warned to keep on
armed merchantmen, the Ticket Agents
Association has sent out the following
form telegram to be filled IT ana
signed" by those willing to do so.
az or we) wish TO enter my Cor our
strongest protest against the unlawfui
seizures Of United States mails by the
British government, proceeding
which prevents me (or us) from for
warding money to needy dependents OF
American citizens. This action has
robbed us of our means of livelihood
and threatens US with annihilation.
COR WEI strongly favor the dispatching
of the mails by United States war
ships"
Officers of the Association.
Officers of the Ticket Agents Asso..
citation were named on the letterhead OF
a letter explaining how British inter
ference with the mails had injured the
business of the ticket agents. They
are Jacob Markell, president; Morris
Engel Richard NJ. Lederer, n. c. Herr
and Walter B. Round, vice-presidents;
Eugene Ruttgay, treasurer, and Kari
Schenk, secretary.
The letter urging persons anxious 70
send money abroad to protest to their
members of Congress declared that
more than 5000 copies of the telegram
had been distributed. :,
"The European war has practically
stoned the sale of steamship tickets"
saws the letter, thereby depriving the
agent Of his chief source Of income.
y
able to make up for this loss 70 some
degree by the sale of money orders, but
on account of the seizure of the Ameri-
can mails by the British government
the forwarding of money orders TO Ger
many and Austria-Hungary has lately
became almost impossible, which state
Of affairs threatens the majority OF
bankers and money forwarders with
annihilation.
"The United States government sew
eral weeks ago protested against this.
unlawful proceeding on the part OF
the Allied powers, but up to this day no
answer has been received. and no RELIEF
can be expected unless our government
takes drastic steps toward remedying
this unbearable condition. This will be
done only if strong protests pour into
Washington from citizens of the United
States whose business has been thereby
affected.
All To Be Sent at One Time.
at was therefore resolved at a meet
ing of the association held on July o
that every money forwarder should be
urgently requested 70 send night tele.
gram 10 his United States Senator and
his Congressman at Washington.
an order to make the protest more
effective, it is requested that these
night kilograms be forwarded by all on
July 26, so that they may all reach
Washington on July 27.
at would also be advisable to change
the wording of the telegram according
10 your best understanding, so as not to
make them all uniform and to conform
to your individual requirements and
conditions. The more kilograms that
come to Washington the more pressure
will be brought to bear upon the gov
ernment, and we cannot therefore make
our request upon everybody In our line
of business strong enough. Every one
Of you ought to be willing to do this
much for the good Of all"