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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-24
/ NEMICI BERSAGLIATI
DAI CANNON ITALIAN
Truppe Teutoniche Bonn
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Col della Berretta
ATTIVITA DI PATTUGLIE
Nella Vale Posina 81 Sono Ncricate
Nivaci AZioni da Partc dele
Pattuglic Italianc

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 3it
Authorized by tho act Of October q,
1917. on file at the postofico Of phild.
doluhia. Pa
by order Of the President.
s. BERLESON.
Postmaster General
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Thieves Get 5000 in Guensch Home

The home OF Charles Gueusch, 303i
York street. was entered by thieves,
who took $500 worth of silverware,
jewelry and clothing The thieves
eained entrance to the house by forcing
4 rear window and ransacled the entire
house while members Of the family were
absent
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COATESVILLE, PA.
21 Novembre
COMMEMORAZIONE.

Of. To-. - Per festeggiare la
vittoria italiana, questa colonia,
auspice la locale loggia Goffredo
Mameli delPO. F. d'I., aveva fat
to gTandi preparativi; pero un
acquazzone che duro quasi tutta
la giornata, imped1, in parte, 10
svolgimento della commemora-
zione.
nellie ore pomeridiane, shdan-
do il cattivo tempo, questl italia
nj vollero fare la parata. Era
preceduta dial maresciallo signor
Frank Rambo e da un'autom0bile
su cui crano i signori Avv. Clio
vanni Di Silvestro, Giuseppe
Bruno e francesca Tropea. vi
presero parte due bande musica-
Ii: quella cittadina Paltra del
signor Catello Pizzi.
Scioltosi il corteo glitaliani
gremirono il teatro di Coatesvil-
le ed ivi parlarono PAW. Clio
vanni Di Silvestro in inglese ed
in italiano e il signor Giuseppe
Bruno, entrambi presentati dial
signor Gioacchino Cotone, mae
stro di cerimOnie.
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NOIiZie DOLE GO|Orie
| nostri Agent

lie COntee Allegheny, Indiana,
Fayette, Lawrence e Washington
sOnO state assegnate al signOri
NICOLA CARUSO di Verona e
MICHELE MORRONE di Pitts
burgh.
Essi sOnO autOrizzati a transit
gere AFFAIR." per cOntO del nOstrO
giOrnale; ciOe, sOllecitare nuOvi
abbOnamenti ed avvisi e riscuO-
terne il relative ammOntare.
MOI Ii raccOmandiamO al nOstri
amici e cOnOscenti perche facili-
tinO lOrO il cOmpitO che 81 sOnO
assunti, e lutte lie cOrtesie che sa-
rannO ad eSsi usate lie ritenlamo
come fatte a moi stessi.
II signOr NICOLA CARUSO
ha ritenutO per cOntO suO paesi
Ambridge, UniOntOwn, Aliquip-
pa, CoraOpOlis, CharlerOi, MOnes-
sen, Carnegie, Butler, COnnells-
vile, Verona, 0akmOnt Q New
heAtSlllS IOll'
II signor MORRONE battera
le suddette cOntee ad eCCeHOne
del paesi assegnati ad signOr CA
RUSO.
=
II SignOr Antonio MaiellO di
Washington, Pa, e nOstrO agen-
te-cOrrispOndente per quella cit
Ia vicinanZe.
Eg4i e autOrizzatO, Oltre che ad
infOrmarci degIi EVENT. pin inn
pOrtanti che cola 81 svOlgOnO, a
sOllecitare avyiSi ed abbOnamenti
G I'D esigerne PammOntarC,
/ pagamenti fatti a lui e come
Sc fOsserO fatti a moi direttamen-
10
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convinti che egli non sarebbe piu
venuto, quando, sotto una piog-
gia che scendeva giu a catinelle,
10 vedemmo sbucare sulPautomo-
bile del signor Mario D'Urso,
Grande Deputato della loggia
Ruggiero Bonghi di Amber, Pa.
Con lui, oltre al signor D'Urso,
erano la gentilissima moglie di
questi ed il signor Di Mambro,
Grande Deputato della loggia Sc
rino di Philadelphia.
Senza dargli neanche tempo
di scendere dall'automobile, 81
formo subito un corteo, precedu-
to dalla banda fOrnita dial signOr
Orazio Matera, ci recammo
nella sala di questa Societa di
NJ. S. La Banda diede un con-
certo di musica e negli intervalli
il Grande Venerable parlo al so
ci della Loggia Sante Furnari ed
agli italiani PRESENT., riscuoten-
do meritati applause.
II comitato preparatore era
composite dai signori: Tobia Pie
trangelo, presidente; Antonio
D'Alesio, vice presidente; Dome
nico Romano, Sabine Manzelli ed
il voStTO correspondence.
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LANSpALE, PA.
FESTEGGIAMENTI PER LA
VITTORIA ITALIANA
20 Novembre.

(F. Cacciutti). - Domenica
scorsa. sebbene sotto una piog-
gia dirotta, questa colonia volle
festeggiare il signifcato della Wit
tolia dele nostre armi italiane
contro Ia nostra secolare nemi-
ca. Erano stati fatti grandiosi
preparativi, ma il Dio Pluvio non
permise che 81 espletasse intera-
mente il programme prestabi-
Ito.
Per Poccasione flu esteso invi-
to al Grande Venerable deIPOr-
dine del Figli d'ItaIia, signor
Giuseppe Di Silvestro, ma, dato il
cattivo tempo, non 10 81 aspetta-
va piu. Infatti per ben due vol
tie ci recanmo ALA stazione fer
roviaria a riceverlo con la banda
musicale, ma dovemmo tornarce-
ne in paese disillusi. CT eravamo
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MOUNT PLEASANT, PA.
81 Novembre.
IMPORTANTE SEDUTA.

(X. - Questa loggia Nuova
Cavour, che a causa del'epide-
mia dell'influenza era stata CO.
stretta a sospendere le sue sedu-
te, domenica scorsa 81 E riunita
ed ha preso Important delibera-
zioni. Era presente il Grande De-
putato signor Ferdinando Dori
che parIo, applaudito sullerigen-
do Orfanotrofio delrOrdine in
Pennsylvania e della vittoria ita-
Llama.
l soci ad unanimita deliberaro-
no di acquistare bighetti del
POrfanotrofo pagandone lim-
porto seduta stante, e come sug-
gerito dial Grande Conciho, di fe-
steggiare la nostra vittoria il %
cOrrente.
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Lavaru

L'avaru 'nzOccu viri ia spiriri
Ogni cOsa vuleunusi sarvar,
81 va Sfurzannu Gu ogni putir
Pri acquistari 'cchiu roba cchiu
% (dinari;
Pari chi sempri vulissi muriri
Quannu 81 viri COST addimannari,
+ 'ddi COsi chi ghettanu la genti
ST Ii COgghi Ii tira Gu Ii denti.
Rerramu avaru nun mai cuntenti
Disia la robba non voli accattari.
Nun va circannu medici, ne unguenti
Chiu di la vita stima Ii denari.
A tall omu cCi machina la menti,
Pri lu dinaru so sempri aVanzari,
Cci pari cosa assai ma tesla d'agghia
+ pri linguati mancia la fragagghia.
Pri sparagnari tanticciedda d'ogghiu,
La frittura 81 la COST Gu lu grassu.
Pri vistimenta accatta vecchiu
(spogghiu
Nenti 81 sciala, mai 81 pigghia spassu
Nun cci Writ mai cumprari un
(fogghiu
Dicennu: Di sti cosi sugnu arrassu.
Haiu studiatu sulu in vita mia
Saluti, senza denari, malatia.
Essennu avaru. fazzu qualchi pignu
Vantu tri casi, ntra ma bedda strata.
Ii dinaru mi l'aduru ira lu sgrignu
Comu fussiru la Matri 'Mmaculata
Sapiti lu pirche sugnu malignu
'Nne mia sta gran sintenza Gee
(stampata
"Si tn cunsumi tuttu u guadagnatu
"Tu non 81 vistu, ed i'll su rispettatu." "
Antonio Mercurio Comella.
Utica, N. Y.
SANCIO PANZA.
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Oltre al capo calzolaio, I'm al
tro signore 81 e preso Pincarico
di divulgare cose false e di CONT
nuamente insozzare H.. talloni
dele nostre scaIpe, quegli che fu
colto in alto di togliere Porologio
dial taschino di un connaZionale
in una iniziazione di loggia degli
Indipendenti.
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WASHINGTON, Pa.
RNGRAZIAMENTI
21 Novenbre.

"a. NJ. - II signor Antonio
correspondence ordina-
rio di questo giornale, ringrazia
sentitamente tutti quegli amici e
conoscenti che in occasione della
morte di una sua bambina, i cui
funerali ebbero luogo il giorno 8
cOrrente, gil hanno Iiyolto paro-
10 III cOD fOTtO
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COMMUNICATE
EgregiO Sig. Direttore,

AtS CSlU DIX III ttloASs
PregOla pubblicare, mel suo ac-
creditato giornale, QuantO segue
Si e teste formato un Comita-
to allo scope di erigere una La
pide in memoria del valorosi sol
dati nativi di CollecoIvino, NOR
ii gloriosamente sui campo di
battaglia per la redeuzione della
patria nostra. La Iapide in pa
rola sara eretta in Collecoryino
ed all'uopo e stata iniziata una
sottoscrizione ira j cOllecorvinesi
qui RESIDENT, la prima lista
consta del seguenti nomi:
Frank Cocchini $40; Luigi
Merlino $40; Philip Di Vincenzo
$40; Antonio Merlino IS; Frank
Santoro S5: Michele Pizzoli S5;
Attilio De Iuliis IS; Eugenio Di
Giampaolo So; Cesare GuaIneri
$5; Giovannina Gualneri ST.;
Giulia Merloni 81 - Da Altona,
Pa; Cesare Calandra S4; Anice-
to Lacorato $5; Genoveffa Ca
landro 81; Marietta Calandro ST.;
Luigi Gigante$$55;; EPasquale Ne
loni S5. Totale $500.
Fi1ippO Di Yincenzo.
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Senti, capo calzolaio, lascia
tare i cani che dormono, per-
ne essi potrebberO afferTarti
IL lie scalpe, quelle scalpe
eco della cui stOria e divulgata
lppertutto.
e basta per Oggi.
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RTTARDATA.

A causa della epidemia da cui
fu affetto il vostro correspondent
te, non vi flu communicate la no
tizia della morte di un bambino,
Eugenio, unico frutto d'amore
del coniugi Segreti di qui, awe
nuta il 26 dello scorso mese. I fu-
nerali ebbero luogo due giorni
dopo riuscirono impoHenti.
II signor Eugenio Segreti rim
grazia tutti j confratelli della
Ioggia Leonardo da Vinci che 81
associarono al suo dolore.
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Per I'Ita!ia dGSOIdta

Oggi che la ferocia del nemi-
co e stata domata, ma non vinta
non crediamo fuori di luogo il ri
produTTe, traducendola, una let
terra del Sig. C. II. Miller di Phi
ladelphia, diretta alrEditore del
"Public Ledger" del 5 novembre
1918.
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Reading matter per line Of t3 ems OJ5
Translation and set-up type paid separately
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.AFEditore del Public Ledger,

"SignOTe: Al mOmentO pSlCO-
logico DELI anniversaTio di Capo-
retto, il maresciallo Foch, diede
liberia d'azione allie armaJe tia
liane, che fino a questo momento
81 erano rafforzate; ed il Genera
lie Diaz, lanci0 la parola che / sol
dati d'Italia avevano impaziente-
mente aspettata: AVANTI. la
nostra immortale patria ci CHA
ma!
"Le difese austliache furouo
completamente sconquassate, e
dopo una difesa disperata e re-
sistente di quell'esercito nemicO,
fu messo in rotta llcacclato nei
suoi confini fuga sGrenata e
precipitosa.
LA preghiera del Carducci,
veniva a realizzaTsi
Del fumante sangue,
Da tutti i campi
Rendi la patria, Dio, rendi
l'Italia
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Agl'Italiani!

. "Nelle desolate contrade in cui
Pinvasore mise piede, tutto man
ca per dare un auto immediate
al prigionieri liberati ed ALA po-
polazione civile. vi sono dele vi
te umane agonizzanti, che giac-
ciono negli ospedali e che aspect
tano di essere alleviate, bisogno-
Sc di anestetici e di tutto il ma
teriale chirurgico.
"Non vi sono mel nostro State
molte anime generose, che hanno
piacere di mostrare il loro ap-
prezzamento al valore eroico di
questa nostra alleata, con
la quale i nostri soldati hanno
combattuto spalla a spalla, col
mandare immediatamente al Co
mitato Italiano delPEmergency
Aid 1923 Walnut st. del contri-
butt in denaro che sara spedito
telegrafcamente, franco di spe-
Sc, per la cortesia del nostri ban
chieri?
firmatO
La libera parola. [volume] (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969, 1918-11-23

Ogni italiano contemplate dalla pre-
sente convenzione mel fare Popzione o
mel rivolgersi in qualsiasi maniera al
Regi Ufici Consolam dovra sempre
fornire lie sue complete generalita e
cioe nome, cognome, paternita, comu
ne di nascita e provincial, classe di le-
va ALA quale appartiene e precise
chiaro indirizzo in America.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-15
NEWS FROM COLUMBIA No. 2
Tie Perfect La*ahve

MIR. ard Mrs. H. W Koon were in
Columbia Thursday on business.
Mr. Harley Koon and Mr.. Roy
hoon spent Friday at Irmo.
Misses Annie and Rosie Belle Bick
ley spent a while at Mr.. S. P. Bick-
leys.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L Slice and little
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. Edd
Meetze.
Miss. Eula Derrick spent Thursday
with Mrs. G. l. Slice
Mrs. Esther Koon had birthday
dinner Thursday.
Mr.. 3. C. Derrick ard W C Koon
were in Lexington Wednesday,:
Miss Lucille Lorick spent Saturday
with Miss Eula Derrick.
Mrs. I. L. Derrick and Mrs B G
BouI,night and little daughter spent
Monday with Mrs. S. R. Lorick:
There will be cottage prayer meet
.ng Saturday night at Mr.. B. G.
Bouknights.
"Blue Eyes"
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CITATION NOTICE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Lexington.

By George S. Drafts, Probate Judge
WHEREAS, T. W. Reeder made
suit to meto grant him Letters of Ad
ministraticn Of the Estate of and ef-
fects of H. C. Reeder.
THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite
and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of the said H.
G. Reeder deceased, that they be and
appear, before me, in the Court of
Probate, to be held at Lexington, C.
H., S. c., on the 23rd of May 1913
next, after publication hereof at II
o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause
if any they have, why the said Ad-
ministration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my Hand, this s day
of May Ammo Domini 1918.
Geo. S. Drafts, Il. s.
Probate Judge Lex County
Published on the 18th day of May
1918 in the Lexington Dispatch
News 2 weeks.
Give Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy to keep the cough loose and ezs-
pectoration easy. II IS excellent.
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"Clemson College has opened an
office at Columbia, S. C. for the dis
tribution of Anti-hog Cholera Serum
Citizens ordering serum will please
toward their orders to Clemson Col
lege Live Stock Sanitary Office, 8O1
Union National Bank Building, Co.
lumbia, S. c."
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IN REMEMBRANCE OF MY DEAR
WIFE.

Mrs. Quilla Mae Taylor was born
September y 1900. Departed this
life April 26, 1918. making her short
pilgrimage here on earth IT years.
7 months and Il days. She leaves
husband, an infant son, a father
and mother and five brothers and
one sister to mourn her departure:
three brothers and one sister preced-
ing her to the spirit land besides a
host of other relatives and friends.
! A loved one from me has gone,
A voice / loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in my home,
/ Which never can be filled.
You like flower have passed away:
Destroyed in all your bloom,
L, You left this world and all your
friends,
To moulder in the tomb.
Go to thy rest fair Quilla,
Go to thy dreamless bed
While vet Sc gentle undefiIed
With blessings on thy head.
Heaven now retains my treasure
Death the lonely casket keeps
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-15
SOUTHERN RY.. SCHEDULE
CHANGED SUNDAY

The schedule Of passenger trains
operated between Columbia and AL
gusta changed Sunday, and the fol-
lowing schedule is now in effect:
No. 10 Due at Lexington $50 a. NJ
No. Due at Lexington 9.22 am.
No. 81 Due at Lexington 71:45 am
No. 32 Due at Lexington 3.O2 pm.
No. 7 Due at Lexington 6.33 pm.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-15

Will you write to lonely young W.
dow vsrth $4,000? Object, matri-
meay. Mary, Box 584, Los Angeles
Eal.
Advt.
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SgJscri1e to The Dispatch-News
Evening star., 1918-02-17
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
-BY-
OLIVER OWEN KUHN,

More fearful even than actual death
upon the minds of children, according to
investigations of British pathologists.
Great harm is done to the nervous sys-
TENS of thousands of youngsters, and
many are inca pacitated from serious en-
deavor. The only cure is to remove them
from the scene of their terror.
Every trench, billet, tent or hut on the
battle front has it's lonely soldier. one
who may be seen sitting away from his
comrades and dreaming of the things that
were. 1t is in order to combat this lone
illness which creeps over the best of SOL
diers at times that the various belligerent
nations are SO diligently striving to carry
diverting amusements to the men.
Undertakes of Great Britain are in diff
ficulties because of the labor shortage oc-
casioned by the war. One of them COM
planned that he has to drive his own
hearses, make his own coffins. bear bodies
and supervise funerals. When he is not
others
The stamp collection of the Frenchman
la Renetiere. which has been beQueathed
by him to the Berlin postal museum, is
valued at s2.500,00O. 1t is the most COM
plete in the world Paris still is agog
over the question as to why a French
man should leave such valuable collec-
ton to the enemy. 1t probably never will
reach Berlin, however.
Owing to the peculiar mixtures in the
bread served by the Germans to their
prisoners, the latter are advised to eat it
while it is fresh. Otherwise the chemical
ingredients will evaporate. One exchang-
ed prisoner declares the bread is three
parts sawdust.
The chief of the kaiser's civil cabinet is
declared to be the keeper of the kaiser S
conscience.
Evening star., 1918-02-17
GAS APPEAL MAY
FOIL DOLLAR RATE
Commission Cannot Decide as
to Its Right to Change
Price Congress Set.
COMPANY'S ACT ATTACKED

Dollar gas may be ordered for the
mission decides it has authority at this
time to set aside the 75-cent rate es-
tablished by Congress.
II may be stated authoritatively that
the commission has been impressed by
the case made by the Washington Gas
Light Company in support of its rate
increase application. The commissions
own experts have submitted data con-
firming the company's statements as to
increased cost of production. These
figures have brought dollar gas within
the scope of probability, it is agreed
Question of Right to Act.
The perplexing element in the situa-
ton is the question as to the commits
sion's right to act, in view of the rate
established by Congress and the appeal
from the commissions S valuation taken
by the company.
The closing address of Corporation
Counsel Conrad H. Syme in the rate in
quiry yesterday. and several questions
asked by Commissioners Gardiner and
Brownlow. indicated that this question
is uppermost in the commissions mind.
One member of the board last night
frankly admitted that the problem is
llc CofUHl1SSiOQ- II was recOR-
nized it was said, that if the commits
sion decides it must keep hands of until
the valuation findings have been held
legal or otherwise, the company will be
up against the proposition of furnishing
gas in Washington at a loss. The COM
pany already is operating at loss. it was
developed at the hearing. and after April.
when its contracts expire, it will be forced
to pay more for coal and oil in the open
market. and consequently will be in much
greater need of relief.
Evening star., 1918-02-17
THIRD OF TOWN UNDER WATER
Port Deposit Streets Submerged by
Susquehanna Flood.

PORT DEPOSIT. Nd. February 10
One-third of this town. including the en-
tire north end, is today submerged in
three feet of water, as result of the flood
last night, which swept water of the Sus-
quehanna river and great bulks of ice
into tine streets of the town.
Great masses of ice, estimated at thirty
feet in depth, are caught up the river at
falls above Mccall Ferry. If the water
should gain force enough to break down
this wall OF ice. the greatest flood ever in
the history of this much flooded village
will deluge the town.
Evening star., 1918-02-17
Would Have Rate Stand.

Mr.. Syme insisted that Congress had
intended the rate it had fixed to stand
until a valuation had been reached
which would stand as established in
law, either by acquiescence of the COM
pany or by the action of the court. He
said that he did not question the com
pany's right to appeal from the valua-
ton of the commission if the appeal
was made in good faith. but that the
company must accept the inevitable re-
suit of its own action.
He said in closing that the commits
sion should be careful in interfering
with the action of Congress until its
own conclusion as to the basis upon
which rates should be fixed had been
established beyond all question Mr..
Syme asserted that the difficulty with
the case was not that the commission
was not empowered to fix rates now.
but that the company. by its own in
consistent attitude before the court ana
the commission. had preciuded the COM
mission from giving any relief. as il
had attacked the basis upon which the
commission was compelled to found its
action.
: Mr. Darlington was given an oppor-
tunity to file a written reply to Mr..
Syme's statements. The case was then
left with the commission.
Evening star., 1918-02-17

father, W. w. Dent, personal tax
inspector in the assessors office of the
District. Lieut.. Dent was formerly a
compositor on The Star.
In his letter he says that the onfcers
and soldiers are busy learning the
French language, and are making use
of dictionaries and conversation books.
You get very little. news here,'' he
writes. "and you should see the rush
for mail. We received some mail the
other day for the first time in several
months. and it was sure a happy
bunch"
Evening star., 1918-02-17
. To Maintain Legal Position,

Mr.. Syme declared that Mr. Darling
ton had told him at the time the ap-
peal from the valuation was taken
that IL was done for the purpose of
maintaining the legal position of the
company until rates were fixed and
that if the rates were satisfactory the
appeal on the valuation would then be
dropped. He charged that that left
in question the good faith of the an.
peal. for if the rates suited the COM
pany 1T was perfectly willing to say that
the valuation made by the commission
was fair and reasonable, and if the rates
old not suit the company it then wanted
to be in a position to attack both the
rates and the valuation. He argued that
the commission should not permit itself
TO be put in the position Of having it's
ACTON attacked from one side or the other
TO the COMPANY