Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-28
PUBLISHERS FROM
HIS OWN STATE ARE
AGAINST DICTATOR

New York, April 81" Burleson'
as an official topic of discussion haG
been slated for recent executive
meeting of the American Newspaper
Publishers association held at the
Waldorf Astoria hotel. Following the
World charges, members said, the de.
cision had been reached to accord to
the postmaster general the distinction
of a special session" at which the
editors, business managers and pub
fishers from Texas Mr. Burleson's
home state, had expressed a desire TO
participate H' -r
Condemnation Is Unanimous.
Practically without exception the
publishers condemned the. action of
telegraph officials in barring the
World messages as an invasion Of
American rights, guaranteed by the
constitution.
few of the heads of smaller news
papers refused to comment on The
matter for publication, saying they
feared if they did so they would,
without doubt. be made to suffer for
it later"
Among the comments made yester-
day were the following:
Frank p. Glass, Birmingham Ala.)
News, president of the American Pub
hshers' associati0n-If that is Post
master General BurlesOn's attitude, it
is unjustifiable and unwarranted.
never heard of such a position and /
hope he changes it,
L. j. Workman, president of the
Telegram, Forth Worth, Texas
The action in the matter Of the trans.
mission of World messages, if tho
facts in the case are in keeping with
what | have read, is the most OK
traordinary circumstances that has
ever happened in newspaperdom, to
my knowledge. I know Mr. Burle-
son. He comes from my state. l
don't want 10 say just what l think
of him as postmaster general. You
couldn't print it even if ! told you.
I have heard him referred to as OBJ
stlnate, tyrannicai and arbitrary.
What the people of Texas cannot I'M
derstand is how in the world he ever
became postmaster general The rea-
son, of course, must be that he il q
friend of Colonel House
Poorest Member of Cabinet"
Marcellus e. Foster, president of
the Houston Chronicle Publishing
of Houston. Texas-Mr
Burleson is the poorest member of
President Wilson's cabinet and he
has done more, | verify believe, than
any other one man in the country to
disgust the people of the United
States with government ownership.
c. p. j. Mooney Memphis Com
Appeal-WhoeVer held up the
Worlds messages violated the funda
mental principle on which the Amer
lean republic was founded-the right
of free press and free speech.
A, A. Parks. Poughkeepsie Evening
Star-For arbitrary actions in office
BurlesOn has TrotZky and Lenine
beaten mile. AS the publisher of n |
democratic newspaper I cannot speak |
too strongly on this matter BurlesOn !
has outraged every principle of a !
free republic in his arbitrary acts
in office, and the sooner the demo- |
cratic, administration gets rid of him
the better it will be for the demo- |
cratic party and the nation at large
j. C. Wilmarth, Ell Paso Herald |
The facts speak for themselves The
south has no disposition to stand |
for anything like that. The case can
not possibly be justified as a war
measure.
f. d. Mcdonald, Dayton (O.) Jour !
my opinion it was certainly !
wrong to refuse to transmit the |
Worlds messages.
j. J. Devine, Clarksburg wv. Va) |
relegram-It is a very serious mat
ter to employ government control of
I public utility to protect ones own
defects
END of BuPlcson" Assured.
r. L. Kennedy, Springfield (Mo) |
Leader-As long as the. wires are
under government control there will
be all kinds of complications, and we
want them returned to the private
owners as soon as possible.
r, c. Holes, Alliance (O.), Review
1t certainly will be the end of Mr.
Burleson, l cannot ese how the peo-
pie will stand for anything like that.
H. j. Getaway, Port Huron Mich
Times-lf Mr.. Burleson held up the
messages he committed a grevous
wrong against the right of free speech
If he knew nothing about it. | don't
think any reflection is attached to
him.
w. J. Pattison, Scranton Republi-
cam am against Burleson. You
can put it as strongly as you like.
The fact that he avoids anything like
criticism would seem to indicate that
IN his administration there must be