The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-19
euRLEsoN ISSUES DENIAL.
BY United Pres

Washington, June 17.-Al telephone
companies are directed to appoint inn
mediately an officer to receive, COM
plants from employees, in an order Is
sued today by Postmaster General
Notice Of the designation Of suc
officer is to be placed on a bulletin
board. Complaint officers are also di-
rected to make careful notes at the
time each complaint Is received.
This will make clear to employees,
Rurleson points out, the proper off,
cials with whom to take up their
| grievances:
Postmaster General Burleson today
told the United Press "there Is no
truth" in the report that he has taken
steps to bring about g. conference be-
tween striking telegraph operators and
officials of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies.
Burleson also denied a report that he
had requested Railroad Director Hines
to cause the discharge Of railroad tele-
graph operators who refuse to handle
commercial messages by the Western
Union or Postal telegraph companies.
OFFICIALS PLEASED.
BY United Press.
New York, June 17.-Officials Of both
the. Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies today declared their
belief that the t~elegraphers strike was
practically over, with most of the key
men back on their jobs.
DISCUSS BuRLEsoN ORDER.
BY United Press.
Atlantic City, N. j., June 17.-Post-
master General Burleson's order grant
ing the right of collective bargaining
to electrical and telephone workers,
signing Of which on Saturday averted
a nation wide strike today applies to
all other employees under the postoffice
department, including telegrapher op-
orators and postal employees, according
to a report made to day to the onven
ton of the American Federation Of La
Dor by H. p. Mccarthy, of San Fran
cisco, chairman of the committee that
went to Washington under direction of
the convention.
This declaration resulted in a sharp
debate by delegates. 1t started when
E.. P. Gaynor, Of the letter carries asked
If Postmaster General B%urleson's order
applied exclusively to telephone en-
ployes and added hat he could see no
reason why all postal employees should
not be given the same rights as had
been granted employees of telephone
system.
Mr.. Mccarthy said that necessarily
thep rinciples in Postmaster General
Burleson's order might apply to every
other organization under the postoffice
department.
K. John Lewis, vice president of the
mine workers, asked what effect the
postmaster generals action would have
upon the existing strikes of
cialtelegraphers. Mr. Mccarthy said
hat while the telegraph strike was not
discussed during the conference with
Postmaster General Burleson, The COM
mittee was convinced that the cues
tons involved in the telegraphers
strike, as well as any other that might
arise would have to be dealth with in
accordance with the order issued Sat
urday by Mr.. Burleson.
Delegate Lewis said he wanted to
know positively whether, in accordance
with Saturdays order the teIegraphers
now had the right to confer with the
postmaster general, with a view to Sc
curing a durable settlement of their
He added he was inclined to doubt tho.
good faith of the postmaster general.
buElcSOu . OIueF VIII only postpone
the crisis, according to Thomas Fiah-
erty of the Postal workers. He pre-
dicted the companies and the workers
would be at logger holes again when
the wires are returned to their owners.
II the wire employees find they have
been double crossed" in the words of
Frank McNulty. international presi-
e of the Electrical Telephone work
ers. our action will be more deter.
m%inedthan ever"