The Butte daily bulletin., 1919-06-12

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Editor Bulletin: Once again Mr.
burleson comes forward and per
forms little act. This time he ap-
pears on the scene and issues an OF.
der that turns the nations wire sys
TENS back into private hands. He
tells the people through the press
that, although he has returned the
properties to their owners to oner-
ate. the numerous orders which he
mas ISSUED concerning their opera
tlon in the past are still to be eff
factlVe He makes specific note Of
| the order he issued regarding the
policy of no discrimination between
union and non-union employees. Hc
states most positively that union la
bor employees are not to be discrim,
mated against. This statement il
| lustrates, beyond the question Of
doubt, that Mr.. Bu~leson is not de
void Of a marked sense of humor
Those who have had the opportunity
to come in contact with some o. his
other orders since he has been in
charge of the wire systems, have
found much that was laughable in
these same orders.
| When the governments took CON
troll Of the wire systems. everyone
assumed that the operation Of these
systems would be similar to that of
the railroads. Such has not, by any
means, been the case. AS the aver
age man who reads knows, this
| power rendered Burleson as manager
OF the wire systems. enabled him to
practice those autOcratic methods
that he has practiced in the opera
lon OF the postal system. i'll a lar
ger way. The actual operation Of the
systems he has left to Theodore n
Vale and Mr.. Kingsbury, in the case
OF the telephone branch and to MIR.
Newcomb Carlton in the case OF the
telegraph branch. Mr.. Vale and Mr..
kingsbury were president and vice
! president respectively Of the Ameri
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rany previous to government opera
ton. Newcomb Carlton is none 9th
er than the president of the Western
Union Telegraph company. The
same man by the way, who nearly
precipitated nation wide strike in
the telegraph industry, during the
war and was the direct cause Of the
necessity for the government taking
control OF tnp SystanS
Mr.. Carlton was temporarily de-
posed as head of the Western Union
company shortly after government
control was effected, but when his
name was forgotten by the newspa-
per reading public he was rescued
from the junk pile by the efficient
MI. burleGon and restored to power
as head OF the telegraph system un-
der the same Mr.. BurleSon. Who
could hope that the autOCratic Durle-
son coald afford to bury such a
competent prosecutor of the labor
; union emplONe? Some might think
it strange that the administration
could find q place in it's sanctum fol
a man who had created the very de
p!orable conditions in the wire sys-
TENS that made it necessary for the
government to add to its already
ovartaaad duties by assuming con
troll of this system Some would say
that the tactics of this man were in
the nature OF war obstruction and eX,
tending aid to the enemy. If one is
so credulous to think these things
they do not understand the ways o!
industrial and financial captains OF
political autocrats OF the Burleson
type. Mr. Carlton, no doubt, deal
readers. was a very necessary man III
the telegraph business Without
doubt, he knows all about the tele.
graph plant and its operation He
could operate all OF the complex ap-
paratus in connection with the plant
understood all the details OF the
complete operation OF the system. Ir
fact he is probably the man who con
ceived the idea OF sending kilograms
, by mail when the wires We're over,
loaded. He is the type of man who
could find a way to take care of the
telegrams whether any available
wires could be had or not How
many ordinary men would think OF
sending telegram through the
mails
1t is wonderful how much progress
has been made under government
control with such political leaders as
Mr. Bur]eSon. Mr.. BUrleson will
probably soon join the socialist party
since he has found how nice the idea
Of government control and operation
works out. That is, he might vote
a socialist ticket but what self-rcs.
pecting socialist would seek his sup
port.
A PHONE WORKER.