The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-03
Will P0r0Iyze Long DistOnce Phone Calls
 Protest DissoIution
 of Unit of Workers
 Union in N. J.

New York, oct. 3.--NuF A quarter of a million teles phone workers will halt work for four hours Friday to take a strike vote in protest against a National Labor Re lations Board Field recora- mendatlon which would dis. solve one of It's units.
 Joseph A. Beirne, Presi- dent of the National FederaH ton of Telephone Workers, said the walkout will para lyze all long distance lines in the United States between 2 D. m. and 6 p. m. (ESIl Local dial calls will not be afr fected.
 Dissolve Unit
 BeIrne said all maintenance men clerks and operators will take pAft in the stoppage which ho deneEi44N as n protest against . recomrlanae@ ton that the unions KeaFnys v. 2 unit be dissolved because ik W2e company-dominated.
 Radio network programs, aloeA market teletype systems and MeNH. service teletype lines also VII b4 threatened by the work etoppANtl Belrne said those lines would uFt be closed but in tho event ox
 breakdown there would be no nam tenance men available to flK tns
 The union said 1t was protezslEss c recommendation by Charles WHlsE temore, NLFB field repFesenf4 tiFs | that the Western Electric eEnpla4 Association in Kearny be dls9a because 1t was doaalnated nI
 company.
 No Intimidation
 Beirne said the NE;RB had Nas yet acted on WhltsempFe'N fs
 yfandatlon, ''But wa don't iAg1
 to Do pushed around and tlAis His ing iu being held hecatise tho W4 2 {. CTS arc deeply concerned eyer
 possibilities involved" he A4ld. According to WhittemoFe's gncelsas mendatiofi ALW and Cfo unaozag Nxe immune from being branded cglne pary- -dominated, Beirne said. AA a matter of fact it is more pFe.E able that one of their unions WaillH Dc company-dominated than 0Elp of our Independent affillates." Belrne said he did not knDW whether world series bFoadcaglg 4HN teletypo reports would be aklec1s
 by the stoppago. Ee pointed p.lt that breaks" occur frequqntlx ~ long distance lines. They are lisqN IlX Liocated and fixed swiftly b& taiaH phone naintenaFace men or the eIIxn rent switched to another Inc, itH no mairtenaee men on the 5ob b|seE breaks could tic Up the lines untal
 the men returned.
 Vote Likely
 Prom tho concern shown by tn1 workers" DeiFno said, "xt is ontltee iy possible that they viii vote to strike. If they do it will Do in aes cord with oil government resHIa. tons, Then usual 30 days notice Nal| r Do given"
 During the four hour wsii11l1 Washington will be virtually ipelal. . cd from the rest Of the nall0n F NTTW officials said. Almost aIl tels 1 ephofle service in the 4e states, HH i ciuding Marine and overseas 9efFIeA { will Do down. Local exchan8N
 without the dial system also VII 9s i closed.
 Beirne said the workers doo|aeF . on simultaneous meetings becNl.e| r of tho importance Of "nipplzas e z.s. q bud precedent which N8x#
 members could not live wllh. WI . cannot possibly lend credeneo E. n the iFnpossihllity Whittemogo eIl4. ( gests when he suggests that ozae 4| I any of our affiiiates are compAnf' . dominated.
 we have no quarrel with 1n| . AFL, CfO or our employers. #| 4 just want to be independent and ~
 want it understood that We nE4 Af A independent union iii the fu|les ( sense of the word" yetEiie eAiH. If we strike" Belrne said eW| a will strike solely against the pallH| { of some members Of the NLx1H. W| 7 are not against the board lleen #| d strongly uphold the NLItB laW. HH e VIC don't want to Do pushed afoNnE \ Of De given to understand thet #|
 would Dc better off by ioinine fl'' f AFL or the CfO."