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telephone strike sitndtion. State
by State.
new YORK Picket lines wers
formed around ct least five upstate
lNew York Telephone GO. buildings
as upstate members OF the NFTW
land the Empire State Telephone
Union Independently joined the
strike. The strike was 100 per cent
effective In the New York City long
lines department. ss
OHIO Union employees in Cleve-
land touched on the walkout.
| GEORGIA - A union spokesman
isaid pickets sufacient ito maintain
an orderly and effective strike while
observing the law were planned N
lGeorgia, which recently enacted .
law banning mass picketing The
Atlanta Police Department said It
had police posted at al company
buildings.
PENNSYLVANIA-Most Beu-em-
|ployed operators were crossing picket
lines in Philadelphia. A Bell spokes-
man said service within the city and
State was normal. but calls outside
1.-THE State were being delayed.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
the Kansas City area left their job
and picketing began shortly before
l6 am.
| OKLAHOMA -- Pickets took up
posts before 143 Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co. exchanges at 8 am.
when more than 5000 union work
ers went on strike.
Observation-Disclosures long
distance service workers went on
strike. Other services were not ex-
pected to be affected.
NEBRASKA = Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co. workers left their
Jobs and established picket lines.
MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA
and SOUTH DAKOTA-Nearly g.
900 members Of the Northwestern
Union of Telephone workers went
on strike. Management personnel
was trying to provide service to ap-
proximateIy 100 towns isolated by
q snoWstorm in Western Minnesota
and Eastern North Dakota.
WISCONSIN The Telephone
Guild Of Wisconsin said all the
States Bell system plants struck at
6 am. A spokesman for the Wis.,
consin Telephone Co. advised the
public there was mo possible as
surance emergency calls would be
completed"
LOUISIANA--About 5000 workers
went on strike in New Orleans.
Picket lines formed before all tele-
phone exchanges in the city.
IOWA The Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co. said approximately
800 management personnel would
try to do the work Of approximately
200 union workers on strike In the
State.
INDIANA - Long distance lines
were operating in the State with
operators on the job. under the
States new public utility arbitra-
tion law.
ILLINOIS-Local service In Chi
cago and about 10 large downstate
cities having dial phones were un-
affected. Local service was on an
emergency basis only In more than
q dozen other large cities having
manual service. The Illinois Bell
Telephone Co. reported 924,904 dial
phones and 1,193,2 ,230 manual tele-
phones in, the State.
MICHIGAN-A union spokesman
termed the strike 100 per cent ef-
fective. Long distance service and
the use of some 100000 manual
phones in the State were greatly
curtailed. a5ss ,..&ss ss.
DEIaAWARE ~ Workers were on
duty and there was no picketing.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TO-
600 workers were Involved In Soutla-
ern California and the union said
some 10000 women operators had
agreed to respect picket lines,
Pickets appeared before company
buildings In San Francisco.
WASHINGTON - Picket line S
formed before So telephone COM
pany buildings in Seattle.
MAINE-The four creWmen OF the