Show I T ING TA TAKE N a 1 Of y I Ky Icy April 16 LOUISVILLE lIart Harry Henderson business of the telephone operators' operators agent I U union 1 of Louisville to today nr ana announced an an- nOl that I a vote is is being b taken throughout the country by telephone to force Corce government government govern govern- o ment recognition of or telephone Lem- Lem em- em unions with a nationwide strike as the alternative Tho The referendum Henderson said would he be finished b by May 1 1 He also asserted that information from the headquarters of ot the tho national u union on of or electrical workers which of ot telephone com companies pan Ie Is I that the votes of telephone I already have ha been received I and that a great majority favor ta a a. astrike astrike I strike if it the demands are not granted TELEPHONES SILENT I BOSTON BOSrON April Interruption of ot I telephone n service E In New Xe England outside outside out out- side sille of or Connecticut b by th the strike of operators of ot the New Engl England nd and noel I Providence companies continued today j I although company officials looked for some sonic improvement ement us as a result of or ef ef- I forts ma made e to obtain substitute operators operators operators opera opera- tors In this city tho the was virtually complete Joseph P. P Tumult secretary to President Wilson sent a telegram to Miss Julia S. S S OConnor O'Connor president pr of or ortho the tho telephone operators' operators department proposing that the tho striking operators I in ht New Ness w En England land submit their theira a wage e ecal scale cal to William R R. Driver Drivel Jr Tr general manager of tho the New En England land Telephone Tele- Tele I phone and ind Telegraph graph company Miss s OConnor O'Connor In a n reply said that the operators would submit their scale to Mr Sr Driver provided pro th they were given given given en the assurance o of the thc federal government government gov gov- that he ho had been given hen full tull power Io to s settle ette i t tie wage scales IS retroactive retro retro- active to December 31 31 tho the date upon Continued on pago page 7 7 70 I J 1 10 I THREATEN BIG WALKOUT Referendum Being Polled to Decide on Move to toBe Be T Taken ak n. n I i I Continued from page 1 1 which the wa wage wao ago o agreement between I the thEl company compan and the tho operators expired expired ex ex- Aired I INJUNCTION DENIED MONTGOMERY 10 Ala April Apul 16 16 Chief hier Justice Anderson of the Alabama t court today denied the tho injunction i lien tion sought li bv by Attorney General GeneralI l I Smith against slot Postmaster General I Burleson to pi prevent event application for forI I increased telephone anI and telegraph j rates rales In Alabama Tho The court hel held tile We II j i stale state had no authority in the matter |