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Show 'PHONE SITUATION A MIXED PROBLEM Chicago. Jan. 16 While the American Amer-ican Telephone & Telegraph companv notified the government that it would throw open its long distance telephone lines io all independent telephone companies, no method of co-operation has been suggested and the situation Is far from being clear to the independent inde-pendent telephone companies, it was made known today. Previous to the meeting of the board of directors of the National Independent Telephone association, January 11, called to con sider the offer of the American association, asso-ciation, a committee had been charged charg-ed to obtain a report on "the exact status of the proposition of the A. T. & T." nn |