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Show TELEPHONE SERVICE MM CONTROL! GQVEBNMENT F. W. Carroll, district managor of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph company, is advised by A. IT. DeNike, division general manager of Salt Lake, of the receipt of thfel following messago from Theodore N. Vail, president of tho American Telephone Tele-phone Sr. Telegraph company, on tho government taking over the telephone service "New York City, July 31st. Employees Em-ployees of tho Bell Telephone company: com-pany: Under authority of tho law and by tho proclamation of the president possession and control of tho wire systems sys-tems pass to tho postmaster general as of August first, in a conference held in Washington, at whiqh wore present tho postmaster general, tho government govern-ment operating committee and representatives repres-entatives of tho Bell companies, tho postmaster general expressed mo3t emphatically his appreciation of. the service which the Bell companies were rendering and that such Improvement possible to be made would be because of tho additional power derived from tho government He asked for the cooperation co-operation and assistance of those who had heretofore been responsible for tho sorvice. Tho postmaster general was equally emphatic In tho statement of his desire to consprvo tho service and properties of the companies with a view of returning them when called upon so to do to the owners in as good condition as received. That it was his earnest desire, that the owners should receive just compensation in the full sense for their use. The postmaster general, until other Instructions are issued, desires that tho conduct of operations op-erations shall continue as heretoforo and also states that no changes will be mad until after consultation and full and careful consideration to all of you who are identified with the Bell companies com-panies who havo shown your flno sense of obligation and your loyalty and fidelity fi-delity to the country, to the public service and to the property in the past, and to whom the credit is due for the prestige and position of the companies com-panies in tho public eye. It is asked and it is not too much to ask you that the same loyalty, fidelity and devotion be given to he service under tho new order of things. On your behalf much loyalty, fidelity and devotion to service havo been promised, knowing full well the spirit in which you would meet and respond to the request. To do ones full duty in each position is the greatest great-est obligation resting upon every person per-son and also tho greatest opening to futuro preferment." |