Date: April 14, 1919
Context: Coolidge writes his fellow governors to rally support for presidential intervention against a threatened strike.
Will you join me in cable to President Wilson to intervene in telephone strike?
Cable To President Wilson In France
April 14, 1919.
New England urges your immediate action to relieve from great loss by telephone strike.
Coolidge,
Bartlett,
Beeckman,
Milliken,
Holcomb,
Governors.
Communications Relative to Situation Threatened by General Strike of Telephone Operators.
Telegram.
Executive Department, Boston, April 14, 1919.
Hon. Albert S. Burleson, Postmaster-General, Washington, D.C.
Massachusetts is threatened with a strike by telephone operators. This would tie up the operation here and result in most serious damage to all the business interests of the Commonwealth. May I urge that every possible effort be used to avert such a calamity as this would be.
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