WATS LINE PROCEDURES
The WATS Line is our t elephone communication system* "WATS"
stands for Wide Area Transmission,  It is a special telephone line
which allows us to call anywhere in the state for a flat monthly
rate. All such calls must be made from the Little Rock office.
When you need to talk to Little Rocks you do one of the following
things $
(1) Wait for your daily project calls from Little Rock. Little
Rock will call twice daily at regular times.
(2) If just anybody on a project wishes to speak to anybody in
Little Rocks call colle ct for Phyllis Brown. She will be
out. Your call will be refused and you will be called within
15? minutes. Leave your number for her to call back.
(3) *f y°u want only to speak to a certain person, then call
person to person^ collect for that person. Your call will
be refused and the person you wanted will call you as soon
as feasible.
(l\.)  If you are at a different number than any known SNCC of f ice,
make sure you leave the number you are calling froms otherwise we can not return your call over the WATS Line.
(3>) No collect calls will be accepted.
(6) ALL COLLECT CALLS TO "GEORGE SMITH" WILL BE ACCEPTED.  THIS
IS ONLY FOR EXTREME EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
(7) Numbers to call for Little Rock to call you on the WATS?
Pr 5-9081
Pr £-2359 ••• second choice
Everyone;, in Little Rockj, asks permission from WATS operator (or
others temporarily designated as WATS operator) to use the WATS line.
This is just to keep the daily calls to projects from getting fouled
up.