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By JOHN LEHMANN have worked around-the-clock A Con Edison bureaucrat or- trying to restore electricity dered workers at ground zero to down there,” he said. remove hard hats showing Burnett could not be con- American flag decals, saying that such patriotic gestures “de- tacted yesterday, but Con Edi­ son spokesman Joseph Petta BSi faced” the safety equipment. said the e-mail was supposed to Workers were stunned when be a “safety reminder,” rather told that company safety spe- than a directive. cialist Phyllis Burnett issued a “It would be unfortunate if memo on Friday, insisting it was “against Corp. Policy” to stick such a memo cast a shadow over the company’s efforts over / 'k'j J decals on hard hats or paint the past three weeks,” he said. them. Petta said the company had iSMS “I have observed employees given workers small flags to at- displayin^ there [sic] support tach to their identification cards for America on there [sic] hard and had not Issued a general hats, by placing decals of the ban on displaying American flag or painting the hard hat red, flags. white & blue,” Burnett’s e-mail pyj be said decals and paint • . » 4 r could make it difficult to detect .I,-’ the reason for tracks in the hard hats and !cy’to"pm anrdecLs o? pata "ttSi hSe your field crews hST" „pbc. ,11 deLed hard h,„ JXttifjSJSrg '’’■•J The' e-mail was sent to Con Edison safety administrators. compromised, he said. iHl One worker, who declined to The Con Edison move follows be named, said Burnett’s edict uproar over a similar order was unbelievable. “It lust seems so unpatriotic.” executive at the News 12 television network to ban jour- a' Ji he said. nallsts from displaying Ameri- Manny Hellen, president of flags. ■ - Local 1-2 Utility Workers Pat Dolan, who ordered the Union, which represents Con ban, went on air to apologize for Edison workers, said yesterday any concerns after the net- the e-mail was “absurd,” work’s phones were filled with “It would clearly send out the viewers complaining. The ban POWER OF AMERICA: A Con Ed worker shows his patriotism near ground zero. His real flag is wrong message to workers who was dropped. OK — but the company has asked crews not to paint or put decals of flags on their helmets. Pool photo M?Pns+ in. i.m