	att t chairman says dividend will not be cut american telephone and telegraph co does not plan to reduce its regular quarterly dividend of cts a share on its common stock said james e olson chairman it has been the intent to set the dividend at a level so that it could be sustained through the ups and downs of the business cycle olson told a meeting of securities analysts we see no reason to change that policy he said although att will maintain its current dividend olson said the company wants to decrease the percentage of ings paid in dividends by increasing ings industry analysts had speculated that att might cut its common dividend especially after the company posted a fourth quarter net loss of billion dlrs and ed only five cts a share for the full year the loss included a one time restructuring charge of billion dlrs olson said he expects att s cash flow to remain strong despite the poor ings reuter 
