Evening star., 1933-09-16
EARLY SETTLEMENT
in !. c. c. BUILDING
CONTROVERSY SEEN
Labor Department Hopes to
Bring Trade Groups Into
Agreement.
1000 WORKERS Affected
by Indefinite LAY-OFF|
$40, 900 Weekly Pay Roll Stopped
by Shutdown on Entire
Job.

The Labor Department announced
today it was hopeful of q settlement
next week in the jurisdictional dis
pute which resulted in an indefinite
suspension Of work on the new Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission Build
ing yesterday afternoon.
A spokesman for the department
said Everything possible is being done
by the Cancellation Division to bring
the disputing trade groups into agree
ment While no definite progress can
to get a settlement next week"
More than l 900 workmen In 10 trade
groups were paid of at pm. yesterday
by James Stewart & Co., Inc, general
contractors. Orders were issued ban
ming wOrkmen from the premises until
such time as work can be resumed.
Most Of Workers Not Involved.
Most Of the employees who were given
indefinite lay-offs had nothing to dc
with the dispute, which became acute
September l when rs carpenters went
on strike in protest against the in
stallation Of radiator Enclosures by
steel workers.
The Stewart Co., according to Ed
ward A. Burnap construction super
intendent, ordered the job suspended
because it was found impossible to pro-
ceed with the work Of completing the
connecting buildings while the dead
lock between the two unions continued.
10000 weekly pay roll was stopped
by the layoff, which, Mr. Burnap said,
was ordered to show the unions I'VE
are not bluffing." He said the matter
had been referred to the Labor De-
partment and to the American Fedora
ton Of Labor for conciliation, but no
agreement was in sight
Notice Sent to Fishermen.
A notice sent out by the company
to the foremen on the job yesterday
said:
Due to the forced shutdown on ac-
count of the carpenters strike, there
will not be any workmen admitted to
or on the premises after pm. Friday,
September IS
please notify each and every man
to this effect SO that they can remove
such tools and clothing which they
care to move on Friday, as they will not
be admitted through the gates until
this jurisdictional dispute is settled
Also notify them that the daily papers
will carry an announcement when this
shutdown is over, which announcement
work Please make it sufficiently strong
so that there will be no misunderstand-
ing. as we do not want men congre-
eating at the gates.
I'VE are sorry that this is brought
about, as it is through no fault of ours:
and if the trades affected would settle
their difference, work would be resumed
Immediately"
Company Is Neutral
Mr. Burnap reiterated his statement
that the company is taking neither side
in the dispute, but is willing to award
the work to one group or the other, so
long as there is agreement on the mat
ter
The workmen took the layoff quietly.
There was nothing on the surface to
indicate it was anything but the close
of a routine work day.
Opinion among many of them was
that neither carpenters or steel work.
ers, but the sheet metal union, should
have the radiator box job. The body
of workmen appeared confident that
other unions would exert enough pres
sure to break the deadlock between the
two groups in few days.