Evening star., 1934-06-07
McKeesport, Pa, Delegation
Denies 1t Represents
Companies.
PINCH0T CHARGE FIRMS
ARE ARMED IS DENIED
Johnson Reports Proposal for
Mediation Board Still Is
Being Considered.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A delegation of McKeesport, Pa,
steel workers who said they did not
the companies, arrived today
to protest at N. A. r. against strike
and challenged statements of Gov.
Pinchot that steel concerns are arm
ing.
Watson Mckee, chairman Of the
National Compliance Board of Nc
Keesport, told reporters:
III eat any machine guns and
barbed wire Gov. Pinchot can find
in our mills. AS far as the McKees-
port mills are concerned, the Gov
ernor's statement is incorrect"
Meanwhile, Hugh S. johnson,
N. r. A. head; Edward F. McGrady.
his labor aide, and Secretary Perkins
conferred over ways Of averting the
strike.
johnson Plan Considered.
johnson said steel employers had
not rejected his plan, presented in
New York yesterday, for formation Of
a mediation board. He added it was
under advisement.
4lC INdAlh dl40 SOAA41lLbNNC VI
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers made public a
telegram sent to President Roosevelt
last night in which they protested
that the Weirton Steel Co. had dis
charged ll6 men, including two union
leaders, and that this action followed
canvass by company bosses" to
discover which men intended to go
out on strike.
The Department Of Justice is in
vestigating.
The men who belong to the union
will not be taken back" the telegram
said. This is only one of many pro-
vocative tactics by the steel corpora
tions which have continually refused
to bargain collectively with their en-
ployes.
Ask Collective Bargaining.
1.-The two discharged men are men,
bers Of the same delegation that saw
you in January. We asked for collec-
tive bargaining then and are still
asking for it.
Are we to understand that dis
charge is the penalty for any steel
worker who joins the union or who
commits the crime of coming to see
you to obtain enforcement of section
Ia collective bargaining) of the
national industrial recovery act2"
The message bore the signatures OF
Mel Moore, Charles Greenwood, Will
liam J. Long, George Moore and Jake
Entinger, all of Weirton; Clarence
Gary, Ind, and William ]. Spang Of
Duquesne, Pa.
This group was augmented by the
arrival of L. +. Corn of Portsmouth,
Ohio, representing the lower Ohio
River Valley, and Roy Hallas, presi-
dent of an Amalgamated lodge at
Clarion, Pa.
Appeal Considered
Justice Department officials said
conferences with Weirton Steel Co.
workers had been held with view
to aScertaining whether there should
be an appeal from the decision of
the Federal District Court of Will
mington, Del, denying the Govern
ment an injunction to restrain the
company from alleged interference
with collective bargaining.
James Lawrence Fly, special assist
ant to the Attorney General, said he
had talked with Long, George Moore
and Mel Moore, employees at the COM
pany factory at Weirton, w. Va. Fly
said the men are still here and there
is a possibility further conferences
will be held.
The Mckee group arranged to see
johnson at 8 pm. today. They claim
ed to represent a majority Of the
steel workers in McKeesport.
Don't Want to Strike"
Were Just getting back on our
feet" one member of the group as
serted. I'VE don't want any strike"
The group expressed the opinion
the activities of the self-styled Rank
and File Committee of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers were the result Of a de-
sire on the part of members Of that
committee to gain control of the inter
national offices Of the union.
Mckee said the steel companies
represented by the workers had Moth
ing to do with their visit to Wash
ington.
johnson, McGrady and Secretary
Perkins discussed the steel situation
generally, but after their conference
declined any comment.
Other developments indicate the
steel fight is moving straight toward
President Roosevelt's desk.
Union leaders, some Of whom warn
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