Evening star., 1934-05-30
Conference to Adjust Threat
of Textile WaIkout Is
Slated for Friday.
WAGNER CONTINUES
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Cotton Mill Union Officials Pledge
Fight to Finish" on Pay
and Hours.
BULLETIN.

President Roosevelt today signed
an order extending indefinitely
the steel code in revised form He
approved the code after a half
hour conference with Donald Rich
berg, N. r. A. counsel. who said
the text would be given out shortly.
BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt with labor
strife threatening in two key indus
tries. gave last-minute attention today
to the industrial situation before de-
parting for the Gettysburg battlefields
The N. R. A situation was brought
particularly to his attention in the re-
vised code for the steel industry.
Strike threats have been voiced by
labor leaders in both the steel and cot
ton textile fields. Administration Off
cials have expressed hope of averting
both
In some Government quarters Skep
ticiSm was expressed as to how far
presidential action on the steel code
would go toward settling the labor diff
flculty in that industry,
The general understanding was that
the actual revision of the code dealt
principally with other than its labor
sections. The union steel workers have
been objecting to the industry's refusal
to deal with their men through other
than company unions, as opposed to
independent unions.
Wagner Hopeful.
Sopotor yIyoo,,ar Dap,ocrot IF Nau
YORK chairman of the National Labor
Board. who took part in White House
conference late yesterday on the steel
code. nevertheless stuck by his state
ment that he was very hopeful that
the steel strike can be averted.'
NJ F. Tighe, president of the Anal
eamated Association of Iron Steel and
Tin Workers. plans to remain in
Washington through tomorrow for
further conferences on the threat
ened strike.
Because of the Memorial day holi-
day, Tighe had no plans for meeting
officials today, but expected to devote
tomorrow to meeting with Labor
Board officials and American Fedora
ton of Labor leaders. There was a
pJSSIDllllN IIldl llt NOulb ctN mug
S. Johnson. the N. R A. head.
Situation Unchanged.
Talking to newsmen, Tighe said
nothing had occurred at yesterdays
conferences to change the situation.
The textile strike threat, mean
while, is claiming less White House
attention conference between tex
tile labor and leaders of that indus
try was arranged at N. R. A. for Fri
day. Asserting we mean business" -"
Thomas F. Mcmahon, president of the
United Textile Workers. threatened
walk-out if the projected 25 per cent
reduction in textile mill activity is
put into effect
Union organizers have returned to
the field to prepare for a possible
walkout next Monday. Harry o,
King, N R. A. division adminiStra-
tor, conferred for three hours with
these union leaders yesterday and as
the session ended announced the Fri
day conference.
May Affect Other Mills.
The union spokesmen agreed to the
Friday conference. but asserted that
the plan for general strike of more
than 1000 workers on Monday
would not be altered unless the cur
tailment order we're rescinded before
that day.
Saying the curtailment order
granted at the request of the code
authority to avert overproduction. was
only one of many issues involved
Francis j. German. vice president of
the United Textile Workers, asserted
the strike, once called, would not be
ended until the workers demands for
shorter hours, higher wages and cor
rection of alleged stretch-out abuses
had been met.
Fear that a general strike in the
cotton textile industry might be fol-
lowed by walkouts in the silk and
woolen industries was expressed by
union leaders. but they promised they
would make every effort to conf1ne
the strike to the cotton and rayon
branches.
Elsewhere throughout the country
there were reports of continued labor
disorders and bloodshed.
Negotiations for settlement of the
bloody Toledo automotive strike reach
ed an impasse and union leaders said
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