Evening star., 1934-03-20
JOHNSON CONFERS
WITH CAR MAKERS.
Hours Secret Session Held
With Six Leaders Of
Industry.
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chamber before am. tomorrow, for
unless something is done by that time
the strike Of automobile workers Is
to begin.
Stocks Sag.
Stocks sagged on Wall Street yes
terday as the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce and the Amer
lean Federation of Labor hurled de-
nunciatory proclamations at each
other.
The N. A. c. c. statement calling
the A. F. of L. "un-American" and
"unpatriotic" was followed swiftly last
night by William Green's answer de-
claring the real issue IS whether
workers shall be permitted Ito organ
ize without coercion and intimidation"
and to choose their own representa-
tives for collective bargaining.
Preparations for the strike, which
may affect plants employing 25O.O0O
persons, went on. Employees OF more
plants voted to strike tomorrow.
Another $500 employees of the Chew
rolet Motor Co. in Flint, Mich. voted
last night to join the strike. Union
officials said this brought the total in
that plant to 5000. Eight hundred
workers in Fisher Body Plant No. 2
In Flint also voted to join the strike,
leaders said.
Many Plants Affected.
Labor men in Pontiac, Mich said
that 1884 workers are ready to walk
out there Wednesday. Other plants
In which union workers have voted to
go out include Hudson, Detroit;
Fisher Body No /, Flint: Fisher Body,
Lansing; American Forging & Socket,
Pontiac; Motor Products Corporation,
Detroit.
The Detroit City Council will be
asked tonight to vote a resolution re-
ouesting President Roosevelt to act.
William Collins, representative OF
the A. F. of L. in Detroit. said yes
terday that If after an N. R. A. elec-
ton the workers vote for company
unions, the A. F. Of L. will bow its
way out of the picture"
Key men of the auto industry had
before them today plan of settle
ment proposed by Gen. Johnson.
This proposal for a three-point
truce is. in effect:
/. Cessation of strike preparations.
2. An impartial board of review to
hear complaints Of discrimination
against unionists.
3. A possible vote Of the workers to
decide whether they want the A. F, Of
L. or company unions to represent
them.
Painters Walk Out.
CLEVELAND, March 20 [P)-Labor
troubles spread rapidly in the indus
trial centers of Northeastern Ohio
yesterday as several hundred men
went on strike In Cleveland and as
thousands Of others threatened SIM
liar action here and in Akron and
Barberton, Ohio.
James P. McWeeny, special organizer
Of the American Federation Of Labor,
said the situation is like charge
Of dynamite with the fuse already
sputtering."
Seeking wage increases, 400 men
went on strike at the Sherwin- Will
lians Co. here and a vote favoring q
walkout of several thousand employees
was announced on behalf of workers
at the Fisher Body Co., a General
Motors subsidiary.
Recognition of the union is all the
Fisher Co. has been asked. The walk
out has been deferred pending Ma
tional Labor Board conferences with
auto trades employers.
In Akron 1,l00 union men were
ready to vote on strike in an at
tempt to win recognition of their or
ganization from the General Rubber
Co.
Other companies in Cleveland where
strikes or strike votes now are threat
ened include the AddreSSograph- Null
tigraph Co.. the Cleveland Twist Drill
Co. the Winton Engine Co, the
Cleveland Welding Co., the Apex Elec-
trio Co. and the Chicago Pneumatic
Tool Co. These employ more than
5000 workers.
More than 800 of the 1000 en-
ployes Of the Diamond Match Co., at
Barberton, are planning a strike
Thursday, seeking an increase Of 5
cents an hour. Preliminary strike
votes have been taken at two other
plants there-the Columbia Chemical
Co., which employs 300 workers, and
the Babcock & Wilcox Co., which has
1000. Recognition of their unions is
asked by the employees at the latter
two concerns.
Millinery Strike Threatened.
LOS ANGELES, March 20 R.-A
threatened walkout of 1000 millinery
workers yesterday caused a Federal
regional labor board to call a con-
ference for today to arbitrate the
controversy. The union is asking a Is
per cent increase in wages. At present
the workers are receiving from $16.88
to s26.25 for a 37l2-hour week.
c. w. A. Strike Asked.
READING, Pa, March 20 (P.-
More than 10000 Berks County work.
ers on c. w. A and P. w. A. projects
were asked to strike yesterday by the
United G. w. A. and P. w. A. workers
and the Building Trades Council.
Workers were asked to go on strike
until the general wage scale of so
cents an hour for laborers and 81 for
skilled workers is increased 20 per
cent.
Longshoremen Vote Strike.
TACOMA. March 20 LP.-By a vote
OF 6,616 to 500, Pacific Coast long
shoremen have decided to strike for
union recognition, shorter hours and
higher wages. John C. 3. Jorklund,
Pacific Coast secretary of the Inter-