The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-01
tRy United Prcssl

Threats of major strikes in the steel and textile industries affect- ing about 100000 workers directly and another 500,o00 indirectly added to-day to the labor difficult ties besetting NRA.
 Steel work CTS, scheduled to hold convention June 10; are ready to strike June 16, Ito help the president" force q conference be- tween the iron and steel institute and union representatives. The union wants recognition and col. loctive bargaining.
 More than a quarter of a mil- lion textile workers threaten to walk out Monday unless the NRA modines It's order curtailing oper. ations In the textile industry 2b per cent. Tho textile industry, one of tho first to feel tho benefits of increas. cd employment, now finds itself In the position of having to accept governmental limitation of produc. ton. Administrator Hugh $. John- son was to confer to-day with Thomas r. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers, in an effort to avert the strike.
 Other developments
 Toledo, O.--Centrai Labor Union appealed to President Roosevelt to take hand In strike Ut Electric Auto.Lite plant; state officials plan strike zone; Toledo Edison om- diators negotiate under 24.hour truce.
 San Francisco --- General ship ping strike threatened as long, shoremen's union studied peace proposal that it accept partial re- cognltion and submission of wugo and hour dispute to mediation. strikers promised answer Friday or Saturday.
 Buffalo, N. r., - Tugmcn striko for second time In two weeks, seek Ing m S.hour day and n return to 1929 wage scale.
 Pekin, III - National guardsmo on hold for action who union oiilcin Is and American Distilling Company officers confer in strike affecting 1900 employees.
 TamaQuu, Pl - State troops halt demonstration by striking un. derwear workers pickets who stoned trucks and strikebrcakers.
 Steel Industry Trouble
 Washington, June 1--(U.P.) - Heroic efforts by President Roose. welt and his recovery aides to set- tic peaceably the threatened steel to-day.
 Tension In the two disputes which affect almost 100000 workers, al. rectly and indirectly, was notices ably easier to-day with recognition by labor leaders that the admlnls- tration would do It's utmost to ar- bitrate tho conflict.
 Tho militant rank and file com. mittee of tho steel union which had said "bloody warfare" imponded and called tho presidents previous assurances of collective bargaining "pure bunk" modified It's tone.
 MIRA Administrator Hugh $. Johnson put aside all other bus- mess to devote full attention to the crisis. He conferred with both tex tile and steel union leaders. To-day he was to meet with President Thomas F'. McMahon Of the United Textile Workers, regional union leaders and industry chiefs includ- ing President George Sloan of tho Cotton Textile Institute.
 The textile union plans to call out 300,000 workers Monday un- less modification of an NRA order curtailing operations 2b per cent Is obtained.
 Next action In the steel dispute Is expected Monday. The rank and file committee said 1t would be back In Washington then to tel President Roosevelt "that 260,000 steel workers are ready to strike to help the president get a confer ence with employers"
 The convention of steel workers at Pittsburg June 10 without ques- ton will vote to strike June 15 un- less demands for collective bar gaining and union recognition have been met, union leaders said.
 Textile Strike Assailcd
 New York, June 1-(U.P.)-The threatened strike of the United Textile Workers Union was assailed to-day by George A. Sloan, pres. ident of the Cotton-Textile Insti- ute.
 "This Is an attempt to overthrow by force the provisions of the cot- ton textile code, that were approv- ed after long study by several agencies of the National Recovery Administration, representing gov- ernment, labor, industry, and the consuming public, and by the pres
 "No industrial employe and no farmer has thus far benefited from the recovery program to a greater extent than have the cot ton textile workers. We appeal 10 their common sense and good citi. zenship to avoid the serious com sequences to themselves and the nation of participating at this time in an ill-advised attempt to upset and nulIify the code provisions through which these results have been brought about"
 Toledo Has Appealed
 Toledo, o. June = (U.P.l - Toledo labor appealed to President Roosevelt to-day for direct inter- vention to stave of a general strike and new labor riots.
 Mediators sought desperately to return peace to capital and labor while the military mapped plans for evacuation of national guard troops who last week ended pro- tracfed rioting around the Electric Auto-Lite Company plant in which two were killed and many wound- ed.
 Union electrical workers voted another 24-hour postponement tn their strike against the Toledo Edison Company. so that company officials might set here from the east.
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