Evening star., 1934-09-23
Union Chiefs End Strike by
Accepting Roosevelt Plan.
See Removal of Stretch
Out System in Mills.
OWNERS REMAIN SILENT,
PREPARE FOR OPENINGS
Transfer of Labor Disputes From
N. R. A. Supervision Pleasing
to Unions-Restriction of Ma
chimes Per Employe Brings
Government Into New Role.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The great textile strike Is ended.
Hundreds of thousands Of workers
who responded TO the call Of union
leaders were ordered by those leaders
last night to man the looms to-
morrow.
Their decision to terminate the
most gigantic walkout of modern
times followed thorough study and
discussion of a settlement plan ad-
vanced by the Winant Mediation
Board and indorsed by President
Roosevelt
Up to the time Of labor's decision.
the mill owners still withheld any
expression of outright approval or
rejection. The proceeded with plans
for opening many mills tomorrow.
even before hearing Of the answer
formulated at strike headquarters.
Jubilation reigned at strike head
quarters. officials from all sections
of the industry, some bearing the
scars of strike combat. slapped each
other on the shoulders.
With William Green. president of
the American Federation of Labor,
at his side, Francis J. German, en-
ergetic generalIsSimo of the strike
forces, smilingly told newspaper men:
We have gained every substantial
thing that We can gain from this
strike. Our strike has torn apart
the whole unjust structure of N. r. A,
lifting a load from all labor as well
as from ourselves
Victories" for Labor.
The Strike Committee, in later
statement. asserted:
We have secured these definite
things:
Il. An end to the stretch-out.
80 method of determining hours
on basis of fact.
"3 A method of determining wages
upon basis of fact.
A. Practical recognition Of our
union.
"5. Reform in the whole admins
tration of the labor provisions of the
code, on scale so sweeping that We
must confess ourselves surprised at
the sweeping character Of the victory
we have Won"
Only a militant minority stood out
for a continuation of the strike. 1t
insisted the employers first guarantee
Internationally. the reinstatement,
without discrimination of all who quit
the mills.
Others held that such a guarantee
was implicit in the settlement plan.
which President Roosevelt, at Hyde
Park, was preparing. meanwhile, TO
put into execution.
Green Confident.
Green issued a statement express
ing confidence that much good would
flow from the settlement plan, IF
applied and carried out in good faith"
He added that in his opinion the
textile workers won a great moral
victory"
The first step, expected soon. was
the appointment of board of three
one laborite, one employer, one i'm
partial-to settle the recurrent dis
puteS of the industry.
The Labor department and the
Federal Trade Commission will pro-
ceed with thorough-going statistical
study Of the economic condition of the
industry. wages paid, hours worked,
living costs in mill towns. and differ
ences in the compensation of the
skilled and unskilled.
A second board will be named bv
the first to regulate the "stretch-out."
the Southern workers graphic name
for the much-complained-o practice
of increasing the number of machines
to which an operative is assigned.
The entire program may be made
effective by the President under au-
thority already vested in him, without
the necessity of an agreement by
either capital or labor He is empow-
cred to promulgate code changes and
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