The Washington times., 1934-03-21
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two Detroit automotive plants
subjected to arbitration by the
regional labor board.
Labor Board in Action
The national labor board at
Washington opened hearings on
wage disputes between 5000 strik-
ing shoe workers and their en-
ployers at Haverhill, Mass.
Renewal Of the fight between
Organized labor and the e. g..
Budd Automobile Body Company
at Philadelphia, was toreshado dowed
as q result of workers election
held yesterday. Employees charged
the election was q farcical affair.
Strike in Zinc Plant
Strike fever spread to the zinc
industry when TOO employees OF
the Matthiessen and H egeler
plant 1t La Sale, ILL.,, left their
work.benches, ID e m an ding In
creased wages. A similar strike
was threatened at the Illinois
Zinc plant.
Secretary Of Labor Perkins de-
1nanded enactment Of bill setting
No unemployment insurance re-
serves to care for workers dis
missed as a result Of machine
displacement.
Senate Education and Labor
Committee was warned by union
leaders Of an impending strike
in Southern textile mills unless
working conditions are improved.
Some Violence Reported
Scattered outbreaks Of violence
marked the taxicab strike in New
York. where the drivers began
shifting back to work pending
an election, under regional Labor
Board supervision, to end inter
union disputes.
A short-lived strike at the
Brown Shoe Company plant in
Moberly, Mo-, collapsed with the
workers returning to their posts
following q conference with COM
pany officials.
A proposed strike resulting from
company-union formations in the
oil fields near Seminole, Okla,
was postponed pending mediation.
Rail Threat Withdrawn
Railroad workers threats to
strike on the K. c. 8. railroad
were withdrawn when road Off
cialS agreed to postpone effective
date Of reduced wage scale Until
April I.
Philadelphia labor leaders
studied the labor boards proposal
that the strike Of 5000 knit-goods
industry workers be deferred. The
strike has been tentatively set for
tomorrow morning.
Organized labor won and lost at
Los Angeles, where 1000 workers
ended their strike under an agree
ment providing . 10 per cent wage
boost, but with the open-shop
policy still In effect.
More Appeals to President
Appeals to President Roosevelt
were imminent in the Pacific
Coast labor dispute as longShore-
men unions planned to call out
$4,000 men from the docks on
Friday morning. All efforts to
avert q strike thus far have been
futile.
At Cleveland, the plant Of the
Sherwin-WilliamS Paint Company
was idle as q result Of the walk
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A company union defeated the
"A. r. Of L. in q workers election
at the Cleveland Twist Drill Com
pany, where a majority Of the
workers voted in favor Of the
company employe representative
plan.
White House Groups Named
The manufacturers were repre-
sented at today'S meeting by Al.
van Macauley, Alfred P. Sloan, jr.,
president Of General Motors;
walter P. Chrysler, all members
Of the automobile code commit
tee; r. w. Chaplin, president Of
Hudson Motors, c. w. Nash, Don
a1dSon Brown, vice president OF
General Motors: Nicholas Kelly,
Of Chrysler Motor Company, and
John Thomas Smith Of General
Motors.
The labor group tomorrow Is
expected to include william
Green. president Of the American
Federation Of Labor: william
Collins, federation organizer for
the industry; Arthur Grier, John
Bailey and one elected represen-
tative Of each Of the 13 unions
engaged in the automotive indus
try.
The President disclosed today
that he had received Q message
from Mr.. Collins, assuring him
that the strike would be withheld
until the outcome Of the present
efforts to avert it can be ascer-
tanned.
Message Assures Respite
This assurance is considered to
"freeze" the situation for several
days at least, perhaps longer.
Mr.. Collins latest message said
the workers appreciated the PreSi-
dents efforts to preserve the
progress toward national recovery,
and expressed confidence that he
would act justly in an interpreta-
ton Of section IA Of the national
recovery act. This is the section
that stipulates that the workers
shall have the right Of collective
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