Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-07-20
Unions Protest Re-employ-
ment Terms in Eagle
Restoration,
TELEGRAM SENT HERE
ASKING NEW FARLEY
Employers Compromise With
Code Officials Reported Here,
Tennessee Town Celebrates.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A telegram received TODAY BY N. r.
A officials from strike spokesman
at the Hartman hosiery mills evi-
denced dissatisfaction with the new
agreement by which the shutdown
Tennessee plant would regain its Blue
Eagle.
The message was signed A. f. Whit
son and addressed to George l.. Berry
and A. r. Clancy. division administra-
tors who have handled negotiations
with the Hartman firm. 1t said:
Gen. johnson advised us when
Hartman mills complied with two
paragraphs of your first proposed
agreement that the Blue Eagle would
be restored. not until then. You have
not sent second agreement which
means nothing TO the strikers. but will
foster feeling that they have not
received what you yourself proposed.
"COuId Not Sign"
I'VE could not and have not signed
this last agreement, for there is moth
ing composed in ii that the General
said they must agree to. Paragraphs
80 . hAah ~ npNdh Vi EOililnuAI1R 10 De
governed by section IA which has
never been done.
Mr.. Wright says you agreed to re-
store Blue Eagle on this proposal
without ever having to recognize sec
ton IA. Mr.. M. Walker, who signed
last agreement. we will not recognize
for he is not an official Would sug-
gest that we have Mr.. Tarwater and
committee In conference to work out
satisfactory agreement"
The two points apparently referred
to by Whitson as not being acceptable
to the Hartman owners in Glancy's
earlier proposal concerned the re-
employment OF so strikers and
understanding plan by which some
employees would be dropped where two
or more of the same family we're on
the pay roll.
The new understanding was said
not to contemplate the discharge Of
any employees who were on the pay
roll when the mills shut down, but to
mean the almost immediate rehiring
Of rs strikers, and to embrace q plan
whereby three strikers would be en-
ployed for every four employees added
to the pay roll In future period
The mills had 623 workers on the
pay roll when they closed in June
through an inability to get business
following loss Of their Blue Eagle in
April.
The Walker referred TO In the tele-
gram was said at NJ r. A. TO be
H. M Walker, treasurer Of the Harri-
fNnnOftatnH with
CLANCY and Berry the newest agree
ment.
Wright is T. Asbury Wright. vice
president and general counsel, who
was prominent in past negotiations
and who has vigorously assailed Hugh
S. johnson for removing the Blue
Eagle
Tarwater is one of the principal
owners Of the mill, who also has an
other hosiery plant at lockwood,
Tenn.
Compromise Reached.
Prior to receipt of today's message
it had been learned from an au-
thoritatiye source here that a COM
promise had been reached by which
the Blue Eagle would be restored 10
the Hartman hosiery factory within
a few hours. The more than 500
workers, thrown out of work when
the mill closed, had been expected
to get their Jobs back Monday.
The Hartman incident dates back
to last October, when q strike broke
out. The National Labor Board, after
hearing charges that the collective
bargaining provisions Of the recovery
act were violated, recommended with
drawal Of the blue eagle. and Gen.
johnson deprived the mill Of the
symbol.
In June the mill closed, attacking
the N. r. A. action and saying it
could not operate without the Eagle.
Government relief funds were made
available to employees in distress.
The Justice Department, TO which
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