Evening star., 1934-06-16
STRIKE AMNESTY
UP TO ROOSEVELT.
Steel Workers Peace Plan
Leaves Way Open
for WaIkout.
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proposals and that a walkout will be
inevitable.
Green was understood to have in
formally expressed the view that a
walkout should be deferred at least
until June 80, the date employe con-
tracts expire at the mills, but he left
no room for doubt that he was op-
posed to the strike in his speech.
The Green proposal. a peace pact
In the eyes of most observers, con-
tains three major points. They are:
l. The President of the United
States shall appoint an impartial
board of three members to arbitrate
employe-operator disputes.
2. The board shall be empowered
with authority to order and hold
elections under its (the board's) d.
rection and supervision"
g. All grievances and complaints
which cannot be settled by the elected
employe representatives shall be sub
mitted to the presidential board for
final determination.
The pact stresses that the employe
representatives elected under media
ton board supervision shall be free
from intimidation and coercion on
the part Of employers"
Prior TO the strike convention Of
the Amalgamated Association, mem
bers of the Iron and Steel Institute
had claimed that the majority Of the
steel industry's estimated 431 1000
workers were opposed to a strike.
They declared the major percent
ages of the employees in nearly all the
Nations steel plans we're satisfied
with company supervised employee
representative elections.
Green, in proposing his anti-strike
plan at the special convention, threw
the entire weight of the American
Federation of Labor's 5000, 900 mem
bers behind his plea. The Amalga-
mated Association is a part of the
federation.
Board Duties Outlined.
His plan gives the mediation board
four specific duties. They are:
A To receive complaints, and to
investigate and adjust on the basis
Of such complaints any violation of
the labor provisions of the N. r. A.
code for the iron and steel industry.
B-To mediate and conciliate any
dispute arising between employers
and employees under the code, and to
undertake to arrange for a conference
for collective bargaining with any
employer when so requested by rep
resentatives of employees selected un-
der section IA of the national
recovery act.
jTo offer their services as arbi-
traitors in any labor dispute between
employees and employers under said
code, provided such dispute is volun-
tarily submitted for arbitration by
both such parties.
D-To hear and determine any
matter of discrimination against or
discharge of any employe in violation
Of section IA Of the national re-
covery act.
Acceptance Awaited.
Acceptance Of the Green proposal
Is awaited from the steel operators.
This is expected to come through the
American Iron and Steel Institute.
Then, it was explained. the new
board must be appointed by the
President.
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to 200 lodges-one lodge to each steel
plant, except in the case of large
plants-Amalgamate officials said
they represented approximately 100,-
600 of the industry's workers.
The present effort marked the most
determined effort by the union in its
so years of existence to obtain COM
plete acceptance from the steel indus
try.
Having already taken a stand
against granting such acceptance, the
steel industry, prior to the just-com-
pleted strike convention, was under
stood to be girding for eventualities.
Defying the association, some oper-
ators announced they would continue
operations Eat all costs" Unverifled
rumors said cots and other accommo-
dations, including food, were being
stocked in some of the plants.
Other Plans Rejected.
Various peace plans met objections,
alternately, from both the association
and the operators. One Of the plans.
offered by Gen. Hugh S. Johnson,
N. r. A. administrator. and appar-
emily approved by the President, pro-
vided a three-man mediation board
to consist of one operators repre-
sentative, one workers representative
and q presidential-appointed member.
1t, too, was rejected.
This was the plan accepted by both
parties in the averting Of threat
ened strike in the automobile industry
several months ago.
Strike advocates charged mills were
their private police forces,
and storing increased supplies of tear
gas and weapons.
Even police officials in leading steel
communities, particularly in Ale
gheny County, announced they were
plans for mastering peace
officers Ito keep order and protect
lives and property"
The Allegheny officers statements
were inspired by memories Of one of
the most disastrous strikes in the life
of industrial America-the bloody
homestead strike in the 90s.
Government officials, including the
President himself, took cognizance Of
the current tense situation after the