The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-31
PEACEFUL END
PREDICTED FOR
A. &P. STRIKE
Truce Drawn at Farley in
Washington Studied
by Rivals.
DECISION IS DUE SOON
U. S. Labor Board Acts With
Unprecedented Speed in
Cleveland Case.
BIZ Lnitcd PrcSS

/ WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Acting
with unprecedented speed, the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board today
submitted plan for a peaceful end
of the Cleveland grocery store strike
and lockout which threatened Pres
ident Roosevelt's truce between cap
ital and labor.
Official hopes were high that the
boards plan would be accepted by
both parties. Drafted in confer
ence with John A. Hartford, presi-
dent of the Great Atlantic & Pa
cif1c Tea Company and officers of
Cleveland labor unions, it will be
submitted to the A. & P. directorate
and the union membership. A de-
cision is expected within few days.
In New York. financial circles
pointed out that the Great Atlantic
q Pacific Tea Company virtually is
controlled by Mr.. Hartford and his
brother, George, and that his de-
ciSion was not subject to approval
of his board. The fact that MIR
Hartford took part in the confer
ence that drafted the plan was taken
as strong indication of its accept
ability to the company.
In Cleveland, it was believed the
plan would be acceptable to the
unions, if, for no other reason, than
it assures the A. g. P. rehiring its
1900 employees, discharged when it
closed all it's 300 stores, and con-
tinuing in business there. For the
Hartfords to have carried out their
threat to abandon the Cleveland
/ field would have been an expensive
victory" for organized labor.
800 Stores to Reopen
The plan provides immediate end
of the strike against the A. & P.
Company and immediate reopening
of the 800 closed A. & P. stores. The
2,200 idle employees would be rein
stated without discrimination.
Despite apparent collaboration in
drawing up the pact, the board en-
phaSized that:
ut was understood expressly by
the board that neither praty was
| committed to the proposal, but both
parties made it clear that they
would take the proposed agreement
under consideration as a recon-
mendation of the board and would
inform the board within a few days
of their decision"
The agreement was announced
after nearly twelve hours of con-
tinuous elaboration. Besides Mr..
Hartford and the two members of
the labor board, representatives of
the seven involved unions and Ed
ward F. McGrady, assistant Secre-
tary of labor, attended the confer
ence.
The plan provides:
Immediate end of the strike.
Immediate reopening of closed
stores and reinstatement of all en-
ployes without discrimination.
Agreement by the company to
meet with the unions for the pur-
pose of collective bargaining.
Coercion Is Outlawed
Agreement by the company not to
discriminate against workers for
union activities and a promise to
advise all workers that it does not
object to their joining union and
will not discriminate against them
for such action.
Agreement by the unions that
they will resort to no coercion or
intimidation to compel a man to
join the union.
Agreement that should any diff
ference arise under these points
neither side will resort to a strike
or lockout but that arbitration shall
be employed; agreement that the
arbitrator may order reinstatement
and back pay for any employe found
to have been Disseminated against.
The agreement to be in effect
until June 16, 1885.
Agreement by the company to re-
sumo its trucking contracts in Cleve-
land Immediately and to insist that
employees Of these companies be re-
instated without discrimination.
Unions which must approve the
agreement are the meat cutters.
bakers, warehousemen, managers
and clerks, machinists, stationary
! engineers and firemen.