The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-16
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 San Francisco Ne1us
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I hope the kitten likes canned milk. The grocer said there prob- ably wouldn't be any other kind afser tonight.
 Somehow, I overlooked laying \ in vegetables, and all the grocer had was F green apples and a spoiled orange. He'd hidden out his last pound of butter, and he let me have it. It will come in handy if we can find any bread. I've five gallons of gasoline in my car, but I came down on the street car to save it. I asked the conductor how much longer they d be running.
 T dunno" he said.
 told him I hoped I wouldn't have to walk 12 miles home.
 "I don't give damn if you have to crawl" he said.
 It must be lots of fun to be T union man getting ready to go on strike.
 For a while, I envied the strik- CTS. They had planned to make sure their members were provided with food and gasoline.
 
 somebody has stolen the list of striking unions. So they don't know who's walked out and who hasn't.
 So maybe San Francisco's new dictators, the 45,00O union men who've scrambled up the lives of 1.500,000 persons, will have roast beef and street car troubles them- selves.
 What Johnson Says.
 Portland, Ore, July 16-(UP)- General Hugh s. Johnson. admin istrator of the national recovery movement, blamed the Pacific coast strike situation today on failure of the shipping industry to agree on a code.
 He recommended arbitration as means of setting the dispute.
 Johnson rested here overnight after addressing the Pacific coast Advertising clubs convention. eHe planned to fly to San Francisco today.
 Strikes. he said extemporaneous ly before 5000 persons, are a necessary evil which, like wards, never got anything for anybody except bloodshed and black eyes. The Pacific coast maritime strike, he claimed, should not have last . ed more than "A hours.
 His own plan for settling the dispute would have been to do the same thing we did in draw ing up codes in Washington"
 "Pd put all the men on one side in one room and the men Of the other side in another room. Then I'd circulate between them until they reached an agreement" :"
 President May Act.
 Washington, July 16-- (UP)- Some eleventh hour action by President Roosevelt today seemed the only change of breaking the labor-capital deadlock that brought San Francisco face to face with a general strike.
 Secretary of Labor Frances Per kins was keeping the president advised of the situation by fre- quent radio reports but thus far there has been not the slightest sign that the chief executive con- templated any move,
 With the presidents special mediation board advising the na- tional labor relations board and Secretary Perkins that only the re- motest hope remains for settle- ment without widespread voilence and disturbance. action by the president himself seemed to be the final resort.
 The apparent breakdown of the federal labor mediation machinery was regarded here with consider able apprehension. The mediation board active in attempting to bring peace on the coast was named by the president under the new labor disputes act.
 Number Affected.
 San Francisco. July 1G-(UP)-- The labor war affects four coun- E. ties a total population of 1.217,O00. San Francisco county, compris- ing the city of San Francisco. Is largest with a population of 634.- s04. Alameda county. contains 474,- sS3 persons. Marin county has 41.- 648 and Contra county 76,60S.
 Principal cities in addition to San FraDcisco in the area and their populations. are:
 Oakland. 2S4.063; Berkeley. S1,- 109: Alameda, 35,033; San Leandro. 11.455. and Richmond, 20.09S.
 Contra Costa county iss affected anly partially at present but by