The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-07-17


to be prepared for emergencies, >
q statement taken to mean that
they were preparing to have q
place to lncarcerate prisoners ID
case martial law is declared.
The anti-crime detail Of the San
Francisco police department was
given the assignment Of guarding
small stores in the wake Of the
looting and vandalism.
This detail also will trail mu.
nicipal street cars and drive off
strike picketS bent on hating the
operation of the lines.
At the request Of Police Chief
William ]. Quinn, 100 more spe
cial policemen were sworn in TO
be added to his force Of 500 spe.
Gals and 700 regular officers on
strike duty.
Fresh food supplies were per
mitted" through the strikers high.
way blockades, relieving the grow.
ing menace Of starvation. and
enough restaurants to feed the
public were allowed" to open.
There was no immediate pros
pect Of peace and the strike lead
ers, although removing some of
the bonds from the affected re-
gion, put on more as additional
unions across the bay to the East
from San Francisco in Oakland,
Berkeley, Alameda and seven other
municipalities walked out, moving
toward the goal of every union
man around the bay on strike.
Strike Spread Seen
Also the likelihood that the
general strike, the aftermath Of a
walkout So days ago by Pacific
Coast longshoremen, would spread
to other great western ports was
seen in reports from Portland,
Ore, Seattle and Tacoma, Wash,
and Los Angeles and San Diego,
Calf.
All union business agents in
Portland were to meet today and
it was said unofficially that a
general walkout would be or
dered for tomorrow, despite the
fact that United States Senator
Robert F. Wagner, of New York,
was en- route to Portland in an
effort to ease the situation.
Seattle reported a divergence Of
opinion, some union leaders say.
ing the city was sliding toward a
general strike, others saying it
was not.
In Los Angeles a war chest"
fund Of $500 was being raised
to feed striking longshoremen
and their families as police
started collecting all firearms
from private citizens at San Pc
dro, the port of Los Angeles.
At San Diego strikebreakers
were stoned by longshoremen, but
at neither San Diego nor Los
Angeles was the general strike
movement strong at present.
Declaring he didn't know a
thing about the situation in San
Francisco" Gen. Hugh S. John
son, NRA Administrator, arrived
from Portland, Ore, by plane.
He is to receive q Phi Beta
Kappa National Scholastic fra
ternity key at the University Of
California later today and then
make an address in the uniVer-
Sity's Greek theater.
1t was believed an attempt
would be made to have him call a
meeting of strike executives and
employers.
Another general arriving in
San Francisco at a significant
time was Brig. Gen. F. L. Brad
man, of the Marine Corps. sta
toned at San Diego. He came by
plane and landed at the Army
Field. He said:
'I'm just here on a visit"
Committee Named
Mayor Angelo j. Rossi, Of San
Francisco. appointed F. M. Nc
Auliffe, nationally known attor-
ney, as chairman of a citizens
committee of 500 to see that food
are provided for the J.
100000 persons who make their
homes in the six cities.
The committee planned to ap-
point subchairmen for each Sec
ton of the city, to arrange for
public food markets, to keep food
coming into the city by trucks
and to make every effort to bring
the life Of the city back to some
Semblance of normally.
One of the aftermaths Of the
general strike, which cut the
citizens Of the Bay area to the
heart, was the stoppage Of work
on the great 100000 bridge
that will span San Francisco Bay
from San Francisco to Oakland.
In the East Bay cities Of Oak
land and Hayward the officers
indicated that they would con-
tinue their sorties against alleged
CommuniStic headquarters.
Four meeting places were
raided yesterday, furniture
smashed, thrown into the street
and burned and IL persons, two
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