Evening star., 1934-09-08
TEXTILE |MPASEE
FOUGHT BY BOARD
Basis for Peace Is Sought
as Week End LulI Falls
....> on Strike.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's Board Of Me-
diation strove today to find some basis
for peace in the textile strike as events
shaped themselves toward new i'm
passe in the controversy.
While a week end lull descended on
the strike, there were indications Of
renewed activity on both sides on
Monday. Some manufacturers are
ready to reopen their plants. Strike
leaders plan new picketing campaigns.
Organized labor swung solidly be-
hind the striking textile workers as
President William Green Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor called all
international unions into conference
next week to shape plans for support
Of the strike. He denied there would
be general walkout.
BIackweod Issues Decree.
In South Carolina, scene Of much
violence In the present conflict, the
way was cleared for the declaration Of
q state Of instruction when Gov. Ibra
c. Blackwood issued proclamation
against unlawful meetings, prelim-
mary move required by statute II mar
tial law is to be declared. The Gov
ernor gave no indication whether he
would take further action.
The Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration began granting relief Mt
Atlanta, Ca, to strikers in distress as
the last Atlanta textile mill holding
out against the strikers closed yester-
day.
Relief headquarters were opened for
strikers at expositions cotton mills
in Atlanta, with the Atlanta local.
2ls9, of the United Textile Workers of
America, cooperating to help strikers
obtain Federal relief.
10th Sides Given Board.
The Presidents Board of Inquiry
had both sides of the strike before 1t
as it explored further means of reach
ing a. settlement. The board heard
Francis J. German, chairman of the
Strike Committee, for several hours
yesterday, and later conferred with
George A. Sloan, president of the
Cotton Textile Institute, representing
the employers.
After the meeting with Sloan, Gov.
John G.. Winarit of New Hampshire,
chairman of the board, said no pro-
posaI for bringing the opposing sides
together had been made, adding that
the discussions thus far had been en-
tirely exploratory. Sloan said he de-
scribed to the board conditions in the
industry before and after the textile
code went into effect, while German
gave the workers side of the contro-
versy and outlined the demands of the
strikers. ..
Gov Winant said the board would
hear a number of technical men
within the industry oyer the week
end and would, confer with Sloan and
German again on Monday. The other
members of the board are Raymond
v. Ingersoll, borough president OF
Brooklyn, and Marion Smith, Atlanta
attorney. - -.
German Impressed by Board. =
A hopeful note was Gorman's state
ment he was very favorably i'm
pressed" by the board. He reiterated,
however. that the unions cooper
alton with the board did not mean
the end of the strike.
Because of the normal Saturday
closing Of many mills, little picketing
activity was expected today. The
number of workers idle because of
the walkout. estimated at 10000,
was unchanged.
With approximately score of
mills reopened in the South under
State protection, additional reopen
ings were looked for on Monday. The
assertion of Peter Van Horn, presi-
dent Of the National Federation of
Textiles, and Arthur G. Besse, head
of the National Association Of Wool
Manufacturers, that most OF the
closed mills would reopen If the en-
ployers were assured Of protection
was taken to indicate many oper-
ators would resume operations. Ad-
ditional companies Of National
Guardsmen were ordered out in
North and South Carolina and po-
lice protection was being strength
ened in other quarters.
Gov. Blackwood's proclamation
commanding "all persons engaged in
or taking part in any unlawful OBJ
struction, combination or assemblage"
was interpreted by labor leaders here
as aimed ut the flying squadrons"
Of pickets that have been active In