Evening star., 1934-08-25
j. s. LABOR BOARD
MAPSPEACE MOVE
|N.TEXT|LE STRIKE
Union Leaders Spurn Offer
of Aid From Cotton In
duStriaI Unit.
EMPLOYERS GROUP
HELD UNABLE TO HELP
Code Authority Members Confer
With Supreme Court" of Dis
putes on Tranferring Power.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court" of labor dis
putes strove to maintain peace today
as chiefs of the United Textile Work
ers gathered TO perfect plans for a
national strike. which they say will
involve 100000 workers.
Strike leaders were called into
three regional conferences-at Char
lotte, N. c., and in Massachusetts and
Rhode Island-and they apparently
were bent on calling the workers out
next week unless demands are met.
The strike has been set for Septem-
ber /, "or earlier" Local meetings
also were called.
After spurning the good Offices" of
the Cotton Textile Industrial Rela-
tions Board, the leaders headed by
Francis j. German, responded to a
call last night to confer with the
National Labor Relations Board.
Lloyd Garrison, chairman of this
highest tribunal for the settlement
of capital-labor disputes, indicated
he wanted to obtain the strike leaders
viewpoint at first hand.
Headed by Bruere.
The Cotton Textile Industrial Re-
lations Board-whose offer of aid the
leaders rejected sharply-is headed
by Robert w. Bruere and was created
10 settle labor disputes in the industry.
German, chairman of the Strike
Committee, told Bruere, in letter:
Our experience in the operation
of the board thus far gives US no
confidence in its ability to adjust the
issues now at stake in fairness to
labor"
Although he indicated the union
might be willing to negotiate with the
National Labor Board, German said
the leaders first wanted assurance that
employers are prepared to meet the
issues through representatives fully
authorized to act concluSively and i'm
mediately."
The Strike Committee-backed by
the American Federation of Labor
has notified its tactical centers to be
ready for an orderly walkout." Union
men say that would affect 800, 900 cot
ton workers Immediately and later
would embrace 100000 more in silk,
rayon and other divisions.
The union demands wage conces-
sions, an end to the "stretchout" and
shorter hours.
Power Transfer Talked.
Meanwhile, unaware of the unions
refusal to deal with the Cotton Board,
members of the Cotton Textile Code
Authority conferred at length yester-
day with the Labor Relations Board.
They said the discussion had no ref
erence to the impending strike, but
concerned the advisability of trans
ferring jurisdiction of alleged discrim-
ination from the Cotton Board to the
national board.
The union has charged machinery
for handling cases Of alleged violation
of section IA of the recovery act was
decidedly inadequate and members of
the Code Authority and the Labor
Board apparently inclined to that
view
Under the present set-up cases of
alleged discrimination are sent to the
Cotton Relations Board, then are sent
TO the code authority-an employer
group-for investigation.
Chairman Garrison said he had
not received his copy of the letter
sent by German to Bruere, but told
newspaper men he would take it up
with his board upon receipt.
Bruere had no comment on the
letter, although he laughed when
newspapermen showed him press
copies Of it.
Sloan is Silent.
George A. Sloan, chairman of the
code authority, had no comment on
the strike situation other than to
point out that the industry had seen
its labor costs increased, its cost of
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