The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-08-08
PRESIDENT ASKED
TO TAKE HAND IN
MILL CITY STRIKE
Group Of Citizens Contend Mar.
tial Law Deprives Them
Of Legal Rights
ASK NEW coNc,LIAToRs
Employers Say Truce Plan Ac-
csptancs Would Be Sur
render to Communism

Minneapolis, Aug. S.-(ReAn ap-
peal to President Roosevelt to take .
hand in the Minneapolis truck driv-
ers' strike was made Wednesday by
the Minneapolis protective commit
tee, . group Of citizens, who charged
that residents are being deprived Of
their constitutional rights by military
control.
A telegram addressed to President
Roosevelt In care Of his special train
ut Rochester, pleaded with him ITO
take immediate steps to remedy the
situation" and asking for concllta-
tors who viii recognize the needs Of
all citizens and prevent further DEM
onstration of the situation for po-
ntical purposes"
Rev. Francis J. Haas, Catholic
priest, who helped settle the Milwau-
kee electric strike, and z. H. Dumb
gan, federal mediators, have been here
several weeks attempting to iron out
the difficulties between the employ
ers and drivers.
The protective committee, which
claims It Is q representative group Of
citizens In no. way directly aligned
with the truck drivers strike. sent
copies Of the telegram to Miss Fran
ces Perkins, secretary Of labor. and
Lloyd Garrison, chairman Of the ma
tional relations board.
~ Olson Suspeods Court q
Before he left for Rochester Tues
day to participate In the program
which is being attended by President
Roosevelt, Gov. Olson left orders sus-
pending military court. Meanwhile,
60 pickets and truck owners arrested
for operating trucks without mill
tary permit, were incarcerated In the
stockade.
It was generally believed the gov
ernor issued the suspension order
pending q decision in federal court
Of the request Of employers for an
Injunction against martial law. The
hearing is set for Thursday morning.
As more than 5000 truck permits
were issued, many to employers who
signed the Haas Dunnigan peace
plan, the military authorities an
nounced the lid on truck operation
without the necessary permits would
be clamped down and fines as well
g Jail sentences would be imposed
for violations. Gov. Olson Is permit
ting employers who subscribe to the
conciliators' proposal to operate un-
der permit Approximately 5000 truck
drivers are on strike which entered
its 23rd day Wednesday.
Joseph r. Cochran, chairman Of the
employers advisory committee, In
formal statement Tuesday night. said
the Haas-Dunnigan proposal, which
Governor Olson requires businessmen
to sign before they can obtain per-
mits to move trucks, Is = demand that
the employers surrender to Com
munism."
Answering that criticism, Rev.
Francis J. Haas and E. H. Dunnigan,
the mediators, issued the following |
statement:
ION July IS we outlined what We
REGARDED as q fair basis Of settlement |
Of the present controversy. We be-
lieve then Is we believe now It Is an
equitable method Of composing the
existing dispute and relieving the citi- |
Gems of Minneapolis Of the hardships
and losses which they are suffering.
Meanwhile, quiet prevailed through
out the city, with trucks moving ne
cessities, and many others with special
permits. operating unmolested BY
pickets.