Evening star., 1934-08-28
WORKERS ACCEPT
LABOR BOARD BID
FOR PEACE TALK IN
TEXTILE WALKOUT
Committee Repeats Only
"Definite Concessions"
Can Prevent Strike-Em.
pIoyers Are Silent.
TRUCKMEN THREATENING
NEW YORK FOOD CRISIS
Hopkins Asserts Strikers Will Be
Eligible for Relief Unless Dis
qualified by Department or
Relations Group - Aluminium
Farley to Be Held Here.
TRUCKMEN THREATENING
NEW YORK FOOD CRISIS
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
The Strike Committee of the United
Tt xtile workers today accepted the
in jitation of the National Labor Re
la ions Board to a conference with
munufacturers on Thursday, but re-
ttt rated that general walkout in the
Industry could be averted only by
I'd finite concessions"
There was no word this morning as
to the attitude Of the employers. The
de adline for the strike is set for Friday
nj hit, but because few mills operate
Sa tUrday, the strike would not really
De lin till next week.
other strike threats meanwhile grew
more ominous. In New York, 10000
trickmen called for strike vote Fri
day. On the West Coast, 5000 vege-
ia Vie workers voted to walk out today
Food Delivery Would Halt.
The threatened strike of New York
trick drivers would paralyze the de-
Ny ary of a large part of the citys food.
The striking vegetable workers who
lett the fields near Watsonville, Calf.
ex ,ected their action to throttle ac-
tiE tiles in the Salinas Valley packing
In lustries.
larry L. Hopkins, Federal relief
ad ninistrator, said needy strikers will
be eligible for relief, unless the Labor
DE- partment or the National Labor
RI lations Board brands the strike un-
tu titled.
aluminium workers and employers
pr pared for a third session at the
20 ference table here. Also seeking
ar iitration, employers and striking
We rlers of the Warren Dye Works in
NJ rth Bergen, N. j., looked to the
Rt gAonal Labor Board to end walk
ou..
Their strike ended by mediation,
$500 New York painters returned to
W TX after tive-week walkout.
Pickets March to Loop.
N Chicago, 200 pickets in the Chi
ca 10 Motor Coach Co. strike marched
to the Loop bearing signs and con-
gr gated at principal bus stops.
american Federation of Labor
let ders charged the strike bound
H hler Co. in Wisconsin with N. R. A.
violations, and sought to have the
co npany cited. The Labor Relations
Be ard today ordered a hearing for
II ursday on these complaints.
announcement of the textile strike
co ference was made by Francis j.
&c rInan, chairman of the Strike Com
mi ttee.
Chairman Lloyd Garrison has
as, Led us to see him and to meet in
hi Office" he told newspaper men.
We have met with Mr.. Garrison
two or three times and we shall be
glt d to respond to an invitation from
hin at any time.
II he chooses to ask others to meet
hin at the same time that cannot
af1 2ct our attitude toward his invita-
tic 4. If responsible and duly author
1zt j spokesmen for the industry should
oe ide to make a strike unnecessary
10y agreeing to negotiate Immediately
ar to swift conclusion on the basis
Of our demands, meeting them meas
Ill bly,, then we should accept the new
sit lation by not doing what it should
nc longer be necessary to do
Sloan Answer Awaited.
1eanWhile, an answer to GarriSon's
re uest for the conference was awaited
fr' m George A. Sloan, head of the
Ct tton Textile Institute. Garrison
ye terday urged Sloan to organize
re reSentative committee of manufac-
Gu ers to meet with the union leaders.
We have said at all times" Cor
m said, that we shall be drawn
in > no more fruitleSs conversations
ar we stand by that decision. Re
m mber, We are under specific and
m ndatory instructions of a delegate
co lVention in which the workers
81 ke their voice. We cannot change
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