The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-29
HOPE TO SETTLE
 STRIKE FADING
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 Opposing Germans view was that of a high authority or the in- dustry who declared textile heads would treat with the union only through the code authority. George H. Sloan, president Of | the institute and chairman of the whether the mill owners had made a flat stand on this point yet. He said a poll of sentiment was still being taken. Announcement is eX- l pected later today. However, he declared the industry felt the mat ter "of vital import to the whole nation"
 German said this meant that "the one chance of preventing the strike has passed"
 If the dispute can not be ironed out, there appeared nothing that would halt the progress of the strike. Organization has been fully set up. Union heads reiterated con- | fidence. At the same time reports showed that not all textile centers were reacting favorably to the strike order,
 Strike Posters Torn Down
 At Lewiston, Me, where only fraction of the workers are organ ized, mill hands tore down strike posters in the streets. Other Maino milf towns reported little strike sentiment. Elsewhere in New Eng land strike feeling ran higher. In the south there were varied re- ports. Few mills in the Tennessee were expected to be affected.
 The executive committee of the union would meet tomorrow, as originally scheduled, to draw up the final strike plans. More optimistic was William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, who said in Chicago that there were 'cause to hope" the labor board conference might result in averting the strike. | German said strike plans would include a general walkout Of all cotton, woolen, worsted, silk and rayon workers. It was indicated that the strike call probably would be issued for Friday, midnight.
 Printing of thousands of hand dodgers and posters, eXhorting the workers to abandon their looms was rushed.
 Union Made Five Demands
 The union made these five de. mands upon the mill owners:
 1. A 30-hour work week with out wage reductions.
 2. Reinstatement of all work CTS discharged for union activities,
 8. tablishment of maximum work loads to abolish the stretch out.
 4. Recognition by the owners of the United Textile Workers.
 5. Establishment of an impar- tial arbitration board to settle fu- ture disputes.
 In charging that the MIRA actu- ally had hurt the workers, German said reduction of working hours under the textile code from b5 to 60 hours week to 40 caused the mill owners to demand increased production from their hands. He said they had been forced to pro- ducc as much in eight hours as they had formerly in 10 or 12.
 New England Stand
 Boston, Aug 29-(UP)-Textile strike sentiment appeared split along geographical lines in New England today.
 In southeastern Massachusetts, | Rhode Island and Connecticut, where the United Textile Workers of America is entrenched, most workers appeared ready for the strike call. But in northern New England the situation was differ ent.
 Only in Manchester, N. H., seat of the big Amoskeag mills where 10000 are employed, is the UTWA a power.e In Maine mill centers, where only fraction of the work CTS are organized. hands-off pol isy was considered probable. In Lowell and Lawrence the strike maw get scant support.
 Rhode Islands 10000 union op- eratives have ratified the strike ac- ton, but general sentiment there is that the strike will be averted. In New Bedford strike sentiment among union workers has increased during the past week, but the pub lie, remembering the costly 26- week strike of 1928, is strongly against 1t. The UTWA claims 5000 of the 1S,000 New Bedford work CTS. The Fall River situation Is about the same as that in New Bedford, but manufacturers claim workers want to strike.
 not more than third of the union
 In Lowell the UTWA claims only 45O of the 12,000 mill work CTS.