Evening star., 1937-02-24
Auto Magnate Refers Union
to Aides in Detroit for An
sWer-G. M. c. Agrees on
Seniority Rights.
SUBMARINE BUILDING
FIRM is PICKETED
Officers Clear Yards at Groton,
Conn.-All in "Sit-Down" Are
Dismissed by Company-Doug-
las Plane Plant at Santa
Monaco, Calf, Occupied.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Sit-down strikes, prevalent In
France last year, 1Cere introduced IN
the United States in January, tDhen
method ,UdS used By Committee TOR
Industrial Organization against
General Motors Corp. After about
sir Ueeks, when more than 10000
porkers ,oere made idle, temporary
peace 1eas arranged, and notO ne
gotidtionS looking to permanent set
tlement are in progress.
Union gains are disputed as re-
suit OF strike, but labor leaders haze
claimed important concessions, II not
open uictory, and hare busted them
selues extending sit-dounS to other
industries in last te,p peekS.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. February 24.-The
United Automobile Workers of America
requested a national collective bar
gaming conference with Chrysler
Corp. executives today as union repre-
sentatives reached agreement with
General Motors negotiators on sem
FORTY rights.
Walter P. Chrysler president OF the
Chrysler Corp, at New York advised
the union leaders that Lester l.. Col
bert and Herman L. Weckler, Chrys-
Ter executives here, will speak for
the corporation" The union in its
request claimed to represent "a ma
jority of your employees
Conferees seeking to settle issues
remaining from the recent widespread
General Motors strikes withheld de-
balls of the agreement on seniority
rights except to say it will apply to
departments instead of plants, except
under special conditions
Discuss "Speed-Up" System.
They turned this afternoon to a
discussion of wages and speeding up
of production. The union has de-
manded abolition of piece-work and
group bonus systems of pay, wages
commensurate with an American
standard of living" and agreement on
production speed between management
and a union shop committee.
Richard T. Frankensteen, organi-
Eational director of the U. A. w. A.,
sent the following telegram to
Chrysler:
Representing a majority Of your
employees who are members of the
United Automobile Workers Of
America, we hereby request a national
conference with you or your appointed
representatives at the earliest possible
date for the purpose of working out
collective bargaining agreement. We
suggest as a convenient time to us the
first part of next week and a place
mutually agreed upon"
Big Companies Objective.
When the U. A. w. A. started its
strikes against General Motors after
the corporation refused its demand for
a national collective bargaining con-
ference it announced its objective as
the signing of bargaining agreements
with every producer in the automotive
industry, from the "big three'-Gen-
eral Motors, Chrysler and Ford-down
to the independent companies.
Frankensteen recently announced
that elections in employe representa-
ton groups at Chrysler plants had
given the union control of a majority
of what he termed company unions. "
Homer Martin, U. A. w. A. president,
has said the unions relation with
Chrysler have been satisfactory" He
explained a few days ago that the
(See STRIKES, Page A-5.)