Evening star., 1937-02-23

been amicably settled by both parties
and work will be resumed at 8 o'clock
Thursday morning.
"All parties have agreed to refrain
from making any further statements
or discuss the terms Of the settle
ment."
President Walter L. Fry, who be-
came the Nations No. / boss sit
cowner in retaliation for strike Of
his employees last Friday, tumbled onto
his cot in his Office to get some sleep
Immediately after the settlement was
announced.
Fry declined to answer any ques-
tions, but CLANCY said the company
president would end his strike and
leave the plant later in the day. Some
Of the ITO employees who participated
in the sit-down already have left the
premises. CLANCY said, and the rest
would leave during the day.
Clancy. who resigned last Deem
Der as chairman Of the Michigan
State Public Trust Commission, 6e-
clined to elaborate on the settlement
statement or to identity the employe
representatives who participated in the
conferences.
Fry said yesterday he had refused
to deal with organizers of the United
Automobile Workers of America, but
declared he was ready to meet with
his own workers at any time. The
union said then that Fry refused 10
meet the employees If they were ac-
companied by a U. A. w. A. repre-.
sentative.
The plant employees $50, mostly
girls and women.
In starting his sit-down Fry told
the strikers:
If you won't work, then I won't
60 out and get orders to provide you
with work. Something must be done
to curb sit-downs. The uncertainty
has the whole country on edge"
Comment from union officials end
individual employees was not available
Immediately.
Begins Mediations.
CLANCY began his role Of volunteer
mediator only yesterday. He said he
had heard about the strike while In
Cleveland on a business trip. On his
return to Detroit Clancy called on his
old friend, President Fry, ito see exact
ly what sit-down strike looked like"
Clancy said he began contracting
people and soon we had them into a
conference. Now the strike is settled"
The strike started last Friday and
yesterday the U. A. w. A. made public
an open letter to Fry, which said:
"Our girls who have been slaving
for you at 80 to SO cents an hour
want q minimum Of so cents an hour
The boys who have shaved for 80 to
IS cents an hour want a minimum of
rs cents an hour.
I'VE want an eight-hour day, q 40
hour week, time and one-half for over
time, seniority rights, the right to COL
lectively bargain through a union Of
our own choosing, and weekly pay
instead Of twice q month"
Fry said the company went on q
piece work basis at the employees re-
quest last November, when a wage In
crease was granted. Employees of his
COMPANY, AC on40s IlldAC 1AOLu oO W
68h cents an hour. Most of the
workers operate sewing machines. The
Fry plant operated on a reduced basis
during the General Motors strike and
the sit-down began the day it re-
opened on full time shifts.
Il think that industry will have to
come to its senses and stop these
strikes. I'm trying to show my work.
ers-and all people-the other side of
the picture. The shoes on the other
foot now. They've got to make indus
try work for them"
The idea of q boss staging q SIT
down strike may be funny to some
people, but I'm sorry to say that I
can't see anything funny about it.
I'm sitting here because I would
feel cowardly If I ran away under
existing conditions. I'm staying here
to protect my property and to find out
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