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cordance with the wish of the Presi-
cent of the United States"
Replying, Knudsen wrote that this
"leaves no alternative except COM
pliance,' and said he would confer
with a view to formulating a basis
for negotiations"
The conference began shortly be-
fore 10 o'clock. little more than five
hours in advance Of the INDUCTION
deadline.
Judge Murphy escorted Lewis to
the court room little more than an
hour after the labor leader arrived
from Washington. Knudsen and the
Governor were in the room when
Lewis arrived. Also present were As
sistant Attorney General Edward G.
Kemp. the Governors legal adviser,
and the Governors personal secre-
tary.
Lewis made no comment upon his
arrival. En- route from Washington
last night, however. he declared that
every moral and logical considera-
ton indicates a conference"
Greeting Lewis at the station, Fed
eral Labor Conciliator James F. Dewey
said he hoped for important develop
ments today.
In Flint, where a six-block area in
cluding the Chevrolet Motor Co.'S vast
factory and Fisher body plant No. 2
bristled with bayonets and machine
guns. strikers declared that they would
disregard Judge Gadola's order that
they leave the two Fisher body plants
by pm. eastern standard time)
today.
No Troop Action Seen.
There was no indication that the
$500 National Guard troops in Flint
would be used to drive the men from
the plants should their defiance per-
sist past the deadline. No troops were
stationed at Fisher plant No. l, and the
troops in the vicinity of Fisher plant
No. apparently were there only 20
prevent a repetition of violence that
broke out in the Chevrolet plant Mon
day.
Nevertheless, one of five machine
guns in the area was trained on the
entrance to Fisher plant No. 2.
The ostensible focal point Of the
Guardsmen's vigilance was Chevrolet
plant No. 4, held by United Automo-
bile Workers of America "stay-in"
strikers since Monday evening. That
occupation is not affected by the court
injunction, because the strike began
after the petition for the order was
filed.
A one-pound gun and two machine
guns were directed toward the en-
trance to that plant. One Of those
machine guns was mounted last night
on top Of Chevrolet plant No. S,
across Chevrolet avenue from the No.
plant. A second one-pound gun
commands the south entrance to the
military zone on Chevrolet avenue.
That thoroughfare separates the
Fisher No. plant from the Chevrolet
plant. Gun emplacements and rifle
armed patrol squads Of troops were
placed at strategic points along its
length. Machine guns were placed to
sweep the street from end to end,
should the necessity arise.
Tension Grows at Plants.
Tension heightened as the deadline
neared for evacuation of the Fisher
plants under terms Of Judge Gadola's
injunction.
chari8 Trhor,oc VIZ uolcotf rood tha
order to the strikers In the Fisher
plants last night. The men heard him
in silence, except for a furry of
"booes," which Sheriff Wolcott said
we're good natured."
The order forbids not only occupa-
tion of the plants. but picketing as well.
Picketing Is prohibited under Michi.
gan law.
The strikers announced they had
telegraphed to Gov. Murphy their in
tention to disregard the injunction.
The Governor made no comment.
Until proper showing that the in
junction has been violated, the case
"is out of this courts hands," Judge
Gadola said today, adding that three
alternatives to q contempt citation
exist:
Proclamation of martial law might
supersede the civil courts in the strike
area; the strikers might comply with
the injunction terms, or the Supreme
Court Of Michigan might. upon ap-
plication Of union attorneys, step in
with q special order.
The Judge said it would mt he IN