Evening star., 1937-03-22


agent, made public the telegram he
| said had been sent to the Governor
! asking that he demand of U. A. w
officials that they command sit-down
strikers to evacuate all plants held.
Williston said a group of II busi-
ness men had agreed to underWrite
the cost of recall movement which
| he said, would start on April l il
the Governor refuses to act. The
! three-month tenure required by law
| before a Governor can be recalled
will expire on that date. Approx
mately 100000 signatures would be
required on petitions for a recall elec-
ton
City Councilman John C. Lodge, a
former mayor, described as an out
rage" the unions application for q
permit to hold a meeting in Cadillac
Square at an hour when traffic was
heaviest.
1T isn't request, it's demand, u
Lodge said. Il am sure no member of
the council will countenance such a
thing"
The vote to deny the application
was unanimous.
Later, Deputy Police Supt. Louis L.
Berg told Bishop that mass meeting
in Cadillac Square would be "impos-
sible." He suggested Times Square
which is several blocks removed from
Woodward avenue, the city's main
thoroughfare, but added that a council
permit would be necessary for any
meeting there.
Another Raid Planned.
There were reports that at least one
other raid on striker-occupied plant
was planned by police today.
Mayor Frank CollZens declared the
raids would continue on captive plants
where the police had reason to believe
non-employes were among the occu-
pants, He expressed dc Ibt the work.
ers would follow leadership that
would call a city-Wide automotive
strike, and said that strike of work
ers who were just emerging from the
depression would be "inhuman"
Nevertheless, handbills we're dis
tributed calling upon union members
to show labor's strength" in the
Cadillac Square demonstration tomor-
row.
The handbills bore headlines which
said: Stop police strike breaking
brutality and Protect the right tc
strike"
The U. A. w. also disclosed the Or
ganization of minute men" among
members, along military lines, with the
avoWed purpose of protecting striker,
and the right to strike"
Union to Take action.
A telegram from u A. w. officers
to % Detroit locals said that because
of grave situation created by police
and the mayor in attacking the right
of strikers throughout the city, the
international officers have decided tx
take decisive steps"
The telegram said "a general strike
may be necessary and instructed loca
officers to appoint special strike com.
mittees," but to take no strike actor
until instructed" by Martin.
Leaders of the Committee for In.
dustrial Organization, with which tht
| U. A. w. is affiliated, were reported tt
be ready again to propose truce be.
tween the strikers and the Chryslel
Corp, under the terms of which thu
corporation would be asked to agre,
in writing not to negotiate with any
bargaining agency other than the U
A. w. except with the approval of Gov
Frank Murphy.
Since Wednesday, 5000 strikers oc
cupying eight Chrysler plants hav,
been in violation of a court injunc
ton, but Sheriff Wilcox gave no In
dication that he was preparing to at
tempt the service of Writs calling TO-
the arrest of the strikers.
Deputies Aid Offered.
The Michigan Sheriff's Association
through Jerome S. Borden of Kala
mazoo, secretary, offered Sheriff Viii
cox the assistance of 1000 deputies t.
eject the Chrysler strikers.
Martin declared in a letter to Gov
Murphy today that Chrysler official
were 'stalling" in their conference
with the U. A. W., and that the com
pany's conferees went into the con
ferences with strict instructions to sa
nothing but No, no, no." to uniol
proposals for settlement.
He said the negotiations were "farci
cal from the beginning" and that tn
company met with the union "onl
so it could publicly maintain the posi-
ton that it is always willing to NEE
with representatives of its employees.
Time after time the union ha
presented proposals, first to avert tn
strike and then to settle it, but o.
every occasion the corporations answe
has been no." he said.
THE strike was precipitated be
cause of the corporations refusal t
] abide by the Wagner law which give