Evening star., 1937-01-16
IN. .C.ANDUN|0N
OFFICIALS CONFER;
TROOPS REMAIN
National Guard Stays in
Observation-Disclosures
OrGer ReSCinGed.
KMUDSEN AND MARTIN
DISCUSS PEACE PLAN
Farley Held to Map Strategy for
Monday Meeting for Perma.
nent Pact.
BACKGROUND

BACK hGROUNU-
The United Automobile Workers
OF america, affiliated aDith John
L. LetDis' Committee for Industrial
Organization, presented ,DorkerS
grievances and demands to the
General Motors Corp. In December.
Among the demands sUns the rec
ognition OF the U. A. w. A. as sole
collective bargaining agency. Gen
ernl Motors refused to meet the
Nnton in conference and declined
to recognize the U. A. w. A. on its
o,Dn terms. Sit-doUn strikes 1UEich
closed many G. NJ. c. plants began
and about 100000 ,Uorkers tDere
affected. Gop. Frank Murphy OF
.Michigan began trying to bring the
opposing pcrties together for O.
p:oce pnrley and finally carly yss-
ter6ny he 1pns 6bls TO obtain th.ir
agreement to meet Moaday 10 ais
Gus, the issues.
~ the Associated Press.
DETROIT, January i6.-Michi-
gsn,s National Guard troops re-
mained on duty in the automotive
strike zone at Flint today as plans
went forward for the opening Of
peace negotiations between General
Motors and union representatives
md the evacuation Of sit-down
strikers in company plants.
Orders for partial rehabilitation
OF troops were rescinded suddenly:
more than 900 of them were about to
board train for home when inStruc-
tions to remain were received. The
1890 troops, Mayor Harold e. Brad
shaw said, will remain during Sunday
and Monday.
The Mayor, who conferred with
Gov. Frank Murphy before the new
orders were issued, insisted that nei-
ther he nor the Governor anticipated
g. renewal Of last Monday nights vio-
lence, but that he recommended re-
tention Of the soldiers over the week
end, during which the "sit-down"
strikers in the two Fisher body plants
ct Flint are to vacate.
To Speed Negotiations.
To speed formal negotiations for
permanent settlement Of the strike,
representatives of General Motors
and the United Automobile Workers
Of America met at the corporation
Offices here today. The conference
brought together again william S.
knudsen, executive vice president OF
the corporation, and Homer S. Mar
tin, union president.
They planned to draft rules of
procedure for the negotiations that
will start Monday.
The purpose of the meeting was TO
draft rules governing consideration Of
the unions eight demands.
The demands follow:
I. A national conference" between
company officials and u. A. w.
leaders ito discuss and bargain
collectively between General Mo-
tors and its employees"
2. Abolition of all 'piece-work sys-
TENS OF pay"
,. A 30-hour week, six-hour work day
and pay and half for overtime.
Z. Establishment Of q minimum rate
OF pay commensurate with an
American standard Of living"
.. Reinstatement of all employees "un-
Justly discharged"
6. .s:rio-.ty rights ha- ID ,looo 1.ng.n
ot service.
4. !e.2osnilion OF Inc u. 4. W.sstoe
soie bargaining agency" bs.@esn
General Motors and its employees.
=. Mutual agreement on speed Of
production by the management
! ana . union committee In all Gem
eral Motors plants"
Agree to Negotiate.
Only two days ago the corporation
executive and the union chief met at
Lansing in the office Of Gov. Murphy,
where they signed an agreement early
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