The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-18
Non-Strikers Are
 Also To Get Relief
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 1 operators affected promised full cooperation with the board. Murray spoke for the workers, and Counsel John s. Brooks, Jr., for Republic Steel Corporation.
 Both Holding Fast
 Both sides, however, still main- tained their position in regard to a signed contract. The s. w. O. c. has announced that it will fight un- til it has contracts with the four strike-affected operators similar to those it has with 143 other steel companies. The corporations main tained that they will not sign con- tracts. The board planned to start work immediately in Cleveland, cen ter of the strike zone. The board has no compulsory arbitration pow CTS. Miss Perkins said it was au- thorized to:
 Investigate issues, disputes, facts, practices and activities of employers and employees that are burdening or obstructing or threatening to bur- den or obstruct the free flow of in- terstate commerce;
 "To conduct hearings, take testi- mony under oath and to make find- ings of fact and recommendations for settlement;
 "To act as voluntary arbitrator on request of the parties to the dis pute and render awards with respect to the subject matter of such dis putes as are submitted to it as shall be binding upon the parties to the submission"
 Other Boards Succeeded
 Federal authorities studied the possibilities of success of the new board. Gerard Reilly, acting solici- tor for the labor department pointed out that all recent media ton boards appointed by Miss Per kins have finally achieved settle ment of strikes involved.
 The present body was appointed under section 8 of the act creating the labor department in 1913. This gives the secretary of labor power to act as mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in la- bor disputes whenever in his judg- ment the interests of industrial peace may require it to be done.
 Bitter in Chicago
 Chicago, June 18-(UP)-South Chicago union steel workers renewed their membership campaign today after a mass meeting at which they heard Chicago police denounced by c. I. O. chairman John L. Lewis as murderers. Approximately 18,o0C persons jammed into the Chicago stadium for the meeting called by the Committee for Industrial Or ganization to usher inSa new mem- bership drive. Lewis, sscheduled as the main speaker, was forced to re. main in Washington, but he sent Van O. Bittner, regional c. I. O director, a telegram which was reac at the meeting. It described the Memorial day fight between police and strike sympathizers at the South Chicago Republic Steel plant as lone of the most brutal mas sacres in the history of the strug- gles of labor" Nine union men were killed.
 Dliberate Murder
 "The extraordinary news ano sound pictures taken by the Para mount company conclusively dem. onstrate that these workers were deliberately murdered in cold blooc by the Chicago police department as friendly favor to the Republic Steel company Lewis telegram read. T am satisfied that the butch. cry of our people will be legally avenged by due process of our judi cial machinery, spurred by the re. sentiment of the public when it be. comes acquainted with the req facts"
 The newsreels were withheld from general release, but were shown ir Washington yesterday to senate civi liberties committee members.
 Lieut.. Gov. Thomas Kennedy o1 Pennsylvania, an official of the United Mine Workers replaced Levi; on the program.
 From the blood of these Chicago murders Gin the steel riot) vii spring up the greatest labor organ ization that the world has evel known" Kennedy said.