Evening star., 1937-04-01
NEW G. N. STRIKES
THROW 17,4OO MEN
||DLE|NFNEPLANTS
1900 Return to Work at
Cleveland, but 1000 Go Out
at Yellow Truck.
CONTROVERSY CENTERS
IN PONTIAC AND FLINT
Discharge of Company Policeman
and Refusal to Recognize
Committees Blamed.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Sit-doun strike was introduced
into America on big scale in Cen
ernl Motors United Automobile
Workers of America dispute in jan
uary Temporary truce waS signed
this month, and parleyS are being
held on permanent peace. Repre-
Sening U. A. w. 1rGs John L.
LewiS' Committee TOR Industrial
Oroanisation. This committee Is
the result of split in the ranks
OF the American Federation OF
Labor ouer the craft Us. industry
organization issue.
After General Motors peace Uds
effected, other labor groups hare
reSorted to Sit-doUnS IN many parts
of country.
BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, April IA sudden out
break of strikes in General Motors
plants that affected 18400 men at its
peak receded today as the company
announced that 1900 men had re-
turned to work in the Fisher Body
Plant at Cleveland
Offsetting that settlement, however
was strike that closed the plant OF
the Yellow Truck g. Coach Manu-
featuring Co. at Pontiac, Mich. this
morning. The company is not a Gen
eral Motors unit although partially
owned by the corporation.
Also closed by strikes were the
Fisher Body Plant at Pontiac and the
Chevrolet Motor Cos flnal assembly
hne at Flint, Mich. Closed, or
partially closed, because of strikes IN
other plants were the Pontiac Motor
Co. at Pontiac and Fisher Body Plant
No 2 at Flint.
Ed Hall, a vice president Of the
United Automobile workers, said the
strikes were "a protest OF the men
against the plant managers refusal
to recognize and deal with their CON-
mittees as provided in the Genera
! Motors agreement"
Hall was comforting today with H
w. Anderson, personnel manager o.
| General Motors, in an attempt K
settle the strikes
! Cleveland Strike Brief.
General Motors officials here sale
the strike in the Cleveland plant
caused by a wage dispute, was O.
brief duration.
approximately 174OO men still wert
idle: 5000 in the Fisher plant a
Pontiac; 1900 in the Pontiac Motto
Co. plant which could not operate it
final assembly line without bodie
from the Fisher plant: 900 at tn
Chevrolet plant No. ?, at Flint; Ito
at the Fisher Plant No. ?, closed 70
lack of storage space for bodies Will
the Chevrolet assembly line idle. an
approximately 1000 at the Yelloy
Truck and Coach Plant at Pontiac
A corporation spokesman said tn
strike at the Pontiac Fisher plant
which began last night, was precip
itated by the discharge Of a compan
policeman, although there was
background of union charges OF dis
elimination.
The new disputes brought to SIX tn
number of strikes in General Motor
plants since an agreement was slgne
with the United Automobile Worker
three weeks ago. General Motors sal
the Yellow Truck plant was not al
fected by that agreement.
The strikes at Pontiac were the frs
this year in that city. There was idle
ness. but no strike there during tn
General Motors tie-up of Januar
and February.
100000 Idle in Michigan.
Todays strike developments in
creased the number of automobil
workers idle in Michigan to more tha
100000
The Chrysler Corp. strike, subjet
of negotiations which are to be re
sumed Friday, threw 10000 Chrysle
employees out of work and affecte
10000 workmen in Briggs Manufac
turing Co. plants, where bodies al
made for Chrysler cars.
Ten thousand are idle because Of
strike in the Hudson Motor Car G.
plant in Detroit and 1900 are out
See STRIKE, Page A-3)