Evening star., 1937-07-26
BUILDING WALK0UT|
ENDED, PAINTERS
STRIKE GOES ON
Work Is Resumed on Three
D. c. School
Projects.
FEDERAL JOBS FACING
MORE DELAY, HOWEVER
Atlanta Contractor Unable to
Come Here for Parleys
Tomorrow.

Resumption OF work on three school
projects today removed the last YES
tiges of the strike deadlock which had
delayed District construction work,
but continuance of the strike by union
painters against Federal projects
threatened to become increasingly
effective as building operations on the
disputed jobs faced delay.
Directing their strike only at prof.
ects let through the Procurement Di-
vision, the union painters were in an
improved strategical position as the
necessity for immediate painting work
was about to force a halt in other
work at the Archives and Apex Build
ings and at the new annex to the
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Hopes OF effecting settlement Of
the Federal controversy suffered a
temporary setback this morning
when William Wilson, Atlanta con-
tractor who has three of the disputed
Jobs. notified the Cancellation Service
OF the Labor Department that he was
unable to come here for conferences
tomorrow.
Round-Table Meeting Sought.
Howard T. Colvin, Cancellation Off
Ger, had asked Wilson to come here
for face-to-face meeting with union
representatives in an effort to reach
basis of agreement. Colvin said he
will attempt to get Wilson to come
later in the week.
Wilson holds contracts for three
Jobs at the City Post Office and the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
In the District situation, resump-
ton of work was reported at the
Young and Paul Junior High Schools
and the Grinke School. The con-
tracing firms. the John w. Hunt Co.
and the Jeffress-Dyer Co.. are both
under instruction by Engineer Com
missioner Dan I. Sultan to abide
strictly by ruling of the Labor De-
partment to the effect that predeter-
mined wages must be paid for each
classification of work without regard
TO the type OF workman assigned to
do the job
Open Shop Maintained.
Both Of these firms maintain open
shops and the tie-up of work resulted
when union building trades workers
struck in protest against the assign
ment Of laborers at laborers' wages
to do jobs usually performed by skilled
workers.
Pending the ruling Of the Labor
Department, the work was suspended
on order of Col. Sultan.
The threatened delay at the Ar
chives Building as result of the
painters strike was reported to in
volve installation of metal bookstacks,
with 200 iron workers expected to
reach a point in their work by to-
morrow night where they must sus-
pend operations pending completion
Of painting of the ceilings.
A similar condition is developing
at the Apex Building in connection
with installation of the metal ducts
for the air-conditioning apparatus.
Sympathy Strike Seen.
At the Printing and Engraving an
mex, the delay is threatened by the
action Of the GLACIERS in going out on
strike in sympathy with the painters,
that project having reached about a
point where glass work soon will be
necessary to keep the job moving.
Pending are complaints of the
painters of alleged discrimination
against union men by the Wilson firm
and the firm of Coones g. Raptis of
New York, which has a large con.
tract at the City Post Office. These
complaints were lodged with the re-
gional Offices of the National Labor
Relations Board.
At the same time the Painters
Union is hopeful that the Procurement
Division will request from the Labor
Department ruling on wage and
hour standards which must be OBJ
served in the disputed jobs.