Evening star., 1937-03-14
STRIKERS PICKET
. EVICTION HEARING
Stage Noisy Demonstration
Around Court as ChrysIer
Plea Is Argued.
By the Associated Press.


DETROIT, March 13-The picket
ing of a court building, something
new in labor disputes here, created a
noisy demonstration today at the
Chrysler injunction hearing.
The sound of marching men and
the blare of a 12-piece band shared
attention with the legal arguments
inside a tiny court room over whether
"sit-down" strikers should be ordered
out of Chrysler plants here.
While the union band played
martial airs, with frequent repetitions
of Hail, Hail, the Gangs All Here
a double line of union pickets walked
in opposite directions on sidewalks
around the county building.
Inside, more than 1000 perSons-in-
cluding few women-jammed a long
thlrd-foor corridor near Circuit Judge
Allan Campbelrs court room, where
the hearing was held.
Sidewalks across streets from the
building, located few blocks from
Detroit's business district, were
crowded with spectators.
Crowd Estimated at 5000.
The crowd, inside and out, was
estimated by police at close to 5000.
In the court itself, spectators were
limited to hardly more than so, the
tiny rooms seating capacity.
Judge Campbell, who made no COM
ment on the pickets, ordered a WIN
dow closed after noise and occasional
'boos" from the street attracted at
tention.
The band, wearing blue uniforms
and military overseas" caps, played
from the steep front steps of the
building.
Shop stewards of the United Auto
mobile Workers Union, whose officers
were among defendants in the in
junction petition, kept the picket lines
moving in orderly fashion.
Deputy sheriffs and union stewards
maintained narrow lane through the
peaceful crowd inside.
Few women were among the pickets
and the men did not wear working
clothes. There was many a felt-col-
lar overcoat and gray fedora hat in
the line of hard. determined faces.
Pickets Soon Disperse.
When the hearing was adjourned
until Monday, the pickets drifted
away within 10 minutes.
AS they walked off, one official of
the union, which claims membership
of $4,000 in Chrysler plants here,
shouted:
"Weu have 10 times this many
here Monday"
Homer Martin, u A. w. A. presi-
dent, announced tonight the unions
International Executive Board would
meet at Cleveland Monday and Tues
day to seek a consistent method of
disposition of workers outside the au-
tomobIle industry" who want to be
organized by the Committee for In
dustrial Organization.
Noting that several unrelated groups
have been accepted in the U. A. w. A.
under temporary arrangement" i"
Martin said: so far there has been
no consistent permanent policy on a
national basis. We shall attempt to
decide on such a policy at the Cleve-
land meeting
Replying to Keller's statements
made in letter to distributors Mar
tin termed them "a series of misrepre-
sentations deliberately designed to
obscure the issues of the strike"
The cause Of the strike, Martin as
serted, was the corporations Stub
born defiance of the - Wagner
labor disputes act"
Murphy Calls Farley.
Meanwhile, Gov Frank Murphy in
vlted 20 persons representing the
general public as we'll as employer
and emplove organizations" to meet
here next Wednesday, to consider and
discuss the present labor situation. -"
The meeting, the Governor said
was called with the object of deter
mining upon a program of action "ac-
ceptable to all elements that will in
sure compliance with the law or pro-
vide an orderly way of dealing with
the problems created by many labor
controversies pending or threatened"
WILL CONFER TOMORROW,