Evening star., 1937-11-20

ol. LoO4o, NOV. ~ tfJ-Del-
mond Garst, regional director of
the United Automobile Workers of
America, announced today the
union would call a strike at the
st. Louis assembly plant of the
Ford Motor Co. mot later than next
Wednesday" if alleged "discrimina-
tory practices" continued against
union men.
By the Associated Press.
AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 20.-Ohio Ma
tional Guard units prepared today for
possible service at the Goodyear Tire
& Rubber Co., where a sit-down strike
is in progress, making 10000 workers
idle.
Company officials announced the
plant would reopen Monday and union
officials Immediately said picket lines
would be placed around the plant
covering hundreds of acres in the
heart of this rubber city.
Adjt. Gen. Emil F. Marx at Columbus
said while no National Guard units
had yet been sent here. troops were
being prepared for possible mobiliza-
ton call. Two National Guard OBJ
servers are on the scene here.
Marx said he would discuss with
Gov. Martin L. Davey today the situ-
alton and any orders for the movement
of troops here would come from the
Governor
Gov. Davey, during the steel strike
last spring, sent troops to struck plants
to protect the right of men TO work"
The order affected % units in 20
cities, about 1000 men, the adjutant
general said.
Gen. Marx said his observers re-
ported from Akron this morning that
the situation had leased" He said he
planned to have the men stand by for
two or three days.
It's really all over now," the adju-
tant general added.
Strikers Leave Plant.
Nearly all the 300 to 900 sit-doUn
strikers left the plant this morning,
John D. House, president of Goodyear
Local No. 2 of the United Rubber
Workers of America, announced.
House said he and other officers Of
the union ordered the plant evacuated
and that all but few. who refused to
leave. came out of the plant
The remaining we've expected to
come out later in the day, House said.
The two Ohio National Guard OBJ
servers, Gen. GilSon Light of Toledo
and Gen. William Marlin of Cleve-
land interviewed Mayor Lee D. Schroy,
Federal Conciliator Hugh D. Friel and
Regional Labor Relations Board Di-
rector James P Miller regarding the
situation
No Work Scheduled Today.
Last night Goodyear officials barred
workers who planned to relieve sit
down strikers and also closed the COM
pany cafeteria. No work had been
scheduled for today.
House announced a union meeting
would be held tomorrow at 2 pm,
when members would decide what to
do about the situation. He indicated
formal strike vote would be taken.
The sit-down strikers protesting
against SCIleuuleu Idy-OllS, nave COIIl-
pletely paralyzed operations in all
plants of the company affecting near
ly 10000 employees.
'The plants will be reopen for all
those who want to return to work."
said Clifton c. Slusser, vice president
and factory manager. At the same
time he relented in an earlier decision
to bar from the plants any workers
attempting to relieve strikers. He said
the ban on admittance would apply
to only workers attempting to enter
at times other than the hours of
shift changes.
Advised of Slusser's statement, sew
eral shop committeeman declared
that pickets would take up posts
around the plant "in the next "a
hours" to prevent resumption of oper-
ations. They declined to give their
names.
u, A. w. CALLS SESSION.