Evening star., 1937-03-16
MURPHY APPEAL
TOVACATEPLANTS
SEEN At DETROIT
Governor Arrives to Take
Hand in Peace Negotia-
tionS of Strikes.
WORKERS SEEN READY
TO DEFY COURT ORDER
Union Leader Thinks Employees
Won't Quit Chrysler Factories.
Deadline Nearing
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
The Chrysler motor strike was
called By the United Automobile
Workers OF America March s after
the corporation rejected demand
for sole collective bargaining rights.
The conference tUaS continued, dis
cuSSing that and other issues. but
no progress tOaS reported. About
10000 UorkerS 1Uere made idle:
plants tOere occupied By the strikers.
Yesterday at Detroit court order
directed the strikers to eUacuate the
plants. Strikers action 1UdS un-
kno1Un. During General Motors
strike court orders for evacuation
tUere giUen, but sit-doWners refused
to obey and corporation neper
sought enforcement.
BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, March 16-Gov. Frank
Murphy came to Detroit this after
noon to essay once more the role of
mediator in the labor troubles of a
strike-harasSed city.
His immediate objective was the
reopening of four large downtown
hotels, one closed by a strike and
three by their arrangements, but it
was understood he planned also to
endeavor to find basis of under
standing between the closed Chrysler
Corp. and the United Automobile
Workers of America, whose t-doWn
strikes to enforce demands for exclu-
sive bargaining rights have rendered
10000 Chrysler workers idle
Because of the Governors state
ments following the issuance of an
injunction against the sit-downers,
the belief grew here today that he
planned to ask the Chrysler strikers
TO vacate the occupied plants before
am. tomorrow, The injunction is
returnable at that hour. There was
no indication from the strike leaders,
however, that they would consider
such request from the Governor.
The constitutional authority of
the courts must be respected if We are
to have orderly government" Gov.
Murphy said. Neither party to any
dispute can afford to take a position
In defiance of the law"
Conference Held.
Representatives of Chrysler and the
union held another conference today
in the temporary downtown quarters
rented by the corporation after its
office force as we'll as non-union
ro1oot
to the struck plants
Union conferees asked the Chrysler
executives to present a counter pro-
posal, as basis for further negotia-
tlons. The corporation, however, has
declined thus far to present any pro-
posal and there was no certainty that
its conferees would deviate from that
policy.
The corporations position has been
that it is comforting with the union,
at the unions request, to consider any
proposals short of exclusive recogni-
ton. which it has refused to grant.
In addition to his conference on the
hotel dispute Gov. Murphy had before
him the completion of plans for his
general meeting here tomorrow with
20 representatives of employers, en-
ployes and the general public to de-
termine upon program acceptable to
all sides for handling pending and
threatened labor difficulties The con-
ference room of the hotel representa-
tives and workers was only a few
blocks distant from the meeting room
OF the Chrysler conferees.
Declines to Discuss Reports.
Gov. Murphy declined to discuss
reports he planned to ask the union
to withdraw the sit-down strikers
from the strike-bound Chrysler plants.
Neither would he say what action, if
any, he planned should they ignore
the injunction of Circuit Judge Allan
Campbell
In addition to the 10000 Chrysler
workers, more than 10000 Hudson
Motor Car Co. employees here and
1900 REQ Motor Car workers at
Lansing continued idle, while negotia-
tions for settlements appeared to be
at stalemate.
The strikers gave no indication of
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