The Washington times., 1937-05-20
RESULTS VITAL
T0PEACE IN
INDUSTRY
Lewis Group Future
At Stake in Election,
View of Leaders

DETROIT, May 20 0N.S.).
Assembly line workers of the
Plymouth plant of the ChrySler
CORPORATION went on strike to-
day when the management re-
fused to transfer . nOn-uniOn
worker from the line. NegOtia-
tions between the management
and officers of the Plymouth
United Automobile Workers
were expected to begin immedi-
ately.
PITTSBURGH, May 20 GN.S)
BY noon today more than one
third of the 10000 steel workers
had trooped to the ballot box
at the giant steel plants of the
Jones g. Laughlin Steel Corpora
ton in an election that may de-
eide the fate of the C. I. o. move
ment in America. 1t was the
largest industrial election ever
held under the Wagner act.
Steel leaders and opposing labor
groups of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor and the John L.
Lewis Committee for Industrial
Organization tenSely awaited the
outcome of the election, held I'm
der strict Government supervision.
to determine the sole bargaining
agency for Jones and Laughlin
employees. Voting continues until
l a. m. tomorrow.
Seven Men Hunted
AS steel workers flocked to the
polls set up in the mills here and
in Aliquippa, warrants were issued
for seven men the SWOC charged
were sent into Aliquippa by Re-
public Steel Corporation of CleVe-
land, to interfere with the cleo
ton. They were charged with con-
spiracy to commit assault and
carrying concealed weapons with
out a permit.
State police led by Lieut.. M. J.
Crawley were unable to find the
seven accused men and it was be-
lieved they had left Aliquippa. At
Buffalo, N. Y, Capt. Edward Todd,
head Of the Republic police there,
denied he had ever been in
Aliquippa.
Ernest c. Dunbar, acting re-
gional director of the labor board,
abolished the white card" sys-
TEN at the polls when SWOC
leaders charged several of their
members were denied the cards
authorizing them to vote by COM
pany timekeeperS. Thereafter, all
a steel worker had to do to vote
was present his "tab" and have
it checked with the pay roll.
Philip Murray, c. I. o. steel chief
tain, charged Republic Steel Com
pany, which has fatty refused
to sign a c. I, o. contract, had
sent heads Of its police force
and "thugs" to the scene of the
voting.
Murray requested ian immediate
investigation" by the United
States Department of Investiga-
ton, with possible criminal pro-
ceedings to follow, in a telegraph
to Attorney General Homer Cum
n1ingS.
AS the balloting proceeded c. I.
o. officials predicted a nine to
one" victory while opposition
groups predicted a tremendous
vote" would be cast against the
Lewis group.
Await Strike Word
Victory for the C. I. o. would, 1t
was confidently predicted, result
in an untimatum to independent
steel corporations employing al
most 100000 workers to Sign or
face a strike" Should the indie
pendent steel companies continue
in their refusal to sign C. I. o.
contracts, the c. I. o. was believed
prepared to move Immediately
into action against them.
C. I. o. employees at Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company, Repub-
lie Steel Corporation, Inland Steel
Company, and the Crucible Steel
Company have already voted to
strike at a moments notice. wait
ing only the word Of c. I. o. steel
Headquarters here,