The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-26

switched"
 We've broken the back of Bol- shevism right here" was the com ment of Traffic Commissioner Clar- ence Coppersmith as he inspected the picket lines. Two men were held on suspicion charges after guardsmen reported the discovery of shotgun in ClO headquarters at suburban Struthers.
 Warren and Niles CIO workers in three depart" ments of the Republic plants at Warren said they were virtually 100 per cent organized and would not return to work. The strike commit tee wired President Roosevelt a re- quest that he do "all in his power" to arrange for a national labor re- lationS board election and protested DaVey's use of troops. Canton and MasSillOn In the Canton area, danger of disorders continued. Sporadic bomb ings and acts of vandalism have marked the strike which closed four Republic plants. The United Alloy plant, subsidiary of Republic, has operate despite the picketiag. The attitude of strikers toward returning workers prompted na- tional guard commanders to ask that more men be sent into the district to enforce temporary court restraining order against picketing.
 Chief threats of trouble lay in the possibility that the city labor coun- cil would call sympathy strikes if the picket lines were broken by force and in the offer of the United Rubber Workers at nearby Akron to aid the steel strike pickets. JOhnstOwn Situation A full crew of 800 maintenance men worked in. the Cambria plant of Bethlehem Steel in preparation for reopening of the mills in which 15, ,000 normally work. Chicago Plants Closed The Inland Steel plants, employ ing 13,00O men, remained closed for the time being as company officials advised the mediation board that they would not meet with C1O Chairman John L. Lewis. Cleveland Strike Status
 Republic Steel is expected to re- open it's Cleveland plants soon. Union officials in charge of the steel workers organizing commit tee continued to advise their men not to return to the mills, assert ing that "the strike is still on." Pickets glumly watched the back to-work march. They talked sullen- ly in alien tongues-Polish, Hungar- ian and Italian. One elderly man said:
 "They're all dirty rats, going in there and breaking our strike. They'll lose out in the long run" Companion in Doubt
 His companion shook his head and said:
 Maybe the poor devils thought they had to go back. An empty belly ain't an easy thing"
 The danger of violence, however, had not ended and the great indus trial cities of Youngstown and Can- ton were tense, despite the presence of 4,488 National Guardsmen, rein- forced by new mobilizations yester- day.
 In Johnstown, Pa, the threat of violence mounted with the invasion of thousands of coal miners who strengthened the picket lines at Bethlehem Steel Corporations big Cambria plant and declared that i've can't afford to let the steel workers lose this fight" CIO Leaders Puzzled
 Thus the c. I. O. leaders were faced with the necessity of making final stand against complete re- opening of the plants which Re- public and Youngstown Sheet and Tube started operating after they had joined with the Inland Steel Company and the Bethlehem Corp oration in rejecting the federal mediation boards peace negotia- tions.
 The board, headed by Charles P. Taft, II. continued in intermittent session in Cleveland but without any