Evening star., 1937-03-09
Labor
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Chrysler Corp. Finance Committee,
had nothing to say" about the possi-
bility Of court action against the strik-
erS.
He confirmed reports that stop or
ders had been issued to all suppliers.
Asked about the volume Of materials
affected, he said that the only figure
that comes to my mind is that last
year we sold $566 100000 worth of au-
tomobiles at factory valuations"
Asked if he had discussed the situ-
alton with Gov. Frank Murphy, he
said, mo" He said he preferred not
to discuss the corporations future pol
icy, except to say that the funda-
mental position he expressed Monday
remained unchanged.
He said corporation executives were
preparing to 90 back to the Highland
Park plant to go about our business, "
since the union had waived its require
ment that they obtain union passes.
Enter Plant.
Weckler, Lester L. Colbert, resident
attorney. and Joseph z. Fields, vice
president and sales director of the
corporation, were the first executives
to enter the plant.
Union guards stopped their automo-
bile at the gate and called Franken-
stein, who was nearby.
They're o. k" Frankenstein told
the guards, and the automobile rolled
on.
Settlement of a strike in a small
automotive plant was reported today.
The Advance Stamping Co. granted
the U. A. w. A. exclusive bargaining
rights for six months. The 100 en-
ployes will receive minimum wages OF
rs cents an hour for men and 65 cents
for women. with an extra allowance
of S cents an hour for night shift
workers.
Gov. Frank Murphy, who devoted
his first six weeks in Office to settling
the far-f1ung General Motors strikes,
announced at Palm Beach, Fla, where
he is vacationing. that he would fly
back to Michigan Immediately be-
cause Of the new labor disputes.
All nine of the Chrysler plants in
the Nations motor capital were closed
by strikes called by the United Auto
mobile Workers of America. They
employ 55,391 of the $1,000 Chrysler
workers.
The Chrysler plant at New Castle,
Ind, with 4,16o employees. was closed
by the company. which said it could
not continue operations without sup
plies from Detroit units.
Still unaffected by the strikes were
the Chrysler plants in Los Angeles,
Marysville, Mich: Windsor, Ontario;
Evansville, Ind; Dayton, Ohio;
Helena, Ark, and Pekinwood, III.
The Briggs Manufacturing Co., which
supplies Chrysler with bodies, closed
one Detroit plant and part of another,
throwing $500 out of work.
10000 Hudson Workers Out.
The Hudson Motor Car Co.'S three
manufacturing plants here also were
closed by U. A. w. A. strikes, leaving
10000 idle. Two small auxiliary fac
tories. employing 200 each, were not
affected.
The Chrysler strikes were called yes
terday afternoon and last night fol-
lowing the corporations rejection of
the United Auto Workers demand for
recognition as the sole bargaining
agency.
The last of the units closed by strikes
was the Highland Park plant, where
the main offices are located. It Is
there that representatives of the cor
poration and the U. A. w. A. have been
conferring since last Wednesday on
the unions demands.
Estimates Of the number of strikers
who remained in the plants during the
night varied so that it was impossible
to determine the total accurately. The
strikers seized control Of all plant en-
frances. Any one who wished could
leave, but no one was permitted to
enter without q pass issued by the
union.
Conference Adjourned.
The negotiations between the union
and General Motors Corp. adjourned
yesterday until tomorrow. They were
reported to have been near final agree
ment on issues left unsettled when the
strikes ended February IL before new
strikes interrupted operations in some
subsidiaries at Flint, Mich.
These new differences, however
were composed, temporarily at least
and the strikers promised to return
to work today.
A conference at Flint last night be-
tween George c. Paterson, resident
manager Of the Fisher Body Co., and
Robert G. Travis. union organizer. re.
suited in the evacuation Of $50 strikers
from the press and metals department
of Fisher plant No. l.
Paterson said the workers had OBJ
jected to . wage differential and hi
promised to report tomorrow after
investigating their complaint. The
No. plant was held A days by sit
down strikers during the strikes which
ended February IL.
Earlier yesterday another settlement
returned 6,400 men to work in 81,