Evening star., 1937-04-04
Workers Re-
turn to Jobs
ON Monday.
RECOGNITION
NOT AN ISSUE
Wage Discussion
Referred to
Detroit.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Henry Ford, last OF the big
three" OF automobile manufacturers
to become embroiled ,Dith United
Automobile Workers, had his first
experience with the sit-down strike
Friday, uhen bet1Ueen 600 and 1000
employees seized Kansas City plant.
Repercussions from the Waue OF
sit-do1pns reached the Capital
Thursday, phen Senator Byrnes,
Democrat, OF South Carolina Of
tered an amendment to the Gufey
coal bill declaring these strikes
contrary to public policy.
ey the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, April ED Hall,
second vice president of the United
Automobile Workers of America, an
nounced settlement tonight Of the
strike which closed the Ford Motor
Co.'S assembly plant here yesterday.
Hall said the strikers will return
10 work Monday without any dis
elimination, whatsoever
Following conference with Ford
officials tonight. Hall said recognition
of the U. A. w A. was not discussed
because recognition was not an is
sue"
The strikers sat down in the plant
yesterday in protest against lay-of
of about 800 men. some of whom
they said had worked for the COM
pany as much as "a years.
Hall said wages were discussed at
tonight's meeting and "the commit
tee was advised that it was necessary
to take up the discussion of wages
IN Detroit, that will be done" "
Discussing the discrimination" pro-
vision Of the agreement, Hall said the
union would not object to seasonal
layoffs of employees as long as SEN
sority rules were strictly observed.
This was somewhat in disagreement
with statement he made earlier in
the negotiations in which he declared
6atly no union men will be dismissed" ;"
Hall issued the following statement:
Settlement has been reached in the
controversy, satisfactory to both par
ties, which will return the men to work
Monday morning without any dis
elimination whatsoever"
Wage discussions will begin in De-
troit, Hall said. "on my return"
Before returning to Detroit. how
over, Hall said he would stop at Ander-
son, Ind, to lead employe conferences
at the Delco-Remy plant.
Statement Of Conference
His statement of the conference
here concluded:
I'VE feel that the sit-down was
caused through a general misunder-
standing between employees and man.
agement.
The committee feels that there
will be much greater feeling of CO.
operation now than there has been
IN the past"
Hall said the United Automobile
Workers now have a total member
ship of $4,000 and predicted I'VE will
have the largest international in the
world" at the end of another 80 days
The strike agreement climaxed
three hours of secret negotiations by
Hall, an l8-man committee from the
union here and unnamed representa-
tives of the Ford Motor Co.
Hall refused to name the motor
company executives but at least two
company representatives were known
TO have been present
Men known to have flown here
from Ford headquarters for the strike
conference were called by telephone
In connection with the settlement but
the invariable response was;
Il have no statement to make"
Later H. c. Doss, manager of the
Ford plant here, issued a statement
which he said confirmed Halls an
nouncement. In. the form Of a notice
to employees, it said:
For the information of all our
(Sae FORD pooo A.SA