Evening star., 1937-04-09
FORD VIEW CLOUD
0NLABOR HORIZON
Peace Prevails in the Main
With Settlement of
Hudson Dispute.
~ the Associated Press.


low the Canadian border today
clouded only by verbal exchanges be-
tween the Ford Motor Co. and the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton.
With the settlement of the Hudson
Motor Car Co. strike last night, the
United States was without major
sutomotige dispute for the first time
since November lS That was the
last OF series of strikes that affected
225, 900 employees of four automobile
producers in addition to many parts
supplers
Our serious trouble in the motor
industry is ended" declared Gov.
Frank Murphy in announcing that the
Hudson agreement had been signed IN
his Office at Lansing.
In the record however, was an as
sertion by Henry Ford that the Ford
Motor Co. will never recognize" any
union, and a prediction of John L.
Lewis. generalissimo of the C. I. O.,
that Ford would deal in time" with
the United Automobile Workers.
Says Plant Is an Arsenal.
Lewis declared that enrolment OF
Ford workers was continuing despite
intimidation and coercion" He said
that the vast Ford Rouge plant had
been converted into an arsenal" but
asserted Fords efforts to combat the
union will not gain him the end he
seeks"
The New York Daily News, in spe
cial dispatch from Washington. said
Ford might meet the challenge of the
c, I. o. by inaugurating wage rate
of $40 day and improving working
conditions.
Ford was not accessible for COM
ment. He has been in Ways, Ga, but
is expected back in Dearborn this week
end. In 1914 he electrified the in
dustry by establishing the SIS daily
wage. The present basic minimum is
S6 day, but Ford representative
said recently wages were being CON
stantly adjusted" with numerous in
creases of and 10 cents an hour.
The News said that Ford would give
his men more money than the union
has asked for: that he would meet
with representatives of his employees
to adjust differences, but that he
would not recognize the union nor even
consider CLOSED door"
Confer on Grievances.
High officials of the U. A. w. A.
went into conference this morning
with General Motors executives, but
neither group professed to know
whether strike in the OshaWa (On-
tario) plant of General Motors of
Canada would be discussed.
The primary purpose of the con-
ference. a union spokesman said, was
TO discuss grievances of General Mo-
tors employees at Pontiac Mich. where
two strikes were settled last week.
Homer Martin. president of the
U. A. w. A, and Wyndham Mortimer
and Ed Hail. vice presidents, were
meeting with H. w. Anderson director
of industrial relations, and Floyd O.
the corporation.
A General Motors spokesman said
that all negotiations on the Canadian
strike were being carried on at
Oshawa, although, he said, corpora
ton officials here were very much
interested" in the outcome.
The terms of the Hudson settle
ment, except for a few minor al
terationS, we're the same as those
which started $4,000 employees of the
Chrysler Corp. back to work The
1000 workers of Hudson's Detroit
plants have been idle since March 8,
the day strikes started in the Detroit
Chrysler factories and the REQ motor
car plant at Lansing
The ChrySler strike settlement was
signed Tuesday; the REQ compact
also patterned after the Ci1rysIer
accord, on Wednesday, REQ workers
paraded out of their plant last night
A truce in the 44-day General
Motors strike on February II. sent
back to work 1885, 900 of that corpora
tions employees and additional thou
sands on pay rolls of dependent con-
Germs. The G. M final agreement was
reached March 12
This weeks three strike settlements
opened the way for 1900 REQ workers,
the Chrysler and Hudson employees
and those of several parts manu-
facturers to return to work.
Gov. Murphy, whose administration
has been beset by major labor dis
turbances in Michigan ever since he
took office, January /, and James F.
1oL
Quoted the negotiations between the
United Automobile workers of America
and the various arrangements in re-
storing peace to the automotive in
duStry
In each instance the union and the
respective arrangements voiced salts
faction with the final terms.
Sees Better Understanding.
A. E. Barit, Hudson president, said
the latest agreement will result in
a better understanding and harmony
between the men and the manage
ment." He said his plants would be
operating normally within a week to
10 days.
T. M Doll, president of the Hud-
son U. A. w. A. local, said: I'VE ap-
preciate the help Gov. Murphy has
given and we believe the union got a
fair deal"
Shutdown strikers have occupied
the Hudson plant for a month AS
ir. the case of other sit-downs, the
strikers themselves will be asked to
ratify the agreement cat pm. E.
S. To-. A union mass meeting has
been announced for tonight.