Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-14

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wired. "is going into its second week.
Negotiations deadlocked on intarna-
tional union issue. OshaWa workmen
lost time during January in the United
States through lack of parts. Now
losing full time. Men striking for
recognition of international union.
Imperative international union recog-
nize men.
Unless agreement signed by end
of week between Canadian workers
and General Motors OF Canada)
United States members of union must
strike.
Failing this am advising all Cana
dian workmen Monday night to aban-
don recognition of union idea.
MY duty as Canadian citizen and
head Of Oshawa dictates this action.
Consider this an ultimatum. Letter
following
Terms 1t Considered Action"
The Mayor. disclosing his step at a
press conference, declared: This Is
not precipitate action"
My sole interest" he said, as to
endeavor to be impartial. 1 must look
after the welfare of Canadian citizens
and Oshawa.
Unless an agreement is signed so
Canadian workmen can return to work
Monday morning I expect General
Motors plants in the United States to
be on strike Monday" the Mayor wrote
Martin in the letter, mailed today.
Failing this I am calling mass
meeting of all oshawa citizens, and I
shall tell them they are being fooled
and hoodwinked and that the interna-
tional union is not playing the game
with them"
The Hepburn cabinet split has been
common knowledge in political circles
here for several days. Both Hepburn
and Croll have been labor lawyers.
Newspaper men were waiting for
Hepburn when he entered his office
this morning.
Immediately he called in his secre-
tary. and said in the reporters pres
ence: Take a letter" He then
dictated it.
designations of the two cabinet
members was generally considered In
evitable. By custom, the premier
can announce them at any time.
Lewis Accused OF Dictator Aims.
The premier injected the com
munism" issue into the fight over the
Oshawa strike of 3,70O workers only
yesterday. Previously he had said
there was no room for foreign agi-
tators' in the province, and had &C.
cused Lewis of trying to become "po-
litical and economic dictator" of both
the United States and Canada.
His efforts to make peace came to
naught last Saturday, when he refused
to meet strikers committee as long
as the committee included Thompson
Monday afternoon he expressed hope
that General Motors, likewise, would
stand it's ground" in also refusing to
meet the strikers as long as they in
sisted Thompson was their spokesman.
The strike has been wholly peaceful
so far, but Hepburn has assembled 400
relocated Royal Canadian Mounted
Police, gray-clad provincial police and
special deputies to dash into Oshawa
at the least sign of trouble.
Oshawa has only II local police.
These have been augmented, during
the week-old strike, by 100 special
union police.
To-day, Hepburn said he had received
reports that outside agitators" al
ready were ut work on the Oshawa
picket lines and that two girl office
workers had become hysterical this
morning as result of their activity.
U. S. "Strikebreaking" Hit.
Thompson attributed to Ed Hall.
vice president of the United Automo-
bile Workers, the statement that
United States workers would be
"strikebreakers" if they made cars for
the export market normally belong
ing to the OshaWa plant.
Harry Carmichael, vice president
and general manager of the Oshawa
plant, advised an English salesman
yesterday that rush orders would have
to be filled In the United States.
Meantime, 400 police stood ready
to speed to OshaWa at the first sign
of trouble There was none thiS morn.