Evening star., 1938-12-06
DaIadier Mans Liner
With Naval Crew
To Break Strike
Puris to Soil Tomorrow
From Cherboure on
New York Crossing
BY the Associated Press

PARIS. Dec. 6-Premier Dala-
dier. determined to break the ship
ping strike at LIE Havre. ordered 259
sailors to man the liner Paris today
and take her to New York on
schedule
Sources close to the government
indicated Daladier had decided to
keep all French Atlantic
liners moving with naval crews and
requisitioned stewards, if necessary
to break the strike.
Three destroyers arrived at LIE
Havre early today with sailors from
the Cherbourg base More sailors,
all specialists trained to handle
merchantmen in time of war, were
called from other bases.
Lest the strikers attempt to inter-
fere with the sailing of the Paris,
the government ordered the navy to
sail her to Cherbourg, where she VII!
pick up most of her trans Atlantic
passengers by tender tomorrow and
leave for New York. The usual port
OF sailing for the Paris is LIE Havre.
American Volunteers to Sail.
Among the passengers on the
liner. officials said. would be many
of the 322 American volunteers
evacuated from Spain last week.
Almost all the vessels third-class
cabins were reserved for this group.
An orchestra of six American STU
dents from Franklin and Marshall
College, Lancaster, Pa, who worked
their way to France by playing
aboard the Normandie and were
stranded when that vessel was tied
up by the strike last week. will play
their way back on the Paris.
Approximately 1900 of the Nor
mandie crew. 1000 workers on the
liners Paris and lie de France and
1900 dock workers and port han
dlers were on strike at LIE Havre in
sympathy with so of their number
who were discharged for taking part
in the general strike last Wednes-
day. -
Vote to Continue Walkout.
Just before the government de-
clslon to use naval crews became
known the striking seamen sent a
delegation to Paris to talk with Leon
Jouhaux, leader of the General Con-
federation of Labor. When the
delegation returned. the strikers
voted to continue the walkout.
Louis de Chappedelaine, minister
OF merchant marine, countered with
statement that "all ships at lie
Havre will leave port on time" It
was announced the Normandie
would sail on December II, her next
regular sailing date.
Elsewhere in France lockouts
ordered after the general strike con-
tlnued despite pressure from the
government on employers to open
their plants and rehire the strikers.
In the north about 10000 textile
workers were locked out, although
several thousand went back to work
at Valenciennes.
Six Strikers Injured.
Six strikers were injured at Nantes
when mobile guards broke up a
group of pickets trying to prevent
passage of truckload of workmen
bound for a large metal factory.
The General Confederation of
Labor last night authorized Jouhaux
to withdraw organized labor's COL
laboration from government agencies
such as the National Economic
Council.
conm,lrinNo iccuod oftor a
meeting of the confederation ex-
ecutive council said labor was ready
to engage in any useful talks to put
an end to the present conflicts, "
but added that the government and
employers by failing thousands of
workers and by locking out or dis
charging hundreds of thousands"
were responsible for the social
trouble.