Evening star., 1939-07-13
Progress Reported
In Efforts 10 Settle
Strike at Pontiac
Two Groups to Meet
Again Today After
Satisfactory ToIks
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July 13.-Progress to-
ward settling strike of 6,700 skilled
employees of General Motors was re-
ported today as representatives Of
the corporation and the c. I. O..
United Automobile Workers resumed
negotiations.
James F. Dewey, Fedreal labor
eonciliator, said conversations be-
tween the two groups, which met
here late yesterday for the first time
since the strike began July S. had
been satisfactory" They were to
meet again today.
At the Fisher Body plant in Pom
tiac, where 130 State police were on
duty after skirmishes in which sew
eral persons we're hurt early this
week, U. A. VIC. I. o. leaders had
called for "all available pickets" to
assemble this morning.
Approximately 500 pickets and
onlookers had gathered at the gates
of the plant when the whistles blew
for work, but no attempt was made
to prevent nom strikers from enter
ing.
The State police remained out of
sight, local police maintaining or
der. The union and the manage
ment diff ! on the number of
workers who had entered the plant.
Yesterday the troopers refused to
allow more than 10 pickets at any
plant entrance.
Governor Gets Protest.
The call for additional pickets was
issued by the Fisher Locals Strike
Committee after it protested to Gov.
Luren D. Dickinson against the
police limitation on the strength of
the picketing force.
The Governor said the State police
would remain on the scene until all
danger of possible violence had
passed. He said the troopers had
no intention of interfering with
peaceful picketing and that they
took a hand "only after acts of
violence were reported" and there
were complaints that local law en-
forcement efforts were inadequate. ;"
Gov. Dickinson said he had received
several kilograms from Pontiac
commencing the States stand in the
situation.
The strikers are tool and die work.
ers, engineers and maintenance men
preparing for 1910 model car pro-
ductlon. The U. A. VIC. I. o. called
the strike to enforce its demand for
a contract granting the skilled work.
ers wage increases, overtime adjust
ments and seniority and apprentice
set-up provisions.
New Strikes Threatened.
Threats of additional strikes were
heard. At Flint the skilled workers
at the Buick factory and Fisher
body plant No. voted to join the
walkout whenever called upon by
the international union. Strike votes
were taken at the Chevrolet and
A c sparkplug plants in Flint, but
tabulation of the ballots was in
complete.
John Anderson, president of local
155 at Detroit, composed largely of
eOol dilO Olc WOIhCTS, SdlQ MANY
union members in jobbing shops here
have been discharged for their re-
fusal to work on G.. M. dies and
that, If these discharges continued,
approximately 5000 employees of
these shops would strike.
The conference at General Motors
headquarters in Detroit was ar
ranged after Philip Murray, vice
president of the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations, arrived here and
conferred with Mr.. Dewey and then
with William S. Knudsen, G. M.
president.
Before entering the conference
room R. J. Thomas, president of the
U. A. VIC. I. O., said "the strike
will be maintained and pushed with
full vigor," but that the union would
cooperate In hope the negotiations
will bring speedy and construc-
tive solution of our problems"