Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-06
Re|p|sAsked
Of Legitimate
Labor Groups
c. |. 0. Leaders
Of Plane Stoppoge
Called irresponsible
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BY the Associated Press.
The Office of Production Man.
agement through its Labor Policy
Advisory Committee, this after
noon condemned and de-
nounced' three strikes on the
West Coast which it said were
hindering the defense program.
1t called upon all legitimate
labor groups to join in the con-
demnation and urged public
spirited officers and members Of
the unions affected by the
strikes to take action to end
them.
The strikes were:
In the shipyards in the San Fran
cisco Bay area, at the North AmeI-
lean Aviation Co. plant at Ingle-
wood, Calf. and of lumbermen in
the Puget Sound area Of Washing
ton.
Sidney Hlllman, associate director
of the o. P M. made public the
text of resolution adopted by the
committee. The group is composed
Of representatives Of the c. I. O.. the
A. F L. and the Railway Labor Ex-
ecutives ASsocia ton. and has Is
members. Mr.. Hillmans aides said
a majority Of the committee signed
the resolution. although they did
not disclose which members we're
present
San Francisco Strike Gripping.
The resolution termed the strike
Of the International Associat ton of
Machlnists "A. F. L.. and of the
Steel Workers Organizing Commit
tee &C. l. o.. in the San Fran
CISCO Bay area as one seriously
retarding' the construction of ships
crucial to national defense"
president Roosevelt said TO-
day he was considering neU
steps to reduce labor stoppages
In defense industries but was
not prepared to do ANYTHING
now while the Defense Media
ton Board was working on the
natter
The O. P. NJ. resolution said the
aviation company strike had beer
lnSugated " by the officers Of Local
Union 603 of the United Automo-
bile Workers &C. I. O., in com
pIete and irresponsible disregard of
proper trade union practice"
Further, the resolution said that
oflcers of the International Wood
workers Of America &C. l. o. had
'unJustlfiably' continued strike
OF lumbermen and loggers in the
Puget Sound region and had is
sued violently false and inhamma-
TORY attacks upon the National Gov
eminent and its agencies"
All legitimate union groups in
the country were invited in the
resolution TO join with us in this
concentration and urge strongly
upon public-spirited officers and
members OF the unions affected bv
these above-named strikes that thew
themselves take action to terminate
these Stoppages and return immedi-
dIely 10 ther Jobs in these national
defense industries"
Senators Query Strikers.
The Senate Defense Investigating
Committee made public a letter sent
to individual members of unions IN
the shlpbuilding strike to INQUIRE
whether they would be willing to
return TO work under certain condi-
tons.
The < committee desires
to receive from you as soon as pos
slble, the letter said. your answer
to the question of whether YOU per-
sonally would return or would not
return to work as machinist in
the shipbuilding industry at the
wages and overtime rates prescribed
IN the coming standards agreed upon
by the general conference. namely
SLIP per hour and time and a half
for overtime, if you were not barred
from returning by the action of the
union to which you belong"