Evening star., 1941-11-05
WeIder Union Head
To Ask End Of Strike;
Third Plane Plant Hit
Shipyord Workers
To Get O. P. M. PIeu;
Drydock Job Halted

BY the Associated Press.
A committee representing Welder
on strike from West Coast ship
yards prepared today to ask th
strikers to return to work imme
diately.
A walkout of other welders who's,
strike spread today to third Cali
fornia aircraft factory was not
affected by the planned action.
Announcement on the decision O.
the Shipyard Welders' Committee
representing the independent Unitet
Welders, Cutters and Helpers O.
Amerlca-WaS made by Sidney Hill
man, associate director of the Office
Of Production Management.
peaCe-making session of the welders
Los Angeles local was called for thi:
afternoon.
The number involved in thi:
strike, started three weeks ago
was variously estimated by the unior
at 10000 and by the o. P. M. labor
division at 5000. Ten Thousand
other workers had been made idle
by the strike.
Navy Drydock Work Halted.
The Navy announced, meanwhile
that a union jurisdictional dispute
had forced a shutdown of work or
gates at a S300O,0O0 craving docl
at its San Diego destroyer base.
In the shipyard welders dispute
Mr.. Hlllman said that after all
night negotiations Karl V. Morris
union president, had been desig.
mated to call off the strike by long.
distance telephone.
AS soon as the men returned tc
work, the o. P. M. labor chief added
his Office would call conference oi
the welders, o. P. NJ labor officials
and representatives of other labor
organizations interested in the dis.
pute, to seek a permanent settle
ment
The independent is demanding q
charter from the American Fedora
ton of Labor recognizing it as a
separate union. Independent men,
bers contend that they have TO pay
dues to several A. F. L. unions in
order to work.
Board Called on Coal Decision.
The Defense Mediation Board
was called into executive session to
formulate its decision on the trouble
some issue Of union shop for steel
companies captive soft coal mines.
Chairman William H. Davis said the
board S recommendation for settling
the dispute would be prepared before
the week end.
A naval spokesman at San Diego
said that A. F. L. boilermakers and
Iron workers could not agree on
which should install the gates at
the craving dock. and that the Navy
Department would be asked to decide
Which union should have the work
Aircraft Welders Walk Out.
Jimmie GosS. president OF the In
dependent United Aircraft Welders.
declared that rs per cent of the
overnight shift Welders had walked
out at the Vego and Lockheed plane
factories in Burbank. The manage
ment, on the other hand. said only
35 of the ll6 Welders on that shift
were off the Job. The two affiliated
companies hire 4l0 Welders in all.
and have contracts for more than
So45 900, 900 worth OF military planes.
The strike spread to the huge Con-
solldated Aircraft plant at San
Diego, where nearly $4,000. 900
worth of bomoers are on order.
More than 5000 welders in West
Coast Shlpyards already were re-
ported out on strike. Their griev-
ance was the same As that of the
aircraft welders-they want a sep
arate charter from the A. F. L.
At present, they contend, they
have to pay dues to several A. F. L.
unions to work.
Mine Hearing Finished.
The Mediation Board yesterday
finished hearing testimony on the
captive mine disagreement, and
Chairman Davis said neither the
c. I. o. United Mine Workers nor
the operators had changed their
attitudes on the question.
The union. headed by John L.
Lewis, demands a contract clause
specifying that every miner must
become a member of the union
after a specified period of employ
ment. He was said to have con-
tended that such a clause was
needed to guarantee security for
the miners in the event of a de-
preston, and to protect the U. M.
w. from organizational raids by
other unions.
The operators appear adamantly
to the union shop for their
$4,000 mine workers employed in
seven States. All the coal they pro-
duce is used in steel-making op-
erations; none is sold CONNER
cially.
Mr.. Lewis has served notice that
unless his demands are met by No.
vember Is the union miners will be
called out on strike for the second
time in month. The Mediation
Boards recommendations will not
be binding on either party to the
dispute.
A conference has been arranged
for Friday morning in New York be-
tween the independent Federation
Of Long Lines Telephone Workers.
officials of the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co. and United States
on the unions demands
for 4 per cent wage increases and
other concessions. The union has
voted to strike and tie up COM
in AZ States unless the
case is certified to the Mediation
Board by November ID.
A union spokesman said present
wage scales ranged from S1S to s66
a week for men and s13 to s31
week for women.