The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-10

ton have been . complete flop"
Soldiers halted every automo-
bile a Il approached their ''no-
mans land" Occupants were
required to show Identification
cards and swear they were re-
turning to work, or were turned
back. I.
Under q promise Of Lieut.. Col.
Charles e. Branshaw. In charge
Of production ut the plant, night
workers who did not have auto
mobiles were taken home in
Army trucks after they COM
pleted their shift 1t 8 am.
u. 3. PAYROLL
Under Army operation Of the
plant, workers will be paid by
the government but just what
other financial details of the
huge corporation will be handl-
ed by the Army had not been
determined. Col. Steinmetk said
an Army finance officer would
be sent here to take charge Of
all financial matters.
Soldier guards were promised
for nearby residential districts
where most of the 1880 work
ers live. Police radio cars pa.
trolled an even larger area.
UNEQUIvoCAL
I'VE are going to work this
factory, piecemeal or to capacity
but make no mistake, we are
going to work it."
These were the clipped words
of Lieut.. Col. Charles w. Stein
metz, army air corps officer d.
rectly in charge Of production.
Piecemcal work began yesterday
and he said some planes would
be ready to fly today. Before last
Thursdays walkout the plant
was producing ten ships day
approximately Is percent Of the
nations output.
Lieut.. Col. Charles E. Bran
shaw, in charge of the entire
plant, telegraphed nearly 5000
workers an invitation to resume
work.
II guarantee them absolute
safety and protection while they
are on the job, while they are
proceeding to and from work or
while they are in their homes"
he said.
OBEY THE ARMY
Meanwhile, local CIO officers
told the strikers ut Is the in
struction of your regional direc-
tor and your elected negotiating
committee that all strikers re-
main orderly in their places, fol-
lowing every instruction and re-
quest of the army"
Richard T. Frankensteen, Go
national director of aviation,
who suspended the local officers
and termed the strike q wild
cat" said in q statement:
I'VE shall bargain for those
who return to work. Those who
do not return to work will be
replaced"
Army officials reported that
181 employees returned to work
on the day shift yesterday and
3 964 for the night shift. Normal
employment on the production
line is 5000 men daily and r.
900 at night. The company's
$500 other employees are office
workers, engineers, and mainte-
nance men. These did not strike
but were forced out Of work
when the company suspended
operations after the walkout.
BOTTLENECK?
A spokesman who declined
use of his name reported that
little effective work was done
yesterday. The men who re-
ported struggled in after the
troops arrived. They were not
we'll apportioned among the var.
JUS departments, causing q bot
tleneck.
Production was smoother on
the night shift, however, he add
ed.
Frankensteen said that skilled
workers would be brought from
other organized plants over the
nation, if necessary.
A showdown appeared immi-
nent between national and state
Go officials. State President
Philip M. Connolly Is supporting
the strikers and the suspended
committeeman who told them to
stay out of the plant until their
demands are met. They ask .
closed shop, from SO to IS cents
an hour minimum wage and q
general rise of 10 cents IN hour.
Frankensteen said walter
Smethhurst, his assistant, would
come from Washington, D. c.,
ito take over the affairs Of local
683 pending an election and. re-
organization"
INSURRECTION
Attorney General Jackson in
Washington declared "the situ.
alton 1t the North American
plant more nearly resembles an
instruction than q labor strike"
and that certain leaders have
followed the Communist party
line in defying both the govern
mont and THAR oVyn 1ova1 leaders