Evening star., 1941-02-25
; More Plants
OF Bethlehem
Vote 10 Strike
Union Action Follows
Lockowunnu Steel
Workers Decision
BY tbt Associated Press.

BY tht AsSocist ed Press.
A c I. o. Steel Workers Union
official said at Buffalo. N. Y. today
union members at three more Beth
lehem Steel Co. plants have voted
to strike unless the firm consents
TO a collective bargaining agent
election and settles many griev-
anceS."
John Rife. first assistant TO Van
A. Blttner, Western regional direc-
tor of the Steel Workers Organizing
Committee, asserted workers at
Bethlehem, Johnstown and Potts
town, Pa, authorized a strike at
meetings last night-24 hours after
similar action by Lackswanna, N. Y
union employees.
In JohnStown. James Gent.
an S. w. o. C. subregional
director. said the Johnstown
workers had not formally au-
thorize6 a strike but had ex-
pressed favor of calling one II
necessary to win their ends He
added he believed strike in all
Bethlehem plants was only
matter of hours" unless a settle
ment is reached)
LackaWanna union members OF
the company. which has S1,500,000,-
900 in defense orders and employs
$4,000, planned to meet this after
noon to formulate steps effectuating
ntRs fRsfly M
mated approximately 35 900 workers
at the three Pennsylvania plants
are S. w. o. C. members.
Nav Decide on Date.
Lorne H. Nelles. internationa
representative of the S. w. o. c..
said the men may decide on
strike date" at the Lsckawanna
meeting.
At Troy. N. Y. several score"
additional workers joined today in
the five-dav-old strike at the plant
at Cluett. Peabody Co. which has
a Government contract for ARMY
shirts, a c. I. o. Amslgsma@1
Clothing Workers Union spokesman
said.
Richard Rohman. Amalgamsted's
local representative. claimed ap-
proximately 1900 are on strike here
and 500 at the firms plants in
Atlanta. Ga. and Leominister. Mass
Union officials said members OF
the S. w. o. c. at Lackawanna
voted GAIL to 1.0Ol in favor of au-
thorizing strike there.
Trouble at Republic Plant.
Labor trouble struck yesterday at
another steel plant, the youngstown
ohio division Of Republic Steel
Corp When IS crane operators
walked out in wage dispute. the
c. I. o. Steel Workers Union
charged that foremen undertook the
operation of the cranes. Immedi-
ately 500 other men walked off The
plant, which has defense orders for
pipe. continued to operate.
At Lansing. Mich. $500 striking
A. F. of L.-United Automobile Work.
ers voted on whether to accept a
tentative agreement to end a 12-day
strike at the Motor Wheel Corp.
which has defense orders totaling
$4,000. 900.
Packard Calls Back 1900.
In anticipation Of settlement of
the strike at the wheel factory.
Packard Motor Car Co. summoned
$500 automotive employees to come
back to work tomorrow.
Labor leaders expressed their dis
satisfaction with conditions at the
big Ford motor plants in the Detroit
area The c. I. O.-United Automo-
bile Workers Union Yesterday &C
cused the company of violating an
order by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to cease and desistr
interference with attempts to organ
ize the workmen. Union leaders
complained workmen had been dis
charged wholesale" from the firms
glass plant
Ford Lawyer Denies Charges.
AT Detroit, an attorney for ths
Ford company denied today that a
union official had been detained"
at the company's rouge plant in
voluntarily as charged by the
United Automobile Workers-C. I. o.
in a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus.
The attorney. I. A Capizzi. also
denied union charges that whole
sale diSmissals" had taken place in
the Ford glass plant He said that
about IS or 20 employees left their
jobs voluntarily yesterday after GO
ing to the employment Office. He
said their jobs awaited them.
The Steel Workers Organizing
Committee &C. l. o.. which called a
strike against the Combustion En-
gineering Co. at Chattanooga Tenn,
claimed 900 workers were idle, but
company officials said not more than
400 of the 1900 employees were sf-
feted.
Home Guard Called Out.
At Admission, Ala, home guards
men were called out to maintain Or
der after disturbances at the Utica
Knitting Co. An A. F. of L. picket
line was set up after the firm signed
a contract with a c. l. o. union.
A further conference was called
for late today between officials OF
the Chalmers Manufacturing
Co. and striking c. I. O.-United Au-
tomobile Workers at Milwaukee. The
strike, now five weeks old, has held
up S45, 900 900 in defense manufac-
lures. An estimated 5000 union
workmen paraded around the plant
yesterday. and a Federal conciliator
returned to Washington to consult
with defense officials on further
steps to settle the dispute.