Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-16

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$4,000 900 year.
O-An increase in plant COM
= mitteemen and an increase
in power 10 the impartial UNI
pire who decides grievances be-
tween company and employees.
Included is power given the UNI
/ pire 10 modify discipline penal
ties decreed by the manage
ment.
O-Seniority preference in pro-
- motion. and other protec-
ton Of seniority rights.
I-ENtenSion of sick leave from
\ one 10 two years and a pro-
vision for disqualification Of an
employees whole family instead
Of Just himself
a clause barring lockout
- employees by the company
CA one-year term for the
" agreement, replacing the
previous arrangement whereby
the contract was continuous and
subject 10 change only on go
days notice.
In announcing that the agree
ment had been reached. William
II. Davis, vice chairman of the
National Defense NJ e d ia I i o n
Board, fatty denied that President
Roosevelt had directly interviewed
in the negotiations or had asked
The union. for postponement of the
strike.
PRESIDENTS HANDS OFF
He did. however follow the con-
ference closely and saw both
associate director general Sidney
Hillman of the OPM and Gerard
Swope. another member of the
mediation board. during the as
hours preceding the settlement.
Swope and Davis asserted. how
ever. that the President had made
no effort to influence their actions.
GM workers in the Detroit,
Flint and Saginaw plants broke
out of control as their leaders in
Washington granted yesterdays
poStponement.
In Detroit. A wildcat waik-out in
the Fleetwood Body division of
General motors by only 20 union
members on the final assembly
line. making bodies for Cadillac
cars. forced the whole plant down
and thew 1000 out of work. As
result, 500 men were sent home
from the Cadillac plant. All re-
turned to work today.
.Thirty-four housand Flint
workers stayed out today despite
A plea by Thomas. They bolted
their Jobs yesterday morning.
Strikes were called at Buick,
Chevrolet and Fisher Body No. l.
Fisher No. 2 was forced to close
by the Chevrolet shutdown.
1000 FORCED OUT
Another 1000 were forced out at
the Yellow Truck Company for
lack of parts from Chevrolet. They
were sent home last night and told
they would be called back when
the strike was settled.
They are to be notified to return
Monday, plant heads stated. The
midtown stopped production on a
ederal order for $4,000 trucks.
The Chevrolet plant is producing
both army trucks and bearings for
Allison afrplane motors.
Thomas flew TO Flint to attend
a mass meeting last night to order
men back to work, but arrived
too late.
At the meeting. the auto work.
ers by reclamation refused to re-
turn to their jobs until notified
of acceptance of the NDMB pro-
posal by General Motors. They
booed down motion by union
leaders TO return TO work this
morning if the settlement was
reached by l a. m.
Seven thousand union members
would not even allow William
Genske, recording secretary of
Fisher No. l local TO finish read
ing the motion, shouting him down
each time he stepped to the micro
phone. Then a worker took the
mike and moved they all go back
on strike.
When Thomas fog-bound plane
arrived. the meeting was over and
the strike was still on. Earlier in
the day workers had ignored his
telegram ordering them back to
work.
The Chevrolet Gray Iron Foun-
dry in Saginaw, last night went on
what was termed a spontaneous
strike" leaving 5000 men idle.
When the plant went down late
yesterday, a company spokesman
said:
mo attempt will he made to
operate the plant tomorrow"