Evening star., 1941-08-08
Navy Warns Strike
In Shipyard Must
Be Settled Soon
Curtiss-Wrieht Tie-up
Precedes Visit to
Plont by knudsen
Continued From First Page.)


and negotiations were turned over
to Propeller Craft.
From Columbus, Ohio, Federal
Mediator John L. Conner an
nounced an agreement has been
reached for settlement of the C. I.
o. strike at the Timken Roller
Bearing Co.'S plant.
In the House, Representative Ran
dolph, Democrat, of West Virginia
called on Congress and the admins
tration to take steps to deal with
such strikes as the Kearny STOP
page. If nothing is done, he said,
some day we are going to pay dear
ly for our dereliction.'
Representative Hoffman, Republi-
can, of Michigan said that I'VE are
about to violate our promise, break
faith with selectees whose military
training would be deferred under
pending legislation, yet "the major
ity party lets these strikes con-
tinue."
In a previous dispute which the
Media ton Board referred to the
White House, President Roosevelt
ordered troops to reopen the North
American Aviation Co.'S California
plant. That factory had Govern
ment orders for warplanes. The
Kearny shipyard is building a
cruiser and six destroyers for the
Navy, in addition to several urgently
needed tankers and cargo ships. 1t
also has contracts for six more
cruisers and 81 more destroyers, on
which construction has not yet
started.
Three Other Strikes Called.
Three other shipyard strikes were
called Yesterday In East Coast yards
OF Bethlehem Steel Corp. two at
Brooklyn and one at Staten Island,
N. Y. Both Brooklyn strikes ended
quickly. C. I. o. union leaders con-
ferred with the management and
ordered the 5000 who had walked
out to return to their Jobs. What
occurred at the conference was not
made public.
Despite the C. 7. O.'s decision 70
return to work, the A. F. L. Team
sters' Union, which likewise was
engaged in a controversy with Beth
lehem. continued to picket the two
Brooklyn yards and the one IN
Staten Island.
The chief point at issue in the
Kearny controversy was a modified
union shop, C. I. o. spokesmen said.
The Mediation Board, in making
recommendations last week for set
tlement of the long controversy over
. working contract, suggested a
modified union shop, vacation ad-
iustments and II per cent blanket
pay increase.
The management made the wage
increase, over the old scales which
ranged from 621a cents to 81 hour,
but did not accept all the other
recommendations.
C. I. o. Charges "Stalling"
c. 7. o. officials said the Bethle-
hem walkouts were called because
the company had been "stalling' on
contract negotiations. The union
has asked that the pay of skilled
workers be increased from 78 cents
to 81 03 an hour. The management,
however, said the trouble involved
a dispute between the C. I. o. ship
builders and the A. F. L. Teamsters'
Union. The A. r. L. group was re-
ported picketing the plants because
Bethlehem had rejected their de-
mand for boost from 70 cents to 81
an hour.
The new cruiser Atlanta was to
have slid off the ways at Kearny
Saturday, but the launching was
postponed because OF the strike.
Two A. F. L. strikes, one involving
New York City's electricians, the
other boilermakers at the Todd Gal
weston Dry Docks, Inc, Galveston,
Tex, were referred to the Mediation
Board yesterday and the concilia-
tion groups first action was to tele-
graph requests to the strikers to
resume work pending early hear
ngs in the controversies.
The electricians walked out JULY
% in all parts of New York City,
contending that the Consolidated
Edison Co. had violated an agree
ment to employ only A. F. L. men,
bers in construction of a new power
plant. The Galveston boilermakers,
out since July Is, are demanding
closed shop contract.
Aluminium Strike Averted.
The Mediation Board announced
that terms had been reached for
averting a threatened strike of C.
I. o. auto workers against the
Aluminium Co. of Americas (Alcoa)
Los Angleses plant. Details of the
settlement plan were withheld, but
the union had been seeking a union
shop, wage increases and paid vaca-
lions.
The aluminium firm was involved
IN two other labor developments.
A small group of c. I. o. die
casters who said they were protest.
ing the presence of an A. F. L.
organizer in the factory, held up
the work of 1,785 other employees
yesterday in Alcoa's Cleveland plant.
At Pittsburgh, Alcoa executives
said they would resume negotiations
at Philadelphia Tuesday with C. 1.
o. Aluminium Workers who are de-
manding elimination of a wage diff
ferential 1t claims exists between
Northern and Southern Alcoa
plants.
Other top labor developments in
sfuded:
SAN DIEGO. Construction
d s2,50O.000 Navy ammunition
dump at Fallbrook was to be re-
sumed today after an agreement
was reached to end strike of so
building and construction trades
workers. The men are to receive
12l2 cents an hour more than
present union scales, in lieu of re-
ceiving compensation for room and
board at the site of the project.
Figures were not available on the
current wage scales for various
elassifications of workers.
LOS ANGELES--Dou Vultee
and Northrop aircraft companies
announced increases in minimum