Evening star., 1941-03-01
u. :. Moves 10 End
ANis.ChaImers and
Ford Labor Strife
1000 Out in Strike
At Fourth Plant
Of Harvester Company
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Encouraged by settlement Of the
Bethlehem Steel strike at Lacka-
wanna, N. Y, the Office of Produc-
ton Management directed its at
tention today to a labor dispute
which has tied up production at
Allis- Chalmers Milwaukee plant
more than six weeks.
Sidney Hillman, associate director
of o. P. NJ, resumed conferences
yesterday with officials of the C.
I. O.-United Automobile Workers,
whose demands at the Allis- -Chalm-
ers factory center on union security.
The plant normally employs about
1900 workers and has $45 100000 in
defense orders.
Ford Settlement Sought.
In an effort to avert threatened
walkouts which would tie up an even
greater amount of armament pro-
duction, a Federal conciliator was
dispatched to Detroit, where the G.
I. O.-U. A. w. has served notice of
intention to strike at three plants
of the Ford Motor Co., the Rouge.
Highland Park and Lincoln units.
The three factories, employing 95,-
900 persons, are working on Sl48, ,500,-
600 worth of defense equipment.
The Ford Co. has denied the
unions charges of discrimination
against union members. Under
Michigan law, the Governor could
order a 3O-day cooling off period
before any walkout could become ef-
fective.
4th Harvester Plant Strike.
At Chicago, leaders of the G. I. o.
Farm Equipment Workers Organiz-
ing Committee contended today the
strike at International Harvester
Co.'S huge Mccormick works was
100 per cent effective"
Six thousand employees were af-
fected by the Walkout, ordered yes
terday afternoon by the F. E. w. o.
c. on grounds the company refused
to negotiate union demands.
Sergt. George Barnes, head of
the Chicago police labor detail, said
he had informed G. I. o. leaders
employees who wished to enter the
plant would be given police protec-
ton. Such protection would be un-
necessary until Monday as the plant
does not operate Saturdays and Sun
days. Company officials said they
had not decided whether to operate
Monday.
Union Demands Listed.
The union has demanded recogni-
ton as the collective bargaining
agent, claiming a membership of
1000 employees; elimination of piece
work, compensation for workers
called in the draft and increased
hourly minimum pay rates.
Strikes are in progress at three
other Harvester plants, the tractor
works in Chicago, employing about
5000 men, and units in Richmond,
Ind, and Rock Falls, Ill.
Several persons suffered minor in
juries in clash precipitated by the
walkout. The company said that
the Mccormick plant has no defense
orders but ships parts to other units
engaged in defense work.
Strikers Load Shipment Free.
Strikers at the closed Universal
Cyclops Steel Corp. plant in Bridge
vile, Pa, loaded shipment of 900
steel propeller sheets yesterday after
national defense authorities made
strong plea for delivery of the metal
Because the strikers had already
applied for unemployment compen-
sation. complications arose as to
wage arrangements for the loading,
so President Michael F. Vosel of the
c. I. o. Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, Good
will Local 178, provided the free
services of Is union members.
Meantime, conferences were ar
ranged to continue study of wage
adjustment demands, one of the
causes of the strike at the plant en-
ploying $500 in the manufacture of
steel specialties.
Vanadium Strike Continues.
A strike of 400 men at the Vana-
dunn Corps plant in Bridgeville
continued. The local union there,