The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-17
Labor Disputes Grow
 More Serious Today
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(COnClnued tive board member, said no time had yet been set for the walkout of the 1000 Weatherhead plant employees.
 Rival Unions in Clash
 A dispute between rival unions at the East Moline, Ill, plant of the International Harvester Go. threat ened to break a truce between the Farm Equipment Workers Organiz- ing Committee (CIO) and the firm, whose 25,O0O employees are working on war materials orders totaling $lO,- GOO, 900.
 Approximately 200 members of an independent employees association staged & sitdown on the assembly line of the East Moline plant and then walked out. The walkout blocked production of 1,40O employ es working on farm combines. Asso- ciation representatives said the sit- down was in protest against senior ity classifications by the FEWOC, which claims majority member ship at the plant.
 The FEWOC charged the independ- ent union strike was engineered by the companys agents acting in col fusion with the management" Com- pany officials at Chicago denied the charge.
 As a result of the Eass Moline dis pute, the FEWOC announced il would proceed with @ strike vote be- ginning Sunday at six harvester plants-two at Chicago and one each at East Moline, Rock Falls and Rock Island, III. and at Milwaukee Wis. The strike threat had been postponed Wednesday in a tempo rary truce which called for negotia- tions at two other company plants where the FEWOC nolds contracts with the firm. The negotiations were not begun.
 At New Castle, Ind, negotiations continued in the strike of $500 JAW CIO workers at the Chrysler Corp automobile parts plant where com pany officials said small percent age of the work was on defense con- tracts. The dispute arose over 15 minute lunch periods provided in a contract between the firm and the union.
 Confused At Detroit
 A confused situation resulted at Detroit where a UAW-AFL union president refused to recognize set clement between the UAW-C1O and the Eaton Manufacturing Co. which ended a strike that closed i've of the firms plants.
 After the National Labor Rela- tions Board at Washington dismissed a UAW-CIO petition for investiga- ton and certifcation of bargaining representatives at the Saginaw Mich, Eaton plant, President 1rvan Cary of the UAW-AFL announced certain conditions under which 25O workers who were Idle since pre- vious strike would be rehired. Dis position of the 250 Saginaw workers was the cause of the latest strike by the CIO union.
 Effect of Cary's announcement was not known immediately because neither Maurice Sugar, counsel for the CIO union, nor Federal Concth- ator James F. Dewey, who arranged the settlement this week, would comment. -
 A statewide strike of 35,O00 pro gressive Mine Workers of America (AFL) miners in Illinois was threat ened to enforce demands for signed contract at the Springfield Coal CO mine B.
 Given Until Tuesday
 San Diego, Calf, Jan. IT - (UP0 The United Automobile (CIO) Workers, having given the Ryan Aeronautical Company until Tues day to meet their wage demands, appealed to President Roosevelt for aid today because of the urgency of the situation"
 Richard Frankensteen, Interna- tional JAW representative, said the plants 1900 employees, working on $105OO,00O worth of military planes for the United States and Great Britain, would walk out Tuesday, unless the dispute was settled.
 Frankensteen's message to MT. Roosevelt said the JAW was ill &C., cord with the presidents desires on National defense, but, T know you have no desire to permit manufac- turers to use the National Defense issue as a means of suppressing the rights of workers or forcing them to live under sub-standard conditions" !"
 He said the strike deadline had originally been set for tonight, but John Owens, labor advisor to the National Defense Commission, and Dr. John Steelman, labor depart ment director of conciliation had persuaded the union to extend it until Tuesday in view of the presi- dential inauguration.
 Ultimatum Delivered
 The ultimatum was delivered after an unsatisfactory" company pro- posal. The unions committee meets today to draft . counter -propoeal and federal Conciliator Harry C.. Malcolm hoped to bring union and company representatives together