Evening star., 1941-06-16
Head Of Machinists
Leaves 10 Attempt
Strike Settlement
Brown Calls Meeting
Of San Francisco A. F. L.
Union Wednesday
Bs the Associated Press.

Bs the Associated Press.
Harvey w. Brown, president of
the American Federation of Labor's
International Association of Ma
chinists, said today he would go to
San Francisco at once to try to per-
suade striking machinists in ship
yards there to return to work in
compliance with President Roose-
velt's wishes.
The National Defense Mediation
Board, whose recommendation for
settling the strike were rejected by
G. I. o. and A. F. L. machiniSts yes
terday at San Francisco, prepared
its recommendation for publication
in Washington.
Mr.. Brown called a membership
meeting of his union for San Fran
cisco Wednesday and said: Il intend
to do everything I can to have the
members comply with the wishes of
President Roosevelt"
City Workers Strike.
c. I. o. unionists employed by the
City of McKeesport, Pa, working
in garages and handling garbage
removal and maintenance of sewers,
streets and water mains, struck this
morning. A union leader said about
ITS men walked out because the
city failed to grant demand for
union recognition and because of
dissatisfaction with wage increases
granted last week. Mayor George
H. Lysle estimated new pay scales
would give the unionists S523 daily
as compared with s4.75 formerly,
Picket lines were established and
adj garbage collection was halted.
Repair or rain damaged streets was
stopped.
Two hours after the strike started
Mayor Lysle announced he had dis
missed five garage employees under
his control and said he might recon-
mend discharge of about $50 other
striking employees.
Voted to Continue Strike.
The Defense Mediation Board has
no power to enforce its recon-
mendations for settling the ship
yard strike, but President Roosevelt
has told both management and
labor that the American people ex-
pect "the impartial recommends
tions" of the board to be accepted.
Strikers at the yards belong tc
the American Federation of Labor
and the Congress of industrial
Organizations. The A. F. L. mem
bers voted, 585 to 400, yesterday tc
continue the strike and the c. l. o
contingent went along by vote
of 359 to 56.
Both want s115 an hour anc
double pay for overtime. They have
been offered SLIP and time and 9
half.
The strike has held up a $780,.
100000 ship building program.
Better News in East.
Better news tor Government
agencies seeking to prevent delays
in defense production was the
action of 80 locals of the c. I. o
Industrial Union of Marine and
Shipbuilding Workers who ratified
a two-year agreement designed tc
prevent labor strikes in SIS Atlantic
Coast shipyards.
The agreement provides for a
basic hourly wage of SLIP for skilled
mechanics; adjustments for changes
in the cost of living; higher pay for
night workers; and no strikes OF
lockouts. The present basic wage
for the mechanics is 81 an hour.
Union representatives sent their
acceptance of the agreement to
Washington today and it will be
submitted to managements of the
shipyards for ratification Friday.
100000 to Get Raises.
John Green, president of the Ma
rine and Shipbuilding Workers, said
the agreement, If approved. would
provide wage increases of 1920, ,000,- :
600 to 100000 workers during the
next two years, the period covered
in the pact.
o. Undersecretary of War Robert P
Patterson announced troops would
be withdrawn within a few days
from the North American Aviation
CO plant at Inglewood, Calf.
Negotiations to end North Amer
leans contested labor problems went
forward at Los Angeles and al
Washington.
Company officials and union rep.
resentatives continued their lengthy
conferences here seeking settle.
ment, and Richard T. Frankensteen
G. l. O.'s Aviation Division director
went to Washington for further