Evening star., 1941-05-26
Ravenna Strike Ends;
Leaders Of WaIkout
Barred From Arsenal
Corborundum Plant
Struck; Mediutors to
Publish Coal Formula
By the Associated Press.

By the Associate Press.
A strike by G. /. Q. workers at the
carborundum plant at Niagara Falls,
which union leaders predicted would
be 100 per cent effective, started this
morning and threatened the manu-
facture OF grinding wheels and abra-
siyes which company officials said
were used in practically every de-
fense industry.
y Company Spokesmen said they eX-
spected no appreciable curtailment Of
production and said "a great many"
of the 5000 employees were on their
{ jobs. A police official put the num-
Der at l,700 to 1900.
On the other side of the strike
picture, construction work was re-
sumed on the S30,000,000 Ravenna
: tOhio) arsenal as officials said TO-
400 men returned to work after
three-day shutdown which A. F. L.
officials said was unauthorized"
President William Green OF the A
F. L. said he had discussed with
President Roosevelt strikes tying up
West Coast shipyards and that he
was personally hopeful for an early
settlement.
The G. I. o. men at the carborun-
dunn plant seek collective bargaining
representation
Strike Leaders to Be Tried.
A. F. L. officials checked workers
into the Ravenna plant, saying those
held responsible for. the three-day
shutdown were denied adnittance
and that "Un-American" leaders who
precipitated the strike would be
tried by their unions.
Negotiations were to open late in
the day at Ravenna on demands
for 25-cent increase in the pres
ent 65-cent basic wage for 5000 COM
mon laborers at the arsenal.
The Defense Mediation Board. pre-
pairing to publish its findings of fact
and recommendations after conced-
ing it had failed to settle a wage
dispute between C. I. O.'s United
Mine Workers and operators of
Southern soft coal mines, scheduled
a further conference with interested
parties late in the day. ... ..
Shipyard Hearing Delayed.
The special Senate Defense Inves-
tigating Committee inquiring into
the shlpyard tie-up in the San Fran
CISCO Bay area postponed resump-
ton OF hearings until tomorrow,
when Mr.. Green is expected to ap-
pear.
1t appeared unlikely that recon-
mendations of the Mediation Board
in the coal dispute would be an
nounced before the middle of the
week.
The board has no statutory power
to force the opposing sides to accept
these, but John L. Lewis, U. M. w.
president, agreed there would be no
work stoppage until they were COM
pleted.
Northern operators have agreed
to accept a s1-a-day wage raise to
ST day. The union demanded that
Southern operators raise the wage
rate to 81 also, but this would be a
Sl.40 increase over the present
Southern rate of $3.50 and the op-
orators baked. They insisted that
the differential of 40 cents a day
IN their favor be maintained.
Plane Maker Coming Here.
]. L. Kindelberger, president of
North American Aviation, Inc, IN
glewood, Calf, took a plane for the
Capital to talk over with the board
strike threat by c. I. O.'s United
Automobile Workers, who say they
will walk out Wednesday unless the
company increases the minimum
pay from so to IS cents an hour
and grants blanket. increase of
10 cents an. hour to all of its 1000
employees
Pending its consideration of the
case, the board has asked the work
'ers to continue production on bomb
'ers, pursuit ships and combat train
ers for the Army and Britain. The
company has been turning out such
planes at the rate of 10 a day. 1t
has about sl90,OOO,0OO of orders for
the United States and Great Britain.
I. A back-to-work movement In II
.shipyards in the San Francisco Bay
area gained momentum when 400
asborers and 100 painters voted to
pass the picket lines established by