Evening star., 1941-08-22
Roosevelt Reluctant
For U. 5. toIake Over
Kearny Ship,ard
Republic Steel Workers
Strike at Godsdel AIo.;
Detroit Tie-up Continues
~ the Associated Preks

~ the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt told a press
conference at Hyde Park today that
the Government did not want to
take over the strike-bound plant of
the Federal Shipbuilding g. Dry
Dock Co. at Kearney, N. j, if it
could be helped.
He said he did not know whether
The Government could avoid moving
into the plant, in which construction
Of S493,000,0 900 in defense shipping
has been tieo up since August 7 by
&C. I. o. strike.
Conferences are still going on
looking to ad ustment of differences
between company and employees. Mr..
Roosevelt SAID, and he expects TO
receive a telephone call from both
sides sometime today.
Steel Workers Strike.
Meanwhile, C. I. o. union called
a strike today at the Gadsden (Ala0
plant of the Republic Steel Corp,
which has heavy defense orders and
employs 4,0UU workers.
A picket line was established and
several hundred persons gathered.
Noel Beddov, steel union chief in
Alabama, said the men were de-
manding pay somewhat approach
ing that of the steel mill workers
In the plants of the Birmingham
district, union shop and the check
on system of Collecting union dues"
Transit Tie,up in Third Day.
The Detroit transit strike, caused
by a jurisdictional dispute between
rival A. F. L. and c. I. o. unions,
went into its third day, and De-
troiters again were forced to take
pot luck in getting to and from
their jobs. Though all the munich
pal buses and streetcars were with
drawn from service, the city's streets
were clogged by slow-moving rivers
Of private cars.
Mayor Edwart J. Jeffries. who last
night described himself as tired,
hungry and mai," arranged a new
series of conferences today with the
A. F. L. union which called the
strike, and the c. I. o. group which
opposed the A. F. l.. demand for
exclusive bargaining rights, exclu-
sive use of bulletin boards and ex-
elusive checkoff privileges.
At Lansing, Gov. Murray D. Van
Wagner censured the strike as IAN
inconvenience the people should not
be subjected to, especially since it
grows from a jurisdictional dispute
In which the public is not involved"
He conferred with Capt. Caesar j.
Scavarda of the State police and
Adjt. Gen. z. M. Rosecrans who
commands Michigan's Home Guard
troops. He made it clear, however,
he had received no request from
Mayor Jef1ries for Intervention.
Labor unrest continued in other
sections of the Nation.
Buffalo Strike Voted.
An A. r L. local voted at Buffalo
last night to strike against the
American Shipbuilding Co, which
has defense contracts, to enforce
demand for a closed shop. Joseph
r. Jackson, union secretary, said
locals in Cleveland, Lorain, Ohio;
Superior, Wis, and Chicago were
considering similar action. Ohhcials
of the company, which employs $500,
made no statement.
The company Is building anti
submarine net tenders for the Navy
and two giant ore freighters for
United States Steel Corps steamship
subsidiary.
The International Harvester Co.
shut down its truck assembly line
at Springfield, Ohio, today and laid
OF 300 employees due to a shortage
of motor parts which had been sup
piled by its Rockford 1ll) plant,
where a strike is in progress.
The United States Cancellation
|Service brought representatives of
khe Western Electric Co. and the
Association of Communication
Equipment Workers together in
Washington in an effort to settle
controversy over wage increases and
union shop contract. The un-
aff1lhted union has threatened a
strike involving $500 employees of
Western Electric.
Guiford, Conn, was experiencing
its first strike in 302 years. Eighty
employees of the New Haven Clock
Co walked out, following the lead of
1,400 employees of the firm at New
Haven. The National Labor Rela-
tions Board has ordered collective
bargaining election within 80 days
to determine whether the G. I. o.
Clock Workers Union may represent
all employees.
The Defense Mediation Board yes
terday urged that production be re-
sumed at the Bessemer (Ala) plant
of the Pullman Standard Car Manu-
featuring Co, where a C. l. o. union
and two A. F. L. groups are involved
In a dispute over collective bargain
ing.
CT. o. steel workers at Worcester,
Mass, voted last night to return to
work at the Ltland-Gifford Co.,
producers of air,raft crankshafts,
ending a walkout which began Au-
gust IL. The United States Concilia-
ton Service arranged for confer
ence between representatives of the
union and the company at Washing
ton Tuesday. TIL. men struck be-
cause, they said, eight employees were
discharged for union activity.
Dress Workers Get More Pay.
Most of the IS 0O dress workers in
New York City will receive 10 per
cent wage increases as a result of
successful employer -employe nego-
tiations The agreemen~ worked out
by an A. F. L. union and the
Affiliated Dress Manufacturers, pro-
vided for compensation for rising
living costs,
The Cancellation Service said
members of it's staff would begin
negotiations today on union pro-
posals for wage inc'eases in the air.
craft industry in Southern Cali
fornia
c. I. O.'s United Auto Workers
Union is scheduled to meet with
representatives of vultee, Ryan and
North American Aviation Co.'S and
the A. F. LIS Machinists' Union will
confer, officials said. with repre-