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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08

The two numbers sang on The
Detroit Negro Opera Guild program
Monday night. February "a. at the
YWCA were incorrectly printed in
last weeks Wriie-uD ~ the affair.
II should have read dorothy steg.
Or handled well CoIeridge Taylor's
very difhcult "Thou Art Risen Ms
Beloved and the tuneful, liltine
number. Love = a Merchant
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08
C. Cooper Is Ranger
In Mounted Police"
Flicker At The Echo


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West M,1-,t1 P,.ies wa.ca opens
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08
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RADIO WORLD

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08
Stage
Life Of Travelling Bands No
Bed OfRoses'- Ask Count Basic
BY Jim Mccarthy

After appearing as guest star the new Benny
Goodman commercial on NBC Feb. "a, Count Basic M
sep;s Jump King Of Swing" played in Detroit Mon.
dav evening after which ne departed with his band on
cross country road that will land the Basic crew n
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08

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Shack AID = ycu like country a.
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TIE 1000 IS very fine TIE girls
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08

Read -Polltieai Obserraiions' BY
Alfred casey On gsgs Y.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08

Tasrs - ror 10 r,ozrsu q co..
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s-tlr schools together. attend
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"0rs rs.cn irdivisibis, with lid
cry sns .ss.,s :or AZ" th.s - th'
ain % az real Americans.
fsigned
Floyd simms
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1941-03-08

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Thousands Stop Work

Ten to IL thousand several buildings and depart
nntsth rolling mill pressed steel and buildings and In the
open hearstopped yesterday afternoon and refused
buildings Presently this stoppage anecteo some
other buildings.
Bennett said:
"I have discussed the situation with Henry Ford. He
that the who had caused this disturbance vi"
never again Ford Motor Company The governor
mobs of of whom are drunk
take complete of the city of Dearborn and insult
women responsible for this trouble We
reach the this morning In our
attempt to obtain police protection for office workers who
likewise have been assaulted"
Mayor Carey asked Van Wagner Tor troops
When governor immediate action Mayor Carey
again appealed by telegram asking that state police be
sent.
He charged fragrant disregard of law the plant blockade
In response the second request Governor Van wagner
wired:
have Commissioner Oscar Oander to send the
full the state police to Dearborn at once
Tor the purpose OF maintaining order
Oander said police would be available
Widman the who was an Detroit TO Obtain
the company permission for him enter the plant and appear
TO leave.
The governor met at Hotel with his special Ford
mediation commission.
Federal Coniator Dewey by telephone from his Pennsy
vana talk party at interest IN an eor
to efe q settlement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Strikers Leave Gate 4 Area

The situation became acute at the Gate overpass
that police and officials decided to withdraw all per-
from the in the interests of safety
Approximately 1000 strikers then moved ABOUT
quarter of mile away and resumed pickehng Union
leaders Dix road later helped police clear the trahc con
geson proceeded normal pace although trafnc
was still snarled on Miller road.
All gardens and taverns in Dearborn were ordered
closed by the mayor. ,
The bitter meees occurred workers attempted
to enter the plant for the shift and about a. m
when reinforcements arrived for the pickets
Less than 1000 entered the plant and at $40 a
Aompany spokesman announced there were too few TO
Operate the plant and the factory was closed
AS Federal Labor Conciliator James Dewey new mere
and Governor Wagoners special Ford mediation board
sought an early meeting of both sides official acton on
the strike was Immediately forthcoming from washington
Both sides issued concerning the immediate cause
of the strike The company caused by three men
who stopped work started wildcat strike
The union said was the companys discharge Of the chosen
pokesmen that provoked the spontaneous
walkout.
Whatever it was its consequences followed quickly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

citing scenes to see what was hap
pening. More cars were continu-
ally arriving. heightening the con-
fusion.
DETROIT POLICE SENT
Detroit police were dispatched
to Schaefer and Mellon. a Detroit
intersection. to take care of the
overflow of traffic backed up there.
Lieut.. Emory Evans of the Dear
born police. telephoned headquar-
tiers to ask the DSR TO stop roIt-
ing street cars into Dearborn, since
they were only adding to the huge
traffic jam.
First violence C anne when a
worker drove his car through a
line of some $50 pickets. scatter
ing them. at Gate in Miller road.
Pickets forced his car TO halt
just inside the Fate by crowding in
front of it, and smashed all its
windows. The man was taken in
side. apparently unhurt. by Ford
Company servicemen, and tn e
pickets resumed their march. h
Presently another m a n drove
through the picket line. His car
was thumped with the heavy lathes
carried by the pickets and he
drove away down Dix road in a
shower of bricks.
At the entrance near Rotunda
drive and Schaefer road a man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
List of Strike Injured

nue.. Ford Trade School student.
struck in the mouth by a fist.
Misak Seferian. 81. 1903 Lin
coin avenue. Highland Park. pos
sible skull fracture when struck
with a brick.
Victor Gray, palm cut in fight
on the Gate 4 OVerpasS.
The union set up a base hos
pital in the headquarters on
DeSotQ LOCAL No, 227 (UAW-C1O9
at Se14 Michigan avenue. Dr.. Nor
ris Raskin waS in charge. and a
call was sent for two additional
physicians.
Five injured men were treated
and released before case histories
were taken by attendants
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Men Come Out of Plant

AS lights huge plant gradually blnked out the union
shortly midnight that strike had been author
lied, effective Immediately.
followed shortly after by statement from Bennett
that plant usual today and that job would be
waiting for every employee who reported
Union leaders unable to get into the plant sent word IN
for the men TO they complied after midnight
Through night the union began nstrucng It's men on
how 70 conduct themselves and where to picket
pickets appeared about 10 m when about 100
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
BENNETT STATEMENT

A list Of men injured at the
scene of the Ford strike today and
treated at various first aid stations
and hospitals follows:
William +. Leach. 1886 Dolphin
avenue, possible fracture Of both
arms.
Gordon Dickson, 1926 McClellaR
avenue. left hand cut. chin cut
Carl Stellato, 6s25 Middlepointe
avenue. hand sprained when struck
by automobile. .s.N
George Worben, 1928 Curtis
avenue. Dearborn, right hip in
jured by a blow from a club.
-tieFiaf Sept, -Dcering ave
nue.. both hands lacerated
Albert Shima, 2439 Carson ave-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
How Strike Spread
Unionsts Welding Axles Raced Through Plant
Yelling Stop WorkP-and Every One Did
Continued from Page one)

men, the witnesses said.
The story of how the new
tool and die building was shut
down was told by another wit.
ness. He said:
I'VE all marched over in a
body from the pressed steel
and rolling mill buildings to
the tool and die building.
where about 200 ALL tool
and die men kept on working.
eve marched right in
the building shouting
strike s on but these guys
keep at work. We then
yelled 'cUery one out and
most of the AFL men left
all except tCOo feIIoWs
uOho kept right on work
ing. We carried then, out
doors and everything Was
fine then"
SHOUTS TO WORKERS
At about 1916 a. m, Norman
Smith, an organizer for tn,
Clio, stood in front of Gate Z
on Miller road and shouted t
the men about to leave:
Gan right, boys. The
strike is on. Every one go to
headquarters"
Singing the union song, "Soli
darity Forever" the mel
marched four abreast to tn,
JAW offices in Michigan avenue
The crowd was so great tina
workers were unable to get t
their parked cars.
The street cars were not run
ming and hundreds of men wer,
unable to obtain transportation
home. Many went into Dear
born and telephoned friends t,
come and get them in autos.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

came back a few minutes later
and started soliciting again.
Then the superintendent
fired our chief steward and
we all quit work land sat
down. About IL men who
belonged to the AFL made a
rush for the door. Two of
our men tried to stop them
and the men pulled out knives
and slashed our guys. Then
they got out of the building"
The story of a striker in thu
pressed steel building:
eve just sat down at $3.50
p. m. and came out at 1:15
a. m. with the rest of the
boys.
1--WE had one stUeH time.
Why, We eUen smoked in
the superintendent office.
We played cards and shot
craps. / lost SIS. The
Ford service men Were
sWeH and so Were the
Dearborn cops. They
didn't cause us any trouble.
JOIN IN EXCITEMENT
'Later some of the boys
went over to the rolling mill
and stayed there for a while
kinda joined in the general
excitement. We barricaded
the door in our building and
rolled up a big truck in front
of it. The cops then opened
the door of the truck and
drove it away"
The men said official motto,
Of the strike was received By
telephone in the rolling mill
pressed steel and axle depart
ments. The news was greeted
with hysterical shouts by tn,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Pickets Marching at Ford Rouge Plant for The First Iii
Largest Factory on Earth
} Under Clio BdrriCade
CONTINUED from Page One)

tie was at the Miller road overpass Gate scene of
the beating of JAW leaders in 1897.
Here $50 Ford workers armed with iron
wrenches razors, clubs, metal disks and other
weapons cleared the overpass of strikers and chased
approximately 300 pickets half mile north on Miller
road
The strikers picked up bricks and charged back,
but the Ford men turned them back and started a
second charge Scores of persons were hit by the
missiles which both sides hurled.
Another vicious battle broke out at Airport drive and
Miller road where there at least 5000 strikers
Fist fights spontaneous and bricks were hurled
with abandon The injured unionists were taken to
nearby first aid station.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

men who entered the plant
earlier saying they were going
to clean out the foundry, re-
turned with about 400 others.
Instead of going home, some
50 or so began a picket line in
front of Gate 4 on Miller road.
About 6:15 a. m. today. some
1000 workers made their way into
the plant at the Miller road en-
trance by walking from the park
ing lot across the overpass. They
were roundly booed.
POP BOTTLE BARRAGE
Shortly after about 200 of them,
armed with pop bottles and sec
<S2ns of lead pipe. came back out
ross the overpass and showered
~eir missiles down on some 50
union men who were standing in
the parking lot persuading work.
ers to stay out of the plant,
Bruises were frequent but no one
was seriously hurt.
Dearborn police did not inter-
fere in the brief fracas. a E
The barricades damned up auto
traffic in busy Miller and Schaefer
roads all the way back TO Michi-
gan
Workers. their cars damned
fender TO fender. abandoned them
and proceeded on foot to the pick
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

and probably on clutches since
the srthrltis which bothered him
while ne negotiated the Midland
Steel strike here was worse. One
of his legs is in cast. he said.
Asked about a statement made
early last night by a Ford spokes-
man that The trouble started
after we had put eight men back
TO work on suggestions Of United
States Labor Concinator' James
Dewey Dewey said dispute had
arisen about eight men in the
steel mill.
II did suggest they be taken
back" he said. II cannot COM
ment on what they may have
done afterward."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
TELEGRAPH GOVERNOR

The first inkling of the serious
ness of-thc situation at the Ford
plant came when Dearborn's mayor
and chief of police Jointly sent a
telegram To COY Van -Wagnner
informing him that 5000 strikers
We're sitting down in the plant ard
asking for state police to assist
the Dearborn police in evicting
them.
The telegram. sent at 6 o'clock
last night. stated:
There are 5000 men sitting
down in the rolling mills of the
Ford Motor Company at Dear
born. l respectfully ask your
permission TO send troopers to
assist this department In get
ting these men out of the plant"
The telegram was signed by
Mayor Carey. and Carl a. Brooks,
chief of police of Dearborn.
The message was received in
Lansing by c. w. Lucas, press
secretary TO the governor. Lucas
telephoned the governor and was
told to come into Detroit al once
and bring with him State Police
Commissioner Olander and Byron
L. Ballard, the governors legal
adviser.
The governors council Of war
began in a Statler Hotel room
shortly after IL p. m. and lasted
until nearly l a. m.
Present beside Van Wagner
were Olander. Ballard, Lucas and
the special Ford mediation, board.
consisting of Chairman Thomas
Donahue. Fr Albert Poetker and
John Lynch.
\ late arrival was Y. 3.
Steinbaugh. director of the state
unemployment compensation com
mission. Who was there in his role
as close friend TO the governor
rather than in his official position.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

tried TO drive through the as
sembled pickets. He was punched
in the mouth, the windshield Of
his car was broken and he was
turned around
The union barbados were set
up at the four corners OF the plant,
blocking off all approaches TO II.
An additional barricade at ScTae-
fer and Leonard avenues isolated
the Administration Building as
well.
The barbados were Of three
general types parked automobiles,
picket lines and groups Of men
The automobiles were parked
seven and eight deep across Miller
road and the Michigan Central
viaduet, at the northeast corner
OF the plant. At Miller road and
the Michigan Central and Detroit.
Toledo and Ironton railway tracks
hundreds Of men with banners and
signs were picketing. The strikers
had the railway gates lowered ef-
fectively hating entrance TO Miller
road from Fort street.
On Schaefer road, which paral-
lels the west side 7of the Ford
property. lines OF men wearing
union caps halted all traffic at
tempting TO enter the road from
Rotunda road. from the north, OF
Mellon avenue, from the south.
All cars are halted and the
drivers ordered TO park their cars
or turn around and get off the
street If the drivers are Ford
workers they usually park the
cars and add their numbers 10 the
crowds hating traffic.
All street cars passing down
Schaefer road are halted and Ford
workers on them are ordered TO
ger OFF and JON in the blockade
Police cars filled with Dearborn
officers drove back and forth be-
tween the barbados. making no
effort to interfere with the
blockaders.
METAL BARS WELDED
At Z a. m IS workers emerged
from the plant carrying three-foot
metal bars and set upon an APP
proximately equal number of pick
cts at Gate 4 in Miller road.
A wild melee followed, with
pickets battling for possession #
the metal bars. Dearborn police
finally charged with drawn night
sticks. and heads were cracked.
The pickets fed and did not i'm
mediately resume their position.
For the most part the police
took no part in the many encoun-
tiers. Said one:
There are only few of us
what can we do? Why don't
they send in the troOps?'
Shortly after the strike was
called. some 1900 JAW members
gathered in a vacant lot adjacent
TO the Ford organizing head
quarters and were addressed by
various union officials from the
top of sound truck.
PREVENT DAMAGE
William Taylor head of the
Ford organizers. told the strikers
that skeleton maintenance crews
would be kept at work in the open
hearth. power house -elsSs-plaHt
and other departments where ex-
tensive damage could result from
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

prolonged lack of maintenance.
He appealed to the men to re-
frain from damaging plant prop
erty in any way and mimeographed
lists Of the seven locations where
picket lines we're 10 be set up
were handed out. The locations
and the men who were 10 man
them
Mellon and Schaefer. the
rubber and glass plant men.
Railroad bridge at Schaefer
highway, tool and die plant men,
AA building men and transpor-
tation men.
sEagle Pass. for press steel
and axle plant men.
sMiller at DIX. motor build
ing men.
sMiller at Michigan, B build
ing men.
Schaefer at Airport drive
and Schaefer at Rotunda drive,
for spring, upset and foundry
workers.
eButler at Schaefer. open
hearth and rolling mill men.
Taylor said an ambulance service
was being set up and all injuries
viii be taken care of"
Walter Reuther director Of the
union General Motors negotia-
tons department. told the crowd
This Is a fight of GM and
Chrysler members as well as
Ford workers. i have some good
news to pass on 10 you.
1--WE spoken tonight with a
group of men from the team
SteFS union, which j. AL. They
assured me not one truck will
enter the Ford plant while the
strike is in progress"
Loud cheers greeted the an
nouncement.
A second meeting was held
shortly after the first far the bene-
fit Of the men who had just evacu-
ated the plant.
BENNETT STATEMENT
Bennett issued a statement inn
medistely after the strike was
called in which he said:
There was a strike called at
1915 today in the plant by the
UAW-CIO. The Ford Motor
Company will he open for the
day shift and those who want to
work will be given that oppor-
tunity.
'Tf their department is not
operating for any reason what
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
italian DESTROYER
Sunk by British
International News service osbls

IhFtfhaHUnaI NeWs NfFNice tabIe
LONDON. April British air
craft attacked and sank an italian
destroyer off the Eritrean port Of
Massawa, it was officially an
nounced today.
At the same time, il was an
nounced the 4,1sS-ton German
merchant vessel Bertram Rickmers
was intercepted while attempting
to escape from Massawa.
The admiralty announced the
British destroyer Kandahar inter
Cepted the German ship.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
sOever, employment Will be found
for them"
GOVERNOR CONFERS


Van Wagner conferred for an
hour early today with August
Scholle regional director of the
Go, and Tracy NJ. Doll, president
of the Go Wayne County council,
who had been appointed by the
JAW to report on the situation to
him. Afterwards the governor
said.
II made a direct request for
peaceful and orderly picketing
and they gave me assurance
every effort would be made
along this line"
The governor stayed at the hotel
all night pending an early meeting
this morning with the special Ford
mediation commission.
In announcing the strike the
JAW issued a statement which
said
The international uni ION.
United Automobile Workers, has
authorized a strike of all work.
ers at the River Rouge plant of
the Ford Motor Company. The
strike Is 10 take effect at once.
All workers were notified TO
leave the Rouge plant and to
report to the Ford office of the
union to prepare for picket duty
Wednesday morning.
CITES DEMANDS
"The strike has been called in
support OF the following de-
mauds. which the Ford Motor
Cnmnanx has far months refused
TO negotiate over the conference
table:
Immediate reinstatement of
all workers discharged because
of their union affiliations; n
wage increase OF 10 cents an
hour 10 bring the wage rates
or Ford workers up to the stand
ards of those employed by
General Motors and Chrysler;
establishment of seniority sys-
tenn TO govern layOHs and re-
hiring: establishment of shop
steward system to handle grieV-
ances speedily and justly a. they
arise: abolition of the Ford spy
system and the company's infa-
nous service department.; and
other elements of Contractuat
agreement which will make pos
sible operation of the River
Rouge plant on a basis of equity
for the workers"
Benefits statement, issued after
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
TRIES TO HALT WORK

Armed with files. clubs and
hammers. they tried 10 make the
fabricating department men stop
work. Brooks said. Order was
restored shortly after, the service
department reported
Most of the buildings in which
work stoppage occurred lie in the
very heart of the l ,20O-acre check
erboard of factory buildings end
mills which is the Rouge plant.
The "B Building hes just south
of Gate 1 on Miller road, but
the open hearth building Is tire
first building north of the naval
base headquarters on the banks Of
the Rouge River, and just north
eft that are the rolling mill and
the pressed steel buildings.
At lila p. m. last night. a tele-
gram originally sent TO Lansing
was relayed from there by tele-
phone TO the governor in Detroit.
II was from Widman and read.
II hereby request that YOU
contact the Ford Motor Com
pany at once TO make arrange
ments so that l may enter the
Rouge plant and arrange for
workers to leave the plant with
out delay."