Imperial Valley press., 1941-11-06

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the Ole system.
Welders were promised that while
the dispute was being arbitrated,
they would have to carr cards only
in their own union.
Some $500 Welders have been OF
strike in Los Angeles harbor ship
yards and related metals industries
for more than two weeks,
RAIL THREAT SEEN
Meanwhile, revival OF a strike
threat against the nations rail
roads was seen when leaders Of
the five operating railway brother
hoods expressed stern diSsatisfac-
tion with the wage increases recon-
mended by President Roosevelt $
fact finding board. Indicating they
would renew the strike order a.
ready authorized by a membership
poll. the union executives called sub
ordinate officials to a meeting TO
decide what action should be taken
If the unions formally reject
the proposals, the President is eN-
pected to call union and manage
ment officials to Washington 10
seek a compromise settlement. The
National Railway Labor act prohibits
a strike before Dec 5, thirty days
after the fact finding boards re-
port IS made public.
The l4-non-operating unions OF
fered no comment when the report
was released. Management spokes-
men said the wage increase was
greater burden than the rail-
roads should be asked to assume.
Operating unions had asked 80
per cent wage increase compared
with 7i2 per cent recommended by
the board. Incorporating groups
had demanded raises of approx
mately 80 cents hourly compared
with nine cents proposed by the
board.
While welders in Tacoma, Wash,
and Los Angeles shipyards voted tC
return to work under truce agree
ment ending their. two-week juris-
dictional strike, the walkout OF
welders in three California aircraft
plants threatened to spread to six
other airplane factories.
Strikers at Tacoma and Los Aa-
geleS voted to return to their jobs
and accepted a mediation proposal
of Associate Director Sidney Hill
man of the Office of Production
Management. Seattle welderS an
nounced they wanted written as
surance to protect them from dis
elimination if they resumed WORK.
Spokesman for striking welders
at the Lockheed and Vega airplanc
plants in Burbank, Cal, and the
Consolidated Aircraft corporation
in San Diego said their walkout was
100 per cent effective although
company officials said the strike
would not jeopardize production.
OTHERS TO JOIN
The United Aircraft Welders un-
ion ind announced that Welders
in six other airplane factories had
offered to join the Walkout. A
spokesman said the offer had no,
been accepted but was under con-
The Douglas, North
Vultee, Northrop, Ryan
and Solar plants would be involved
in the sympathy Walkout.
Factories where the strike is ef-
fective hold sl.233 100000 worth
If contracts and the other six hol1
contracts worth S2,500,000 ,000
The war department, which las,
commandeered the Air
Associates, inc, plant at Bendix, y
J., seized five OF the company
,ranch plants and two warehouses.
The additional plants are located
At Lodi and Belleville, N. j., Chi
;agu and Rockford, Ill, Dallas, Tex
Is, Marshall, Mo, and Los Angeles
Army officials said authority for
he action was contained in the
original order for seiz-
Ire Of the aircraft parts factory
approximately 200 men are employ
I'd in the seven additional plants.