Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-03

evening, although others got into
the plant by mingling with the
picket lines until an opportunity
presented itself to slip inside the
fence.
All night long the telephone at
Cate 4. one OF The main entrances
where the picketS were concen-
trated, tangled as wives called 10
learn If their husbands were safe.
Secondary casualties OF I hg
strike were the independent cod
panies which normally supply Il
Ford plant with parts.
The strike will render half OF
AinSworth Manufacturing Com
pany's 800 workers lobless az
once, il was said. and 300 OF
Peninsular Metal Products Corpo-
rations 700 employees may soon be
laid off.
Other companies thai will be
affected if the strike is of ex-
tended ttlittfffrsstt ion.
A third of Motor Products Cor
porauon's $500 men. expected 70
be lobleSs in a feW DAYS the Jack
son branch OF Kelsey-Hayes Wheel
Company, which viii be affected
almost Immediately. and some de-
-pdTtngU1s Of the main plant here.
according to a company spokes-
man. and a Chicago branch of the
1. A. Young Spring and Wire
Corporation. employing 800.
4 4 o..
ers met in what was predicted TO
be- a back-to-work movement last
night at Hastings and Forest ave-
nue. II turned out to be an AL
organization meeting. however. IN
which Police Inspector Edwin
Morgan estimated a majority Of
the attendants signed AL men,
berShIp cards.
Homer Martin. one-time head ~
the UAW-AFL, was one OF the
speakers.
Inspector Morgan and 3 Can
field precinct officers were on
duty. but there vas no disruption.
CIO observers were in the audience
but remained silent when their
striking union was called radical"
and listeners were told by ALL or
Canizers that the federation would
take over representation in the
Ford plant.
Inspector Morgan ordered the
doors closed 10 the hall after the
1000 were admitted lie estimaf ~
that an additional 500 who sous On
10 attend the meeting were turned
away through lack Of space.
a clear majority Of workers in
the Lincoln plant was claimed by
ALL speakers al the meeting. The
session WIS sponsored by fcder-
atcd local union No. 2255l, AL.
Union demands include A 10
. cent an hour raise. abolition OF the
service department. seniority and
shop steward systems and rein
statement Of workers discharged
for union affiliaton.
WIRES TO PRESIDENT
President Roosevelt was sent
numerous. kilograms Of appeal and
protest as result Of the strike.
Officials of II labor unions
affiliated with the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, in A wire TO the
President and OPM. protested the
action Of r J. Thomas. JAW
Go head. who asked that no
more defense contracts be given
the Ford Motor Company.
I'VE condemn this action as
a betrayal of Ford workers and
their families as well as the I'M
employed of Detroit who stand
to lose their rights to share in
the nations efforts to rearm,'
the telegram stated.
CALL IT SABOTAGE PLOT
I'VE view this attempt by Mr..
Thomas a. deliberate ma
neuVeT to destroy our Jobs and
the Ford Motor Company and
as part of "A plot to sabotage
another vitality important unit
In the industrial setup of the
United States of Americas"
Gilbert +. BittnerI president Of
the Detroit Junior Board Of Conn.,
merce. telegraphed the President;
THE lives and blood OF De-
troit young men sra being.
given TO the defense urograt =.
without regard TO individua ~
sacrifice. We urge YOU TO use
your authority to influence De-
trOits management and labor 10
arbitrate their differences with
the same disregard for lndivid-
ual sacrifice"
Two hundred fifty men, mostly
non-union Ford workers. we're
sworn IN as special Dearborn DO
lice yesterday by Mayor John l..
Carey. lie warned them that I'VE
want no bloodshed" They will