Evening star., 1941-06-22
Navy May Act 10 End
ShipYard Stoppage;
Strikers Reject Plea
Officers and Union Head
Confer; Army May Help;
Ford Contract Protested

BY the Associated Press.
A conference of naval officers and
an A. F. l.. international officer at
San Francisco yesterday was fol-
lowed by reports that the Navy,
perhaps in conjunction with the
Army, would take action tomorrow
to put the strike bound Bethlehem
shipyard back into production on
S30O000,000 worth of defense con-
tracts.
The conference followed a demand
by Harvey w. Brown. international
president of A. F. L. machinists,
that the strikers return to work.
The executive board of the union
10cal deLberated for several hours,
then rejected Mr.. Browns order.
Admiral John w. Greenslade,
commandant of the 18th Naval Dis
trict, and nine Navy officers talked
with Mr.. Brown for nearly three
hours. A Navy spokesman said
there were no concrete results" "
he Navy officers, however, ar
7nged for a later meeting which
r. Brown was not to attend.
Union Recognition Is Issue.
Chief issue is the demand for
,-lion recognition at the Bethlehem
amt. Other issues include de-
lland for S115 and hour instead OF
tle SLIP fixed in the CoastWide mas
ter contraCt-Which had lifted the
ccale from the previous 81 level.
Mr.. Brown, citing President
Toosevelts request that work at
ne plant be resumed in the interest
# defense, told the union local
lat the international organization
rould stop making donations to the
s,rikers. In ordering the men back
to work, Mr.. Brown wrote that the
International union would CO.
operate in getting early settlement
of the controversies if Bethlehem
fails to comply with the findings
nd recommendation of the National
Nefense Mediation Board to sign
re master agreement"
A. F. L. Protests Ford Contract.
The signing of a contract between
Ford Motor Co. and c. I. O.'s
lited Automobile Workers brought
sterday some expressions of dis
Mt from the rival A. F. of L.-U.
w. Irvan Cary, A. F. of L.
A. w. president. told reporters
at Ford has no right to enter into
agreement with the c. 1. O. to
row out pending Labor Board
ses filed under the name of the
A. WA. F. of L." saying such
ses existed in connection with A.
Of L. efforts in the Ford plant
Kansas City.
Another U. A. WA. F. Of L.
fcial insisted that Ford cannot,
1der the law, bargain with the
=. I. O." in outlying plants in the
stroit area in which he claimed
le A. F. of L has majority.
CLIO. Fights Labor Bills.
Labors Non-Partisan League an
~ounced here that representatives.
# more than 80 c. I. o. unions had
set out to see virtually all men,
bers of the House and Senate" to
oppose what they called "the drive
toward enactment of repressive
legislation" directed at labor. En-
actment of bills now pending, they
Contended, would virtually repeal
the Wagner Act, the Norris-La Guar
dia anti-injunCtion law and reverse
ederal labor policy of so years
3nding."
Communism" Charged.
John Thomas Taylor. the Ameri-
m Legions national legislative re-
sentative, told a session of the
Iaine Legion at Lewiston that
some labor groups have been guilty
Of treason and nothing less than
treason" in connection with defense
etrikes. He contended that labor
has done nothing about cleaning up
Communism in c. I. o. unions on the
West Coast"
In Wichita Kans., the Beech Air
craft Corp, which holds S8l 10000
\ defense contracts, signed an agree
ment with the A. F. L. International
Association of Machinists which in
ludes outlawing of strikes or lock-
euts.
officials said most of the plants
800 employees were covered by the
-reement. A general wage increase
IS granted but the amount was not
4de public.
Beech builds trainers for the Army
Id Navy.