Evening star., 1941-02-21
End Of Strike Nearer
As AIIis-ChaImers
Accepts 0. P. N. Plan
Vonodium Pact Reported;
Bethlehem Workers Vote;
Auto Plants Affected

By the Associated Press.
Hopes frightened today for speedy
settlement of the month-long strike
at the Milwaukee plant of Allis-
Chalmers Manufacturing Co., which
holds $45 100000 in national defense
orders.
Company negotiators announced
last night their acceptance of a
settlement formula offered by
the Office of Production Manage
ment here. The agreement remained
to be acted upon by the c. I. o.
United Automobile Workers, repre-
senting $500 striking workmen.
Arbitration of disciplinary mat
ters was the principal stipulation
in the agreement prepared by the
Office of Production Management.
Vanadium Truce Reported.
Another bright spot in the defense
labor picture was a reported tenta-
tive agreement to end a strike OF
400 employees of the Vanadium Co.
of America plant at Niagara Falls,
N. Y. The strikers, members Of the
C. 7. O.-United Mine Workers
Union, were to vote OH ratltylng
the agreement today. Wage in
creases and a closed shop were at
issue. The company manufactures
ferro-vanadium, used in making
many articles of defense.
Big Michigan automobile factories
felt repercussions of the strike of
$500 employees of the Motor Wheel
Corp. at Lansing, Mich, called Feb
ruary 13 by A. F. of L.-United Auto
mobile Workers who sought a closed
shop.
officials Of Packard Motor Co. at
Detroit announced that automotive
divisions of their plant would not
open today because of a shortage
of wheels caused by the Lansing
valkout. They said defense work
at the plant was not affected The
shutdown made 1900 men idle.
Two Auto Plants ReOpened.
Two automobile plants at Lansing
--Oldsmobile and Fisher Body-Shut !
down last night. but were reopened /.
today. Fisher officials said a slow
down" forced the closing for last .
night only. The plant employs 1900 .
men. Oldsmobile reported lack of .
material forced the shutdown, af-
fecting $500 men.
John Conner Of the United States /,
Cancellation Service was expected to |
reach Lansing today to renew Fed
OH
ment in the motor wheel strike.
Factories Of Cluett, Peabody g. Co,
which holds contracts to make Army
shirts, were closed by strikes at Troy,
n. Y, and Atlanta, Ga. Approx
mately 100 workers walked out.
Steel Strike Vote Today.
CLIO. steel workers at the Lacka-
wanna, N. Y, plant of Bethlehem
Steel began voting today on whether
to strike in protest to the company's
indefinite suspension of some 300
Coke-oven employees. The plant en-
ploys $4,000 men and holds millions
of dollars in Government steel
contracts.
C. I. O.-United Automobile Work
Storage Battery plant in Cleveland.
The plant, with 700 employees. has a
number of defense material subcon-
tracts.
About hundred members of the
same international union walked
out at the B H Aircraft Co. in New
York. which likewise holds defense
subcontraCts.
Two Strikes Settled.
Meanwhile settlement of two other
strikes was announced.
About 1000 employees of the Will
liam Powell Valve Co. at Cincinnati
voted to go back to work today after
obtaining a contract granting wage
increases Of /! cents an hour. The
strike had been on for 10 days.
Members of the c. / O.-United
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers went back to work at the
Foster Wheeler Corp. plant at Car
teret, N j.. with a new contract
which provides wage increases. The
plant, employing $50 men, has de-
fenSe contracts amounting to $685.
099.
There we're other developments:
A tWo-day strike of $50 zinc work.
ers at Donora, Pa, was ended un-
der orders Of C. I. o. President
Philip Murray. He told the men to
take up their grievances in "an
orderly way"
After a 15-day truce" 1900 en-