Evening star., 1941-05-18
Strikes
status quo would be maintained and
the mines kept in full operation.
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status quo would be maintained and
the mines kept in full operation.
"Uneasiness" Aroused.
1--WE are aware" he said, ''of the
meeting scheduled for Monday OF
the National Policy Committee OF
the United Mine Workers to re-
ceive a report from the unions
Negotiating Committee. We have
been given assurance that our re-
quest will be granted.
THE mines will be kept in opera
tion so that We can meet with pro-
duction of coal going on and can
continue our discussions in Wash
ington for a reasonable time while
production still continues"
Negotiations will resume at 10
am. (E. S. TD tomorrow.
Mr.. Davis had called last nights
meeting for the purpose of
6tabilizing the situation" He said
the soft coal situation had aroused
some uneasiness."
Originally, the U. M. w. ordered
the work stoppage in the eight-State
: area to enforce demands for a gen.
eral ST a day basic wage-both
North and South. This represented
81 increase in Northern mines
and a Sl.40 increase in the South.
Northern operators agreed to the
increase, but the Southern oper-
ators walked out of the general
/ conference and the shutdown con-
tinued The Defense Mediation
, Board attempted to bring about a
! settlement, then Commerce Secre-
: tary Jesse Jones talked with South
! ern operators, urging acceptance of
President Roosevelt's proposal for
q reopening of all mines pending
final agreement on a contract.
Army and Navy Help Offered.
Southern operators eventually
agreed to this with temporary 81
a day increase, and entered into
negotiations for a new contract
last Monday.
! Likewise in New York, Sidney
Hillman. associate director of the
Office of Production Management.
predicted last night early settle
ment of a week-old shipyard strike
lat San Francisco which has tied
I up $5OO,oO0,O0O worth of defense
+ orders.
{ I'm looking forward to the
matter being Strengthened out
shortly" he said on arrival in New
.York by plane from Chicago.
j Seeking to get work restarted on
the contracts tied up by the strike
of A. F. of l.. and c. I. o. machinists
in the San Francisco area, Assistant
Secretary of the Navy James For
restal offered Army and Navy as
bistance in settling the dispute.
( John Frey, national head of the
sA. F of L. Metal Trades Department,
exhibited a letter from Mr.. Forrestal
which said he had requested Navy
! and Army officials in the area to
"give you every assistance in your
endeavor to correct this most un-
fortunate situation" What form
the assistance could take was not
made clear Immediately.
Gov. Olson Intervenes.
The strike of 1,700 machinists
closed IL shipyards and repair
plants. They ask raises from 81 to
as1.15 an hour and retention Of
double time for overtime.
Gov. Culbert l.. Olson said last
night in San Francisco that rank
and file committees had agreed to
put the question of ending the ship
yard strike up to the A. F. of L.
and C. I. o. membership at a mass
. meeting Tuesday night.
The Governor added he would
] ask strikers to agree with their COM
. mittees and end the walkout "as
D national duty"
Determined to "see this thing
through to the end" Gov. Olson
conferred with rank and file COM