Evening star., 1941-03-21
New Mediation Board
To Meet Next Week;
One Strike Settled
A. F. L. Pointers Agree
Not to Walk Out on
Defense Projects
By the Associated Press.

BY tne associated Press.
The first meeting of the new Ma
tionai Defense Mediation Board was
set today for Tuesday. Meanwhile,
independent efforts to adjust diff
ferences between labor and manage
ment in several industries were
proving successful.
An eight-day strike at the General
instrument Corp. plant, Elizabeth,
N. j., was settled last night when
A. f. L. electrical workers obtained
increased wages.
The A. F. L. Painters, Decorators
and Paperhangers Brotherhood and
the Painting and Decorating Con-
tractors of America signed a Ma
t1on-wide labor agreement which
prohibits strikes and lockoutS on
defense jobs. The union has 125.-
900 members, and agreed to furnish
qualified painters for all defense
projects even if the painters had
to be brought in from another State.
Maj. Gen. c. M. WeSSon, chief
of Army ordnance, advised Con-
gress in testimony made public to-
day, there will be IAN absolute de-
lay" in getting new units in the
Radford, Va, powder plant into
introduction "for whatever length
of time" the Allis-C Chalmers plant
of Milwaukee, closed by strike, is
out of operation.
Ford Settlement Nearer.
At Detroit James F. Dewey, Fed
eral labor conciliator, announced
that prospects for an anicable ad-
justment of the dispute between
the United Automobile Workers
&C. I. o. and the Ford Motor Co.
had been greatly improved by re-
cent mediation conferences.
Mr.. Dewey said steps taken by
the company and the National La
bor Relations Board had relieved
tension existing since union decla-
ration of intent to strike" at the
Rouge and Lincoln plants, and that
the company had re-employed
most" of 1000 Rouge plant en-
ployes which the U. A. VIC. I. o.
contended we're dismissed for union
activity during the last seven
months. He also said Harry H.
Bennett. Ford personnel director,
had agreed "to work out any prob
lem with me that warrants my at
tention, such as reinstatement of
men whose work has been salts
factory"
Ford of Another Mind.
Henry Ford said, however, less
than two weeks ago that he believes
unions are losing ground" and that
he had no intention Of recognizing
them as bargaining agencies for
Ford Motor Co. employees. He added
at that time, in an interview at his
Georgia plantation, that I'VE do not
intend to submit to any union and
those who belong to one are being
fooled
A representative of the Office of
Production Management was due to
arrive in Los Angles today to settle
the G. I. O.-called strike at the Har-
will Die Casting Co. Officials of six
large factories turning out planes
for the United States and British
governments declared airplane
plants on the West Coast would
have to shut down unless the strike
ends quickly and they can get
needed parts from Harviu. The
union die casters are seeking wage
increases.
Strike of 1000 Nears End.
Prospects frightened for settle
ment of the strike of 1000 A. F. of L.
employees of the Cornell Dubilier
Electrical and Radio Parts Manu-
featuring Co. at South Plainfleld, N.
j. After a Washington conference,
Representative Eaton of New Jersey -,
said both sides agreed to attempt to |
work out an arrangement to resume
work under an extension of a re-
cently-expired contract. Mr.. Eaton
said the company had indicated it
was willing to grant wage increases.
Negotiations proceeded at New
York on a new soft coal mining con-
tract and at Pittsburgh toward