Evening star., 1941-11-15
Rail Unions Issue
Master Plan for
Course Of Strike
Truck Drivers WoIkout
Averted in Midwest;
HiIImon Asks Truce

BY the Associated Press.
Rules for the biggest railroad
strike in history-if 1t comes to
pass-have been issued in Chicago
by executives of the five operating
unions which have announced plans
to strike unless wage demands are
met.
Meanwhile, a threatened walkout
OF A. F. L. truck drivers in Mid
western States was averted by All
agreement in the same city; the
Defense Mediation Board refused to
recommend an A. F. L. union shop
at shipbuilding plant, and Sidney
Hillmsn, 0. P. NJ associate diTec-
tor, called for a truce of strikes" !"
Detailed as = generals battle plan,
the railroad strike schedule calls
for approximately $4,000 workers on
157 railroads to halt work in a pro-
gressive three-day operation which
starts at 6 am. December 7.
Included in the first group are
such major rail lines as the Penn
sylvania, New York Central, Santa
Fe and Burlington Lines. There
are 81 lines in this group.
Detailed Instructions Mailed.
The second group, scheduled to
start their walkouts at am. De-
cember 8, includes A lines. The
third and final group quits work at
6 am December 8, with 81 lines in
volved.
Carl j. Goff, assistant president
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen and spokes-
man for the big five said detailed
instructions were being mailed to
500 general chairmen and 10000 10
cal chairmen.
Instructions call for the men to
withdraw after the hour set for the
walkout unless he already has be-
gun a trip" In which case the work
man would complete the trip and
deliver the engine and train at the
end OF the run, or tie-up point
Has Many Contracts.
The Mediation Board refused TO
recommend union shop at the In
gals Shipbuilding Corp, Pasca-
goula. Miss. which has between
500 ,OOO. 900 and $3.50 900 900 of Navy
and Maritime Commission con-
tracts. About 5000 workers are en-
ployed there
and truck line operators in Chicago
prevented strike of 300 900 truck
drivers in II States. A strike order
was to have been effective this mid
night
Joseph L. keenan,. o. p. NJ. labor
consultant from Washington. said
both sides agreed to refer issues of
wages and working conditions 10 the
Mediation Board and abide by that
agency's decision
Declaring that a DAYS delay in
the construction of a key defense
plant might be fatal. Mr.. Hillman
carried his no-strike plea to A. r. L
leaders in Detroit yesterday after
announcing S50.OOO.0O0 housing
program designed to yield jobs while
idle industries are retoollng for de-
fense production.
Have Job to Do.
Let's call truce of strikes" Mr.
Hlllman, who Is international presi.
dent of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers &C. I. o.. urged represent
atives of the rival A. F. L. unions
We have job TO do. you and l. We
must ship war materials aboard anC
keep enough more at home to make
our defenses inpregnable. You don1
do that by striking
/ A representative of the Columbu:
tOhio) Aircraft Independent Unior
asked in an open letter that PreSi-
dent Roosevelt investigate c. l. o
organization plans at the Curtiss,
Wright airplane plant in Columbus
Grover C. Kreglow, president, sale
the independent union had 2,4Ot
members among the 5000 employe:
and declared there might be blood
shed II the c. l. o. United AutOmo.
bile Workers established a pickle
/ line.
In Birmingham the Steel Workers
Organizing Committee &C. I. o. an.
nounced yesterday 1t would estab.
llsh picket lines Tuesday Afternoon
outside the gates of the Fairfield
Steel Works OF the Tennessee Coal
Iron Il Railroad Co.. and would pas
no employe without C. I. o. unior
cards.
Earl Crowder. general chairman O.
the S. w. o. c. Dues Committee. sale
the lines would be on duty before
the change of shifts at pm.
Mr.. Crowder emphasized that tn
card inspection move is not a strike
Similar inspections in recent months
however, have closed the T. C. ]
plants.