Evening star., 1942-02-27
Appeal 10 Workers
Patriotism Ends:
.,Shipyard Strike
r.
; Bethlehem Men Decide
To Go Back; Truces
Asked in Other Rows
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Demand by Federal off1cials Tor
resumption Of work tied up by three
labor disputes today brought q
promise of quick compliance from
one union group, ending a two-day
'walkout at the Bethlehem Ship
building Corp. yards at Hoboken,
N. j.
Charles Brecht. national organizer
of the c. I. O. Industrial Union OF
Marine and Shipbuilding Workers Of
sAmerica, announced the Bethlehem
semployes had voted to end their two
.day walkout Immediately.
: The strikers had been charged by
William H. Davis, chairman Of the
War Labor Board, with failing IN
s''their plain duty to their country IN
its present hour Of peril"
/: Mr.. Brecht said the 12o workers
;who walked out in protest over a
l"foreman's abusive conduct" had not
ialtered their OBJECTIONS to their
;foreman's attitude, but are OF the
.opinion that it is their duty as good
Americans to return to work imme-
idiately."
To Buy Defense Bonds.
"The welders unanimously voted
to purchase one Defense bond apiece
land demanded that the foreman
.should purchase fve," he added.
Citing labor's recent ''no-Strike"
pledge, Federal officials had sought
,also to end labor difficulties at a
pittsburgh steel plant and at
,Phoenix (Ariz.) woodworking mills,
where production had been held up.
! DR.. SteeIman Makes Plea.
/, DR.. John r. Steelman. head Of the
limited States Cancellation Service,
addressed requests for continued
work to employees Of the La Belle
works of the Crucible Steel Co.,
Pittsburgh, and of the Southwestern
Sash & Door Co. and the Arizona
Sash, Door & Glass Co.. both OF
Phoenix.
The La Belle works closed yester-
day after pickets from the c. I. o.
Steel Workers Organizing Com
,nittee appeared at the gates. A
union representative said negotia-
tions on grievances involving about
100 men had been hanging fire for
months" and that some workers left
their jobs in protest. The company,
he charged, then ordered other
workers from the plant.
A company spokesman said there
was no advance notice of walkout
and that he knew of no grievances.
About 1000 workers were affected.
Munitions Plant Idle.
: Shortly after the Crucible strike
began, operations at the munitions
making plant of P. Wall & Co. in
Pittsburgh also were halted as the
result of dispute of undisclosed
nature. About 300 employees were
3dle.
Officials here said their under
etanding was that employees of the
two Phoenix concerns were not
striking, but had refused to pass
Through picket lines established by
an A. F. L. roofers' union which has
been on strike for some time against
live roofing companies.
: AT Detroit, c. I. o. local union
president appealed today in a dra-
inatic message to members to settle
grievances peaceably with the Great
Lakes Steel Corp. plant in Ecorse in
place of striking.
A special mediation commission
appointed by Gov. Van Wagner
meanwhile convened for preliminary
discussions on what was reported
to be accumulated grievances, in
Cluding discharge eases. The S. w.
%. c. and the corporation have, a
contract. The union filed strike
.notice February 3.
: jersey Strike Ayerted.
: A pledge to accept a War Labor
Board settlement today ended threat
of strike by 5000 A. F. L. union
workers on the Public Service Trans
.portation Systems lines throughout
New Jersey.
THE public need not worry, there
will be no strike" Otto r. Hauser,
president of the Newark local of the
-Amalgamated Association of Street
-and Electric Railway and Motor
sCoach Employees of America, said
after a conference with company
officials.
Earlier, the union threatened to
stop work Monday unless the Public
Service Co-ordinated Transport Co.
negotiated further on union de-
.mands for a 20-cent-an-hour wage
increase and a $35 weekly minimum.
present scales, the union said, aver
cage rs cents an hour.
Mr.. Hauser said negotiations
would be resumed next week and If
"a stalemate continued the problem
swould be placed before the w. L. B.
.sfor final settlement.