Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
White House Action
Appears shear in Tie-ur
OF Midwest Truckers

White House Intervention ap.
peared imminent today to end the
Midwest truckers strike which has
spread to eight States and involved
$4,000 drivers while other labor dis
putes In the Nation affected an esti-
mated $4,000 more workers.
The report that President Roose-
welt might act shortly came from
a source close to the White House
He said the case, certified July IL
by the War Labor Board as beyond
its power to solve, now has cleared
all concerned agencies and that q
solution has been hit upon.
The estimates OF the extent of the
strike were made by the Army. The
Once Of Defense Transportation,
however, reported that all military
movements are proceeding on sched-
ule except at Omaha, Nebr., where
it said military protection" has
been ordered to stand by.
ODT Plans Prepared.
plans are all set in the event the
ODT is ordered to take over" Omaha
District ODT Manager v. j. Hons
said.
The War Labor Board has ordered
a 7-cents-an-hour pay increase for
over the-road drivers. The Mid
western Truck Operators Associa-
ton, which represent the lines, say
the companies cannot pay the in
crease.
Production was halted or slowed
down in five Paterson IN. j. area
plants of the Wright Aeronautical
Corp, when the number of strikers
rose from $500 to 10000, according
to union estimates, as the result of
an unauthorized walkout over the
transfer of IA employees to lower
graded jobs.
A company spokesman, however
placed the number of strikers a,
5000.
Police said two men were injured
one stabbed with a screwdriver. ir
ARRAYS among strikers outside tn,
Wright plants. The other man wa.
reported treated at General Hos.
pital for head lacerations received
when he was attacked by strikers
10000 Idle in Detroit.
In excess OF 10000 were idle ir
Detroit where Federal conciliator.
sought to end walkouts at the Gen.
eral Motors Chevrolet gear anc
axle division. involving 1000, anc
the Briggs Manufacturing Co, about
$500.
Ofncials Of the United Auto Work.
ers Union and the union Local %:
have been summoned from Detroi,
to War Labor Board hearing here
this afternoon to explain why thu
gear and axle division strike con.
tinues despite back-to- work order
This interruption cannot be toll.
Grated" WLB Chairman William H
Davis said in kilograms to the union
officials.
The strikers are protesting the
discharge of seven officers OF the
local union.
Strikers Get Ultimatum.
An ultimatum to start moving
strike-b bound war materials immedi.
ateiy in the Observation-Disclosures
York area OF Pennsylvania or the
Army will take over. was given more
than TOO truck company employees
by military authorities as the strike
continued into the fifth day.
Capt. Joseph L. Singleton. chief OF
Industrial relations OF the Army !.
Sd Transportation Corps announced
the order and said the Army ha,
trucks ready to 60 to work at once
should members of the AFL Inter.
national Brotherhood of Transfers
Chauf1eurs, Warehousemen ano
Helpers fail to return.
In Washington. the War Labor
Board appealed anew to the strik-
ing truckers, declaring that unless
they return to work their wage dis
pute cannot be arbitrated.
The stoppage was called by tn,