Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-06-01
transportation Strike,
Hit 81. Louis, Tampa;
Other Disputes Eased
Lumbermen Returning;
Lost Controversy Left
In Detroit Is Settled
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
All streetcars and buses in ST..
Louis were idle today as $500
operators went on strike, while
elsewhere along the country's
labor front conditions eased
somewhat as workers in several
industries ended walkouts which
yesterday had kept idle some
$1,000 men and women.
The strike of st. Louis Transport
tation operators, members of the
Amalgamated Street and Electric
Railway and Motor Coach Employees
of America Union tAFL), was re-
pcrtedly oyer an overtime pay con-
troversy.
Virtually every private automobile
was pressed into service as soon as
word of the transportation tie-up
spread through the city and police
described traffic as worse than be-
fore the war"
Police in the suburbs stopped au-
tomobiles at main intersections, in
formed drivers of the strike and
asked them to I'LL their cars with
passengers on their way downtown.
War plants operated with reduced
STATS, but there were no reports of
any shutdowns or production cur
tailnents.
In Tampa, Fla, streetcar patrons
turned pedestrians yesterday as ap-
prcximately 100 trolley operators
remained away from their jobs in
what union spokesman said was
a walkout over company refusal to
sign a labor contract. Only of a
usual 80 or more streetcars operated
during the day.
A Government labor conciliator
was reported en- route to Tampa.
Lumbermen Returning.
The Pacific Northwest lumber
and logging industry resumed par
tial production as AFL unions indi-
Gated willingness of about 10000
workers to 60 back to their jobs
after weeks work stoppage. How
ever, the CLIO Columbia River Dis
trict Council, claiming $4,000 men,
bers, said it could not recommend
return to work.
The last major strike in Detroit
came to an end today as employees
of Parke, Davis & Co. voted to end
their nine-day walkout at midnight
tonight.
Also returning to work tonight
and tomorrow morning, following a
back-to-work vote yesterday, are
1000 striking bread truck drivers
Production was restored this morn
ing at the Federal Mogul Co., scene
of a four-day stoppage.
The 1900 Parke, Davis strikers
voted this morning to return to
two plants of the drug manufac-
turing firm after hearing appeals
from union leaders. They had
walked out in an attempt to enforce
IL demands, one for wage increases.
The $500 Federal Mogul workers.
who walked out last Saturday pro-
testing the discharge of two United
Automobile Workers (CIO) stew
ards, voted at mass meeting yes
terday to go back to their jobs. The
company said a full day force re-
ported today after production was
resumed on the afternoon shift yes
terday. Negotiation of the dispute
was begun.
There was no immediate indi-
cation of a settlement of a con-
troversy which slowed production at
the American Steel g. Wire Co.
plant at Worcester, Mass. About
$500 workers were away from their
jobs, apparently not needing plea
by CLIO union leaders to work.
In the Northwest lumber and
logging labor situation, the War
Production Board announced plans
for more rigid control of the in
dustry, from production to con-
sumption, as some of the workers
returned TO their jobs.
Vote to Resume Work.
Seattle Local 2,519, Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union (AFI) voted
last night to return, but stipulated
(See STRIKES, Page A-2D