Evening star., 1945-10-25

BY the Associated Press,
Automobile workers in %
ChrySler Corp. plants marked
strike ballots today as an early
count of votes among some OF
the $4,000 General Motors en-
ployes in a similar poll yester-
day indicated an overwhelming
majority in favor of work
stoppage.
Final results of yesterdays vote
on the strike issue, which is part OF
the CIO United Automobile Workers
campaign to obtain a 80 per cent
wage rate increase for half million
motor industry employees, were ex-
pected to be announced later today
The unions third vote will be held
among Ford Motor Co. workers No.
vember 7.
A union spokesman estimated
about 100000 voted, including about
$4,000 in the Detroit area. First
tabulations showed workers favored
a strike by majority of more than
8 to /, with more than 20 to / land
slides reported at the big corpora
tion's plants in st. Louis, Atlanta
Ga, and Memphis, Tenn.
Movie Strike Ends.
The ending Of the 8-month- old
strike of motion picture workers in
HollyWood-which union leaders es-
timated cost workers $4,000 900 in
wages-afforded the other major
news along the Nations labor front
Picketing continued at Warner
Bros, however. The number idle
over labor disputes remained vir-
tually unchanged at around 225 900
In Detroit, General Motors Off
cials, as we'll as CIO-UAW leaders
although still far from agreement
in their wage dispute, expressed
hope that no strike would be called
I'VE will exercise the patience OF
JOB in an effort to settle this thing,
said Walter P. Reuther, union vice
president, who earlier said that a
walkout would not necessarily fol-
low an affirmative strike vote.
H. w. Anderson, vice president OF
General Motors, said after yester-
days negotiations he hoped "ar-
rangements can be made without q
work disruption" He denied the
corporation was trying to provoke
strike" as charged by Mr.. Reuther
He said strike wouldn't do us
our customers or our workers any
good. 1t would upset the whole
organization"
Pickets Appear at Studio.
The AFL Executive Council ir
Cincinnati called off the movie
workers strike yesterday, but about
400 pickets appeared this morning
at the Warner Bros studio at Bur.
bank, Calf.
One striker, Isaac A. Gibbs, 56
was injured when he and others
attempted to block car that was
driving up to the studio gates
Gibbs was knocked down. 1t ap.
peared that his leg was injured
and he was taken by ambulance tc
hospital.
Herbert K. Sorrell, strike leader
said Warmers was not classed with
other producers because they usec
tear gas and water" and added
I'VE are asking Warmers to indem
nifty every person hurt on thi
picket line"
Mr.. Sorrell said about 300 per
sons would have claims, a few for a.
much as $500 each, and NOBODY
wants to go to work for Warner Bros
until they pay up"
Not Member of Association.
Warmers is not a member of tn,
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors' Association or the indie
pendent Picture Producers, who's,
leaders, Eric Johnston and Donalt
Nelson, had met with the AFL Ex
ecutive Committee to settle TIN
strike.
Most of the 1000 Conference Of
Studio Union strikers who have beer
of their jobs since March IL are ex.
pected to be back at work at other
studios by Monday at the latest.
Issues involved in the jurisdic.
tional dispute were not expected tx
be 1roned out for some time.
If the international unions affect.
ed fail to settle the questions, 6
three-man council from the AFT
Executive Committee is to take ur
the issues. its decision to be final.
Meanwhile, a few new stoppage.
were reported during the last q
hours and four-day strike that KEEP
5000 workers away from work at the
Republic Steel Corp. works in Can
ton, Ohio, ended. Also ended was
a strike of 1000 CIO United Rubber
Workers at the Thermoid Co. ir
Trenton, N. j. They struck Septem.
ber II over wage dispute.
New Strike in Jersey.
The Wilmerding plant of West
inghouse Air Brake Co. in Pitts
burgh and the Swissvale plant of a
subsidiary, the Union Switch ano
Signal Co., closed after a walkout
of 5000 production workers. Dis
ciplinary action taken against q
union steward was said by some
workers to be the reason for the
walkout.
For the second time in month
some 600 AFL gas maintenance ano
repairmen quit work ait the Public
Service Electric g. Gas Co. of New
Jersey The company said turning
off Of main left 1000 consumers
without gas, but the union deniec
the turmoil.
Shipping losses resulting from q
strike Of longshoremen at the port
OF Houston, Tex, were described a.
terrific" by Port Director j. r
Wait.
More than 5000 workers are idle
because of wage dispute by abouI
500 warehousemen, clerks anc
checkers. An embargo against fur.
ther shipment of freight into Hous.
ton for export and coaStwise move.
ment was placed by the Association
of American Railroads.