Detroit evening times., 1945-10-04

land emerged from conferences
labor car, Secretary Schwelle
of the oil strike would be rea
for late afternoon.
Failure Of either union or op
orators 10 accept Schwellenbach
terms would leave governmen
seizure and operation Of refinerie.
and distributing centers as th'
only alternative
Michigan's Senator Ferguson
and Detroit's Corporation CounSe
Bowling accompanied the mayor
10 the Capitol and 10 the White
House. They spent nearly an houl
with Schwellenbach. A 15-minut,
chat with the President followed
"Of course j cannot quote MIR.
Truman directly" Jeffries said
as he left the White House But
the President has thorough
understanding Of the strike sltu-
alton and / am very hopeful of
settlement.
"He listened intently while l
asked him for any assistance he
could give Detroit. We need gas.
I'VE shall all have to wait 10
see what the answer is
WILL STAY TO END
If the strike is settled today
JeftrieS SAID, he will leave fol
home "by the first plane. Other
wise he Will remain IN Wash
ington.
Senator Ferguson said the gaso-
line situation in DetrolJ and Mich
igan could not have been presented
to Schwellenbach in stronger
fashion than by the mayor in the
earlier conference.
The secretary nj labor assures
TIA he will do all he can" Jeffries
said after that meeting He
added, however, he would not
he content with assurances, no
matter how strong, until after
we get gasoline"
1--WE read In the newspapers
for the past two weeks that the
secretary OF labor ia going 10
work out the situation" the
mayor observed with a shrug of
his shoulders.
"You sound skeptieal," re-
porter suggested.
well" the mayor declared,
1--WE cannot drive our autos and
trucks on that kind of gas"
Jeffries would not elaborate on
his recommendations to President
Truman.
He knows his business better
than I know his business" he
replied to one questioner.
ACCEPTANCE EXPECTED
Indications from other quarters
made it a virtual certainty that
the warning factions in the oil
industry. facing Schwellenbach' S
stern ultimatum, would accept a
four-point federal program for
settlement.
The CIO International
Oil Workers Union was reported
to have reached a decision to ac'
cept the proposal at an executive
board meeting last night.
Both groups yesterday were
granted a 24-hour extension OF
the original 4 p. m. deadline BY
Secretary OF Labor Schwellen-
bach, who declared no further
delay will be allowed"
He made ii plain he was eX-
pecting affirmative answers.
His compromise program was
presented at midnight Monday
when he declared further con-
ciliation efforts futile.
II the labor secretary's arbitra-
tion plan is rejected government
seizure Of the oil industry may be
the final resort.
Schwellenbachs plan would
bring about arbitration between
the Is per cent wage increase Of
fered by most of the companies
and the 30 per cent demanded by
the IOWU.
Said Schwellenbach:
"When the p. m. deadlock
arrived yesterday, two com
panies said they were ready to
reply and the others asked for
q 24-hour delay. In view of the
critical nature of the problem IL
is most unfortunate the COM
panies were not able TO meet
the time / fixed. I granted the
request with the expectation the
companies would accept my pro-