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General Motors
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pany charge of illegality on the
picket lines.
The Washington conference was
arranged by Mr.. .Warren after G.
E. Wilson. president of General
Motors, expressed the corporation
willingness to meet with Govern
ment officials either here or in the
Capital and offered the services of
Harry w. Anderson, GIN vice presi-
dent in charge of personnel. ~-
Accepting the conciliation offer,
Mr.. Anderson said he hoped Secre-
tary of Labor Schwellenbach would
find time also to attend the meet
Ing" Other GIN executives who can
aid in presenting the corporation's S
side in the dispute which has idled
225 900 workers will accompany him
to Washington, Mr.. Anderson added.
Mr.. Warren said in Washington
he would attempt to get negotiations
resumed "as soon as possible" but
Mr.. Wilson, at a press conference
after receiving the Government invi-
tation, was emphatic in the COM
pany's refusal to consider merits of
the dispute under present condi-
tions.
The illegal picketing," Mr.. Wilson
said, has prevented supervisory en-
ployes from entering and leaving
GIN plants at will, has led to a sit
uation of laWlessness' at the plants
and has made ''the whole atmos-
phere of the thing wrong"
May Resort to Court Action.
If present methods of picketing
are continued, he said he supposed
the company would resort to court
injunctions and would call the sit
uation to the attention of everybody
Starting with the Governor and the
Mayors of all the cities"
Mr.. Wilson was asked if General
Motors would refuse to negotiate
with the union until they changed
their position over the one they had
when they went on strike" and re
eardless of how long it takes"
That is about right" he replied.
They should change their posi-
ton" he continued. We changed
our position. We made them offers,
counteroffers.
1T is no use to 60 ahead with a
bunch of talk and so-called collec-
tive bargaining until their position
is modified" he added.
Mr.. Wilson declined to predict
when the strike would end, but said
he would like to see it settled just
as quickly as it can be settled fairly
and soundly''
Maybe they (the UAW-CIO)
thought it was going to be a
quickie," he said. "It doesn't quite
look that way to me-
Declines to Discuss Terms.
He also declined to say on what
terms the company would settle the
wage controversy.
'The way feel at the moment, 81
he declared, ''it is something less
than we offered to avoid the strike,
the difference representing "the loss
to u.s. The company's last offer
was for a cost of living increase
estimated to average about 10 per
cent.
Mr.. Wilson described as a "sensi-
BILE idea" the Ford Motor Co.'S pro-
posal to assess the union S. a day
for any worker taking part in an
unauthorized strike. The UAW-
CIO termed the proposal unreal
istic" and a threat to the life OF
the union.
Mr.. Reuther, who with R.
Thomas, president, and other unior
officials conferred with Mr.. War.
rcn and Mr.. Schwellenhach Wednes,
day, hailed President Truman'
recommendation OF continued ne.
gotiations as a gesture in behal
Of every honest American"
He repeated his statement tina
the union would be willing to &C,
cept less than a 80 per cent In.
crease If the arithmetic" disclosed
by an impartial investigation of tn,
corporations books showed tina