Evening star., 1945-11-06

OVERFLOW CROWD OF STRI
this morning, are shown waltz
the meeting began there were still
several hundred on the street, un.
able to gain entrance.
An effort to persuade the mer
to return to their obs was be.
gun by Mr.. Goodrich Of the Con-
ciliation Service. Mr.. Goodrich ap-
peared at the Pythian Temple at
II am. to confer with union off,
cials and persuade them to trans
fer the meeting to a place where he
could address all the members.
w. F. Simms, union president, and
other local officers, accompanied
Mr.. Goodrich to the arena to make
al oiiSCihCito 4oA ILL AiS dIiolIiCi
hall.
I'm just going to talk to the
men," Mr.. Goodrich said. I'm not
going to bawl them out"
1T wouldn't do any good if you
did," q union officer commented.
! Mr.. Goodrich said he would urge
two steps:
l. That the men return to theil
! posts, inasmuch as the company re-
fuses to negotiate while the STOP
page is in progress.
2. That the union and the com
pany send representatives to a con-
ference with Cancellation Service
representatives after the walkout
ends to discuss the issues involved
in the labor dispute.
I Sanctioned by Local Officers.
! MI. Sinms told reporters that, ir
view of the overwhelming vote tl
continue the meeting, the movement
had the sanction of local officers
1t was understood that union off.
cials earlier had appealed to the
membership to respect the arbitra
ton clause of the current agreement
with the company.
Mr.. Slmms said the meeting wa.
under the control of union officials
but he indicated there had been s
stormy session in the Gayety The.
ater.
4 I'VE are in control of it now" ht
said, but if you had been arounc
last night you would have known g
different story"
He said the meeting was being
handled by 10-man Executive
Committee, comprised of himself
the financial secretary and eight
members at large.
Mr.. Simms talked to reporters al
10:15 am. after two of them hao
gained entrance to the meeting and
insisted on seeing him. He ther
invited other newspapermen to cues.
tion him. Previously. reporters hao
been barred from the meeting by
"bouncerS" stationed at the entrance
Mr.. Simms explained he had not
known newspapermen were waiting
for him outside.
Union Secretary Waits for Call.
! While the meeting was still il
progress, John H. Cookman, unior
secretary, waited at the locals head.
quarters in the Washington Loan &
Trust Building for a telephone cal
from the company. Mr.. Cookmar
said he had been stationed there by
the union to receive any overture.
that might be forthcoming from tht
transit company. Up to 10:45 am.
he said, he had not received any
word either from the company o.
Government officials.
: At the same time, company off
d. cials said they were waiting to hea
from the union. A Representative,
; of the Cancellation Service called t,
offer his services, but Mr.. Merrill
! as company president, informed hin
: the company would not negotiat,
until the men went back to work.
In a statement issued by tn
company, it was pointed out that /,
clause in the current bargaining
/; agreement between the union an,
the company fatty forbids inter
ruptionS of service by the union
The firms statement also said tn
contract, which expires on June &c
1896 provides for 30-day notice t.
reopen negotiations and that sucl
notice was given by the union Oh
: October g.. The 30-day period woul
i have expired Thursday.
Offered to Continue Bonus.
In the event of differences tn
: agreement provides for arbitration
by a three-man board, composed Q
,, one union representative, one per
: son selected by the company an
another chosen by the first two an
: representing the public.
. In his letter to the union, date
+ November 2, Mr.. Merrill made hi
: offer to continue the 7-cent bonu,
and suggested that If this was nc
;. agreeable that arbitration proceed
ings be started.
i At the Gayety Theater meetin
!, o. A. Zimmering, a national OF
, ganizer for the union, urged mem
q bers to accept arbitration but wa
J: shouted down.
s Members of the union mile
r around inside the meeting, it wa
!. reported, while officials tried
q maintain order. The motion for tn
continuous meeting" was adopte
4 with chorus of ayes
No Disorder at Temple.
!. A detail of 20 policemen patrolle
If the area outside the Pythian Tenn
: pie at the later meeting, but ther
j. was no disorder.
: Members coming out of the ha
> said the chief topic under discussio
!. was possible move to new meet
. ing hall which could accommodat
' the entire gathering.
!; No official report was availabl
! on the amount, or extent of tardi
]: ness in Government Offices, du
to the strike, but scattered fig
ures showed that the estimate