Evening star., 1945-11-28
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

ready to write off the National
Labor Management Conference
as a failure today as Federal
labor officials continued their ef-
forts to arrange resumption of
wage negotiations between the
General Motors Corp. and the
striking CIO United Auto Work
ers.
A meeting between JAW Vice
President Walter P. Reuther and
Edgar L. Warren, director of the
Labor Department Cancellation
Service, was set for pm. Mr..
Reuther and three aides were to ar
rive from Detroit by plane and there
was possibility they might con-
fer with Secretary Of Labor Schwel-
lenbach in advance of the talk with
Mr.. Warren.
No definite word was received from
GIN officials, although Mr.. Warren
said they had been invited four
times to meet with him.
LAPACSSCS DCCp SOuCCIHs
Reeonversion Director Snyder's
advisory board, meantime, express
ing deep concern" over the GIN
strike and the Threatening strikes
in other essential plants and in
dustries," asked that Secretary
Schwellenbach put forth every ef-
fort to bring about resumption of
wage negotiations and "effectuate
a mutually satisfactory agreement" "
Only a great last-minute change
in position could save the Labor
Management Conference from fail
ure so far as creating machinery
for peaceful settlement of industrial
disputes is concerned, parley off,
cials agreed. Most of the confer
ence committees were so badly split
over major objectives that there
seemed little chance of success.
Chairman Walter p. Stacy called
for q full open meeting of the con-
ference at 3 pm. tomorrow. which
in effect would wash out" the con-
ference. Plenary sessions will be
continued at night if necessary to
wind up parley business this week
Although public delegates brought
pressure on President Truman a
week ago to step in and save" the
conference, there was held little
chance that the President would
make any statement until the meet
ing is ended. His advisers point out
that Mr.. Truman at the beginning OF
the conference told labor and man.
agement delegates that the meeting
was theirs and that the Government
would keep hands off.
Orders Reports by Noon.
Judge Stacy ordered all parley
committee reports except one to be
completed by noon today. Secre-
tary George w. Taylor said only one
of six was certain to be unanimous
There was possibility that split re-
ports would be submitted by -four
and maybe five committees.
Resolutions on wages and collective
bargaining before the Executive
Committee also we're held tight In
disagreement. 1t also seemed un-
likely that agreement could be
reached on establishment of fact
finding commissions to help settle
labor disputes.
Only a proposal for establishment
of Semipermanent labor-manage.
ment committee which would make
a continuing study of machinery te
minimize disputes seemed likely tt
be adopted.
A long-range dispute developed
late yesterday between the Labor
Department and GIN President c
E. Wilson as to whether the latter
said he would confer with labor
officials here today. Secretary
Schwellenbach told reporters Mr.
Wilson had advised the department
that he would discuss the strike
situation in the course of his at
tendance at the Labor Management
Conference today.
Wilson Denies Statement.
In Detroit, Mr.. Wilson denied
making any such statement. This
drew the following statement from
Mr.. Warren:
i certainly have no desire to en-.
gage in a dispute with Mr.. Wilson
concerning the meaning Of our con-
versations. If Mr.. Wilson is correct
in stating that he never intimatec
he would come to my Office to dis
cuss the situation / certainly mis-
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