Evening star., 1945-10-31
!
Bus Line Strike
on Result
Of Talks Today
WoIkout Set Tonight;
Truck, TeIegropher
Disputes DeodIocked

A final effort to avert a bus
strike here and throughout the
Northeastern section of the
country will be made today when
officials of the Pennsylvania
Greyhound and Central Grey
hound confer with AFL union
leaders and representatives of
the United States Cancellation
Service.
An all-day meeting between COM
pany and union officials and a con-
ciliator failed to produce a settle
ment yesterday. Unless terms are
reached during the day, the strike
affecting Greyhound bus service
eastward from the Mississippi and
north of Washington will begin at
midnight.
Meanwhile, no progress has been
reported toward settling two other
disputes affecting local workers.
AFL telegraphers will meet at the
Hamilton Hotel at 8 O'Clock tonight
to decide whether they will join
union members throughout the
country in five-hour shutdown of
Western Union services Friday aft
ernoon. At the same time, negotia-
tions toward settlement of the truck
strike which has tied up operations
of IL large freight firms here for
more than a week begged down yes
terday.
375 Affected Here.
The bus strike will involve about
375 employees of the Greyhound lines
here, it was estimated. The workers
are members of the AFL Amalga-
mated Association of Street Electric
Railway and Motor Coach Employees,
Local "a. Union representatives at
tending yesterdays conference,
which began at 10 am. and broke up
at 6 pm, were Sam Boron, Detroit,
a member of the unions executive
board; Paul Musick, Columbus, Ohio,
representing employees of the Penn
sylvania division, and Ed Callahan,
representing Central division work.
erS.
The company was represented by
I. w. Budd, president of Central,
New England and Illinois Grey
hound, and S. r. Sundstrom, presi-
dent of Pennsylvania Greyhound.
Martin ]. O'Connell represented the
conciliation service.
If the strike begins tonight serv-
ice to the South will not be affected,
except so far as buses may need
servicing at the Washington ter
minal. The National Trailways Sys-
TEN, 1t was reported, is prepared to
double its service to Baltimore, and
will try to increase the number of
runs out of Baltimore and New
York. -.'..
Fifty Locals Join Walkout.
The dispute hinges on union
demand for an extra three-quarters
Of a cent per mile for their drivers
and q pay boost for maintenance
men that would give them the same
pay for 40 hours work which they
received for 48 hours.
The controversy between the
Commercial Telegraph Union and
Western Union is based on a Ma
tional Labor Relations Board deci-
sion granting the union a Accent
an hour pay raise at about the same
time the War Labor Board awarded
New York telegraphers, members Of
a CIO union, a 10-cent increase.
Members of the Washington local
already have asked their national
officers to petition the NLRB to take
a Nation wide strike vote. New
York oflcials of the AFL union Ie-
ported today that about so locals
throughout the country have voted
to join the walkout between and
pm. Friday.
A Western Union official in New
York said the scheduled work stop
page would be ain effect strike,
and this would be violation of the
unions contract with the company. -
Although Baltimore truckers end
ed their strike two days ago, two
meetings here yesterday between the
Teamsters International Union
Local 500. and representatives OF
the trucking firms, did not bring
about settlement. A further meet
ing was to be arranged for later