Evening star., 1945-10-30
Strike Of Machinisfs
Partially Disrupfs
San Francisco Area

San Francisco Area
Ey the Associated Press
A strike of $4,000 .AFL and CIC
machinists over wage dispute par.
TALLY paralyzed indstrial and ship.
ping operations in the San Fran.
cisco Bay area today. 1t is the frs
major industrial disturbance ther,
since before the war.
Between $4,000 ana 10000 workers
in factories and shipyards not in.
volved in the strike kept away from
their jobs because of the walkout
and indications were that the mum.
Der would gradually increase.
Mayor Roger Lapham of San
Francisco acted to prevent threat
ened milk shortage for the bay area
while a Federal conciliator called
a conference of management and
union representatives In an attempt
to end the stoppage.
Strike Vote in Packing House.
Lewis j. Clark, international pres
ident of the United Packing House
Workers of America tCIO), said in
Chicago he had petitioned author
tiles for strike vote in 200 pack
ing houses which would involve 2O0,-
600 production workers.
He said the petition involves all
plants of the Nations four major
packing companies m all large
packing centers as well as many
Independent packing houses which
were not included in UPWA strike
vote petition filed October is.
On october Is, he said a strike
vote petition was filed in Washing
ton involving George A. HORNED &
Co., Austin, Mimi; Rath Packing
Co., Waterloo, Iowa; Cudahy Bros,
Cudahy, Wis; Upgrade Food Corp,
Buffalo, N. Y; Kingan Packing Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind, and Tobin Pack
ing Co., Fort Dodge, Iowa.
OF these plants, Mr.. Clark said
HORNED had granted 1712 -cent-an-
hour wage increase ''and signif1ed
its willingness to pay Is cents an
hour when the national negotiations
for the industry are concluded in
volving the 25-cent-per- hour wage
demand of the international union. ="
., 277,000 Now Idle.
The Labor strike in San Fran
cisco increased to 277,000 the num-
ber made idle across the country
because of labor disputes. Mean
while strike votes involving thou
sands of workers were listed
In the San Francisco dispute, the
who struck yesterday
after their demands for 80 per cent
wage rate increases had been re-
jected, formed picket lines at ship
yards, manufacturing plants, ware
machine shops, refineries
and foundries. The lines were OBJ
served for the most part by members
of other crafts
Max F. Lowe, spokesman for shop
said management was
ready to negotiate, but both AFL and
CIO machinists said their 80 per
cent wage hike demands were not
subject to collective bargaining. Mr..
Lowe termed the demands "exorbi-
tant." Union officials declined COM
ment. They have requested wage
increases from $1.28 to $1.65 an hour.
] Call Westinghouse Strike Vote.
In Pittsburgh, committee of the
cIO- Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers authorized filing a strike
vote petition which a union spokes-
man said would affect 102, 900 work
ers in "a Westinghouse Electric
plants in Is cities. He said the vote
was the unions answer to the COM
pany's rejection yesterday of its de-
mands for a wage increase of 50
a day.
A company official said granting
the demands would cost the COM
pany S135, 900 900 a year. The. strike
vote, union officials said, would in
volve employees In New Jersey, Penn
syivania, Kentucky, Maryland, West
Michigan, Illinois and CAL
ifornia.
The Galveston (Tex.) water front
was closed down today and an esti-
mated 1000 ship repair workmenI
we're made idle because of picketing
by striking AFL clerks and checkers
Of the International Longshoremen's
Association. The walkout, which
started last week, stemmed from al
dispute over new contract.
Lumber Strike Continues.
Lumber contractors in Portland,
Greg, said the five weeks strife of
some $4,000 AFL lumbermen will
result in the virtual shutdown with
in 10 days of home and commercial
construction in the four Northwest
umber-producing States. The union
held firm in its demands for $1.10l
hourly minimum for the industry.
Employees of the auto industry's
big three-Ford, Chrysler and Gen.
eral Motors-apparently presented a
solid front in a threat to strike If 80
per cent wage rate increases are
not granted.
Chrysler and General Motors
workers already have approved a
strike and union spokesmen said in
formal polls among Ford workers
showed them overwhelmingly in
favor of a walkout. A total of q
half million workers might be af-
fected in the three companies.
Developments on Detroit's labor
front also included:
An announcement by the UAW-
CIO that plans for strike vote and