Evening star., 1945-11-07
50 Pei. Of Cars
Will Be in Use
By Rush Hour
14-Doy Truce Plan
Accepted; Randolph
Aids in Settlement

The Capital Transit Co. strike
ended at l pm. today, and street.
cars and buses were rapidly
being put back into service this
The end of the walkout, which has
paralyzed the city's mass transpor-
tation system for nearly 36 hours,
came when the operators, meeting
at Turner's Arena, voted to accept p
l4-day truce plan agreed on at an
earlier conference of Government
officials, union representatives and
transit company officers.
Union officials estimated rush.
hour service this evening would be
about so per cent of normal. E. D.
Merrill, president of the Capital
Transit Co., said the systems 1000
buses and streetcars would be put
back in operation as quickly as pos
sible and that he hoped full service
would be available by tomorrow
morning.
Twenty-three minutes after the
vote to end the work stoppage the
first streetear left the Navy Yard
barn bound for Cabin John. Other
vehicles were rapidly being added
to the lines.
Randolph Aids Settlement.
The settlement was reached with
the aid of Chairman Randolph OF
the House District Committee, who
repeatedly interviewed at the direc-
ton of President Truman.
Earlier, the possibility of a taxicab
strike in sympathy with the transit
workers faded after the leaders O.
two cab drivers unions conferred
with Mr.. Randolph. The District
Committee chairman talked to the
taxicab labor officials in his Office
Immediately after he helped COM
pany and union representatives in
the transit walkout reach the tenta-
tive agreement that became the
basis for settlement.
The l4-day truce plan, the basis
for the end of the work stoppage.
will permit further negotiations over
the unions demand for a 30-cenv
hourly wage increase. The state
ment was drafted under Mr.. Ran
dolph's guidance after a two-hour
conference called by the Labor
Departments Cancellation Service.
Hold Hours Debate.
Immediately afterward, the union
delegates to the conference took
the plan back to the mass meeting
OF about 5000 union operators.
where it was adopted after more
than an hours debate.
The unionists were told that Pres.
ldent Truman had appealed to them
indirectly through Mr.. Randolph to
get the wheels rolling again"
Walter H. Van Stavern, an off.
cial Of the union, and Richard Good
rick OF the Cancellation Service, who
attended the conference this morn
ing, said, they were told the Presi-
dent had communicated with Mr..
Randolph and urged him to exercise
his influence in ending the dispute
which has kept the Capitals mass
/ transportation system at standstill
for the past 36 hours.
Don't forget" Mr.. Van Stavern
told the workers mass meeting at
Turner's Arena, that when the
President called Mr.. Randolph and
said the wheels must start rolling.
the wheels must start rolling.
You followed the President
through the war. Now follow him
through this situation"
Represent Company.
The company was represented at
the conference by Mr.. Merrill,
Samuel Emmons, transportation
manager, and j. Edward Heb
erie, vice president and control
Ter. Union representatives, besida
Mr.. Van Stavern, were Samuel Be-
rong, Secretary-treasurer of the in
ternational union; William r.
Simms, local president, Walter Bier
wagen and r. E. Hanna. Govern
ment officials who participated were
Edgar L. Warren, director of the
Cancellation Service, and Mr.. Good
rick, Martin j. O'Connell and James
j. Spillane, members of the concilia-
| ton staff.
Restores Status Quo.
The statement on which the SET
tlement is based follows:
/ "A memorandum of agreement
which will become effective if and
when the workers through thei:
representatives sign it and the Cap
ital Transit Co., through Mr.. Mer-
rill. has been entered into.
"The agreement contains the fol-
lowing three points:
/ Il. The status quo of November S
1945 (the day before the walkout)
to be restored.
%. All employees to be returned to
work without discrimination and
with no discipline or penalties to be
invoked on the employees or Divi-
sion 689 tthe local union).
"3. Negotiations to commence at
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