The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

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 Voting Light
 Voting was light in most plants. JAW officials charged that in one case, at Lansing, Mich, a Fisher Body Division plant was shut down in a deliberate effort to reduce vot- ing. Company officials denied the charge and said a shortage of ma terias had forced the plant to close.
 Today's strike vote was taken by the National Labor Relations Board among l25,000 Chrysler employees in g plants to determine if they favor a strike to force their demands for a 30 per cent wage increase.
 Negotiations between General Mo- tors and the CIO.UAW were to be resumed tomorrow. The dispute ap- peared to have boiled down to a debate of workers rights to share management profits.
 | Both sides called Q press con- ference yesterday to explain their stand.
 Denies Pay-Profit Link
 Harry M. Anderson, vice-preSident of General Motors. said wages and profits were not related because employees would not work for r1oth- ing during profltless periods.
 We would pay the going rate even if we were losing money" An- derSon said. Right now. today, were not making a cent"
 Walter P. Reuther, JAW vice. president, said wages were directly related to profits and General Motors in declining to discuss prof. It's in the current wage negotiations was refusing to cooperate and de- liberately provoking Q strike. Reuther presented an economic brief" In which he said General Mo- tors could grant the unions demand for q 90 per cent wage increase, pay IS per cent more for materials and still make Q so per cent greater profit than in l04i by selling auto- mobiles at pre-war prices.
 These are the simple facts" Reuther said. We invite General Motors to prove them wrong"
 Reuther Assalls Publicity
 The union leader said the com pany wanted to take its "propa- ganda campaign to the newspaper in full-page advertisements" in an attempt to "perpetuate Q gigantic lie that higher wages mean higher prices and higher prices mean inc fiation--which means disaster"
 Anderson said the statement that the company wanted any work stop. page was ridiculous"
 "A strike Is the unions reSpon- slbility.' he said.
 Less Than 100000 Idle
 The number of strike-idle work CTS across the nation had dropped below 100000 today for the first time in more than @ month.
 Another strike threat appeared as i2,000 Greyhound bus drivers. main- tenance men and terminal employees east of the Rockies voted to walk out Oct. 3i, unless progress is made in their contract negotiations.
 Tn other labor disputes, AFL Teamsters Union members threat. ened freight deliveries from Boston to Richmond, Va, and Hollywood film craftsmen celebrated the end of . bitter 33.week jurisdictional dis- pute.
 The teamsters, already out in Bal- tlmore, Md, called Q strike against | i3 Washington. D. O., trucking coi1l- panies to back wage demands. Un- less settled promptly, the dispute threatened to tie up freight deliy. cries all along the eastern seaboard.
 Hollywood Plans Return
 Tn Hollywood, union leaders and producers met to complete arrange .ments to get workers back on the job by Monday at the latest.
 Pickets were withdrawn from all major studios except Warner Bros. where strike leader Herbert Sorrell said he still had Q Little beef to iron out. Warmers Is not Q member of the major producers association and technically was not covered by yesterdays peace settlement.
 / Settlement of the strike was ar!- nounced yesterday by AFL President William A. Green at Cincinnati, Ohio.
 Under the back-to-work agree ment. all strikers will return to their jobs md union contracts in exist ence before the strike will be rees- abolished.
 The film strike, punctuated by frequent picket line skirmishes, be. gan last March 12 as the result of a jurisdictional dispute between two AFL,-a Affiliated unions over 7T set decorators.
 American airIines nlainten- ance workers in Miami, Fla, voted to return to work as ! result of cer. tain company concessions to senior ity and layoff demands, Q union spokesman said.
 shlpyards Threatened
 Tn other West Coast labor dis. puteS, shlpyard workers threatened to paraIyzs operations in San Fran cisco Bay area yards. The AFL Bay Cities Metal Trades Council de- nanded 2 70 per cent pay boost, and CIO and AF'L rSiachinists joined ii demands for 30 per cent wage hike.
 An estimated 7,S0O workers at the Wilmerding, Pa. plant of Westing- house Air Brake No. a.1d the Swiss- vale, Pa., plant of Union Switch and Signal Go, q Westinghouse gubsldu- aTy, were forced into idlenesS by . WalkOut ifl csie department.