Evening star., 1946-09-13
New York Strike to Go
Through Tomorrow at
Least, Official Says
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-The
trucking tie-up in the New York
metropolitan area eased still fur
ther today, but a teamsters'
union official said the strike
would continue at least through
tomorrow.
Michael j. Cashal, vice president
of the international Brotherhood of
Teamsters, AFL, said as he left for
meeting with truck operators:
There won't be any develop
ments) for at least two days be-
cause we will be negotiating today
and tomorrow"
Mr.. Casflal added that the nego-
tiations might take even longer.
Union members yesterday, for the
first time in the 13-day strike. au-
thorized their officers to negotiate
with the truck operators. Both sides
met last night with Mayor William
O'Dwyer, and spokesmen for both
operators and the union said prog
ress had been made
Members of the Union. Local 807,
International Brotherhood Of Team
sters (AFL), stood firm in their
refusal to permit a resumption
of deliveries to chain stores and
newsprint to newspapers
Despite the stand taken by the
10000 members of Local 807. the
trucking situation eased as members
of other unions who had been out in
sympathy returned to their jobs on
orders of Teamster President Daniel
j. Topin. He told all teamsters to
abide by their contracts.
Several hundred trucks began
moving food to nonchain stores in
New York yesterday and between
300 and 400 others resumed delivery
of building materials.
/ In Northern New Jersey 5000
drivers returned to work in COM
pliance with Mr. Tobin's order.
John E. Strong, president of Local
BOT, entered the negotiations al
Mayor O'Dwyer's office last night.
The agreement to negotiate was
reached with the provision that
any proposals growing out of nego-
tiations would have to be submitted
to the membership of the local for
approval.
Earlier the local refused to return
to work, by voice vote of members
with a membership of 10000 came
| at mass meeting in Manhattan
Center, where union leaders vainly
sought TO get the drivers to return.
Appeal From Onion Chief.
Shortly before the vote David
Kaplan, chief economist for the
teamsters, told local members:
DO some reasoning Think clear.
| ly. Please delegate some of us tc
think this thing out
He and otner speakers were greet.
ed with boos, catcalls and epithets
The management of Manhatter
Center had taken care to remov,
window panes and door panels be
fore the truckers jammed the hall
| Members of Local 807 represent
about half of the total number OF
strike and is responsible for ap
proximately IS per cent of genera
trucking in the city.
While the tumultuous meetin,
took place, heavy trucks began rum
bling into the city over main ar
: terial highways.
John j. O'Rourke, president o
Local 282, said that $50 food truck
driven by local members were roll
ing and between 300 and 400 others
carrying building materials, wer
permitted to move.
General Trucking Prohibited.
Mr.. O'Rourke said, however, tina
insofar as general trucking is con
cerned, we don't intend to let then
roll" He added, ANY reports tina
the strike Is over are premature.
No strikers appeared at points o.
the Boston Post road where the
had been stopping trucks. Som
Bronx grocery said they were start
ing to receive groceries "just il
time" before their shelves wer
bare.
Police yesterday reported the frs
instance of violence in either tn
seamen's or the truckmen's strike
the beating of the son of an Eas
Side trucking owner.
| He was identified by police as Jacl
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