The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-14
BRIDGES YIELDS TO us. TERMS
CoVernWe eNts Union Pact Agreed On
 Masseiaae Strike
 Orders Expected
 To % Reealled

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 Washington. Sune ae-SUPs-G cowgnment-unson agFcensnk @ prevent a Merchant Marine slzake d nidnieAt nearea oonpaezion to- asy-bus q nay come soe laae to prevent some dlkrupaaun eR the nns aionS shipping.
 PTeSiasnt Truman at . news com@ Eeuunoe said he thought slae1e waa a good chance that slse maKstama dispute woula 6e SeStaea bssore ths day is over.
 The msn who saa ships ana the men who load and unload shHln were ready On sase Eas1, west and Gnlf coasts b stay away from the iobs tomorrow unless notified thns an agreement had been reached. other unions weTe expected Co re- Spect any picket Ines.
 However. an agreement wAs eK~ pected to be signed before the mid- nieha dea6line after Harry Briegek West Coast loncxhorenen6 leader and last holdout. finally yielded early today to pressure Co accept the Coreznment's terms
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 Representative Of the one an1e- pendent snd six C. \. O. unions which agreed on united strike ac- tiun unless all were satisfied. sche6- uaed a meeting with Government and employer representatives al 5 P. N. to polish up the final wura- ing of the waEe-hour terms.
 BradKeS. under tremendous pres~ sure from C. l. o. chieftatn Phil- lip Murray. early today telephunea a San Francisco meeting Of C. T. O. IsonRshorsEnen eo accept terms oE a government fact-finding board Ten thousand union members voted their approval
 Bridges. who earlier had re5actBa the boards terms e snadnqua1e, hinsed. however. that he may caA for another strike Sept. 90.
 Today's session was schedusnd se late and the fuETnalities were ex~ peczBd 10 consume so mncA t1me that Feosnal officials from the White H0mse down were resigned to some work gtoppaees while fne unions order fheir 1000ae seamen to work. EaElinss 0f some vessEas already have been cancEleo be- cause of lack of crews CT eargA Federal officials said.
 Nc Orders 6nnE TO Navy
 The White House was So certain of final agreement. hOgerer. thet orders for the Navy 10 man struck merchant ships have not been is- sued SO that negotiations wia not be disturbed
 Bridges was the last of the union leaders to capitulate to Government terms under the steady. persuasive pressure of Murray who partici- pafed in yesterdays sl-h0ur long lneeofiafaons.
 Bridees had rejected the boar6 racommendafions and sought to gain a bigger increase in the nago- tiaGaons here. He asked a 3S cents an hour pay boost. AS events de- peloped he viii be s0nced t0 settle for the pay already gon before coming here.
 His principal gains were necngni- fion for his braan-chiio. the seven- union c0znmitfee for snaF1tlDe unity, and nationwide bargaining in the maritime industry. These achievements Bridges counted . tremendous advantage in the (. T. O. competition with the A. 2. r. 6eamen's unions. Bridges Is the only d0cEside union involved in the current dispute.
 All Uniams Gaia
 Au Of the other unions. composed Of sea-eoing personnel gained by coming here for direct negotiations with the Government.
 These marine unions were eeiaeae ulad to receive a general wage inc | crease Of s15So a month. They will get overtime pay for hours after ss a week at si an hour. A1 sage increases Kiu he retroactive to April 1. Collateral issues for each union will be referred to arbitEa~ tiOn for final and binding decision in 90 days.
 The best offer previously made e the N. M. U. waS for a sage in~ crease 0f el2.S0 Q month. es Ices than the Government settlement. no reduction ip the 5s-hOnr seek; overtime pay 0f el an hour; nc netrOactiyity.
 Hardly any of the marine negov tiat0rs could turn down the 0oy~ ernmentis generosity, thus appar- ently batfering Bridges into going along with the rest of the band Of unions pledged to accept coD- tracts Only when a1l seven unions \ taaHaaA na r4mm