The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-02-25
Bread, Milk Still
Scarce Items
in Detroit

Cleveland 500 milk drivers, re-
questing a 81 daily wage plus 10
per cent OF route collections, have
voted to strike but set no date for
a walkout.
Picketing began yesterday at
Consolidated Nultee Aircraft Co. in
Fort Worth. Tex, thou III the strike
OF 1000 AFL employees for wage in.
creases and union security was not
set to start until today. A Ma
chinists Union spokesman said it
was decided to begin plcketing q
day in advance to keep mainten.
ance men from the plant.
As a walkout OF 10000 Clio EN-.
ployes OF IL Chicago area plants
OF the American Continental Can
Companies was called for midnight
Wednesday, settlement OF a 25-day
strike at the Caterpillar Tractor Co.
plant at Peoria. ILL.,, was announc.
ed.
Asking Increase
Workers at the Can factories are
asking an lSh cents hourly raise.
Similar wage demands have been
made upon the two companies by
5000 West Coast employees, who all
ready are on strike.
oN he
resumed today, with the 1880 EN-.
ployes, members OF the CIO Farm
Equipment and Metal Workers. re.
ceiving wage increases. The raises
amounted TO Is cents an hour for
employees earning less than $l.00 an
hour, and Is per cent higher pay
for others. The union originally
had asked a 80 per cent wage ins
crease.
Labor disputes keptr970 900 idle
with well over one third this
number affected by CIO strikes
against General Motors Corp And
the Westinghouse and General
Electric Companies.
To Defy Court
A ClO Electrical Workers UnioH
at Philadelphia pledged themt
selves to defy a common pleas
court injunction banning masx
picketing. The injunction limited
pickets to 10, hut the local said
II would have 500 on thespickes
lines today.
Before resuming negotiations
with General Motors at Detroit to-
day. the clio United Auto Workers
expressed dissatisfaction with fed
eral mediator James +. Dewey
for putting out optimistic state-
ments" concerning possible early
settlement OF the 97-day old dis
pute.
Mayor William O'Dwyer Of New
York has appealed to CIO Presi.
dent Philip Murray to use his
position and influence" to avert
tieup Of New York's subways,
street cars and buses.
The mayors telegram TO MUIR
raw last night said strike OF CIO
transport workers. threatened for
amy hour after Tuesday midnight
would result In grave injury tn
the city's millions and to the
cause of organized labor
Murray declined comment Of the
mayors appeal. hut he previously
had expressed willingness to ex.
plore the possibilities of prevent
ing a strike.
Supplies Threatened
New York was not the only city
that had labor troubles. Detroits
bread and milk supplies were
threatened by strikes. Pitts5urghs
second power strike. in two weeks
is set for 1901 a. m. tomorrow.
A walkout OF AFL city employees in
Houston left garbage piled in the
streets and interfered with repair
work on vital city services.
The situation by cities:
Detroit-As the ClO United Dairy
Workers and the Michigan Milk
Producers Association met to con.
slider two proposals for settlement
OF the five-dsy strike that had
closed 16 OF the city's 80 dalries.
the board of health announced De-
troH now is getting 40 per cent OF
its normal amount OF milk. The
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