The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-13
Seeks Ways orAvertinq Seq Strike CLIO. Presidents
 Prestige ot Stoke
 With Union Heads

lire aa stake. today joined Govern. ment peacemakeEs in final critical efforts to avert Q nationwide enip- uane strike scheduled for midnight tomorrow.
 Murray and c.lyo. Counsel Lee pressman conferred with AssistanS Secretary of Labor John o.nson and Capt. Granville Conway. hea1 Of the War Shipping Administras ton. Later Frank J. TayloFs spokesman for Atlantic and oulf Coast shipowners. joined the as" cassion.
 Meanwhile. about two score rep. resentatiyes of the shipOwnerB ana the six cI.O. unions ard one trls dependent waited outside oinsons offce.
 Acquainted wlah Actisn
 It vas believed Taylor vas callsa in to acQunant shipowners with oes velouments in the negotiations which Government officials have been conducting with the unions.
 The seven unions demand shortag working hours and higher wages.
 Government officials believed t4 dispute would be settled today @ negotiations would collapse and sns strike 90 on.
 The balding. wlite-haired Mur. ray faced the severest test Of his ins finance and peacemaking eaaena& He played decisive roles tn recent months in settling the steel. oen- eral Motors, General Eiectssc ena New York transportation strikes and threatened walkouts.
 Faces Two Tsush Man
 This time he was required to nse his persuasive powers with slEiy Harry Bridges. president of uas Longshoremen and Wareh0usemens and Joseph Curran, president oa the National Maritime Union. Both are regarded as leaders Of the lCIO. left Wing unions which con- Stitate a serious challenge to Mlr- rays conservative and middie-ot~ the-road leadership.
 Murray, who consistently nas urged his heutenanss to accept rea- sonnhle government proposals tef settlement of labor disputes. hea the same job to do with Bridges and curran.
 The two leaders, co-chaiTEnen of the committee for maritime unity which has called the strike, haikea last night at some features of a government proposal for settlement Of their dispute. Bridges and AS sistaIlt Secretary of Labor John ". 0ihson engaged in angry aebaee during a stormy 2 a-2 hour session in MuTray's hotel suite.
 Bridges was understood to ee blss tegly disappointed that the oog- ernment proposition offered his union no more than the recomsnens dati0ns Of Q Government fact-1inds ing board made last month. Bow- ever. Murray is said to have pointed out that the one independent aiaa siE CI0. unions ln the cM.u. he'd won their chief objective of . shcrt- er york week ct see and . general wage increase.
 C.M.U. Recognition maeaaae1
 Moreover. Murray lS reportad ae have reminded them that they hae achieved recognition for the c0.us and unprecedented bargaining pow- eF-one of Bridges prime obiecttNee in fostering formation Of the CN.U.
 The usually dappey Bridges iefe the session with Murray and 0ihson disheveled and plainly showing the strain Of the recent day end night negotiati0n meetings.
 The LalaoT Department and VISA w0rked out . proposal for eeetles nlent of the union demands yesieTv day without consulting shipowneFk, The Government aeeneies followed the tactics employed by Sold Fuels Administration in making . cons tract gith President John L, Lewis Of the United Mine workers e eglA the soft coal strike,
 elS.ke IneEeaMe sought
 Chief features 0f the Government e0mpT0nise were understood @ be:
 4 general wage increase ef elJAe Q month foT saas0ine personnel; q basic t1shour work seek at sea pllls leight hours overtime at el an hour; wage increases to he retroactive e Jan, l, Bridges % aeGRpt the facte finding board award Of 22 cents an hour and other concessions: the other unions 10 submit tlleiv e0llat~ eFal demands to arbitration feg e final and binding decision ln @ days.
 a9ae el760 Q month pay boost plus sa hours overtime monthly at q en hour would increase saanenls paF eAe1e a month, Talis would he on top 0f the GAS increase in haHie wases ordered by the Var LaheF Board last Aeplember to eompeps aaie foF withdrawal af doveTnineflt var risk bonuses. The new seals w0nh give able bodied aealnen eae4.be Q nlenih 0g close te the 92ao ateraee monthly wartime earnings,
 The Government w0nld appiy fhe new scale only t0 the 2.40o ners chant vessels < 0wnk, But private owners would have to put the sane neale Into alleet 0f the 500 Eaaaels in thalF possession f they eEpaeiaa le 0bialn crews to msn them, shipv oBnRFs aaid,
 The Talses would add e7b co GO te eie0 00eo000 . year to iaayroIls, iiaw dMsiFy sources estimated.