Evening star., 1946-01-13
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 12.-Formal
orders for a one-week postponement
of the steel Strike were dispatched
from here tonight by the CIO United
Steel Workers as some steel officials
expressed doubt that full produc-
ton could be resumed Monday.
Several companies, however, said
they expected normal operations.
But a spokesman for the United
States Steel Corp, the worlds larg-
est producer, pointed out that the
showdown of operations in antici-
patton of the walkout, which had
been scheduled tomorrow midnight,
Guild not be overcome by that time.
News of the postponement brought
mixed expressions in the industry.
United States Steel said here that
curtailment operations had gone so
far in subsidiary plants in the Pitts
burgh area, anticipating strike at
midnight tomorrow, that it was un-
certain just how long it would take
to restore production.
Representatives of some other
companies expressed confidence
operations would be resumed quickly
Jones g. Laughlin Steel Corp, at
Pittsburgh which had not curtailed
despite the threat strike, was ready
for full operations.
Spokesman for union and man
agement in the Alabama steel field
said they saw no reason why plants
in that State could not operate
normally Monday.
Republic Steel Corp, in Ohio,
instructed all its plants to continue
normal operations" but Young
town Sheet 81 Tube Co., in the same
area, said three or four days would
be required to return to normal.
| Four mills in scattered sections,
idle in advance of the scheduled
Nation wide strike because of local
grievances, had kept several thou
sand workers from their jobs today.
A union representative indicated
at least one of these would remain
closed despite the postponement
This was the Bethlehem Steel
Corps. works as Lackawanna, N. Y.
where ii 900 men quit last night in
dispute over maintenance plans
for the walkout. Joseph Molony
district union director, said:
Until the company meets with
the union and agrees to work out
equitable methods of plant main
tenance during the strike, the pick
citing at Bethlehem will continue. u
Mr.. Molony expressed confidence
however, that workers will stay at
their jobs at other plants in the
New York producing centers.
From other scattered steel areas
in Alabama, Maryland, West Vir-
ginia and California-union and
management representatives hoped
for quick resumption and foresaw
no difficulty.
The United States Steel spokes-
man said
Due to the character of the steel
industry, it mas been necessary for
the steel plants to begin shutting
down equipment SO that it would not
be damaged if strike occurred.
Due to this, 1t will take some
time to bring the operations back
to normal in the various plants
where such precautionary measures
have been taken. This time will
vary from one to seven days, de-
pending on the character of the
operations and the products Of each
local plant"
Ghe union notice of postponement
was contained In kilograms address
ed to local unions and district di-
rectors and signed by Philip Muir
ray, president of the CIO and
also head Of the Steel Workers
1t said:
Benjamin Fairless, president OF
the United States Steel Corp. and
I were called into conference at
the White House in Washington
today regarding the steel strike
fixed for January IA, At the urgent