Evening star., 1946-10-09
Agreement Held
|virtuaIIyCertain
In Bakery Strike
New Company Plon
Receives Approval Of
Union Negotiotors

Union Neeotiotors
End of the 36-hour bakers
strike virtually was assured this
afternoon when new company
proposal was carried to the
union membership with a rec
ommendation by the union Ne
|gotiating Committee that it be
accepted.
Cancellation Commissioner James
Holden told newsrnen the new offer
was made during two and one
half -hotr meeting between employ
ers and union representatives this
morning.
Asked If the offer meant the strike
was over. he said the union mem
bership usually accepted its COM
mfttee's recommendations. Mr..
Holden said he could not disclose
terms OF the company's offer.
The disagreement between nine
company employers association and
nearly 1000 bakers has reduced the
areas bread supply by half. $.
1t would be possible to have bread
on the shelves tomorrow If the strike
ends today. It would require an
hour to get the dough machines op-
Grating and FIVE hours for the bread
to reach the wrapping room.
MIR. Holden arranged today's meet
ing in the Office of Louis A. Spiess,
attorney representing the employers
association. The conciliator had
stood by after a futile meeting yes
terday. ready to summon the parties
together if either offered a basis
for compromise"
Consumers were spared about 80
per cent of their normal supply
when the union signed agreements
with most of the 81 Independent
bakeries figuring in the strike.
Large Bakeries Closed.
But most OF the chain grocery
stores are served by the nine large
bakeries of the Employing Bakers
Association, with whom the AFL
Bakers Local 1I8 are deadlocked In
wage negotiations. These bakeries
were completely shut down today
and none had made its regular de-
liveries during the night.
Delayed by morning rains, pickets
did not appear in front of the struck
shops until 1918 am. Two men
paraded before each OF seven shops
checked.
A sign In one Of the association
bakeries, Holzbeierlein & Sons, Inc
l84o Seventh street NV, read: INC
bread. no buns, no cake. no moth
ing"
The pickets were to suspend ac-
tiyities shortly before 1::30 pm. tc
attend the membership meeting al
Labor Temple. 525 New Jersey ave-
nue. NV. to hear the recommends
tionS.
Hospitals or similar institutions
win not suffer from the shortage, q
union spokesman said. While nc
SPECIFIC plans were made for serving
them, any hospitals calling on the
union for help would be supplied
through one of the operating bak-
Ieries, it was said.
Housewives Stack Up on Flour.
Accustomed to scrambling for
meats and other scarce commodi-
ties, housewives took the bread
shortage in stride, swapping up most
of 1t in morning rush.
Those fearing prolonged strike
began buying flour and other in
gradients for homemade bread, as
well as crackers, pancake flour,
biscuit flour and matzoth.
The areas 80 Acme markets
opened with their normal inven-
tories OF bread and baked goods,
supplied by their Baltimore bak-
cries. Twenty-one A. & P. stores
receive so per cent Of their bread
stocks from their Baltimore bak-
cries. A company spokesman said
he hoped to have little bread on
the shelves for the strikes duration.
The union had planned to re-
quest the Baltimore bakers local to
halt deliveries to Washington if the
strike continued several days.
Some DGS stores, which buy bak-
cry products individually, managed
to obtain some bread from the op-
Grating bakers. One store manager
said he was receiving small sup
plies of whole wheat bread from
Norwalk, Conn, from time to time.
Other chain stores, such as Safe
way, whose own bakery here is shut
down by the strike, and Giant
which depends on local bakeries
were without bread today.
The Districts 13 public institu-
tions depending on the purchasing
Office for bread was in good posi-
ton to weather the strike. Pur-
chasing Officer Roland M. Brennan
(See BAKERS, Page A-6.)