The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-01
LAST TALKS BEING MADE,
 BOTH SIDES
WdIkoui. If There Is One, , Starts One Minute After
 Midnight Tonight

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept l.--LN-- With a coastwide waterfront strike threatened for midnight tonight, waterfront employers today de- manded from the CIO longshore- men union a written guarantee that work will continue on Friday if an agreement is reached.
 Harry Bridges longshore boss, replied immediately in writing:
 If the tunion) committee has an agreement that 1t can submit and iavorably recommend to our stop-work meetings, and if the agreement is approved by such meeting, there will be no strike and work will be resumed at once"
 Stop-work meetings. nonetheless have been called for tomorrow at all coast ports to hear progress reports on negotiations.
 We therefore propose Bridges continued. that negotiations be resumed at once"
 The WEA request to the union was based, the association said. on widespread reports that regardless of agreement, work would halt in all ports until next week.
 IITH HOUR HOPE SAN FRANCISCO. Sept l.--tR-- Negotiations were called today in an eleventh-hour hope of averting "a tieup of Pacific. Coast shipping at midnight tonight. Prospects Of reaching settle- n1ent between the employers and five unions in time to avoid work stoppage appeared slim. The un- ions have agreed that "all or none" will sign, and even with an agree ment, the mechanics of adjusting all contracts before the walkout deadlne would require time. Called together today were nego- ttators for the Waterfront Employ CTS Association and the CIO Long, shoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, which has been in the iore- front of the dispute.
 The CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards, Independent Marine Fire men and CIO Marine Engineers scheduled meeting with the Pac- fife American Shipowners Associa- ton.
 New Threat
 A new strike threat was issued by the AFL Marine Radio Officers Union. which is in jurisdictional struggle with the CIO American Radio Association. The CIO union has joined the "all or none pledge with other waterfront un- ions. The AFL radiomen contend they represent the Pacific Coast operators and threaten to strike if the CIO union receives a contract. shipowner spokesman said neither could be recognized pending Na- tional Labor Relations Board elec- tion
 lLWU members in Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors were di- rected by their leaders to meet at the Wilmington Bowl Thursday to discuss the status of contract nego- , tiations. Although l,75O long, shoremen were on the job in the two harbors yesterday. working g ships, employers said that five other vessels were idle and that TOO more men could have been used
 Short stoppage Tn San Francisco. the consensus Of observers was that the work stoppage may last only until next Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. Waterfront employers yesterday approved Wo key concessions to the ILWU demands. including a one-year contract and provision Tor wage reviews in December. The contract would he retroactive to June 15
 Union negotiators met for an hour last night and then put over until today final discussions on the employers offers, which include ! hourly pay increases of 10 cents | and IS cents for overtime. The union has been holding out for Is cents an hour.
 On other major issues, the en- ployers said they and the ILWU were agreed. These include letting the question of who selects the hiring hall dispatcher go to the Supreme Court for settlement, sub- sistance, days off and persons covered by the contract. ] ANOTHER STRIKE ANGLE WASHINGTON. Sept. l.--tA-. The National Labor Relations Board reported to the Justice De-