Evening star., 1948-08-03

the plant Dispersed, they walked
away with their hands mockingly
in the air and razzing the troops
The Guardsmen were supple
mented by approximately so police
men and sheriff's deputies near tht
plant entrance.
Council Cancels Support.
Sheriff Ben Smith went to
police loudspeaker and read Mayor
Louis Lohrey's proclamation de.
claring a state of emergency. HIT
urged persons with no business al
the plant to return to their homes
The union yesterday had called or
all Dayton unions to send plckets
to the scene, but reversed its flelo
after the Montgomery CIO Council
withdrew it's support of the strike
AS the plant opening time ap-
preached, more spectators inflltrateo
through the troop blockade and soor
approximately 300 were assembled.
A tank, f1anked by machine CUR
carriers and foot soldiers, drove the
crowd back into parking lot. Their
the troops chased the crowd to po'
sitions a block or two from tn.
plant.
A 10-man squad in an Army trucl
drove up to tavern, 100 yards from
the plant and tossed couple O
tear-gas grenades in front of thu
establishment to disperse a croWe
of men gathered there.
Autos Drive Into Plant.
The returning workers had In
creased to a steady stream, arriving
in taxicabs and private cars. The.
drove right into the plant entrance
instead of stopping in a parking
lot, as is customary.
Two company men checked th'
identification of each returnee a
the gate to make sure that II men
discharged for alleged "flagran
violations" of the law, did not enter
Col. George C. Schiele. command
ing officer of the Guardsmen, drov'
by in his jeep to check on condi'
tions.
Two of the six pickets were no
employees of Univis. One, Raymond
w. Grant, "a, works at the Frigi.
daire plant. The other, Donalt
Hoskins, 23, is employed at tn.
Dinner plant, but his mother is
Univis employe.
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert ordered
the troops here ito maintain Law
and order" in labor dispute he de.
scribed as having "communisti'
pattern"
The Montgomery County CIC
Council at a stormy session las
night withdrew its support of ths
striking local.
William Shoots, executive secre-
tary of the council, announced i
had Cancelled any further demon.
stration in connection with thu
Univis strike"
The council represents nearly hal
of the 10000. membership in th'
county, Mr.. Shoots said He addet
the striking local was not member
of the council but declined to sa.
why.
The strike began as wage dis.
pute. The company last week gav'
all employees an 1l-cents-an-h -houl
increase and left as the main issue
the company's insistence on firing
IL strikers. The management &C.
cused the II of fragrant violations
of the law.
Five Guilty of Contempt.
Five Electrical Worker officials
were found guilty of contempt Of
court yesterday. and were ordered
to stay away from the Univis plant
today.
The five were Louis Kaplan, in.
ternational field agent for the UE;
K. NJ Kirkendall, Loval 1853 business
agent; Leothar Wornstaff, chief
steward of the local; Marilyn Has
selbeck, a striker, and Mrs. Julia
P. Hupman, an organizer.
They were accused of ignoring a
previous court order issued July 2s
to remain away from the Univis
plant and were cited for their activ-
ity during disorders near the plant
July 80.
Representative Hoffman, Republi-
can, of Michigan issued subpoena
last night to Mr.. Kaplan to appear
before a congressional labor SUBJ
committee in Washington on Thurs
day. The committee, which con-
Quoted a hearing here yesterday
sought information on violence out