Evening star., 1949-09-23
Steel Pact Talks
Resumed Under
Extended Truce
Union and Industry
Have Another Week to
Settle Differences
LONG COAL STRIKE Feared as
Negotiations Recess. Page ALL.
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BY the Assoeiaied Press
PITTSBURGH. Sept. o.
Agreement of Big Steel and the
CIO-United Steelworkers to renew
contract talks today lightened
strike clouds lowering over the IN
dustry since July.
Philip Murray. union president,
and John A. Stephens, vice presi-
dent, of United Safes Steel Corp.
arranged a hotel conference at
1:30 pm. (EST) to resume ne
gotiations under a third Presi-
dental strike truce.
Mr.. Murray had proposed a $50
am. session. but shortly before
that hour came announcement
both sides had agreed on the
afternoon date. Conferences with
other steel companies are being
arranged by the union.
Meanwhile, about 2,400 union
members at two Pittsburgh dis
trict steel mills continued un-
authorized walkouts which union
and company officials blamed on
the tension and uncertainty of the
steel situation. Closed are the
Universal-Cyclops Steel Co. plant
in Bridgeville, and the Superior
Steel Co. plant in suburban Car
negie.
Have Week for Talks.
Contract negotiators have one
week in which to thrash out PEN
sion and insurance difficulties that
three times have brought the Ma
ton to the brink of a paralyzing
steel strike.
Talks with the United States
Steel are expected to set the pat
tern of the conferences with other
steel producers. Big Steel and the
union usually determine the course
taken by the entire industry.
The union also arranged for new
conferences with Crucible Steel
Co.. Allegheny-Ludluni Steel
Corp, Sharon Steel Corp, Shenan-
go-Penn Mould, Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corp, Youngstown Sheet g.
Tube Co. at youngstown, Ohio:
Rustless Steel Co. at Baltimore and
Republic Steel Co. at Cleveland.
Bethlehem steel and the union
will open negotiations at pm.
today in New York.
The million-member steel union
has delayed its strike deadline
from midnight tomorrow to 1901
am. October l. That was in re-
sponse to plea by President Tru-
man to extend the steel truce six
more days. The industry had
earlier agreed to the extension
and said it was ready to bargain.
Union Sets Time and Place.
The steel workers union, which
set the time and place of the Big
Steel talks, also told So other
steel companies it is ready to
tlCSOtldGC.
The basis for the talks will be
the recommendations of President
Truman's steel fact finding board.
The board vetoed wage increase
but recommended company paid
pension and insurance program
equal to 10 cents hourly per
worker.
The steel workers accepted the
boards recommendations and in
sisted that steel companies do
likewise as a condition of further
bargaining.
United States Steel baked at
accepting the recommendation
without bargaining. The firm par
ticularly objected to pensions and
insurance financed wholly by the
company, That began a week of
feuding by telegram between
Benjamin F. Fairless, Big Steel
president, and Philip Murray,
president of the steel workers.
Cyrus Ching. head of the
United States Mediation Board.
called both sides to Washington
to talk things over. A strike Was
a strong possibility for this week
end until the President sought
another truce.
Mr.. Truman told a press con-
ference yesterday the outlook ap-
(See STEEL. Page A.3.)