Evening star., 1949-09-07
A-12** THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c.
Ching 10 Open Talks
Today With Hawaiian
Employers and Union
BY the Assoeiafed Press

Employers and union
BY the Assoeiated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. TOP en-
ployer and union leaders from Ha-
waii gathered in New York to-
day for a new effort to settle the
islands costly, bitterly fought
dock strike. ..s
The 130-day walkout has re-
duced steamship service in and
out. Of Hawaii to small frac-
ton of normal.
Big. 73-year-old Cyrus S.
Ching, head of the Federal Medi-
alton and Cancellation Service.
called the meeting for 3 pm. to-
day under the Taft-Hartley law.
The law requires employers and
unions to participate fully and
promptly" in meetings called by
the Cancellation Service in dis
putes interfering with the free
flow of commerce.
New Hope Stirred.
Mr.. = Ching came here from
Washington to sit. down with ne
gotiators headed by Australian
born Harry Bridges. head of the
CIO International Longshoremen
and Warehousemen's Union, and
Dwight c. Steele. youthful presi-
dent of the Hawaii Employers
Council.
There was a new hopeful note
last night.
w. r. Starr, chairman Of ne
gotiations for the stevedoring
companies, spoke of union opti-
mism and said he also hoped for
quick settlement.
Nobody is more anxious than
we are to see a settlement Of this
strike" Mr.. Starr said in a state
ment. "Our full Negotiating
Committee has arrived and Isl
ready to meet with Cancellation
Service representatives. . The
union has said that negotiations
here can bring quick settlement.
We sincerely hope they can"
On the eve of the negotiations
here, a Federal judge in San
Francisco issued temporary
order restraining picketing OF
ships ready to load or to sail for
Hawaiian ports.
Arguments Due Tomorrow.
Judge George B. Harris sched-
uled arguments tomorrow on
whether the order should be made
permanent.
The injunction was sought yes
terday by the National Labor Re-
lations Board on the ground that
striking pickets flown from Hawaii
had engaged in illegal secondary
boycott operations in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. The
pickets were accused of seeking
to force employees of the Matson
Navigation Co. to engage in the
strike.
After issuance of the temporary |
Injunction in San Francisco,
Castle g. Cooke Terminals, Ltd,
announced plans in Honolulu to
load the first Matson Line ship
there since the strike began.
Loading of the lines Hawaiian
Retailer was set for today or
tomorrow, with the cargo con-
signed to the Atlantic coast.
/ Duncan McBryde. company
president, said there's still some
question whether she will sail
after she's loaded"
Independent Marine Firemen
and CIO Cooks and Stewards have
quit all nine Matson freighters in
Hawaii because of the strikers
picket lines. A legal test of their
right to refuse to sail is i'm
pending.
Jobless Aid Sought.
Meanwhile, the territorial gov
ernment reported yesterday that
Is 900 persons are unemployed in
Hawaii, and it appealed for i'm
mediate federal aid.
E. B. Peterson, director of the
Territorial Labor Department,
said in making the appeal that
there is little likelihood of i'm
provement in employment even if
the dock strike ends. Designa-
ton of the main island of Oahu
as a distressed area of unem-
ployment" was sought.