Evening star., 1952-05-04
7 Top Steel Concerns
Put Out Directiyes 10
Resume Production
By the ASsocioted Press

PITTSBURGH, May 3.-Two of
the Nations top steel producers
which baked at reopening mills
after ending of the CIO United
Steelworkers strike put out "re-
sumo operations" orders today.
First was the giant United
States Steel Corp. biggest pro-
ducers of them all. Quickly falling
in line was Jones and Laughlin,
fourth largest.
After Philip Murray ordered his
$4,000 Steelworkers to quit strik-
ing yesterday. both U. S. Steel and
Jones and Laughlin refused to re-
open without assurance of no
further strikes. But they sent in
maintenance men to get the mills
ready.
Although there was no indica-
ton they got such assurances Or
ders for resumption of operations
came three hours after President
Truman told the union and big
company heads he would boost
steelworker wages Monday unless
they. settled their dispute.
Court Blocks Pay Raise.
Late today the Supreme Court
unanimously blocked Mr.. Tru-
mans plans to give the Steelwork-
ers a pay raise. The high tribunal
by a. vote of To agreed to review
the big legal row over. Mr.. Tru-
mans seizure Of the industry April
8 to avert threatened strike.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Murray and
heads of six big steel companies
met at Washington in an effort tot
resolve the dispute.
The latest developments caught
steelworkers by surprise.
Meanwhile, Great Lakes Steel
Co. at Detroit and the union
settled their differences over the
return to work movement. Great
Lakes had baked yesterday-de-
manding assurance of uninter-
rupted production. Thomas Shane,
district union director, said the
company's 1900 workers would
resume production within 48 hours.
Smoke started belching from
steel mills across the Nation with
full production expected the first
part of next week.
Some smaller firms began pour
ing steel less than "a hours after
Mr. Murray bowed to President
Truman'S plea, and called off the
strike.
Inland Steel Producing.
The first to pour steel from its
open hearth furnaces was Inland
Steel at Indiana Harbor works and
also East Chicago.
Inland Steel announced 20 of
its So steel making furnaces are
operating and 5000 of its $4,000
employees now working. 1t expects
an additional 5000 back on the
job tomorrow.
In Cleveland. Ohio, the Otis
plant workers of Jones &. Laugh
lin Steel Corp. charged a lockout. |
Workers gathered at the gates to
protest.
A company spokesman said
service and maintenance men had
F9'n told to report for work. The
plant employs 1000 workers.
Other Workers Return.
Allaoheny Ludlum's Watervliet
IN. " plant reported about 80
per cent of normal 1900 hourly
paid forces working. The plant
expects to be in full operation on
Monday. ..-.~- .--~
Republics Troy IN. " plant
said it's hourly paid force of 300
was back with full production due
by midnight.
In Chicago, the Republic Steel
Corp, resumed production by call
ing back 500 of it's 4,2O0 daylight
shift workers.
At Bethlehem, Pa, half Of the
day force-about 5,O00-reported
at Bethlehem Steel. All blast fur
naces were working and smoke
rolled from open hearths Several
machine shops also operated. The
only thing idle was the rolling
mills. They're waiting for steel to
come along.