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to pay living expenses during
the strike.
If an injunction sends the
workers back to work, media
ton and bargaining will con-
tinue for so days. During the
ensuing Is days the workers
will vote by secret ballot on the
Iindustry's final settlement Of
fer. Results of the vote must
be certified by the National
Labor Relations Board within
the next five days.
Taft-Hartley emergency pro-
visions had been invoked 16
times prior to yesterdays action
by the President. Mr.. Eisen-
hover accounted for six Of these
occasions. Several times the
strikes were settled without an
injunction.
Can't Recommend Terms
The board of inquiry is not
empowered to recommend terms
Of a settlement in next weeks
report to the President. 1t will
simply report on the issues.
Chairman Taylor sent tele-
grams late yesterday inviting
the union and 76 steel COM
panies to appear at the hearings
or to file statements.
Mr.. Eisenhower's action,
which he said he took reluc-
family. brought forth protests.
In a speech prepared before
the President acted, Senator
Kennedy, Democrat of Massa-
chusettS, charged Mr.. Eisen-
hover with "mishandling and
neglecting" the strike. He said
the Presidents policies have
I
favored steel management un-
fairly. Congress should con-
slider amending laws on strikes,
Senator Kennedy said.
Reuther Is Critical
Walter P. Reuther, president
of the United Auto Workers,
said use Of the Taft-Hartley
injunction would make Mr..
Eisenhower a "strikebreaker. "
An injunction, he said, would
bail out" the steel industry
now that the strike is starting
to pinch.
In Atlantic City the United
Auto Workers convention voted
unanimously today to ask
President Eisenhower to re-
consider his action invoking
the Taft-Hartley. law.
The delegates approved a
telegram drawn up by Mr.. Reu-
ther appealing to Mr.. Eisen-
hover to appoint a public fact
finding board instead of using
an injunction against the steel
workers, the Associated Press
reported.
The telegram to Mr.. EiSen-
hover said I'VE are deeply
saddened by the announce
ment that you intend to seek
the Taft-Hartley injunction
and we sincerely believe that
this is a shocking reputation
of your own pledge of imparti-
atty in the dispute between the
basic steel industry and the
striking steelworkers."
Mr.. Eisenhower estimated
the strike has closed IS per cent
of the Nations steel mills, shut
ting off practically all new
supplies. He said the strike by
100000 Steelworkers has caused
layoffs of 100000 workers in
related industries.
AS the President observed. it
will take the steel mills several
weeks to resume full production
once the workers return.
Mr.. Taylor, chairman of the
board of inquiry, is professor
of industry at the University
Of Pennsylvania. Wharton
School. An experienced labor
arbitrator, he is a former CHAIR
man of the Federal War Labor
Board and Wage Sterilization
Board.
Mr.. Lehoczky, chairman of
the industrial engineering de-
partment at Ohio State Uni
versity, is credited with arbi-
trating more than 2,400 labor
disputes. He is a former men,
Der Of the United States Con-
citation Service. and now is
adviser to the Ohio Industrial
Commission.
Heads University
Mr.. Perkins, now president
of the University of Delaware,
is a former political science pro-
fessor and assistant provost at
the University of Michigan. He
also is a former controller and
budget director for the State
of Michigan. He was secretary
to the late Senator Vandenberg, |
Republican of Michigan, in the
1930s.
The steel companies have Of