Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-24
AIRLINES
AIRLINES
Court Hats Strike
At Pon-Americon
Continued From Page Al

ACI1IIcQy SLdUSuQ6uG IIldL Tie
strike would not be in the ma
tional interest, urged immedi-
ate resumption of negotiations
toward the achievement of as
fair and equitable a settlement
as was negotiated" with Trans
World Airlines.
Ronald A. Brown, national
president of the Flight Engineers
turned down the appeal, say
ing Mr.. Meany has once more
publicly demonstrated that he
will do nothing to protect the
rights Of small unions"
Labor Secretary Goldberg re-
turned from a cruise on the Po-
tomac River and spent the
afternoon in his office making
phone calls about the strike.
But his aides indicated there
would be no statement from
Mr.. Goldberg. ....
Services Affected ...
The National Mediation
Board, which has offered to act
as a peacemaker between the
engineers and the airiines, said
it has received no replies to its
overtures.
The engineers headquarters
here, however, said a telegram
had been sent to the mediation
board by Jack Robertson, chap
ter president Of the union for
Eastern, offering to participate
on a voluntary basis" in any
efforts of the board to settle
the dispute but insisting the
union will not waive its right
to strike.
A National Mediation Board
official said kilograms were be-
ing sent late last night urging
airline executives and union
leaders to attend a negotiating
parley at II am. tomorrow in
New York.
Eugene c. Thompson, exec
utive secretary Of the board.
said Board Member Francis A. /
O'Neill, jr., will be at the Com I
modore Hotel in New York City |
tomorrow morning prepared
to discuss the dispute with rep
resentatives Of all parties. -
At National Airport, other |
airlines seemed to absorb East
ern ticket holders without great
difficulty yesterday and last |
night. The Eastern. reservation |
desk kept a crew on duty to
arrange travel on other lines
for its customers with reserva-
tons.
After the engineers quit at
2 pm. yesterday, Eastern was
able to put in the air Ia
scheduled flights ana three
shuttle Sflights-two to New
York's LaGuardfa Airport and,
one to Boston-ia the next few
hours. But that was because
the engineers lived at the des-
tination points. Eastern nor
mally has 23s flights daily from
Washington and Friendship.
with 4,a0l passengers.
Included IN the $50 Eastern
employees here are stewardesses.
mechanics, clerks and others.
These are 40 at Friendsnip ]
Only 16 Of the employees sta
toned here are engineers.
Eastern officials pointed out
that Saturday is normally al
light day for air travel.
Uncertain on Action
A spokesman for Eastern said
the line had not decided
whether to seek q court injunc-
ton because "our situation Is \
somewhat different" from that
Of Pan American. He did not
elaborate.
Pan American, which has II
flights q week scheduled from
Friendship to Puerto Rico and
Europe, missed no flights from
Friendship during the two
hours the engineers were off
the job at the Baltimore air.
port. A spokesman. for Pan
American said the first flight
the airline had after the strike
call was at $50 o'clock last
night to London.
He said Pan American has
100 employees in the Washing
ton-Baltimore area.
No sooner had word Of Judge
Rosling's injunction reached
union headquarters in Wash
ington than MIR. Brown an
nounced the pickets would be
withdrawn at once from Pan
American facilities. Pan Amer
lean soon confirmed. that this
was taking place as fast as the
word was passed to the strikers
from their chapter officials.
Reply by Brown
After issuance Of the Presi-
dents statement, MIR. Brown
replied that the walkouts "this
afternoon were perfectly legal
and justified"
The engineers president said
Pan American and Eastern
flight engineers "do not share
the Presidents enthusiasm for
the proposed settlement arrived
at by the Labor Department. "
He added: < "aa.t ea..
Collective bargaining is a
two-way street. -. We do not
accept the position that strike
responsibility lies only with the
union"
LET the Government lower
the air safety standards if il
wishes. we will not" Mr.. Brown
said. He noted that the union
has needed the restraining or
der in the Pan American walk
out and has Offered to attend
any meeting set up by the
Mediation Board in order tc
end the Eastern strike"
Order Quickly Issued
The sudden halt in the strike
against Pan American came
after attorney Jesse Frieder
whn 1c1rnsarfad fba live H.