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Show bug ted Strike drags Imw Sitasafifosiis to Ktoy IFmiilfes ta The current steel strike which entered its ninth week yesterday making it the longest in the history of operation, seemed no closer to a 'I solution now than in the first week, newspaper reports indicate. indi-cate. Many workmen are taking the attitude that the strike could be settled in short time if everyone involved wanted it that way. President Eisenhower said Wednesday that, "Everything "Every-thing in my experience leads me to believe that where there is a will to agree on both sides there is a way to agree. The steel workers and the steel companies must find that way expeditiously." The president said this dispute dis-pute is not a test of power. The people of the United States do not look to the economic strength of either side to govern gov-ern the settlement. They will be satisfied only by a just settlement, set-tlement, voluntarily arrived at, that will serve the interest of our own citizens. Meantime practically every phase of business in this area is feeling the lack of a regular payroll among a big percent of its citizens. Some workers are doubling up families to save on rent and home expenses. Most families are buying only the very necessities in groceries. grocer-ies. Payments on cars, homes, furniture and other items are lagging and many have not been able to make payments for the past several weeks. Business concerns in most instances are being as lenient as possible, some going so far as to let payments go by until the strike is over, but this cannot can-not go on forever having gone on now longer than most everyone every-one expected. Quite a number of men have left the area to seek employment employ-ment elsewhere and some successful suc-cessful workmen will not return. re-turn. Others who have worked in the steel mills for many years and have learned no other trade are having a difficult diffi-cult time to adjust or to find other employment. |