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Show LABOR ROWS THREATEN IN 2 INDUSTRIES' Northwest Scene Of Mill Strikes; Movie Croups ' Walk Out Too PORTLAND, Ore., July 25 (U.R) While leaders of the lumber industry and General Hugh S. Johnson were wrangling wrang-ling over the proposed code for the industry in Washington Washing-ton today, the Pacific Northwest North-west lumber industry faced ' the most serious labor trouble of nearly a decade. Already the industry has been paralyzed In the important Klamath Klam-ath Falls, Ore., and Grays Harbor, Washington sectors. A strike of 500 employes of the Weyerhaeuser mill at Klamath Fulls which started Saturday, had spread to three other big plants there today with 750 men on strike und unrest through the personnel of the mills still running. Situation Is Grave At Aberdeen, Wash., the situation was grave with pickets from mills where strikes were on, forcing employes em-ployes of other mills to walk out in sympathy. Forty state troopers were rushed to the Grays Harbor district there today to be on hand if violence breaks out. At Klamath Falls the men were asking a 25 per cent increase in wages. At Aberdeen they were demanding de-manding a 50 cent an hour minimum mini-mum wage and six days a week. Lumber leaders claim they cannot can-not negotiate with the men until the national code is adopted. HOLLYWOOD.. July 25 (U.R) Within a few hours after president Roosevelt issued a plea to labor to refrain from drastic action in the settlement of wage auarrels, 2765 motion picture workers quit their jobs in sympathy i-or GOO striking sound technicians. The strike vote resulted in a virtual closing of 11 'major studios in Hollywood, although producers, through Louis B. Mayer, head of M-G-M declared work would continue con-tinue rtas usual." 1 The sympathetic strike was called call-ed by Richard Green, vice president presi-dent of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, following fol-lowing a meeting of. union repre-1 repre-1 sentatives. |