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Show General Motors Strikers Bensw Plant Picketing DETROIT, Jan. 19 U'.P) The United Automobile Workers, rejecting re-jecting the latest gesture of conciliation concil-iation in the General Motors strike, today threw a "wall of men" around gates of the Briggs Manufacturing company plant, where Lincoln-Zephyr bodies are made for Henry Ford, and continued contin-ued to picket despite efforts of police and company guards who used tear gas. The early morning demonstration demonstra-tion was not connected directly with the strike situation in General Gen-eral Motors plants. Homer Martin, P'den United Automobie 0,KelS' sharply rejected the offer of Geore Boysen, head of the lini AUiance to withdraw his request for collective bargaining with General Motors. Martin Defiant "My the same magic that Gen eral Motors waved the Flint Alliance Al-liance out of the picture, they can wave it back," Martin snapped snap-ped "Our membership cannot be placed in the position again to trust General Motors mere declaration of good faith. All remained quiet at Eisner Body plants 1 and 2 at Flint still' held by sit-down strikers but a new outbreak occurred on another an-other automobile front where mass picketing began at the MeK-oldrum MeK-oldrum avenue Briggs plant. An estimated 3,000 U. A. "W. members gathered before the gates at dawn. Under the direction direc-tion of leaders, they formed a huge, running circle. Workers who attempted to enter the gates spun off the circle, two deep. |