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Show Congress Asked To Intervene In Automobile Strike WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 IU: Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins Per-kins today announced she was asking congress for emergency powers to aeal with the critical General Motors strike situation. Miss Perkins, after a day of conferences with John L. Lewis and his automobile union strike leaders, said she wished congress to pass immediately as emergency emergen-cy legislation an act giving the labor department power to sub-pena sub-pena parties involved in labor disputes. The request came immediately after General Motors officials had declined an invitation by Miss Perkins to attend a conference on the strike with Lewis and his strike leaders. |