Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-21 | Page 1 | President Roosevelt Calls on Textile Mill Workers to Return to ir Jobs

r resident Roosevelt It Calls CallsOn LT On Textile Mill Workers it To Return to Their Jobs I I Appeal eaI to E End Strike Issued d dby by Nations Nation's Chief in Plea to Labor TO CONTi CONTINUE UE Ft Chief hief Executive Pleads With I for P Peace ace WASHINGTON A nl Sept 21 1 IPG IP- IP ft r G Georce orre A. A Sloan president of the ithe i the Cotton Textile Institute sa said Id today be was was rec recommending th that t dosed closed mills open as soon loon fl as pOSe pos 0 MI Mill owners In New York r Utica the Blackstone pawtucket f valley vaney area area of Rhode Island and andI I 1 Columbus Ga will call striking workers back to their jobs Monday Mon 1011 Monday da day H U was was indicated d this after- after noo noon p By Ei United Pre HYDE RK P N y Y Sept Sept 21 21 President Roosevelt today called caned on onU U ItSe t textile workers to return to their bs t His V-His appeal was conta contaIned I ne d. d in m a ft f. f formal for for- orin or- or in mal 1 ai statement as ai follows l ri approving the report rep rt submitted to td me inc by the board of ot inquiry in m- fox for the cotton ot otto textile jn industry 1 I want to express fik i Ui th Mr Very ry s sincere cere ho e thIt au all ll now out on wl return et et rii to york y and th than that aU an antea e manufacturers will take b bick k cin l es without with t r At the same time I t am confident will aid the gov- gov K eM ent in the carrying out of the lUps S t Settlement of the problems mOh in- in m- m Oh with the exercise exer- exer ci cue cise of fa a spirit of cooperation and fair play on n both sid sides side Roosevelt's statement was in Import of ot the report of his special b board ard rd of inq inquiry which was was r p-r presented present present- ent tJ ed to him yesterday for approval board also aso appealed to to the It strikers to return t to work vork pending mediation att attempts p Clear indications that the president regarded th the b boards board's ards ard's report as ari an Instrument to lasting peace in the Industry and that he was counting upon it strongly came yesterday from Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins l ii She and Gov Governor John G Winant C cf New flew M ew Hampshire chairman of the theard board j ard reviewed the boards board's findings i k a I lengthy conference at the sum- sum nier mtr White House I WASHINGTON sept t. t 21 JP IV Ter- Ter of ot the textile strike by to to- Borrow row at t the latest was indicated rr i Continued on P Pare Pan ee Two END OF oi STRIKE APPEARS NEAR President resident Calls on Em loyes to Resume Wo Work Pending Mediation S Continued from Pare Pace One here today as the executive council of f the United Textile Workers met meto metto metto to o act upon the report of the presidents presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's mediation board Strike leaders well vell pleased with the he report of f the presidents president's mediation media ion tion ion board which h they characterized as as' an indictment of mill owners explained that the strike could be bended ended only by instructions from the executive coun council iL iLA A vote to accept the report and end the strike immediately was expected late ate today or by tomorrow at the latest if manufacturers also accepted the tie r recommendations of the presidents presidents president's dents dent's board and agreed to take back backall aU all 11 strikers without discrimination The strike committee headed by Francis J. J Gorman was anxious in view of the appeal by the president th that hat t the strikers return to the mills at t once to make clear that authority to o end the walkout must come from the he executive council which comprises com com- rises union executives in all aU divisions di di- visions visions of the industry If the strikers return to the mills tomorrow as appeared probable it was estimated the strike would have cost ost the work workers rs approximately 15 in loss of pay There have been een 14 deaths scores cores of ini juries injuries widespread use of state militia and hundreds of arrests