Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-30 | Page 1 | Coast Shipping Tieup Impends at Midnight as Mediation Fails

Shipping Imp Impends ends i. i At Midnight O as Mediation Fails r S SAN AN FRANCISCO Sept 30 AP AP A A threatened of coast I snipping tonight upon expiration of working agreements found employers and unions representing workers deadlocked to- to toY aay Y over new contracts a proposed truce and nd even the question I H Whether the agreements end at F Conferences C with Assistant Labor 8 Secretary Edward McGrady extend extend- jr nr through yesterday and last nt brought alternate proposals I extend neS negotiations but no action rL ward permanent settlement of ny l Issues In Ia M Seattle Mayor John F. F Dore Dare jow told ld a n. mass meeting of citizens that It if tW the refuse to extend agreements pending govern- govern ent mediation efforts there bould b be an uprising of ot all people SSi c to to demand that Roosevelt Roose take tako over the nipping hIpping industry The number er of shIPs scheduled to lt Y San Sr Francisco today dropped j in the tho face of the threatened and In San Pedro shippers sought to clear as many vessels as possible before midnight A request of oC the newly formed United States maritime commission in in Washington to extend present agreements 60 days pending an nn Investigation in investigation investigation in- in by the body brought a reiteration by maritime unions that they were willing to continue continuo work I Ifor for 15 to 30 days Employers countered the they were loath to grant any extension unless unless unless un un- un- un less the unions would agree to submit submit submit sub sub- mit all disputed questions to arbitration arbitration arbi arbi- and stop asserted violations of ot present agreements awarded after after after af af- af- af ter the bloody 1934 strike which ViOlatiOns paralyzed paralyzed par par- coast const shipping for 83 days