Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-01 | Page 4 | Truce Signed in Port Dispute Pending Parley on Agreement

Truce Signed in Port Dispute Pending Parley on on Agreement SAN FRANCISCO Oct 1 INS INS Longshoremen maritime union laborers and other othe L. L went to to- work on the docks The threat of general today as usual a of at midnight last night west coast shipping disappeared disappeared when maritime unions proposal of shi shippers pers extending the 1934 accepted accepted- a I arbitration expired at miC midnight award which I J th me 11 1 u until October 15 5 J th me 11 1 u Curing day 15 truce shippers shippers' and union representatives will endeavor endeavor en en- deavor to reach a substitute agreement agreement agree agree- ment for the 1934 award A few hours before the zero zero hour hour shippers through their spokesman Thomas G. G Plant made nade the offer to the maritime unions Plant then telegraphed telegraph d the newly formed federal maritime commission commission commis commis- commission sion in Washington D. D DC D.C. C. C acknowledging acknowledging edging previous wires of the commission com corn mission which had iad ad sugg suggested s gg sted a 60 day truce Plant declared shippers were will will- ing I ng to accept accept the day 60 truce provided provided pro pro- vided that disputed points would be submitted to arbitration He also i informed the commission that the s shippers hi per had offered a 15 dav n strings The unqualified offer oner 01 of tn th the s shippers was debated for two hours hour sl by a committee of union maritime leaders l Shortly before t the he committee midnight emerged from it its meeting hall hail and announced th the shippers shippers' s proposal had been ac ac- ac c Work on San Francisco i was not interrupted last night clocks durIng dur dur- duru ing ng the negotiations b bet between e t w wee e en n s shippers and union leaders who a agreed greed to turn back dock clocks six h hours ours to permit clearance of f freight all Assistant Secretary of ot Labor E. E F. F McGrady made plans to bring the disputants together for renewed p peace negotiations Sit Siti Down Strike Halts Sh Ships ps at N. N NY Y NEW YORK Oct 1 U UP UA tM-A A A strike by seamen that caused delay in the scheduled sailing failing of the United States liner President Roosevelt spread today to three other ships threatening their departures for foreign waters water Sit down strikes were in progress ress tess on the J. J L. L Luckenbach the American Trader and the Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vanla William L. L Standard of counsel for the said the United States line was unwilling to recognize delegates appointed by the new officials of of- of the union Federal Judge Murray urray Hulbert scheduled a hearing tion lion today of a motion mo mo- molion of pf original union officials to set aside a recent election