Show 0 o PM PONDERS PONDER'S MEDIATION UNIT WASHINGTON ASHINGTON March 12 fl- fl Sidney Hillman said wd Wednesday that the office olce of production management man 1 was giving close consideration consideration consideration consid consid- to the establishment of a national mediation board to deal with strikes affecting defense in in- in Hillman associate director of the theo o 0 P M M. said that he and Wi William liam S. S Knudsen director were explorIng exploring exploring ex many proposals for such sucha a board If a plan is is' decided upon Hillman Hlll Hm- man added it will be submitted to President Roosevelt and could be put into effect by executive order without legislation Discussing the strike situation he said From a page front-page standpoint the situation appears very serious but from a general standpoint it itis itis is fe still good I I think it is fair to say again that the defense program is not being being being be be- ing seriously interfered with by strikes Asked about the strike at the Allis Chalmers company plant at Milwaukee Hillman n said it was his information that a majority of ot th the workers voted to go back to to work work He tie He added that it was was unfortunate that the workers had not gone gon back pack to their jobs One reporter inquired whether officials of the local union of the United Automobile Workers CIO were responsible for failure to resume resume resume re re- re- re sume work I shall not s sit t in judgment on either cither local officers or local management management man man- Hillman HUlman replied He said that he understood work had not riot not be been n resumed at t the Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Mil Mil- waukee plant because of further local issues Hillman also recommended that the Guffey Gaffey coal act should be ex ex- tended It is one of the most stabilizing factors in the whole industry he saidI saidI saidI said I dont don't know an anyway any way you can maintain stability in in in- inthe the coal coat in industry industry industry in- in without that kind of a s set set- t- t up It Itis is not a problem for labor or for management for mana it ement-it it is a problem lem for the whole nation Hillman announced 1 a plan for tor fora tora fora a series of conferences intended to stabilize employment in the shipbuilding shipbuilding ship ship- building Industry and indicate that such uch conferences might be beheld beheld beheld held later in other industries Among problems to be discussed at the conferences he said were standard wage agreements which would prevent both employers and empl yes from j job b shopping It is is' probable Hillman said that sh shopping for jobs from place I to place has cost more loss of time in d defense industries than strikes I He misleading advertisements advertisements advertisements advertise advertise- ments which drew drew- men by by th the tho thousands from from distant parts distant parts of the to ta find that few job vacancies existed were a disturbing disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing factor Job shopping he said a tr tremendous waste to Industry in In-I In |