| Show i LABOR DISPUTES SNARL DEFENSE Rubber Industry Tanks Involved in Trouble WASHINGTON Oct 11 INS Strikes and jurisdictional disputes disputes disputes dis dis- dis- dis Saturday threatened to close the nations nation's vital rubber industry industry in industry in- in stop production on 70 percent per percent percent cent of all tanks and jeep cars and seriously curtail steel mill operations as a wave of labor trouble struck the national defense defense defense de de- de- de program While government officials andA and andA andA A F L President William Green struggled to restore peace the danger to defense production still loomed n spots were were- 1 A strike of members of the A F Ls L's Chemical Workers' Workers union at the Calco chemical di division division division di- di vision of the American Cyanamid company at N N. J. J This plant makes a chemical without without without with with- out which the rubber industry employing employing employing em em- workers cannot operate 2 2 A jurisdictional dispute between between between be be- tween the A F L Land and C CI I O's Os Automobile Automobile Auto Auto- mobile Workers' Workers union at two plants of the Spicer Manufacturing ing company one at Hillsdale Mich and the other at at- Toledo These plants make transmissions for tanks and jeep cars Blast last Furnaces Close 3 3 A sudden strike at the Car Car- Illinois negie-Illinois sheet and tin mill plant at Gary Ind md The strike was called by the C CIO I Os O's s S SV W V 0 O CIn C C. In addition six of 11 blast furnaces furnaces furn furn- aces of the big South Chicago works of Illinois Carnegie-Illinois were closed as union members refused to report for work The company holds millions of dollars worth of defense contracts including some for steel for ships The national defense mediation board struggled to get the Bound- Bound brook strikers back to work It was advised by A F L President Green that Green also was asking the chemical workers at Bound- Bound brook to get back on the job I. I Department of labor conciliators struggled meanwhile to settle the jurisdictional dispute involving the Spicer Manufacturing company The 0 P PM M labor division which is keeping in touch with the situation situation sit sit- said it was hopeful of a quick settlement Unless the dispute dispute dispute dis dis- dis- dis is settled quickly tank production production production pro pro- will begin to drop next week An 0 O PM survey showed that since the first of the year 2 man days of work were lost t to the defense program because because because be be- cause of strikes Government Not Alarmed Government officials declared however that the strike situation was not alarming but might actually actually actu actu- ally hily improve if it the strike threatening threatening threat threat- ening the rubber industry's output can be settled The low point in strikes es for the year was reached in September Going into October Continued nn Pape pase Two Column Seven LABOR DISPUTES SNARL DEFENSES I Continued from Page Pege One 0 only five disputes affecting defense defense defense de de- de- de were in Irs progress but the number has grown to 15 as of to to- to day William H. H Davis chairman of the mediation board sent telegrams telegrams telegrams tele tele- grams asking for immediate reopening reopening reopening re re- re- re opening of the C Calco plant pant and an end to fo the strike which has been in progress since September 29 when the workers walked out demanding increased wages Davis said that William Green A F L president had promised that the A F L would stay on the job and alid keep production at full blast Davis sent Green a copy of his back to work appeal to the strikers in effect asking Green to keep his pledge Green in a telegram to the board said that he was supplementing supplementing supplementing supple the urgent appeal made by Davis for an end of the Calco strike Green said he had sent a message to union officials at calling on them to get back on the job He holds power to suspend the local unions union's s 's charter if it refuses his appeal War department officials meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time declared they were gravely concerned over a A CIO F L-C L CIO L-CIO I 0 jurisdictional dispute at the Hillsdale Hillsdale Hillsdale Hills- Hills dale Steel Products company of Hillsdale Mich which is threatening threatening threatening threaten threaten- ing to hold up production of large quantities of army tanks tractors and jeep cars car Senator Thomas D Utah chairman of the senate labor committee committee com corn I said Of course any strike at any anytime anytime anytime time when the he country is making extraordinary efforts to produce is serious But when we make a comparison today we find that the situation is not as bad as it has I be been n. n We have set up all the possible possible possible pos pos- sible machinery we can to settle these matters and I think that Inthe in inthe inthe the long run this machinery will do the work Representative Cox D D. Ga stated I think that the communistic communistic communistic influence that was responsible responsible responsible sible for many strikes at the outset outset outset out out- set is now against strikers due to the fact that Russia occupies a different position The outright racketeers are as troublesome as ever and are causing considerable delay in the defense program |
