Show DRIVERS SPURN FORS FOR'S PLEA IN EXPRESS Navy Ultimatum Demands Peace on Coast By United Press Daniel J. J Tobin head of the theA theA theA A F L teamsters Saturday rejected rejected rejected re re- re- re an appeal from President Roosevelt that striking teamsters teamsters teamsters team team- return to work Monday in ina a Railway Express agency strike at Detroit now threatening threaten threaten- ing interruption of commerce in inI I eight other major cities cites i The president acknowledged Tobin's Tobin's Tobin's To- To bins bin's telegram with another repeating repeating repeating re re- re- re the request and saying he I had fully considered Tobin's answer A navy department ultimatum that strikers on San Diego Cal Cat defense projects go back to work remained unanswered and government government govern govern- ment authorities were concerned over the nationwide railroad strike threat Tobin first wired the president from Indianapolis that his union would agree to submit its jurisdictional jurisdictional dispute with the A F PL L clerks brotherhood to a presidential finding fact-finding board as requested requested requested re re- re- re quested by the chief executive Friday night Later at Indianapolis however Tobin said r t teamsters would not gO ga back bac J Jt unless Ik the brotherhood agreed to arbitration on of the controversy by the A F L executive board Tobin contradicted the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's statement that defense materials materials materials ma ma- were affected by the dispute dispute dispute dis dis- dis- dis which began October began October 4 with witha a walkout by the clerks The clerks ended their strike and received a wage increase in a railway mediation mediation mediation media media- tion board settlement The teamsters teamsters teamsters team team- continued picketing on the jurisdictional issue Threats of new strikes es developed Saturday The C CIO I 0 United Automobile Automobile Automobile Auto Auto- mobile Workers announced that 95 per cent of of Continued on Two Page I Column Four DRIVERS SPURN FORS FOR'S APPEAL Continued from Page One the Chrysler Tank corporation at Detroit had voted to strike to enforce enforce enforce en- en en en- force wage gain demands Leaders of four unions scheduled a strike of 1500 men November 13 at a Ravenna Ohio ordnance plant to force approval of contracts with the unions Building and maintenance maintenance maintenance nance workers threatened to strike Monday unless a demand for aC a a. aCIO C CIO I 0 Union shop is granted Naval officials notified the 1435 A F L building tradesmen on strike at the San Diego project project project that unless they resume work at 8 a. a m. m Monday the contractors will be authorized to obtain workers workers workers work work- ers from other sources If that move should fail the navy said the government will take over over the entire work under the contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts and carry carryon on with civil service Intervention Seen I The railroad strike threat grew more serious and intervention by President Roosevelt appeared necessary necessary necessary essary to avert a walkout of members of the Big Five operating operating operating oper oper- brotherhoods December 5 Officials of the unions Friday re rejected rejected rejected re- re the wage recommendations recommendation s of the presidents president's finding fact-finding board A. A F. F Whitney president of th the e Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen said the action automatically se sethe set t the strike date for December 5 earliest possible date under th the e railway labor act which forbids forbid s a strike for 30 days after the factfinding factfinding factfinding fact- fact finding boards board's report is made mad e public Other union officials appeared appeared appeared ap ap- surprised by Whitneys Whitney's announcement announcement announcement an an- but none challenged challenge d it Representatives of the 0 workers in 14 unions union s meet next Wednesday to consider r their reply to the boards board's Management representatives representatives representatives announced ed Friday the they y would accept the wage proposal Detroit also was the scene o oan of f an unauthorized strike which halted the Ford Motor company's company s largest assembly line Personnel Director Harry H H. Bennett charged that slow downs s and work stoppages had occurred d almost daily and that hope for fo r harmonious relations with the th United A Automobile u t to o m mobile o b i l e Workers Workers' union have not materialized Union spokesmen admitting the strike was unauthorized said it was was caused by demands for wage adjustments and that the men would resume work Monday |