Show Ward Resumes of P SPRINGFIELD HI nl July 3 1 INS The INS The Hummer Manufacturing ing Co a a. Montgomery l Ward Vard Co under army control control con con- for more than a year was being operated Tuesday by its civilian owners I The plant was wa restored to private pd- pd vate management late Monday un under un-I un der a directive from Secy Seey of War Var I Henry Stimson I IThe The army seized the company I May 20 1944 by order of or the late President Roosevelt following a a. 17 day 17 day Strike of ot O A F L ma ma- maI I Union officials said the dispute centered on Wards refusal to accede accede ac ac- cede to a war labor board order granting workers maintenance of union membership Recently Sewell Avery chairman chairman chair chair- man of Montgomery Ward Vard Co demanded that the he war department department depart depart- ment return the property pointing pointing point point- ing put out that the strike ended immediately im im- mediately ely with the army's seizure leizure and that the dispute was settled last Sept 16 in a union company contract |