Show Meat Meal Packers Strike By Associated Press Pres PressA A one-day one work stoppage In 12 meat packing plants of Cudahy Co was called Tuesday by Louis J. J Clark president of the C CIO I 0 United United Packing House Workers Workers' union to enforce demands for a wage increase The scheduled stoppage was by byan byan byan an estimated In Inthe Inthe inthe the company's plants In th the east midwest west and south and tol fol- followed fol followed lowed last weeks week's vote by union members In favor of a strike Meanwhile a national strike conference conference con con- ference terence was called by Clark in Chicago Friday to consider action in event the Cudahy company does not meet the demands for a 25 cents an hour wage hike Clark said Baid Tuesdays Tuesday's demonstration demonstration demonstration demon demon- would involve in Cudahy plants lants In Jersey City N. N J. J Kansas City Mo St St. Paul Minn Denver Colo Cob Omaha Neb Los Angeles Atlanta Albany Albany Albany Al Al- bany Ga Wichita Kan East Chicago Ind md Sioux City Iowa and Salt Lake City Leave Jobs In Jersey City 40 left their jobs Monday night and a union spokesman said if It the wage dispute was waa not settled 11 big bigmeat bigmeat bigmeat meat packing plants throughout the country would be s struck suck uck within with with- in the week In Chicago however national union officials said they had no knowledge of such plans In Kansas City unionS union members voted to go ugo out and stay out rejecting suggestions from national national national na na- na- na officers that a strike be confined to a one day tion Elsewhere developments along the nations nation's labor front centered In Detroit and in Washington The country's labor disputes kept Idle some workers Express Opposition In Detroit leaders leader of the C CIO I 0 United Automobile Workers Workers' union expressed opposition to President Truman's Trunian's proposal to end the strike at General Motors plants and abide abid by the recommendations of a federal finding fact board The officials however said a final decision on Mr Truman's appeal to end the tte two long walkout of some ome t D U M 1 em em- would be left to the ers era The Tho presents present's proposals will willbe willbe be the principal business of ot the unions union's national G M 1 conference at ata ata ata a meeting Saturday R. R J. J Thomas U A W W-C I 10 O 0 president pres ident termed the strike for a 30 per cent wage increase sound legal and moral The C CIO I 0 National MarlUn Sec See rare Fags 2 J Column S 11 1 If MEAT PACKERS Continued from Page One unions union's hour 24 work stoppage said President Joseph Curran tied up every ship i in the nation except vessels carrying troops and relief materials The walkout was in support of ot the unions union's contention that return of overseas veterans veteran was being delayed Effects of ot the stoppage were felt at virtually all aU east coast ports at Mobile robBe Galveston Galveston Galveston Gal- Gal veston New Orleans and Houston on the gulf gult and at San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Ute Pacific coast |