Show Backlog of Sea Walkout Needs Months to Ship SAN FRANCISCO Nov 26 UP Not Not b before fore next year will th the e mass of ot cargo which has piled u uin up p in Pacific coast ports be cleared t to o the Orient in any appreciable quantity quan shipping leaders predicted Tuesday as they struggled to brin bring g order from the chaos of ot a lon long gg g maritime strike Congestion beyond description was the term used by a shipping spokesman for tor the condition o of western ports when the day 51 strike ended Saturday Scores of ships still must be unloaded unloaded unloaded un un- loaded before goods consigned out out- ward can be loaded Outbound cargoes ears car goes to go through San Francisco are arc backed up as far cast east as Chicago Chicago Chi CM- cago the spokesman said because of inadequacy of warehouses in the west to handle the huge volume of ot commodities Priority Loading Longshore gangs are being beins assIgned assigned assigned as as- signed to ships on a priority basis unloading emergency and shortage cargoes such as ns sugar Bugar coffee and like products first In the Coos Bay Ore port it was reported board feet of lumber are awaiting movement and at Los Angeles the I Klaveness Line expected expected expected ex ex- it would be well into January January January Janu Janu- ary before their ships loaded with copra could be made mad ready for foras fors s as ailing sailing P Paper per soap and other shortages on the west coast began to ease as the cargoes poured ashore from long-idle long vessels The C H sugar refinery at Crockett Cal shut shutdown shutdown shutdown down during the strike planned to resume operations before the end of the week returning to work some 1500 persons made idle through lack of supplies First major sailings will be among the passenger liners with the Matsonia scheduled to leave Friday for Honolulu and the Gen M. M C C. C Meigs prepared to clear Dec 2 for the Orient New Troubles Arise Meanwhile as union officials struggled to stretch their stevedore gangs over the growing list of demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for action on the ships new troubles hit the leaders of the committee committee com com- for maritime unity which directed the strike of C CIO I 0 marine engineers and C CIO I 0 longshoremen V V. J J. J Malone president of the theIn In Independent Union of Marine Firemen Firemen Fire Fire- men and Wipers charged the C M U with carelessness and unfairness in the handling of money and assess assess- ments He added that he believed the he independent union would be beetter better etter off outside the C M U a aC aCIO C CIO I 0 organization Tile The The independent union was affiliated affiliated affiliated af af- af- af with the C M U at its foundation foundation foundation foun foun- dation but later withdrew and its members have been voting on whether or not to join the otherwise other other- wise solid soUd C CIO I 0 ranks A spokesman for Harry Bridges joint chairman of the C M U rc- rc the charges were not worthy of comment |