Show 1 Swift Swiff Armour Unions to Reopen Talks CHICAGO April 10 UP Two UP-Two Two of oC the nations nation's largest meat packing packing pack pack- ing companies Saturday joined the C CIO I 0 United Packinghouse Workers Work Work- em ers in agreeing to reopen negotiations negotiations negotiations in the da 26 day 26 meat strike Pres Truman Friday held up plans to force a settlement by Injunction in injunction injunction in- in junction to allow further wage talks The striking U UP P W Immediately immediately immediately Immedi immedi- welcomed the negotiation proposal Swift Company and Armour two of the the big big four tour announced their shortly a afterward Other big packers including Cudahy Cudahy Cudahy Cud Cud- and Wilson withheld comment while they studied the proposal Mr Truman delayed asking for foran foran foran an injunction under the Taft- Taft Hartley law he said to allow both sides to study the report of ot his finding fact-finding board with open minds Ralph Helstein Heistein president of or the union hailed the boards board's report as i justifying U P W demands for a I hourly pay hike I The report restates in present terms the obligation of employers to give their a decent standard of living he said George A. A Eastwood chairman of the board at Armour had a different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent interpretation He said the report confirmed his firms firm's view that its offer of Dc is reasonable The president ordered Federal Federa Mediation Director Cyrus Ching to arrange new wage tall tal talks s between the packers and union The board report said there was merit on both sides of the dispute and recommended recommended recommended rec rec- rec- rec further negotiations Ching invited the union and the companies to meet in Chicago next Wednesday I |