Show c I ROOSEVELT T ASKS STRIKE TRUCE I I RAILROADS ACCEPT WAGE PLAN Motor Makers Decide Upon Going to Washington a as aa Peace Move 1 A. A F. F L. L CHIEFS TO MEET I S It S Gr Green en Calls Upon o Workers t to 1 Accept Proposal S Br Dr 7 United Press relL DETROIT March 20 20 President Roosevelt today intervened in the threatened strike of aut automobile automo mo bile workers and asked labor leaders lead lead- ers to withhold action until there thero could be a conference in Washington to r reconcile the existing differ differ- enc In a tel telegram gram to William WilHam Collins Detroit representative of the American Ameri can an Fed Federation of Labor the president president dent asked the union leaders to advise ad ad- advise vise him immediately if U they would meet with him on Thursday in Washington Wash ington in a last lut endeavor to make mako makepeace peace Collins enno announced rec receipt lpt of the message shortly before a pr projected d meeting of the l leaders aders' from 24 of the tho greatest plants in the nation which was to determine the actual method of ot making the workers' workers strike votes effective tO tomorrow n rr w morning T To Pr t nl He replied to the presidents president's Invitation tion but declined cUned fo-d fo o discuss the tenor of answer r until he Ire have bavo had bad time to 10 pr present n it it t to the other th r leaders leaden S n I l 1 have no power to act at the present pres ent time he said ld T The presidents president's m message ge said In the public interest I am am con constrained eon eon- on- on strained to request you to withhold strike action called for th afternoon until I can have conferences in Washington Wash Wash- I ington in an effort lort to reconcile the existing differences I suggest Thurs Thurs- day Will WUl you jou OU advise me immedi Atmosphere of or Fear Fur An Art atmosphere of grim fear tear surrounded ur- ur surrounded sur- sur rounded the Detroit plants and spread through the city this afternoon es la labor la Is bor leaders gathered to wait for some sign Ign of a compromise from the national na hanoi lona automobile chamber of commerce commerce com corn merce still mee meeting ng in secret t session in New York The city itself itsell which has felt the first flush of prosperity since 1929 had become come convinced that only two possible devel developments might intervene inter Inter- vene veneto to prevent the strike The first was that the automobile executives would arrive at an agreement agree ment with th the Ameri American m Federation of Labor and express a desire t to com com- promise The second was was' that direct action would come from the administration in Washington or from GenIi Central Hugh Johnson Auto Makers Decide To Meet With President NEW YORK March 20 P C Lead JP-Lead- ers of the automobile manufacturing Industry in session here in an attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to event avert a threatened strike in inthe inthe inthe the industry announced that the they would go to lo Washington tonight in lit response to a request t from President Ro Roosevelt RoosevelL evelL The automobile manufacturers were advised by General Gener l Johnson th this afternoon that the pr president d de desired desired sired to see them tomorrow said a statement issued after alter an all aU day dey ses aes sion Accordingly a committee of ot the directors of the na national onal automobile chamber of commerce who have been m meeting ng in New York will wUl go go goto to Washington tonight in response to the thc presidents president's summons Charge Charre Law Violation Mr Ir Green and nd Mr Mra Collins of the American Federation of Labor Wilham William Wil- Wil liam ham Green is president nt of the lion ion and Collins Is in charge of strike Ja-ik activities in the Detroit area aru have hava admitted that the strike Is ia not for hours hour and wares end and said that they have hae celled called the strike because of the tho charges which they make th that t. t the manufacturers have not complied compiled with the law The Thc manufacturers assert that they Continued on P Pass Pan Two PRESIDENT ASKS TRUCE IN STRIKE Motor Makers Decide Upon Going to Washington as Peace Move Continued from Pare pue One I have complied compiled with the law in letter and spirit and that Mr Green is using his official position In N R A and on the national labor board to foment the strike in the hope the men will wm believe the government is behind the American Federation of Labor in its efforts to organize them Peace Efforts Effort Fail Fall This statement was issued after there had been every indication that attempts by Administrator Johnson to bring about peace had failed to accomplish accomplish ac ac- ac their purpose A delegation from the board of ot directors directors di die rectors of the National Automobile Chamber of ot Commerce called on General General Gen Gen- eral Johnson at his hotel this morn morn- Ing log This delegat delegation on was headed by Alfred P. P Sloan Jr of General Motors Walter P. P Chr Chrysler and Alvan Macauley of ot the Packard Motor Car company Macaul Macauley y is president of the chamber board which acts as the code authority of the industry The delegation left General Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's quarters giving every indication that the deadlock was unbroken although although al al- al though no member would make a public statement Apparently no no announcement was made the made the manufacturers and the g general were discussing compromise proposals which he had advanced in inthe inthe inthe the hope of averting the general automobile automobile auto auto- mobile strike The chamber announcement of the plan to RO SO to Washington tonight was issued after the board of directors had been in session more than five hours I Green Urges Unions To Accept Truce Plan WASHINGTON March 20 UP UP- UP President William Green of the American Amer Amer- ican lean Federation of Labor today dispatched dispatched dis dis- dis patched a telegram to Detroit union leaders urging them to accept Pros Pros- dent Roosevelt's proposal for a I truce in the automobile labor controversy Auto Strike to Start At Hudson Detroit Plant DETROIT March 20 UP UP The The automobile strike called by the Amer ican lean Federation of Labor will start at 9 a. a m. m tomorrow in the Hudson plant at Detroit troit unless manufacturers ers make acceptable offers by tonight it was announced at federation offices today The Hudson plant employing ing nearly nearly near near- ly workers is the focal point of the federations federation's efforts From that plant the strike is expected io spread id immediately under federation direction tion into Flint Lansing and Pontiac We have the support of workers work work- ers in inthe the Hudson plant William Willfam Collins Michigan organizer of ot the federation said Plants immediately aU affected cf d by by- bythe the strike order are the the Fisher FiSher Body plants of Flint Pontiac and d Lansing Lansng the Buick plant in Flint the Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- son plant in Detroit The Hudson Buick and Flint Fisher plants employ about men Although not all of oll the men in these plants have enrolled under federation federation fed fed- banners Collins Collin was hopeful that entire working forces would support support support sup sup- port the walkout Boycott Blocks Vote On Union Election PHILADELPHIA March 20 UPA UP UPA A A boycott caused collapse of the theN theN theN N R A supe supervised union election at the Budd Manufacturing company plant today Only 11 of eligible men cast ballots during the first three hours had decided not to pate The ele election is is- isto to determine a union to represent them in collective bar bargaining Roller Bearing Stage Strike in Detroit DETROIT March 20 P P IP Em of the Bower Roller Bearing company said by William Collins American Federation of Labor representative rep representative rep rep- here to number were reported on strike today maintaining that the company had violated an agreement entered into last fall tall for lor recognition of their union Company officials refused to discuss the walkout walk walk- out Eastern Railway Wage Dispute Nears Solution ALBANY N. N Y March 20 P iP iP-Ad- Ad of ot the wage dispute between between between be be- tween the Delaware Hudson railroad rail rahl- road and Its Us big four tour brotherhood workers appeared likely the Asso dated Press was advised advised- today as ilS President Roosevelt's finding fact commission interrupted a public hearing hearing hear hear- ing and opened private discussions with the thEt road and the dissatisfied engine engine en en- gine ine and train men Pittsburgh District F Faces ces Labor Battle PITTSBURGH March 20 UP UP- UP Labor and capital in the Pittsburgh steel district have set themselves for fora a battle more tense if not more violent vio yb- lent than any this industrial area has seen since its iu founding Workers have vowed no recession from all the rights they believe the theN theN N NI I R A gave them holding the strike as a weapon Steel leaders have declared de de- de dared that the they will not go beyond their interpretation of the N I R A in granting their workers the right of ot collective bargaining That right right as the steel leaders see it It is only that workers may choose whomever they wish to negotiate wages and hours with their employ employ- ers But in that is implied a challenge challenge chal chal- lenge to national unions Affiliates of the American Federation of Labor argue that there is no collective bargaining bargaining bar bar- gaining without national unionization tion Representatives of 50 Pittsburgh district steel industries had scarcely dispatched a telegram to their congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen yesterday urging defeat o othe or of orthe the Wagner and Connery bills on labor questions when a delegation o of labor leaders departed for Washington Washing Washing- ton by motor bus with opposite aims in mind I |