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Show EASTERN DOCKS WALKOUT ENDS OAKLAND, CmL. Jan. M IP) The I'nlted Automobile Workers Work-ers union's strike against oral Motor spread to the Pacific coast today when pickets partly shot down Oeneral Motors' Fisher Body and Chevrolet plants here. NEW YORK, Jan. 25 t The M-day-old east coast seamen's strike ended today. Only small groups of seamen In Houston, Jacksonville, Mobile and Providence, R. I, rejected the decision de-cision to call off the walkout. New York strikers, at the end of their financial resources, had agreed last week to return to work if their colleagues In other eastern and gulf ports would take similar action. At a Joint membership meeting meet-ing last night it wss announced that votes taken In Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans, Charleston, Charles-ton, Portland, Me., Fall River, Pen-sacola, Pen-sacola, Fla, Newport News, Norfolk Nor-folk and Galveston agreed. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25 (UP) The Pacific coast maritime strike entered its 88th day today with spokesmen for the seven striking unions terming all reports of im-m im-m I n e n t settlement "premature" while unofficial reports persisted to the effect that the costly dispute would be ended this week. DETROIT, Jan. 25 (INS) While ofnclaTashihgtoiTmoveff anewlo reestablish an armistice, new threats of trouble bubbled in the cauldron of the strike torn motor city area today. In Flint scene of the worst bloodshed blood-shed since the General Motors strikes started threats of new sit down strikes were hurled. More thsn 2000 national guardsmen tightened their vigilance. |