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Show WALKOUT HALTS AIR BASE WORK Construction workers affiliated with the AFL went on strike Wednesday at Dayton, Ohio, halting halt-ing work on a $1,550,000 expansion program of the army air corps at Wrlpht field and putting to a test the no-strikes-on-defense-projects policy proclaimed by the federation's federa-tion's Building Trades unions. Colonel Lester Miller, field commandant, com-mandant, said he had arranged a conference with the head of the Penner Installation company of New York reported by the Dayton Building Trades council to have employed nonunion labor on the project and thereby provoking the dispute. The AFL Building Trades unions recently announced adoption of a "hard and fast policy" flatly barring bar-ring strikes "for any reason whatsoever what-soever on defense projects,' George Masterson, union vice president, announced. A similar policy was announced by the AFL metal trades department. depart-ment. John P. Frey, president of that group, declared at Long Beach, Cal., Tuesday night that the government would be "entirely Justified" In taking over the aircraft air-craft and shipbuilding industries If the defense program were hampered ham-pered by disagreements between private industry and labor. Other developments affecting labor la-bor and defense on a wide industrial indus-trial checkerboard Included: Milwaukee Another conference ws called for Wednesday between officials of the AllU-Chalmera Manfacturihg company and the United Automobile Workers (CIO) in an attempt to negotiate a settlement settle-ment of the strike which for a week has held up work on $40,000,-000 $40,000,-000 of defense orders. The walkout walk-out affects 7000 production men. New Orleans Union men withdrew with-drew their objections to working with W P A employes on a $360,000 national guard observation squadron squad-ron base. Elizabeth, N. J. Fourteen hundred hun-dred CIO workers at the Phelps-Dodge Phelps-Dodge Copper Corp. went back to work under a truce arranged by company and union officials. The company holds $74,323 worth of navy contracts. Chicago David T. Roadley, government conciliator, arranged a conference with officials of the International Harvester company In an effort to avert a threatened walkout of CIO unionists at a tractor plant. Washington The chamber of commerce of the United States announced an-nounced opposition to federal anti-strike anti-strike leigslation and expressed the belief that "public interest will best be served by voluntary cooperation." |