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Show AIRCRAFT PLANT TIEUPJSEIIDED By United Frees Progress toward Industrial peace was made on the west coast with settlement of the Douglas Aircraft corporation- strike - today - as the Americas Federation of labor laid plans to take tho tntlatlve ia its struggls for domtnanco of union labor with John L. Lewis committee commit-tee for Industrial organisation. Returning to Washington, President Presi-dent William Oreea of the A. F. L, disclosed that hs was eonelderlng calling aa emergency convention of the federation to expel unions affiliated affili-ated with the CIO. "I am prepared ta call aa emergency emer-gency meeting of the executive council," Green said. "However, I am not surs that this Is required at the moment." Drive Prognoses Crssn reported that his asw A. F. L. drive for bow members being organised either by craft or Industry wss progressing. Lewis reported satisfaction with the CIO campaign ta create eubaldlary unions and CIO leaders said that everything was ready to start the New England textile mills unionisation drive. One of the major strikss ia ths nation ended when Douglas Aircraft Air-craft at Banta Monica, Cel. agreed to recognise the aircraft dlvtaioa of tho United Automobile Workers union as bargaining agsnt for its members. Ths union will not, however, how-ever, bargain for the entire plant, one of the largest la ths aviation industry, which was clossd a fortnight fort-night ago whsn police using tear gss evicted and arrestad 160 sit-down sit-down strikers. Work was resumed there today by all except M workmen work-men charged with sabotage, A new conflict areae between the U. A. W. A. and General Motors corporation In conferences at Detroit. De-troit. Both sides charged violation of terms of the February 11 strike pesce. The company blamed the unloa for recent short-lived strikss. Ths union accused the company with unjustly dlschargtug workers and fostering company unions, Negottatloas Threatened - This tended to threaten the basts for settling strikss effecting three other motor ear companies and ths labor of 7 000 employes la Mlchl-gsn. Mlchl-gsn. Bit-down strikers had Bins plant of the Chrysler corporation, which has taken court action to oust ths lit-d owners. No progress has been mads in settling strikss In ths Hudson Motor Car company and the Reo Motor Car company at Lansing. Loss than 11 hours after the house of representatives in Washington had passsd ths Ouffsy-Vlnsoa bill and ssnt It ta the sonata word was passsd to administration congressional congres-sional leaders to withhold action on important labor legislation until President Roosevelt deflnUaly reveals re-veals his views on wags, hour and child labor problems. Ths Guffey-Vlnson Guffey-Vlnson bill rsgulatss tbs 111,000,000.- 000 bituminous coal industry with price-fixing provisions thst affect wagss and hours of aoo.OOO minors. A nsw sit-down strike hampered publication of the Miami Dairy News. Psrt of ths day force of printer refused to work after sit-down sit-down strikers on tho night crew were evicted and threstened with arrest on disorderly conduct charges. Ths ownsrs said regular editions would be published, however. how-ever. Optical plant Hit Anothsr nsw sit-down strlks occurred oc-curred at Kansas City, Mo where 90 of the 100 employee, according to strike leaders, sat down la the optical op-tical manufacturing "plant of Dr. John Brock, ths flying doctor who has not missed taking his airplans sloft daily for several years. Tbs workers, who belong to no union, 1 asked hlghsr pay. Jamss H. Rand Jr., prssldsnt of Remlngton-Rsnd, notified Secretary of Labor Parkins that hs would accept hsr Invitation to meet with her Thursday to discuss labor difficulties dif-ficulties In ths office equipment concern. con-cern. This move avoldsd a threat by union leaders to picket the cap-ltol cap-ltol at Washington. A superior court Injunction was on fits st Los Angeles holding that sit-down strikes ars Illegal. Ths order was granted William Plsclty, pie manufacturer, who fed his sitting-down smployes pis for thrss dsys. Ths court hold that workers ceass to bs smployes when they sit down on a strlks and have no mors right than an ordinary trespasssr. Leader Moot At Pittsburgh, steel union leaders mst to map strategy In thslr campaign cam-paign to obtain collective bargaining bargain-ing contract with all steel producers. pro-ducers. At Chicago, federal conciliators con-ciliators brought taxi cab strikers and thslr employers togsthsr for arbitration ef the week-long dispute dis-pute in which. 100 nv been srrested and many cabs damaged ia claahss. Ths commerce department re-i re-i sorted preliminary data compiled by ths bursau of labor statistics showsd thst labor disputes In January resulted re-sulted In ths loss of 1.500,000 man-days man-days of work for 151,000 smployss Involved. The department ssid this was ths largest work loss reported In any one month since the coal strlks of September, 1556. Despite the retarding Influences of labor disputes and floods, ths commerce department reported. Industrial In-dustrial production In January and February was about one-fifth above the output ef tho corresponding months of ISM. |