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Show n CIO Throws Support to Film Trades Strikers SHOCK-TROOPS PROVED FOR -PICKCT-LCIES 'Six Badly Beaten in Raid on Workers' Headquarters HOLLYWOOD, May S (UP) The committee for industrial organization threw its, support behind the strike of motion picture pic-ture technicians todsy and promised to send steel, automobile automo-bile and rubber workers into the picket lines around 10 major ma-jor studios Immediately. John Brooby. C, L O. BalUoal dlrwtav, of Im4 the support. In o Sili iiw that wos road ot a movant of toot eermlng w bees of Um rodornttoa el MoUoa Picture Crafta. Union worker, as maitsr what their affiliation, should support tht studio striks," ths BMnri rood. The stridors are affiliated with Ih American Federation of Labor, ' aattonal rival of U CIO. Ths development com irhlls Striking technicians wore barase-Ing barase-Ing tht quartsr-biUioo-doller motion picture Industry with belllgorenl picket linos and InUrwnloa brawls. Both strikers aad aonttrihlng workatta wore srouood eftsr a raid en ths headquarters ef tha Interna-tlonol Interna-tlonol Alllancs of Tbeatstcal Stag i Employes last night In mn wtrt earrltd to a hospital badly boattn aad soYoral ethtrs wtrs cut and bruised. Charles C Loosing, strike Isadtr, announcod that the offer of tht C. L O. to cooperate was aocspttd by tht strikers. Ho also dlsclossd receiving a Utogram from ths Now York headquartsra of tht film technicians' Indtptndsnt anion offering of-fering nld In tht strike. Strike leaders hevs charged tbt I. A. T. 8. C. te which cuitrimia , end pro)octionlsts btlong, with furnishing fur-nishing strikebreakers to the Studios. Stu-dios. Tht I. A. T . 8, E. else Is aa A. F. of L. affiliate. Work continued on all BO movlt , sola wbtrt pictures art undtr production, pro-duction, and actors passed unmo-Istttd unmo-Istttd throngh tht picket lints. Tht Brrttn Actors' guild, a union of MOO players. Including nearly all i tht hlgh-salaiitd stara, was conferring confer-ring with producers on dtmands of Its own, bowtver, and was thrtat-enlng thrtat-enlng te call for a atrikt vote unless un-less the demands wtrt mtL Tha ' guild Is sympathetic toward tht striking fsdtration unite and Is considering con-sidering a plan te affiliate with them. ( Meanwhile, the Serosa Actors' guild met with producers. Strikers hoped for support from the actors - which eould paralyse the Industry. The actors demand belter salaries . and working conditions for extras and bit players. Robert Montgomery, Montgom-ery, guild president, and Franchot Tone, signed a statsmsnt aftar last Bight's meeting snnounclng that (OestlniMS mi Peee Eltao Illume rjr t FILM STRIKERS BACKER BY CIO ar agraa wa axad toward aa ig lawial aa to haato prtorlphi." Aatkr afraa wa callad far Thursday aad tb ruUd Ova will I ay ait to tb aaaaaJ gwlld MMtln ant aVtaday algbL wkaa H wlU k dldad wbtbr to U far a atrtk rata. Kaldrr TaUTTIaJ Tb baitla af tb t A. T. . C kaa auartr laat algbt accarrad aa la tk ball Baying thalr duaa Tkara war about M sm la ta raiding party. Som af tb raidara carrl4 aaall baaiaiara aa4 alhar bad l Bf BUad club. Including pindl thry tor Irmm tb at airway raiung a tblr way af tk Bacon floor, t A. T. aV E. aaara-aarid aaara-aarid far tha attarh, auMarad W tk caauaMlaa. Tk raidar rat-trd rat-trd bafara BoJka cam, ator kiaaklag ut aViara aad wladawa Nut liaitai danJad raapanatkO-tty raapanatkO-tty far tb raid. Tk I A. T. & r I aruM4 af rural otMng atrikoBroakar. T. LOVU. May LTV Mala bora of tha Ualtad Aalamaklla Work ara af Aaurtca at Oaoaral Motor Cbr rkH and riahar bady BlaaU bagaa a ait-dowa atrib today la Brocoal ag ainat tk duckarg 'af 17 ara-plnya. ara-plnya. After vral liaur! IK ' Sdto anion mployas af tha Flahar Body dlTiaian la ft tka plant at tha diraa-tlaa diraa-tlaa af thalr ahop Xowarda. Unloa laadar aaid. bowat. th Owt-reH Owt-reH warkat would ranttnua ta arcupy tha pktat anil! tha durptiu wa attl4. Norman Smith, arganlarr far tk commit to far Induatrlal rfBlaa-tlaa, rfBlaa-tlaa, with which tha automoklla work ara" union la affiliated, aaid J7O0 maa aaad work aa hour after af-ter tha plant e parted thl morning, forcing a earn p let e bait la pra-Uoa. pra-Uoa. BAN mANCXSCO. May tTV Aaa franctaco' kotal tiik aarad tha beguwliuj af It firth day today to-day without apparaat bop of Battlement; Bat-tlement; ar a a gaatura toward Bgotiatloa by either aide. Operator aaid they would! make no move toward Begottauon with ktkor anion, but offrdj t da o at Ih faaiiaat af Mayor Angela J floaal ar tb cantral btoor aoancal "Wo aaa bead oat far twa month If inraaaary aaid Waltar Cowan, proaldcnt of the ynt atrike board. 1 Mayor Roaal aaid bU offlca wa available to anyon who wanted ta uoe It for BegoUation. To make tb dtuatloa area more af aa tmr., tb strike ednsory eomaattto af the atri bkbor aaaeU aUd off meeting aat far a. av today. Tb mooting. pcBBiiraakly aailed to aaak a maani of epaaina; Begntlallone with am-panaia. am-panaia. wa canceled bocaua of the funeral of Michael J. (Bloody kUk Caay. fouador of tk lau. tara Unwa bar, who died Bua-day. Bua-day. ' BANNZNO. OaL, May Iff Work eaatksued without InurrrupUon today to-day at Parker dam, th metro poi-Itaa poi-Itaa water duitrtct reported, a picket line of th committee for Industrial arganltatlori war pushed ef f th government raaenraUoa and tafmBkad oa th highway so mile and a half from th dam. Tb tuatrtct. la aharg ef bulld-mg bulld-mg a 1230.000,000 aqueduct for wtkka the kua la tb Intake aa tb Colorado river, amrt ad be-taaaa be-taaaa 00 and 00 mea ar at thalr )oh. Tb builder af th dam, th Shea Construction company, com-pany, bar signed aa agreement wrth th American Federation ef Labor. |