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Show POLICEIGK TIEUPTHREAT, CLEARPLAIITS New Detroit Motor Strike Looms at Evictions By Associated Press DETROIT Police continued contin-ued to evict sit-down strikers from small captive plants today, to-day, in disregard of a United Automobile Workers threat to call a city-wide automotive strike in retaliation. Homer Martin, V. A. W. president, presi-dent, who declared Saturday that a general automotive strike weald be called la "every organised plant" In Dr trait If the polios did not eeaae "raiding, slugging and blackjacking strikers and Innocent Inno-cent bystanders," withheld comment com-ment mi the eoater of M striker from the Thomas P. Henry Ce. printing plant. An hour and a half later the city council refuseeya permit for hore demonstration called by the U. A. W. for S p. m. Tuesday (S p. m. Salt Lake City time) at Cadillac square, in the heart of the city, to "show labor's strength." Merlin D. Bishop, educational director di-rector of the U. A. W- said the demonstration would bs held without with-out the permit. Martin was participating today In the union's conference with Chrysler Chrys-ler corporation officials on a strike which has closed eight Chrysler plants here. Ne Resistance Offered The removal of ths strikers from the Henry plant, which they had occupied oc-cupied since March 11, was accomplished accom-plished without violence. The strikers ' were questioned, then left for their homes, carrying cots, canned goods and other luggage lug-gage used In their occupation. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins Per-kins was in New York, seeking to pomote a conference between Walter Wal-ter P. Chrysler and John L Lewis, hesd of ths C. L O.. of which the U. W. A. is an affiliate. The principal obstacls In the Chrysler statemata was ths officials' refusal to rscognlse the union as sole bargalninlg agency for their 67,000 employes. Philip Murray, chairman Of the steel workers' organising committee, commit-tee, announced the C. L O. would demand today that the Bethlehem Steel corporation recognise it as the bargaining agent for all Bethlehem employes. Move to Close Store The C. L O. polled 400 members In Providence, R. I., who voted in favor of cloeing retail atores in the city. With 69 of the 1409 retail atores In Providence closed by strike, Governor Robert E. Quinn today warned both sides to the dispute dis-pute "Rhode Island and ths public pub-lic must corns ahead of employer and employe." Leaders of Chicago's striking taxicab drivers sought to bring the 18-day-old deadlock into conference. Joseph Jacobs, attorney for the Midwest Taxi Drivers' union, charged officials of the Yellow Cab and Checker companies with "breach of faith in refusing to negotiate." ne-gotiate." Five F. W. Wool worth stores In Akron, Ohio, were picketed. Seven strikes hsve affected some 21,700 worksrs in ths city. |