Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-27 | Page 5 | Food Rationed in Meat Strike

FOOD RATIONED IN MEATSTRIKE " BUFFALO,- N. T - July 27 tX Retail food merchants rationed their supplies to harassed housewives today to-day aa striking truckers and meat packers planned a finish fight for a closed ahop. Grocery truck drivers strengthened strength-ened picket lines around t wholesale whole-sale houses and packers faced a stalemate in negotiations at least until Wednesday as supplies of eggs, butter and poultry dwindled. Butchers estimated meat supplies would last only thres days. Hugh Thompson, committee for industrial organisation regional director, di-rector, refused to negotiate with representatives rep-resentatives of four strike-closed meat packing establishments when they advised him they hsd no authority au-thority to sign a union contract He said they told him the proper authorities could not get here before Wednesday.