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Show - Bows to Rebuke FATHER COUGHLIN No More Broadcasts SITTERS LEAVE FISHERFACTORY PONTIAC, Mich., Nov. 22 (INS) After a dramatic personal appeal from their international president, Homer Martin, wildcat sit-down strikers of the C I O's United Automobile Auto-mobile Workers' union today evacuated evac-uated the Fisher Body plant of General Motors corporation here which they had held since last Wednesday. Wed-nesday. Evacuation came shortly before noon, an hour and 25 minutes after Martin had entered the plant to plead with the 300 sit-downers holding hold-ing it to leave. As the strikers marched from the factory into bitter winter cold across snow-covered streets, U A W officials offi-cials announced that their evacuation evacua-tion did not end the strike against the Fisher Body management here. A meeting of the strikers will be held at 4 p. m. to determine what action will be taken over their grievances. However, it was expected ex-pected evacuation would pave the way for ultimate settlement of the labor dispute and reopening of the Fisher Body plant and its dependent depen-dent Pontiac motor assembly factory. fac-tory. A total of 14,721 men are employed em-ployed in the two plants, and they had been idle since last Wednesday, Wednes-day, when the Fisher workers struck In protest over dismissal of four of their number. |