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Show CIO Workers Defy Martin Strike Order FLINT, Mich, June ( tffl United Auto Workers affiliated with the C 1 O crossed picket lines, and went to work today in spite of a atriks called by the Homer Martin U A W (A F L In the Flint plants ef General Gen-eral Motors corporation. Pickets mads no particular effort to stop those who went to work, although al-though there was a fight at Chevrolet Chev-rolet plant No. S between members ef the two unions snd scattered scuffles were reported. No one was injured seriously, police said. No true test of strength waa possible pos-sible .today. Martin followers said, be causa reduced working forces are customary ths last two dsys of the week. Arthur Case, C I O-U A W regional re-gional director, said the strike wss "a last desperate effort of tbe Martin group to save thsntselves" and declared that "ths people who are picketing don't even know why they are doing so." A showdown was indicated for 'Coatl""1 " rasa Twa iCofaiame Out CIO Workers 1 Shun Strike (OeaUseaS traai Pass Oae) Monday when the 'Martin forces plan to throw heavy picket lines around four plants of th Chevrolet division and two plants of th Fisher Fish-er Body company division. Aa effective ef-fective strike covering sheas units would throw 10,000 msa Into idleness. idle-ness. Approximately 11,000 Bulck workers work-ers probably would have to suspend operations also for lack of bodies. Flaher riant Ctoaea rtsher plant No. 1 Was closed Thursday as a reeult of the strike. It ordinarily doe not operate on Friday eeteept for a skeleton crew. However, thousands of Chevrolet workers were scheduled to report A company survey of th four Chevrolet plains- Thursday night showed the strike call was anarwsrsd by only M men. Terrell Thompson, president of the C I O-U A W local of Chevrolet called the strike "a Joke." He added: If this were a legitimate strike eur men would not go through the picket line.' B latere sert Issued General Motor corporation la-sued la-sued a statement saying "a wildcat strike" had been attempted in its plants at Flint and Saginaw and had "miscarried" except in the case f Fisher Body plant No. 1, where ne extended operations were planned until Monday. All ether units were to continue operations, ths statement said. Flint center of th far-flung sit-down sit-down strikes of 1UT,- wss entirely quiet and peaceful during th first several hour of th present dispute, although polio Indlcatsd they were prepared for a clash between the anions. Martla apokssmsa denied the etrik was wildcat" and Indicated they sought more complete recogni-tioa recogni-tioa by the management |