Show I I I GARY OARY AND AIDS GRAPPLE WITH I HARD PROBLEM NEW 1 IW YORK Juh Jul 27 Heads Heads of of manufacturing subsidiaries of othe the United States Steel and Chairman m Elbert H II Gary made madea mada a start In their t ans to 10 eliminate the tho hour 12 day In the Industry at ata ata aa a conference behind closed doors Thursday At the same ame time Eugene G C GGrace Grace president of the Bethlehem corporation announced his hi company was making progress iii i formulating plans for the tho discon discon- discontinuance of the tho much much-criticised 12 hour 12 hour shirt shift and ana expected within a avery er er short hort time to begin the actual rearrangement of the tho a forces Chairman Gary Gar declined to make am an statements other than tha that l the conferences would be continued hen alien the meeting with Ith the UnIted States State Steel officials adjourned late Tn rn the d day BOn LiBOlt PRO PROBLEMS JEMS The chief problem Involved ac- ac according according ac according I cording to officials of the i States Steel corporation and of ot the Independent companies Is that of obtaining the additional required In maintaining the three shIfts of eight hours Instead of two ot of t teh twelve eh e as at present With Ith mills running at about 80 per pr cent cap the la- la labor la labor bor problem Is a formidable one oneA oneA oneA A up let In activity Ity would partly solve that problem as the men mennow mennow mennow now carried on the rolls roll could be spread pread out to eo co cover or er three eIght eIght- hour eight hour shifts In the continuous op- op operation operation op operation departments and placed on nIne and ten hour shifts In other departments ti W GR G I T It It breaks do down doan n nil all the old tra- tra traditions tra traditions of ot the In dust ln-dust y he added You You cant can't take tako a hour 12 laborer who aho ho has been making 4 4 80 a da day and ask him to work ork eight hours houn for tor SI sa 1320 2 20 0 Wages must be adjust adjust- adjusted adjusted ed either by Increasing the tho pa pay per hour or the working out of ot an entirely new basis of pa In the industry Inthe Plana Plans for making the change In tho Bethlehem corporation r Mr Grace said ald were being being- worked out through conferences between sub- sub sl heads and representatives es of the |