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A. F. L. Head Insists His
Unions Must Be Protected
in Settlement.
Sr the Associated Press.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, In
dorsed the General Motors strike last
night, but insisted that Federation
unions must not be frosen out of the
automobile industry in any settlement.
The strike is led by John L. Lewis,
who Is under suspension from the
federation for alleged "Insurrection."
Green's statement was made at a
press conference. It followed the cir
culation of reports. In usually well
informed quarters, that some of Presi
dent Roosevelt's principal labor ad
visers had urged him to keep hands
oft the strike as much as possible be
cause of the fight between the federa
tion and Lewis.
Lewis Insists that General Motors
recognize the United Automobile
Wbrkers of America as the sole col
lective bargaining agency for all em
ployes in 20 plants. These employes
Include a small percentage eligible to
membership In A. F. of L craft unions.
Federation leaders contend some of
them belong to craft unions.
Avoids Election Opinion.
Green, questioned extensively about
the General Motors situation, avoided
■aying there should be an election m
the General Motors plants to determine
what collective bargaining agency em
ployes desired. He discussed at length,
however, what type election should be
held if one were ordered or decided
upon.
He recalled that the federation had
decided all auto workers employed on
assembly lines should belong to the
United Automobile Workers, before
that union was suspended from the
A. F. of L. for affiliating with Lewis’
Committee for Industrial Organization.
The asaembly lines, he said, would
cover over 60 per cent of all General
Motors workers.
II there were an election, he said,
the assembly line workers should de
cide whether they wished to be rep
resented by the United Automobile
Workers, while the skilled craftsmen
employed elsewhere should decide
whether they wanted to be represented
by A. F. of L. craft unions, by outside
organizations or by themselves.
Green emphasized that the feder
ation wanted the United Automobile
V orkers to win their strike—with A.
F. of L. craft rights protected.
Reference to Bargaining.
He smilingly asked reporters whether
they would not wish to capitalize on
special genius or skill in their deal
ings with employers, rather than to
group themselves with "the mass" in
collective bargaining.
Green declined to make public a
telegram he sent Oov. Frank Murphy
of Michigan demanding that A. F. of
L. craft unions be protected in any
strike settlement. The Governor, he
aaid, had not replied.
The General Motors strike was the
subject of an editorial yesterday signed
by Daniel J. Tobin, president of the
Truck Drivers’ Union and published
In the union's official journal. Tobin
was among those who voted to sus
pend Lewis and his associates last
Fall, but the editorial said, in part:
“No labor man should, because of
his disagreement personally with some
one representing the C. I. O., do other
wise than pray and hope that the
(auto workers’) union will be suc
cessful, because if you let that per
sonal feeling enter into you, you are
not honest with the rank and file
whom you represent.”
Strike
(Continued From First Page.)
brief—lasted six hours, and there were
indications that the deadlock might
result in a cessation, at least tempo
rarily. of the consultations.
The situation was electrified by Gen
eral Motors’ announcement that it
would make an "important statement”
soon after one of its conferees left the
meeting while it was in progress. He
apparently supervised the preparation
of the statement.
Loss to Workers Mounts.
As alt-down strikers remained in
two Fisher body plants at Flint, Mich.,
focal point of the strike, for the
forty-second day, and 40 of the 67
domestic plants of General Motors
were either closed or operating on a
restricted basis, the loss in earnings
to workers continued to mount.
A reliable source estimated the total
pay-roll loss, including today, as *22,
000,000. The loss In business to the
company was incalculable as its fac
tory wheels slowed down to the point
that not a single passenger car was
being completed. The General Motors
Truck Division, however, was running
at top speed:
More than 100,000 General Motors
employes were idle. At one time Idle
ness reached a peak of 135.000, but
part of the workers have been re
turned to part-time employment.
The number of workers In related
Industries—suppliers of materials and
Parts—was counted in the tens of
thousands, but no accurate figure was
available.
Dealers Also Affected.
Some 80,000 dealers and salesmen
of General Motors cars also were af
fected, with no other passenger auto
mobiles In sight when the present
supply is exhausted—if operations have
not been resumed before this point is
reached.
During the peak of unemployment
due to the strike William 8. Knudsen,
executive vice president of the corpora
tion. said the dally pay roll loss was
*1,000,000. It was estimated as being
approximately *750,000 daily now, with
85,000 persons working part time.
The Flint city commission, declaring
a "state of emergency” existed, be
stowed virtually dictatorial powers
upon Mayor Harold E. Bradshaw. One
fourth of the clty’a 168,000 popula
tion is employed by General Motors,
and 38,000 of them were out of work.
Situation Reviewed.
The 800-word General Motors
statement was signed by Knudsen,
who heads the corporation’s delega
tion In the negotiations; John Thomas
8mlth, legal counsel, and Donaldson
Brown, finance chairman, the other
representatives. It was Brown who
left the meeting two hours before the
statement was issued.
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Corporation Agrees to Resume Peace Conferences,
But Reaffirms Demand That Strikers
Leave Plants.
E> the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 9 —The text of
a statement on Gov. Trank Murphy's
strike settlement conference issued last
night by General Motors Corp. follows:
On behalf of General Motors Corp.,
Messrs. William S. Knudsen, Donald
son Brown and John Thomas Smith,
authorize the following statement:
In view of the fact that negotiations
which we have been carrying on with
United Automobile Workers of Amer
ica under the auspices of Gov. Murphy
of Michigan have not as yet resulted
in the solution of the difficulty, it be
comes important at this time to state
all the facts and circumstances as to
the calling of the conference, what
has taken place so far, and the status
of affairs, at this time, for the infor
mation of all concerned.
Numerous Meetings Cited.
Mr. William S. Knudsen. executive
vice president of General Motors, met
with Gov. frank Murphy of Michigan
and Mr. John L. Lewis, Wednesday
morning, February 3. Subsequent
meetings have been held practically
every day since that date. In sub
sequent meetings other associates of
the respective parties have Joined. The
conferences have been held as a result
of the request of the President of the
United States, conveyed to us through
Gov. Murphy. The fact remains that
at the time the sit-down strikers were
still in possession of certain of the cor
poration's plants. The position of the
corporation from the beginning has
always been, that it was willing to
negotiate with representatives of the
union as soon as the strikers discon
tinued illegal occupancy of its plants.
The request of the President of the
United States left no alternative other
than to meet Mr. Lewis with Gov,
Murphy.
It will be recalled that on Tuesday,
February 2, the Circuit Court at Flint,
Mich., issued an injunction and or
dered the strikers to evacuate the
i plants within 24 hours. It has always
> been clear that the seizure of the
; plants was illegal, and that their con
j tinued occupancy was solely for the
purpose of forcing the corporation to
accept the union’s demands. The
strikers have refused to obey the order
of the court. Now they are not only
violators of the law, but, in addition,
are in deliberate contempt of the
court. They have openly stated they
will not obey the law. Naturally, such
a situation is entirely beyond the prov
ince of General Motors. It is a chal
lenge to law and order and to the
authority of the State, which those
charged with authority must deal with
according to their responsibility. Such
were the general circumstances under
which the first meeting was held.
Lewis Stated Position.
In the course of the first meeting on
Wednesday, Mr. Knudsen was in
| formed by Mr. Lewis that if a satis
factory arrangement could be reached
as to the extent of recognition to be
accorded the union, he would imme
diately put the strikers back to work,
1 following which negotiations could be
undertaken on the remaining points
raised by the union in its letter of
January 4.
Gov. Murphy informed Mr. Knudsen
j that it was at the request of the Preai
I so far, and the status 'of affairs at
this time, for the information of all
concerned.”
Pointing out that sit-down strikers
held three General Motors plants at
Flint when the conference began last
Wednesday and that “the position of
the corporation from the beginning
has always been that it was willing
to negotiate with representatives of
the union as soon as the strikers dis
continued illegal occupancy of its
plants,” the statement said:
“The request of the President of
the United States left no alternative
other than to meet Mr. Lewis with
Gov. Murphy.”
Concerning the retention by strikers
of two plants after an injunction
Issued February 2 gave them 24 hours
to evacuate General Motors said:
“Naturally, such a situation is en
tirely beyond the province of Gen
eral Motors. It is a challenge to law
and order and to the authority of the
State, which ttiose charged with
authority must deal with according
to their responsibility.”
“In the course of the first meeting
on Wednesday,” the statement con
tinued, "Mr. Knudsen was informed by
Mr. Lewis that if a satisfactory ar
rangement could t>f reached as to the
extent of recognition to be accorded
the union he would immediately put
the strikers back to work, following
which negotiations could be undertaken
on the remaining points raised by the
union in its letter of January 4.
“Gov. Murphy informed Mr. Knud
sen that it was at the request of the
President of the United States that
General Motors should enter into ne
gotiations on this point. Accordingly,
such negotiations have taken place. No
other issue has been discussed and no
agreement has been reached on this or
any other point.”
Must Respect Rights.
In another place the statement said:
"The union claims It Is entitled to ex
clusive bargaining rights for all work
ers In plants on strike, .even those
outside its membership. • • * Gen
eral Motors cannot subscribe to such
coercion, and agree to deliver Its work
ers into such bondage. General Motors
must obey the law, must respect the
rights of all Its workers and the pub
lic that It serves.”
The corporation declared that It
frequently has stated its willingness to
“bargain with the union on behalf of
Its members” and said this had been
the basis for settling all recent strikes
by C. I. O. affiliates, of which the U. A.
W. A. is one.
General Motors revealed that It of
fered to have the State conduct a se
cret ballot to determine "the propor
tion of the workers who wish to be
represented by the union,” adding that
"this was not satisfactory to the union
representatives."
IawIs. In a press conference after
last night’s meeting, said General
Motors did not guarantee that any
thing would “materialise” from such a
referendum and that the company
wanted “only to determine the extent
of union membership.”
"Out of all the conferences and dis
cussions which have taken place,” the
General Motors statement concluded,
“the fundamental Issue again asserts
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dent of the United States that General
Motors should enter into negotiations
on his point. Accordingly, such nego
tiations have taken place. No other
issue has been discussed and no agree
ment has been reached on this or any
other point.
The union claims it is entitled to
exclusive bargaining rights for all
workers in plants on strike, even those
outside its membership. This position
really means that if 500 workers sit
down and throw 10,000 other workers
out of employment, this act of violence
is sufficient authority to permit the
union to speak exclusively for the 10,
000 employes thus deprived of work.
Furthermore, the illegal possession of
the plants to make this effective is to
be reinforced by defiance of both the
law and the mandate of the court.
Balks at Coercion.
General Motors cannot subscribe to
such coercion, and agree to deliver its
workers into such bondage. General
Motors must obey the law, must re
spect the rights of all its workers and
the public that it serves.
In recognition of these obligations,
the corporation has repeated time and
time again its willingness to bargain
with the union on behalf of its mem
bers, after evacuation of the plants,
but it is restrained, both by law and
in equity, from depriving any of its
employes of their right to self-organ
ization, by requiring that they be rep
resented by this particular union with
out regard to their own desire and
over their protest, in tens of thousands
of cases.
The C. I. O. affiliated unions have
settled all their recent strikes, such
Libbey-Owens-Ford, Pittsburgh Plate
Glass, Hercules Motors and others, on
the basis of recognition for their mem
bers only, as offered by the Oeneral
Motors Corp.
In order to determine the propor
tion of the workers who wish to be
represented by the union, as against
those who wish to be represented oth
erwise, the corporation offered to sub
mit the question to its workers, by
means of a secret ballot to be con
ducted under the auspices of the Gov
ernor of Michigan. This was not sat
isfactory to the union representatives.
Equal Privileges Promised.
The corporation has insisted upon
what it believes to be a fair and hon
orable policy, i.e„ to give opportunity
to the representatives of any group of
workers to negotiate any questions
with the management, with the un
derstanding that any advantages ac
corded to one group would be accorded
to all—conditions being the same.
Out of all the conferences and dis
cussions which have taken place, the
fundamental issue again asserts it
self—is the power of the union to pre
vail based as it is on violence, dis
regard of law and order and contempt
of the courts; or are the legitimate
rights of over 125,000 workers to be
considered, thus reasserting the forces
i of law, order, Justice, reason and
| civilization?
In appreciation of the unremitting
efforts of Gov. Murphy, we have as
sured him of our readiness to respond
to an early call by him to resume con
; ferences, if in his judgment any good
i could result therefrom.
1 Itself—Is the power of the union to
prevail based as it is on violence,
disregard of law and order and con
tempt of the courts, or are the legit
imate rights of over 125,000 workers to
be considered, thus reasserting the
forces of law, order, Justice, reason and
j civilization?
"In appreciation of the unremitting
efforts of Gov. Murphy, we have as
sured him of our readiness to respond
to an early call by him to resume
conferences, if in his Judgment any
good could result therefrom."
Lewis confirmed in his statement
that the union had made the offer 10
return the men to work immediately
if the corporation would grant the
recognition the union demanded and
explained more specifically what it
sought.
He said that if General Motors
would recognise the U. A. W. A. "as
the collective bargaining agency for
the employes of the 20 plants closed
by the existing strike” the workers
would return while negotiations on the
union's seven other demands con
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Held Prisoner, Ex-Law
yer Says.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 9.—Paul
H. Wendel. former Trenton, N. J.,
lawyer, whose repudiated "confession''
of the Lindbergh kidnaping delayed
the execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann *for three days, took the
stand today to describe how he al
legedly was forced to make the con
fession.
Wendel. a big gray-halred man,
with a voice that rang through Kings
County Court, Brooklyn, was called
as the chief witness at the trial of
Murray Bleefeld, Martin Schlossman
and Harry Weiss, three of the men
accused of kidnaping and torturing
him.
He said he was 50 years old and
became a lawyer In 1918, serving until
1920 when he was disbarred. When
District Attorney William F. X.
Geoghan asked him to relate the cir
cumstances Wendel started a long in
volved story about "road materials"
and other details of a transaction In
New Jersey, so difficult to follow that
Judge John J. Fitzgerald Interrupted
him.
“I just wanted to give the back
ground," Wendel said.
"Don't argue with me," the judge
said.
Admits He Was Disbarred.
Wendel cut short his explanation
and said he was disbarred after com
mitting perjury in Trenton.
He said he served nine months in
prison, and was then pardoned. He
quickly got into the story of the
alleged kidnaping.
He was returning to his hotel in
Thirty-second street, near Broadway,
on the afternoon of February 14, 1936,
he said, when Bleefeld apprqgched
him and said Jimmie de Louis wanted
to see him.
"I had known De Louis, a detec
tive In Trenton, for 20 years,” Wendel
said.
"I said if he wants to see me why
doesn't he come up here,” Bleefeld,
he said, told him the detective was
at police headquarters, Manhattan.
Then, he said, as he was demurring
Weiss approached him with a drawn
revolver, and he was forced into a
car. Bleefeld drove it.
Held in Garage,
They refused to stop at head
quarters, Wendel said, but he was
taken Instead to Brooklyn, handcuffed
and taken to the garage at the rear
of 3041 Voorhies avenue, where he
was held.
"They shoved me into the cellar
and strapped me, put rope around my
handcuffs and left me, after putting
out the lights. I said, 'What’s it all
about, fellows?’ but they, Weiss and
Schlossman, said 'Never mind, you'll
find out.’ ”
When he yelled for help, he said,
he was "drowned out” by a radio
which was turned on intermittently.
Later, he said, when Bleefeld re
turned, cotton was stuffed into his
ears so that he could not hear radio
announcements of the Hauptmann
case.
He had gone without food so far,
Wendel said, and was extremely un
comfortable and worried by his situa
tion, when suddenly he was Informed
that he was being held as the kidnaper
of the Lindbergh baby.
“I heard plenty of sounds, footsteps
upstairs, a child's voice, the oil burner
in operation,” Wendel said. “I was
accumulating things in my head for
just such an occasion as this.”
When they accused him of the kid
naping. he said, he urged them to
communicate with Ellis Parker, sr., »,r
Attorney General David T. Wilentz of
New Jersey.
PARKERS PLEAD INNOCENT.
NEWARK. N. J.. February 9 (/PI.—
Ellis Parker, Burlington County de
tective chief, and his son. Ellis, jr,
pleaded innocent today to Federal in
dictments in the Paul H. Wendel kid
naping and April 19 was set for their
trial.
Their counsel filed a demurrer and
said they would file briefs to uphold
their plea against the validity of the
charges by February 19.
MAYOR OF FLINT
Given Full Sway as Commis
sioners Declare “State
of Emergency.”
>y the AieocUted Prtu.
FLINT, Mich., February 9—Mayor
Harold E. Bradshaw, political veteran
at 37, became a virtual dictator to
day In this strike-ravaged city of
165.000 persons.
The city commission, declaring a
"state of emergency" last night,
thrust full responsibility for "main
taining law and order" Into Brad
shaw’s hands as the General Motors
strike passed Its forty-second day.
Normally the office of mayor has
only nominal power. He sits as presi
dent of the nine-member commission,
which shares the municipal control
with the city manager.
The action came swiftly and un
expectedly, without debate and but
two dissenting votes, while tension
worn military and civil leaders
watched the protracted strike peace
conference between opposing leaders
at Detroit.
National Guard officers, with more
than 3,000 Guardsmen quartered in
nine sections of the city, intensified
their vigilance, although the city re
mained outwardly calm. Word that
the Detroit parley would continue
through another day was welcomed
In many quarters.
Has No Public Voice.
Although Mayor Bradshaw was ' 1
effect a dictator, he had no public
voice. Like other _lty officials, he
came under a “gag” rule laid down
Saturday by the city commission
City Attorney Hoffman was made the
official city spokesman and -11 other
officials were barred from making
public statements.
Hoffman issued a brief statement
concerning the delegation of power to
Bradshaw. He said:
“In the time of an emergency such
as now exists this action was deemed
advisable for the purpose of co
ordinating all the city departments.
It in no way reflects on the citv man
ager or any department head *
The mayor broke through the offi
cial silence to make a single state
ment.
"In accepting this responsibility.”
he said. "I don't want it to be con
strued as a criticism of any depart
ment head.”
Bradshaw became mayor by vote of
the commission last November. Under
commission rule he serves as presi
dent of the body.
Somewhat under average stature,
rather slight of build, and sharp fea
tured, Mayor Bradshaw, running as a
non-partisan, topped all commission
candidates in four elections.
Employe of General Motors.
He has been an employe of General
Motors about nine years, and about
eight years ago was editor of the
Buick News Lately he has been em
ployed in the distribution department
of the Buick Motor Car Co., General
Motors’ subsidiary.
Bradshaw is a member of the
American Legion, the Elks and
Masons. He is married and has a
13-year*old son, Forrest.
The oommlsslcn resolution was con
sidered. It said:
“Whereas there Is an emergency
existing in the city of Flint at this
time, now therefore be it resolved, that
the mayor be and hereby is authorized
to take command of the police depart
ment of the city of Flint and such
other departments and subordinates
of the city as may be deemed neces
sary for the purpose of maintaining
law and order.”
No official sources would comment
on what the commission's action might
mean to the “police reserves” or
ganized last week by City Manager
John M. Barringer, deprived of his
power by last night’s action.
Barringer went before the commis
sion to answer a series of questions
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Police charged into action in Baltimore yesterday when a
crowd of about 200 striking taxi drivers pelted a fleet of cabs
attempting to break the city’s nine-day-old taxi strike. Two
officers are shown leading one of 13 arrested picketers to a
patrol wagon. Bricks, bottles and other missiles broke cab
windows and windshields. —A. P. Photo.
posed at a meeting Saturday In which
opposition to his actions was freely
voiced.
Barringer asserted he had been au- j
thorized by the commission to or- j
ganize the force, to be composed of
volunteers outfitted by the city.
Mayor Signs ‘•Truce.”
Mayor Bradshaw signed a "truce” |
arranged last week by National Guard
officials which provided the "reserve
police” would not be armed and the
union in return would disarm its pick
ets and sympathizers, whose clubs and
brickbats were regarded a menace.
The “reserve police” have been the
subject of unfavorable comment from
Sheriff Thomas Wolcott. George E. i
Boysen. head of the Flint Alliance,
and others.
The city’s relief load continued to
mount toward the all-time record of
8.591 cases set in December. 1933.
The figure already was beyond 8.000,
more than triple the number on relief
before the strike began December 30.
Strikers Complain.
‘'Stay-in” strikers at Fisher body
plant No. 1 asked union headquarters
to complain to Gov. Murphy about
conditions in Chevrolet plant No. 4,
which is inside the 80-acre area pa
troled by 1,200 guardsmen.
The strikers complained that guards
men were being used to keep the ’'sit
downers” from getting back Into the
plant after visits home for "clothing,
baths, etc.; that the heat was being
turned on and off, “usually off” and
that electricity was needed to operate
the fans which circulate heat through
the plant.
The petition also proposed that
friends and relatives be permitted to
visit "stay-inners" at the factory gates
and that the water should be tested
and “treated, if necessary.”
A New York newspaper man. John
aoti D. Kerkhoff, was jailed for con
tempt of court by Judge Paul V. Oa- ,
dola for refusing to elaborate on a
story he wrote alleging he saw a union
man beaten by a group of vigilantes.
Judge Gadola last Tuesday issued
the injunction ordering the strikers
to evacuate two General Motors plants.
Although Sheriff Wolcott has an order
for arrest of the strikers and of union
officers, he has taken no action pend
ing a reply from Gov. Murphy on his
question asked Friday concerning the
possible help of the National Guard in
carrying out the arrest order. The
strikers have been defying the court
order since 3 p.m. February 4.
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IS TO BE DISCUSSED
New Joint Committee to
Confer With President’s
Advisory Body.
The new Joint Committee on Gov.
eminent Organization la to confer
next Tuesday with the President's Ad
visory Committee on Reorganization
before undertaking consideration of
the executive's recommendations.
It was agreed today at the organi
zation meeting of the joint commit
tee. presided over by Senate Leader
Robinson, that both Senate and House
groups may engage the services of an
expert to advise them. An appropria
tion of $30,000 for the expense of the
committee is Included in the deficiency
bill on which legislative action was
completed yesterday.
At the executive meeting this mom*
Ing an agreement was reached that
the Senate and House groups would
alternate In the choice of chairman.
Senator Robinson was elected to serve
until the beginning of the next ses
sion of Congress, when the House
group will name the chairman.
Robinson said the election of a new
chairman at the beginning of the
next session does not imply that legis
lative action will not be taken on the
President's recommendations during
the present session. He pointed out
that the joint committee on Govern
ment organization was set up as a
continuing body because. Government
reorganization is a continuing process.
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MRS. ZIONCHECK’S WILL
CONTESTED BY CHILDREN
By the Associated Press. *
SEATTLE, February 0.—Kin of the
late Representative Marion A. Zion
check appeared beaded for a court bat
tle over his mother's will today. A sis
ter has petitioned in Superior Court to
set aside the will, which left the bulk
of the estate to another sister.
Miss Norma Zioncheck. the com
plaining sister, contended her mother,
bedridden most of last Summer before
her death, had failed “so in mind she
could not understand the Import of her
will when she signed it, and that she
did not have sufficient understanding
of the English language to comprehend
the will s terms.”
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