Evening star. [volume], April 05, 1946, Page B-7, Image 22

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Men's Clothing Stores!
Face Walkout April 13'
Of 125 Salesmen
A strike by 125 salesmen in 12 *
leading men's stores here was ,
threatened today by the Retail I
Clerks’ Local 262, AFL, to enfofce I
demands for increases in commis- '
sions on sales of clothing and
furnishings. i
John J. Tracy, union business I
manager, said the men will vote 1
next Friday and will walk out
April 13, “unless they change their ,
minds.” He said negotiations were I
deadlocked and that he did not I
see how a strike could be avoided.
Reporting he had rejected a union
offer of arbitration, Joseph C. Me- J
Garraghy, representing the stores, J
said he too was “not too optimistic” |
about possibility of a peaceful set- '
t lement. While the commission rate
has remained unchanged, earnings J
of salesmen have increased steadily, I
he argued. '
The clothing salesmen now aver- .
age more than $4,000 a year each i
and the furnishings salesmen about I
$3,000, he estimated. The commis- I
sion rate is one of the fixed fees on \
which the Government based the j
markup it allows retailers in estab- i
lishing ceiling prices, and any in- j
crease would have to be passed on to 1
the customer, Mr. McGarraghy said. |
For 20 years management has re-!
fused to change the commissions paid
salesmen, Mr. Tracy charged. The
union is asking an increase from
5 to 6 per cent for clothing and
from 6 to 7 per cent for furnish
ings. The men now are guaran
teed $35 a week. Given $45 weekly i
vacation pay by a settlement last:!
April, when they struck for three I
days to increase that pay and the 1
drawing account, or guarantee, the '
men now also are seeking vacation t
pay based on their average weekly J
earnings. The union contract, nor- I
mally expiring March 31, is ex- I
tended by agreement as long as ’
negotiations continue, Mr. Tracy j
said. ! i
His statement followed a concilia-11
tion meeting yesterday with Mr.11
McGarraghy. representing the stores, 11
and Mrs. Rose Forrester, Labor
Department conciliator. Mrs. For- j I
rester said she plans no further;!
meetings. 11
Stores involved include the Young \
Men’s Shop, Lewis & Thomas Saltz,; .
Inc., Grosner, and Bond. i
4 D. C. Institutions Receive \
$2^000 in Hutchins Will j
Four Washington institutions re- I
ceived bequests totaling $28,000 un- 1
der the will of W. Stilson Hutchins,
a son of the founder of the Wash- j
ington Post, which was filed for I
probate yesterday in New Canaan. I
Conn., the Associated Press re- j '
ported. I J
Mr. Hutchins, who died March 18' I
in New Canaan, left $25,000 to the! I
American Red Cross, w;ith head-;'
quarters here, and $1,000 each to
the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital. Children's Hospital and
the Washington Humane Society.
Mr. Hutchins lived in Washing
ton until his retirement in 1928. A
former managing editor of the Post,
he came to this city in 1878, the I
year after his father, the late Stil- I
son Hutchins, founded the news- I
paper. ''
The will, filed by Goodwin Gra-;
ham of Washington and Edward F. |
Morse of New Canaan, co-executors, ■
also contained the following be- '
quests:
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