MARITIME STRIKE NEARER

Chronicle (Levin), 5 June 1946, Page 5

MARITIME STRIKE NEARER

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Receivecl Tuesday, 10.5 p.m. NEW YORK, June 3. The worid-wide tie-up of American j shipping, scheduled for June 15, ap- ; i pearecl nearer tonight following the shipowners' rejection of the ttnion's , proposals for a 40-hour week foi mer- j cliant searnen, which the owners claim- . ed would increase operating costs by j more than 150,000,000 dollars yearly. j The announcement came as a Nation-! al Maritime Union ofiicial reported that i the World Federation of Trade Unions j had notified American unions that their | appeal for woud-wide support for the : strike was being referred to all ! W.F.T.U. affiliates. The W.F.T.U. had ^ approximately 70,000,000 members. The W.F.T.U. executive council is meeting at Moscow on June 16 and pre- ; sumably the strike wottld be placed on the council 's agenda j The American Associated Press says ' that, instructed by President Truman, ! Mr. Porrestal, *secretary of the Navy, j has started organising the Navy to I break the threatened maritime strike. ; Ali stations have been ordered to report within 24 hours, the numbers of ofhcers ; and men experienced in handling and stowing cargo. j A second order has instructed shore | stations to accept for active service all | reservists volunteering. All volunteers woTild be released as soon as practic- ' able after the strike.