SHIPPING STRIKE UNSOLVED
4. FEAR OF DISTURBANCES WITH BLOODSHED Reeeived Wednesdav, S. 1 5 p.m. XLW YU*RK, .Sejit. 11. The striking niaiitime unions deeidcd to permit tugboats and towbarges eontaiuing food, 1'iiel and other essentials for the eitv, to ojierate. The shipping strike eontinned thronghout tlie nation as the Wage Stabilisat ion Hoard def'erred until toimirnm, aetion oa tlie seaniea's deinand for wage inereases wliereto tlie operators agreed but the Hoard partially vetoed. The .Mayor, AI r. O'Dwyer, tohi the Internat ional Teaiusters ' Union pre.-ident, .Mr. Haniel Tobin, tliat. nnless the unioti iu-gotiales a settlement, bloodshed and injnry were a likely re- i sult for whieh the nnions will be blameable. Beer deliveries to 111,000 bars and 12,000 stores in Ncw York have been suspemled by the brewing industry after striking truekers, armed witli baseball bats, threaleiied brewery drivers whose union was not. on strike. i Heyeral tlious.and workers. were iaid ofit iih'tkawity as plants and shojis were foreed to elose doWii beeause oi' laek or materials.' • ;
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 September 1946, Page 5
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