Japanese Sinkers Injured In Clash With Police
Received Wednesdav, 9 p.m. TOIvIO, June 15. Eightv strikers were injured, four seriouslv, when 2000 police last night fought with 3000 strikers at the Hirosliima plant of the Japan Steel Manu--facting Companv. The police drove odt barricaded men from the factory. Twenty more strikers were injured today when the police tried to disperse a crowd gathering around the factory. The strike began when the management laid off 622 workers. The Japanese authorities are believed to -be taking a strong stand beeause the factory is designated for reparations. A Government Party spokesman accused the Communist Party of inciting Mie present industrial unrest and deVed it was working towards the in\tion of a revolution by force some \ August or September,
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 June 1949, Page 5
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