SHIPPING STRIKE IN U.S.

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21941, 16 November 1936, Page 9

SHIPPING STRIKE IN U.S.

Federal Intervention Sought

COST IS SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received November 15, 10 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 14, From New York and San Francisco appeals have been made for Federal intervention to settle the spreading national maritime strike and relieve a situation which local agencies are apparently powerless to handle. The Mayor of San Francisco (Mr Angelo J. Rossi) flew to Washington to confer with Miss Frances Pei’kins (Secretary for Labour) and possibly with Mr Roosevelt. Mr Philip A. S. Franklin, chairman of the International Mercantile Marine Company, who arrived in New York from Europe aboard the Washington, said the strike was costing his company a fortune and the Government could and should settle the. strike without further delay. The strikers hired an aeroplane and flew over the harbour in an effort to drop strike leaflets on the Washington and enlist the crew. However, they fell in the water. It is estimated that the strike on the Pacific coast is costing 7,000,000 dollars a day. Mr Harry Bridges (the union leader), addressing the San Francisco Labour Council, threatened to call an official east coast strike if the Department of Labour fails to secure a settlement. He added: “The strike is going well, but the feeding of the strikers is expensive.”