THREAT OF STRIKE
U.S. COTTON INDUSTRY
FEDERAL CONCILIATION
WASHINGTO.V, August 2(3.
Secret instructions for a. general walkout in the United States cotton textile industry on. September 4 have been sent out to sectional chieftains by the. National Strike Commitlee of. the United Textile Workers.
The order, which will bo announced officially this week, will affect nearly 500,000 cotton mill workers. An additional 300,000 may subsequently bo ordered from tho mills in the silk, rayon, and woollen industries.
In the meantimo the Federal Government is seeking to inaugurate concilia tiou.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 50, 28 August 1934, Page 9
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89THREAT OF STRIKE Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 50, 28 August 1934, Page 9
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