THE MOTOR STRIKE
PROGRESS AT CONFERENCE
SAVED FROM COLLAPSE (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) DETROIT, Feb. 6. (Received Feb. 7, at 9 p.m.) Repeated telephonic intervention by President Roosevelt saved the motor strike conference from collapsing. Governor Murphy said that some progress had been made when he announced an adjournment till tomorrow. Sub-committees have been appointed to meet to-night and study the various questions involved. The president is reported to have persuaded General Motors officials to remain when twice they were ready
to quit. Judge Gadola, of Flint, signed a wri + to arrest all strikers, pickets, oF f rs and organisers of the union for contempt of court. The sheriff asked Governor Murphy for military help to make the arrests, but Governor Murphy indicated that he would oppose the arrests until the conference ends. The sheriff said he would take no action to-night.
OUTLOOK NOT HOPEFUL DETROIT, Feb. 6. (Received Feb. 7, at 11 p.m.) Only President Roosevelt’s telephone messages again kept the Motor Strike Conference alive during the day, in which nothing was accomplished. It will meet again on Monday in what is believed to be the final session. If there is failure to agree again it is believed that General Motors are ready to force the evacuation of the strikers.
GOVERNOR’S ATTITUDE
NEW YORK. Feb. 6,
(Received Feb. 7, at 11.30 p.m.) The New York Times states that General Motors are prepared to ask for legislation to impeach Governor Murphy unless he orders eviction- of the strikers.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19370208.2.85
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 23109, 8 February 1937, Page 9
Word Count
250THE MOTOR STRIKE Otago Daily Times, Issue 23109, 8 February 1937, Page 9
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.