Appeals Sent by Radio to President.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20361, 19 July 1934, Page 1

Appeals Sent by Radio to President.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 17. An indication that the general strike in San Francisco and adjacent cities might shortly be ended was given today in a communication received by the authorities from the Strike Committee, saying that they were prepared to accept arbitration of their grievances contingent upon the intervention l of President Roosevelt. I A formal resolution was adopted by { the committee urging the Governors of j Pacific Coast States and the Mayors of ; the principal cities involved to request ! Mr Roosevelt to authorise arbitration I on “ all the questions involved in the dispute by the National Longshoremen’s Board, and that their decision be accepted by all parties.” The San Francisco City Council has sent a radio message to President Roosevelt inviting him to visit the city as soon as possible to investigate the position for himself. There are indications that the union’s ranks are in the midst of a bitter interorganisation fight between the Conservatives and Radicals. When it was announced that the General Strike Committee, by 207 votes | to 180, had decided to urge all waterj front emplovees to submit their griev- , ances to arbitration. Mr Bridges, leader , of the radical groups, declared that the vote did not represent the true spirit I of the strikers.