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Longshoremen's Strike Ends-Shipping To Be Resumed
Dock \florkers Vote to Arbitrate
Longshoremen Return to \(/ork
San Francisco, July 29.---The Pacific Coast Longshoremen's strike was ended today, and the men will return to work at 8 a.m. Tuesday, pending arbitration.
This was the official announcement from O. K. Cushing, spokesman for President Roosevelt's National Longshoremen's Board. The official order ap. plies to all ports.
East B.y Yards Shut Down in Gener"l Strike
Lumber yards in the East Bay cities were shut down from three to seven days on account of the teamsters' strike, and the general strike which was called one day later, and ended one day later than the San Francisco general strike.
Many Large Tidewater Mills in Fir Region Down
Regarding lumber conditions in the Douglas fir region, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its news release of July 13, 1934, says:
"A decrease of close to 20,000 in the number of employees in the logging and lumber industry of Western Oregon and Washington is reflected in current production reports as compared to the week preceding the longshoremen's strike. The decrease in employment is due primarily to the effect of the strike but in part to a seasonal reduction in production and employment which usually occurs at this time of year. In April there were about 51,000 perso.ns employed in the industry.
"Fifty-eight large tidewater mills in the Douglas fir region, which during the week ending May 5 produced 42 per cent of the cut reported by a total of 594 mills, were not operating during the week ending June 30, and are still down. These mills sell more than half of their output in markets requiring water delivery. The docks of practically all these mills are loaded to capacity with lumber which is sold and awaiting shipment. Even after it becomes possible to move this lumber, resumption of production will be slowed until piling space becomes available."
San Francisco, July 25.-The President's National Longshoremen's Board today announced that the coastwise vote among the striking longshoremen was overwhelmingly in favor of Federal arbitration of all differences with employers, virtually terminating the strike. The vote was: Yes, 6388; No, 1471. The vote was complete with the exception of a few small ports in the Northwest. The shipowners had previously agreed to permit President Roosevelt's board to arbitrate the issues involved in the strike.
The Board immediately turned its efforts towards getting the longshoremen back to work and returning shipping back to normalcy.
The belief is general that the longshoremen will return to work by next Monday.
There was only one city, Raymond, \Mash., where the dock men rejected the arbitration proposal. The vote by cities follows:
Heavy Demurragc Charges Paid Under Protest by S. F. Yards
San Francisco yards have had to pay heavy demurrage and wharfage charges on shipments of hardwood lumber unloaded during the period of the longshoremen's strike. These charges have been paid to the State Boarcl of Harbor Commissioners under protest.
For instance, Smith Lumber Co. paid charges of $237 on one car of hardr,l'ood, and $50 on another. Several of the hardwood yards are up against such charges. and all feel that these are unfair in view of the fact that there was no way in .which they could get delivery of the lumber