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Call West Coast Shipping Strike

San Francisco, Oct. 30.-Seven Pacific Coast maritime unions, representing 37,00O dock and ship workers, early today ordered an immediate general maritime strike.

San Francisco, October 29. The general maritime strike on the Pacific Coast was averted early today for at least twenty-four hours pending further negotiations between employers and unions. The delay in calling a walkout was deCided upon by the joint negotiating committee of seven West Coast unions which had been ernpowered to call a strike last night if agreement on vital issues were not reached by then.

A tentative agreement between Pacific Coast sailors and marine firemen and the Shipowners Association of the Pacific, an independent organization operating steam schooners in coastwise traffic, temporarily halted the strike on the steam schooners, and the negotiating committee of these two unions hoped to confer with the companies operating the larger offshore vessels.

The walkout on both classes of ships had been scheduled for midnight, October 28.

truce on October 14 and that operations continue under thb existing agreement until the negotiations have been completed to which the shipowners acceded. The unions, through their negotiating committee, advised the Commission that the unions conditionally agreed and they were willing to extend the truce from October 15 to October 26.

On October 15, the Pacific Coast maritime unions asked their members to authorize a coast-wide waterfront strike beginning at midnight, October 28, unless the disputes were settled by October 26. The unions' vote on the strike authorization proposal was more than 90 per cent in favor of a walkout, leaders reported.

Rear Admiral H. G. Hamlet of the Federal Maritime Commission and Edward F. McGradv. Assistant Secretary of Labor, have been in San Francisc6 negotiating wittr tttl employers and unions in an effort to avoid a tie-up.

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Employers' Association and the maritirre unions for modification of the 1934 arbitration awards began at San Francisco the latter part of August. Due to the refusal of the longshoremen, to submit disputed questions to arbitration, negotiations became deadlocked. In a referendum vote by the members of the I. L. A. of the Pacific Coast district, the longshoremen voted 96 per cent against arbitration of the working agreements. The three important issues not settled were hiring hall control, six-hour day, and workers' discipline.

On September 30, the expiration date of the 1934 working agreements, the shipowners advised the Federal Maritime Commission they would accept the proposal for extending the agreements fifteen days if the unions would agree to arbitrate before the Commission issues not settled directly in that period. The unions accepted the fiftden days' truce. During the fifteen day period the employers and unions were deadlocked on many disputed questions.

The Commission asked for a further extension of the

R. A. Clark Resigns'-C. H. Chenoweth Appointed Sales Manager

Ralph A. Clark, sales manager of Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham, Wash., since 1913 has resigned effective November 1. He has been with the company for the past thirty-three year's. Mr. Clark has not announced his plans for the future.

C. H. Chenoweth, in charge of sales for the company in the Boston district, has been appointed sales manager and will take over his new duties the early part of November.

The members of the Lumber & Allied Produ,cts Institute met at the Elks Club, Los Angeles, October 27. There was a large turnout, 160 being present.

Sam T. Hayward, chairman of the Executive Committee, presided. H. A. Lake, president ofthe California Retail Lumbermen's Association, gave a resume of the program of the State Association's annual meeting held at Del Monte, October 22-23. E. C. Parker, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Lo. Angeles, addressed the meeting on "Taxation and fncreased Cost of Doing Business," the same subject he discussed at the Retailers' annual convention. His address appears in full in this issue.

Frank Fox, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, read a testimonial of appreciation to Henry S. Patten, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., who served as chairman of the Execuitve Committee the past three years and presented him with a beautiful Atmos clock.Mr. Patten thanked the members, and stated that he was very much interested in the association and was a member of the first association formed in the district thirty-three years ago when there were only six yards in Los Angeles. He asked the members to cooperate to make the Institute a strong organization.

It was voted to hold similar meetings every three months.

Wharf Completed

Trans-Pacific Lumber Co., Port Orford, Ore., completed construction of its 500-foot treated pilingwharf October 8, and the first cargo of lumber was shipped October 10. There is a depth of 34 feet of water at the wharf.