The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1953, Page 7

STRIKE SHUTS DOWN BIG CAN COMPANIES By WILLIAM A. SWARTWORTH PITTSBURGH —A strike by the CIO United Steelworkers shut down the nation’s two largest ean facturers today, i ‘The big union ordered the walk-| out last midnight against the American Can Co. and the Con- tinental Can Co, after g deadlock in negotiations for new contracts.| and Continental members in and five , Amer- bargaining with demands which would have amounted to a package increase of 50 cents an hour and gradually lowered them to what the company estimated to be about 26 cents an hour. At the final ses- sion, he said, the union reinstated all its original demands. He added “ ,,. The union announced that all tentative agreements were withdrawn; that the union and the company were 15 cents apart on money items and there were some 6 unresolved issues... ” AT&T Plans To Construct Cable Across Atlantic NEW “YORK # — American) Telephone & Telegraph Co, has announced plans to construct the first telephone cable system across the Atlantic Ocean at a cost of 35 million dollars. It will be by far the longest underseas voice states and| Warren Lacke, head of the Con- about 20,- tinental negotiating team. said: ‘cable in the worid and the first 13,000 other, “We considered our offer a fair igiq at depths found in mid-ocean, in 32 plants one and regret that the union has’ the Longlises Dest. @A TET @f Continental in 14 states and ror eg to reject it and call a ..i4 developmental and research work on such a cable has been David J. McDonald, USW presi-| "Ul take sens to:acmenete. The cable will not carry a wide dent, sent telegrams to union of- : jfieials at plants of the companies [ves sg of frequencies for | stating: ot : 1-QT. COVERED Closing of the plants will hit the your contract expired at mid- A" agreement has been signed a | citrus industry hard because it de- night Dec. 1, 1953, No satisafetory {or construction of the cable by| " SAUCE PAN pends on tin cans to market its agreement has been reached. All 4 T & T. the British Post Office, | Cooks foods the heolthfu Kwik Chek & Margaret Ann The two companies employ more than 60,000 persons in all. About half of these are not affected since they are represented by products. The strike also will af- y, should cease ag.of 12:01 a.m., which provides te!ephone service | flavorful " less" , fect the steel industry, which sup- ee ‘enti further notice,” i" Great Britain, and the Canadian ous nace Plies most of the metal for cans. | among the first plants to close “As uage Rag cagptsleegpa! Representatives of both compan-|were Continental Can operations at|/ne, cable will be owned jointly {es met separately with union bar- Syracuse, N. Y., where <pproxi.!” 7) ubmarine telephone cable aaining teams yesterday and last/mately 1,000 employes stopped’. t0n, will contain . group of it in a last-ditch effort to avert work one minute after midnight, seen cikcults” betes ew the walkout. and Harvey, La., where about 500.7) and London, and another Federal mediators stood by until walked out. group between Montreal and Lon-| the final minutes waiting for a! Meanwhile, Federal Mediators’ Go, At the gateway cities, the| break—but none came, {William Rose and George Woomer circyits will connect with the tele- Al Whitehouse, head of the USW said they will continue efforts to phone systems of the respective committee negotiating with bring the union and companies to- countries. | American Can, said the company 'gether. No new negotiations are’ Until now,, transatlantic and “gave every evideace of bad faith scheduled. transpacific tellephone service has and no to bargain.” American Can Co. plants with been by short wave. Talks got under way in New USW contracts are located at, The longest underwater tele- York about five weeks ago and|Brooklyn, N. Y.; Baltimore; New- phone cable to date is AT&T's switched to Pittsburgh last week. (ark, N. J.; Tampa, Fla.; Zivuston, between Key West, Fla., and Ha-| The union seeks a 12-cent hourly|Tex.; Milwaukee; Birmingham, |vana, Cuba, using special long- wage increase and several fringe Ala.; Terre Haute, Austin and In-|life vacuum tube repeaters, improvements for members who dianapolis, Ind.; Cincinnati; St.} now average $1.80 an hour in the Paul. Minn.; St. Louis; Fort’Smith, feat, United States and $1.50 in Canada.|Ark,; Ogden, Utah: Englewood, ——— ee it Both companies made the same) Maywood and Joliet, Ill.: Portland, police stopped Russell L. Gokel ig offer—a 10%-cent hourly wage|Ore.; San Francisco, Oakland, Los Romeo, he couldn't imagine what, package gb geory negotiators| Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, |y.., hae agini rejected it, and a half cents/San Jose, Monterey, Wilmington! «ason% vou mi 9” ot bk sr boost was to be aland Stockton, Calif; and Van- Ales you missing something? steal raise. The remaining 2 couver, B. C, " cents was offered for improved! Continental Can Co. plants hs ea ee oa Pension and vacation benefits and|struck are at Syracuse: Newark, | heen asleep in the back seat, was adjustment of area pay differen-|Patterson and Passaic, N. J.; Bir- gone. The officers tolé him she tials. jmingham, Ala.; Gary and Elwood, had gotten out 17 miles back when E. T. Klassen, chairman of the/Ind.; Chicago; Baltimore; Mem-| Gokel stopped for gas, He returned American Can group, said: phis; Harvey, La.; Houston; Pitts-\to the filling station and picked “The strike announcement is an| burgh: Milwaukee; St, Louis; Au-/her up. attempt to enforce absurd econom-'burndale and Tampa, Fla.; Los ie demands and other proposals,| Angeles, Terminal Island and Sac- acceptance of which by the com-!ramento, Calif.; and four in Can- pany would be tantamount to sur-!ada. rendering its right to manage the/ business.” | Three are about 920,000 employes Klassen said the union began its) in the U, 8, auto industry, 1835 FLAGLER AVENUE 727 DUVAL STREET HOUSEHOLD INSTITUTE WEAVY CAST ALUMINUM TO LAST A LIFETIME! | Wednesday, December 2, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 7! HCE CHICKEN FRYERS "ij win" cert 10-in. Chicken Fryer $6.50 $3.39 AL Yin. 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