SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THRET I SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1964 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREJI End of Detroit News Deadlock Awaits Union Vote on Contract Strikes Cripple Ford, Threaten Railroads DETROIT (R)-The longest strike shutdown of metropolitan daily newspapers in the nation's history appeared near an end yesterday. Tentative agreement on terms of a settlement of the 131-day strike against the afternoon De- troit News and the morning Detroit Free Press was reached early yesterday at a secret meet- ing at Solidarity House, head- quarters of the United Auto Work- ers Union. Although the UAW was not directly involved in the walkout, a key role in negotiating the s gree- ment was played by the union's president, Walter P. Reuther.' Reuther Mediates The UAW chieftain was instru- mental in bringing together rep- resentatives of the two newspapers and local 13 of the striking In- ternational Pressman's Union to settle the last remaining issue on which the two sides were dead- locked. This issue involved the sire of crews needed to man new cignt- unit presses at the Detroit News, according to state and federal mediators who also took part in the secret meeting. The publishers had maintained the crew should not exceed 15 men, while the union held out for 16. Union Vote Saturday Although details of the settle- ment were withheld officially pending a union membership rati- fication vote Saturday, one source said the compromise called for 16-man crews for a 12-month per- iod while a study committee looks into the question. After nine months, the union then would have the option of ac- cepting 15-man crews or sub- mitting the issue to binding ar- bitration, to be concluded within' the 12 months. The publishers have contended that impartial studies show eight- unit presses can be operated with only 11 to 14 men. Other provisions of the new contract call for higher wages, jobi security clauses, improved pen-1 sions and additional benefits. Under the old contract, the basic rate for pressmen for a 37% - hour work week was $140. Freeman Fraze, president of local 13, said the union's negotiat- ing committee would recommend acceptance of the contract.I "However," he cautioned, "this is not a guarantee that the agree- ment will be ratified. Ours is a democratic union and the final decision will be made by ouri members."1 Began in July The strike began last July 13- first day of the Republican Na- tional Convention in San Fran- cisco-when the pressman and' members of local 10 of the Af- filiated Plate and Paperhandlers+ Union walked out. As it dragged on, the nation's fifth largest city was deprived of its major source of news through such events as the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, an important primary elec- tion for a newly apportioned state Legislature, the detonation of Red China's first nuclear device, the fall of Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev and the re-election of President Lyndon B. Johnson and Michigan Gov. George Rom- ney. Despite the intervention of the mayor, the governor, religious and civic leaders and the President himself, the strike continued. Saturday-when the strike is expected to end officially-will mark the 131st day the Free Press and News have 'failed to publish. Before the Detroit walkout, the longest previous newspaper shut- down was a 129-day strike against the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Press in 1962-63. Other Media Expand Coverage To fill the gap for the news- starved public, Detroit radio and television stations expanded their coverage of news events, and two interim newspapers were estab- lished-the Detroit Daily Press and the Detroit Emergency Press. Mayor Jerome Cavanagh said all Detroit residents have been victims of the strike, not just the approximately 4,100 employes in- volved. "Economically, and perhaps more important, in knowledge and communication, the loss has been serious and irretrievable," he ob- served. False hopes of a possible settle- ment were raised following n(go- tiating sessions with federal me- diators last month in Washing- ton, D.C. Despite an expressed hope by President Lyndon B. Johnson for "favorable action" on a tentative proposal, the pressmen turned down the package, 230-17. *The plate and paperhandlers finally accepted an agreement on a new two-year contract Nov. 11. The proposed settlement with the pressmen came a day after Teamster President James R. Hoffa said in an interview that teamster truck drivers were ready to cross the picket lines if the publishers wanted to use nonunion help to run the presses. Locals Blamed For Stoppage DETROIT (R')-Ford Motor Co. auto production was scheduled to stop last night and the company blamed a shortage of parts caused by local United Auto Workers union strikes. Negotiations resumed yesterday at the key Sterling Township, Mich., parts plant. Top-level ne- gotiations were scheduled today at Ford headquarters at Dearborn, Mich. The Sterling Township plant has 6,300 workers on strike. It makes chassis parts, axles, suspen- sion parts and drive shafts. Other struck plants are an auto assembly plant at Wayne, Mich., with 1,900 workers, and a truck plant at Wayne, with 1,100 work- ers. strikes would halt all Ford pro- duction by next week. The strikes started Nov. 6 at nine local plants which had failed to reach local agreements supple- menting the national contract. Agreementhwas reachedcon the national contract Sept. 18. The issues were mainly working conditions, seniority and over- time. Agreements later were reached at all but the three Michigan plants. A Ford spokesman said the Mustang had been the only auto produced since Tuesday and that assembly of that car would stop at the Milpitas, Calif., assembly plant tonight. The spokesman said some truck production would continue, but probably would halt next week if no settlement was reached. He said some parts production also would continue. The total number of United States employes idled by the strike hit 80,000 today-half of Ford's hourly worker force. Craft Unions Plan Walkout CHICAGO (P) - Negotiations aimed at averting a nationwide railroad strike proceeded at a fast pace yesterday as the hours nar- rowed before the 6 a.m. Monday strike deadline. A federal mediator was expect- ed to continue discussions well in- to the night again in separate meetings with six shop craft unions and the nation's railroads. Francis A. O'Neill of the Na- tional Mediation Board began the intensive negotiations Monday, but no joint management and union meeting has been held yet. Refuse Proposals The six shop craft unions have turned down a presidential emer- gency board's proposed 27 cent hourly pay increase spread over three years. The unions, reportedly led by the machinists and sheet metal workers, have demanded in- creases of 41 cents hourly. If called, a strike would halt service on 187 railroads and ter- minal switching companies that handle 90 per cent of the rail traffic in the country. Yesterday, Michael Fox, head of the AFL-CIO railway employes de- partment and chief negotiator for the shop craft unions, said "all plans are made and ready for a strike at 6 a.m. Monday." Observe Pickets Other unions are expected to observe the picket lines that would be set up by the shop craft unions, which are not actually in- volved in the movement of trains. The shop craft unions conterd that their members are under- paid in relation to other non- operating rail workers and com- parable jobs in industry. The rail- roads contend it would not be fair to the rest of the industry to break the uniform wage-package pattern that now prevails. Negotiations also are pending with five other shop craft unions that represent some 300,000 em- ployes, but no strike threat has been issued by those unions. M. M. 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