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The Oshawa Daily Times SUCCEEDING 1he Oshawa Daily Reformer SE eenawewms OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARCH %, 1928 TRIKE OVER All 6. M. Employees Back at Work Monday Conciliation Board to be Appointed. . Old Rates of Payin Meantime 30,1928 10 Cents a Weeki 3 Conte a TWELVE PAGES AIRMEN HAVE ENDED LONG RECORD TEST Successful in Establishing a New World's Endurance Record r-- WERE UP 53 HOURS George Haldeman and Eddie Stinson Better By One Hour German Record (By Associated Press) ud siusenville Beach, Fla, ' > 80~~When their mono. piano oy Joe Don for 48 Gi morning clear weather previles to air "the final stretch of Eddie Stine Geo Haldeman iY rge- s the world's endure flight record, AIAN Jacksonville Beach, March 30.-- Beorge Haldeman and Eddie Stin- son set a new world's endurance record today of 63 hours 85 min- utes for sustained flight. They landed at 1.12.40 Eastern Stand- ard Time after breaking by an hour and twelve minutes, forty sec- onds, the German mark made last summer, The fliers landed a mile from where they took off and tax- fed south to the spot they left Wed- nesday morning. They still had gasoline in the tanks as the mro- tor was still running. At 1.00.60 p. m. they had bet- tered by one hour the former mark set last August by Johann Ristiez end Cornelius Edsard, German fli- ers, in the Junkers monoplane, Eu- rope. In order to be officially rec- ognized a record must be bettered by at least one hour. Haldeman snd Stinson landed at 1.12 at Jack- sonville Beach, TUG ALTAWANDRON I3 NOW ABANDONED Rescue Boat Ctught in lee is in Dangerous Position Crew Anxious (By Canadisn. Press) Braptirry, Mar. 30.--With heavy gale blowing and ice floes moving more rapidly, the tug Altawandron. now ab ned, and the rescue tug lly F" caught in the ice in a fu- tile attempt to reach the first pamed boat, still occupicd the same relative position about three quarters of a mile apart this morning. *Jean bas a crew of eight men aboard and while no anxiety is left at present, their position threatened to become dangerous the ice floes break up. Hon, Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor, Hurriedly Sum- 'moned -- Meets Strike Committees and General Manager of Company -- Situation Becomes Bright. er Although Settlement is Not Yet Reached 700 MORE MEN JOIN STRIKERS Decision Will Probably Be Reached This Afternoon at Mass Meeting When Important Announcement Cards to Be Distributed ---- The deadlock between strikers and maangement yesterday, brought the Minister of La- bor, Hon. Peter Hennan, here himself early this morning, Mr, Heenan received reporters in his room at the Commercial Hotel, shortly after breakfast. He said that the strike situation here was peculiar, and that as a consequence he really had no authority to act in the matter, "The Industrial Disputes Act, " sald Mr, Heenan, *is concerned only with companies and organizations of a national order, and works of a general character. Factories such as General 'Motors plants come pn- der provincial jurisdiction, and therefore not under the Industrial Disputes Act. To make the act effective in the present case, the provincial government would have to pass legislation authorizing it. He said however that as he had been invited to be a mediator in the dispute, be would do his. ut- most to bring about a settlement. "It would depend upon the arrange- ment made, and whether both par- ties agreed to them, the solution of the strike situation in Oshawa," declared Mr. Heenan, and he said that conciliation boards succeeded in nine cases out of ten in provid- ing the key to problems, and ar- riving at a satisfactory solution. Mr. Heenan gave 2 list of the industries that came under the In- dustrial Disputes Act, and again emphasized that the Act gave pow- ers to act only in disputes or a national or general character. Meeting in Armouries "At the mass meeting held this morning in the Armouries, the strike committee announced the re- F"|sults of their negotiations toaay and last night, and declared that this afternoon the body of work- ers would be made members of the International Automobile Indus- trial Workers Union, and said that cards would be obtainable at the meeting. Carol ("Slim") Phillips, the chairman of the executive ar- ranging for the affiliation with the union organization stressed espec- Premier King Comments on Speech of Lord Salisbury Repudiates Salisbury's Statement That Canade Was Not Invited to Partake in AngloEgyptian Treaty Comssponene -- Invites (By Canadian Press) "MM --* do io 4 knw "4 1 ondon with re- I delivered in the s Monday might. I <4 say in the facts of ¢ .2 ae as stated there," said Premier King, when shown a despatch irom London in which Lord Salisbury, speaking in the House of Lords yesterday declared Canada was mot invited to participate in the Aanclo-Eeyptian Treaty recently me- gontiated. "Canada was asked to be a party to the Treaty, and should there be any doubt about it I would be glad with the consent of the Bri- tish Government to have correspon- donee § in this connection tabled," said g. A Stri'zers Decide to Form Union Passing A Strong Resolution is. Expected -- Union| TWO ARE HANGED IN COLORADO STATE FOR BRUTAL MURDER (By Associated Press) Camon City, Colo.,, Mar, 30.-- Arthur Osborne and Ray Noakes were hanged at Colorado State Penitentiary today for the slaying of Fred Selak, aged hermit of Grand Lake, fally that the International was in no way to be connected with any commun'stic body, The announce- ment of the definite steps towards union was greeted with cheers from the mass of strikers and sym- pathizers. The pledge, approved in a hearty fashion by the great show of hands at the 'meeting, was worded as fol- lows: We, the emnloyees of Gen- eral Motors of Canada, do here, hy pledge ourselves to estab. lish a trade union organization, Furthermore we pledge our. selves to use every possible means to secure one hundred per cent organization,"" The executive of the committee for trade union and other officers elected are: Chairman, Carol ("Slim") Phillips; vice-chairman, Robert Stewart; treasurer, Gerald Montgomery; secretary, Georze Lemme; business committee, Car- ol Phillips, Robert Stewart, Al Ralph, Douglas Stewart, Charles Wales, and Harold McConkey; en- tertainment committee, Ben Me- Grath, George Cox, and Howard Dell; publicity committee, R. Me- Donough, James Wilson and George Lemme. James Simpson the prominent Labor Leader who appeared at the meeting in the park yesterday, and who said that he would speak at the morning meeting, did not ar- rive from Toronto, put it is expected that he will address the meeting this afternoon. Pickets were placed at all the plants this morning, and some fear- ed trouble, but were assured by "Slim" that they had been warned, as intimation had been received from Chief of Police Friend, that the pickets would have to keep twenty feet from the gates, keep moving, and could not accost any of the workers. He emphasized the fact that the pickets were merely a gesture, an indication that they were not returning to work to- day, and that the srike was still unsettled. 800 More Out It is estimated that nearly six hundred more workers walked out this morning, and the following de- partment were affected by the de- pletion: The Cadillac and La- Salle production line, which in- cludes both classes and final as- sembly, and who are all. day work- bers; about 150 mill room workers; J a few more maintenance men; about 75 domestic loaders; door conveyors and men from the truck department, who transport the car | Congratulations! Fair and reasonable pro- posals of General Motors of Canada Limited received in a fair and reasonable spirit by the employees of the Company at their mass meeting this af- ternoon resulted in an amic- able settlement of the strike that has been in effect here since Monday. Congratulations are in order all round :--to the Hon, Peter Heenan and the Department of Labor for their successful mediation; to the Company for their willingness to act upon the suggestions of the Minister of Labor; and to the employees for their fairness in accepting the proposals made and also for the very creditable manner in which they have conducted themselves since the strike started, We sincerely hope that the outcome of the Conciliation Board's hearings will: be en- tirely satisfactory to both par- ties and that an era of indus- trial peace and prosperity such as has never been known before is in store for both the Company and its employees, AWARD CREDITS T0 TRAINING CLASS Christian Leadership Course Proves Fine Success-- Teacher Honored An experiment in Christian Leadership Training work, as far as this city was concerned, was successfully completed last night when credits were awarded to fif- teen young men and women who had completéd a course of study in a leadership training class. A pleasant feature of the short meet- ing was the presentation to teach- er, Rev. W, P. Fletcher, D.D., of a brass fruit bowl, the presenta- tion being made by Rey, C. W. DeMille and Mrs. W. H. Pait, For five weeks, each Thursday night, this class has been meeting in ft. Andrew's Church and study- ing The Pupil" by Prof. Wiegle, under the leadership of Dr. Fletch- er. A leadership training class of this kind is an innovation in Osh- awa, but the steady attendance right until the last day illusrated the interest and value that the class held for those attending. For years a Leadership Trajping School has been held about Christ- mas time, taking every night for a week and including seven or eight separate classes, bit this is the first time that am individual class for one course has been held. bodies through the plants. The bal- ance of the wiring department walked out late yesterday. #ro-| duction at the plants was AWA oh ally negligible in the last two days. M. S. Campbell, Chief Concilia- tion Officer of the Department of Labor, held conferences with the strike and business committee of the strikers most of last evening, | LARGE SUBMARINE WILL BE STATIONED AT PORTSMOUTH YARD (By Associated Press) Washington, Mar. 30.--The sub-| marine V-4 the largest im the world, is to be commissioned at Portsmouth mavy yard April 2. FLOODS DEVELOP IN CAPE PROVINCE WHICH CAUSES MUCH ALARM Capetown, South Africa, Mar. 30. ---An alarm was felt in Cape Prov- ince today as the steady rainfall | assumed torrential proportions and | ifioods developed. The cerificates of merit were presented to the successful stu- dents by Rev. C. W. DeMille, pres- ident of thie Oshawa Religious Education Council. While the at- tendance at the class was comsid-' erably in excess of the number of credits awarded, strict attention was paid to the requirements of attendance apd assignments, and the award was made to a large de- 2ree on the assignment essays om the course submitted. Six of the city's Sunday Schools and four ministers were represented in the class. Those awarded credits last might were: 2 Mrs. Roy Bennett, Miss Vera Watson, Mrs. €. I. DeGuerre, Miss Mildred DeGuerre, Percy Fletcher, Miss Hilda Hare, Miss Jean Me- Murty, Miss Marjorie Blewett, Miss Reta Vokes, Miss Thelma Har- ris,, Miss Ida Comrie, Robert H. Brown, Ralph Young, Miss Marion Buras, Miss Carrie Stinson, Mrs. W. H. Tait, Eric McVeity and Wil- liam Young. 2 J ITALIAN AVIATOR MAKES RECORD Major De Bernardi 'Estab. lishes Speed Record, Flying 318 Miles Per Hour Londen, Mar. 30.--An exchange telegraph despatch from Venice says that Major de Bernardi, Italian avia- tor, established a new world's speed record today, flying at the rate ot 31834 miles per hour, HUGE IE JAM MOVING RAPIDLY Is 12 Miles Long and 40 Feet High--On the Way to Saskatoon (By Canadian Press) Saskatoon, Mar. 30.--An ice jam twelve miles in length is moving to- ward Saskatoon from Pike Lake arca. Early reports today were that the height of 4 jam was forty feet above the river level and that it had moved a mile during the past 24 hours. The whole district to the south and east 'of Pike Lake is under water. which, rising steadily, was creeping northward, Saskatoon, Mar. 30.--Its normal course checked by a barrier of ice nearly thirty feet in height east of Pike Lake, Saskatchewan River has overflowed its banks and the whole upper valley of the district is flood- ed, menacing life and property. Ac- cording to latest reports the river had iE six feet during the past four hours with the inundated arca gradually widening into a huge ar tificial lake. RESTRICTION LIFTED UNDER NEW BILL FOR N, AM, INDIANS Washington, Mar. 30.--North Am- erican Indians born in Canada would be permitted to cross the boundary into the United States without re- striction under the terms of the bill passed by the Hoyse of Representa- tives yesterday. The bill was intro- duced by representative McGregor, of New York. MANY GUESTS AT REBEKAH LODGE Toronto, Whitby and Chat- ham Affiliations Send Rep- resentati ves On Wednesday evening, the Osh- awa Rebekah Lodge No 3 held their regular meeting in the lodge rooms. There were guests pres- ent from several Toronto lodges from Whitby lodge from a lodge near Chatham and from the Sun- shine lodge here. The degree staff exemplified their work and many complimentary = remarks were heard. The forty-eighth an- niversary of the lodge will be cele- brated in April and the Past Grands will meet at the home of Mrs. M. Shaw, Gliddon Avenue, to make arrangements on Tuesday evening, April 3. The degree staff journeys to Lindsay on April 23 to put on their work. Radio Reaches New Altitude Per Share $177 (By Associated Ppess) New York, Mar. 30.--The , radio, which was quickly bid up seven dollars share to new high at $177.50. Nearly a score of other issues were marketed up one to five dol- lars. | Steeplechase today. The strike is over, day morning. letter follows: Hon, Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor, Ottawa, Ont, Honorable Sir; mutual satisfaction, 15th. to the above mentioned dates, Company's Offer to Hon. Peter Heenan Accepted By Men H. A. Brown, Vice-President and General Manager, Says Company Has Every Desire to Treat Employees Right --Wages on Assembly Lines Prior to March 15 and in Trimming Department Prior to March 22nd to Be Restored Pending Findings of Conciliation Board At a mass meeting in the Armouries this afternoon attend- ed by practically every factory employee of General Motors of Canada Limited a decision was reached to return to work Mon- This decision was based on a letter from H, A, Brown, Vice-President and General Manager of General Motors of Canada Limited addressed to Hon, Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor and containing proposals which were satisfactory to the FINE OF $100 IMPOSED ON CUSTOMS MAN H, L, Taylor Convicted To. day in Whitby Police Court BREACH OF L. C, A, Case Arose Over Incident In Cafe With Police Chief (By Staff Reporter) Whithy , March 30--After ve- serving decision for one week Mag- istrate Willis fined H, L. Taylor, a local custony official $100 and costs for infraction of the L.C.A. at po- lice court today. In reviewing evi- dence his Worship stated that. it would be practically possible for a police officer of the experience which Chief Gunson has had to employees who have been on strike this week, The letter was presented to the meeting by the Committee, who strongly recommended its acceptance, The text of the Oshawa, March 30, 1928, I wish to express to you first our very sincere appreciation of your efforts in connection with the adjustment of our pres- ent labor difficulty, I will attempt to outline to you briefly our position in regard to the employees who are now out on strike, I will be not only willing, but glad to have these employees all return to their former positions without prejudice, which of course involves the removal of the men temporarily employed in the Trimming Department to other positions in our plant, I am surprised to find that some of the grievances of our employees seem to be attributable to the lack of understanding between employees and certain Superintendents and Foremen, and this misunderstanding I feel sure can be adjusted to our I agree to your suggestion that a Board of Conciliation under the Federal Industrial Disputes Investigation Act be formed and function with regard to the disputed reduction in piece rates established in the Trimming Department on March 22nd and on Chevrolet and Pontiac Assembly lines on March I wish to assure you, Mr. Heenan, that we have every de- sire to treat our employees right at all times, paying them wages equal to or better than is paid elsewhere for similar work in similar industries, and are willing to lay the facts before the Board as you have suggested in order to bring the matter to a head. I agree, pending the findings of the Board of Con- ciliation, to re-establish the rates applicable immediately prior Sincerely yours, H. A. BROWN, General Manager. make a statement that a flask he had seized was empty and then to prosecute a case such as was alleg- ed by the defence in the evidence of the accused and Provincial offi+ cer Cookman, who was with Tay- lor at the time of the arrest. His Worship claimed that te his mind this was a trumped-up story, Al together there were 42 pages of vis dence taken. Previous to giving decision today Magistrate Willis again questioned Chief Gunson and Constable Thomas. Both denied that the chief in any way inferred that the flask which was taken from Taylor was empty. T, K, Creighton, of Oshawa, counsel for the accused, stated that an appeal would be made, TORONTO VIADUGT GETS MORE MONEY $3,500,000 Proposed By the Gov"t--C.N.R, Authorized to Issue $7,000,000 (By Canadian Press) Ottawa, March 30.--The advance of a further sum of $3,600,000 for the Toronto viaduct fs proposed by the Government in 1925, Capadian National Railway was authorized to issue $7,000,000 for the viaduct and works and the proposed addi- tion will bring the total up to $10,000,000. A formal resolution covering the granting of an increase is giv- en on today's order paper of the House by Hon. Charles Dunniuyg, Minister of Railways and Canals. BARCELONA TO HAVE DAVIS CUP MATCHES (By Canadian Press) Barcelona, Spain, March 30.-- The Euro] zone Davis Cup ten- nis between Spain and Chile will be held here April 7, 8, an "TIPPERARY TIM" WINS GRAND STEEPLECHASE (Coble Service to The Times by Canadian Press) Aintree, Eng. Mar. 30--"Tipper- ary Tim," owned by IH. .S.. Kenyon, wou the historical Grand National "Billy Barton," owned by Howard Brue Baltimore, was second. He and Tipperary Tim, winner, werc the only two that fin- ished. Wintry weather prevailed here to- daw for the running of the Grand National Steeplechase, the turf's severest test of horses. Rain and hail fell at intervals but failed to lessen the crowds. . Betting on Tipperary Tim was a hundred to one, and on Billy Barton 33 to one. Billy Barton fell during the race but recovered and finished. | conferring with Supervising Princi- Inspector Praises Cit Public School System Principal Hoffmen of Fort] Frances Here R:zarding With Methods Now in Op- rat ; . Principal Hoffman of the Fort Frances public schools has been in this city during the past two days, pal €. F. Cannon regarding orgau- ization and other questions. Mr. Hoffman was recommended to his public school inspector in that district, and, after two days in this city, he speaks in terms of high praise of this city's schools. Fort Frances has been expanding rapidly in the past few years, and their pro- blems are similar in many respects to those which the Osahwa Board of Education has had to face. Mr, Hoffman has been especially interest- ed in the organization of the schools into which he has gone thoroughly with Principal Cannon. He also ace cipal Cannon and Deputy Fire Mars shall Bishop on the inspection of firg inspect the Oshawa school system by drill in the schools yesterday, companied Fire Chief Elliott, Prins , CE RE SET a 2 or cn nk fs aE ORE EE