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LOS ANGELES 14, CAL., NOVEMBER 1, 1945

Lumber Strikes in Los Angeles Harbor Area and San Diego End

Settlement of the strike at the distribution plants of the major lumber companies in the Los Angeles harbor area, which were closed on September 17 when the men went out, was reached at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October D, in the office of O. W. Hamilton, Los Angeles, general representative of the lumber companies.

Carrier drivers and stacker operators will receive an increase of LSI cents an hour, and crane operators will get an increase of l9l cents an hour. The union asked for 26 cents an hour increase for carrier drivers and stacker operators, and 25 cents an hour increase for crane operators. The men will return to work, by or before October 31, on call of the lumber'companies. The wage increases are retroactive to July 6.

, The strike of lumber yard workers at the San Diego lumber yards terminated on Monday, October 22, when an agreement was reached with the yard operators, and the men all went back to work. They had demanded a l5/o wage increase. The settlement was for a l2/o wage in' crease retroactive to August 18, at their regular rate of pay. The strike lasted 20 days. A San Diego newspaper commenting on the settlement estimated that it would take the average striker more than 1,100 days at the increased rate, to make back his twenty days lost wages.

Portland (Ore.) Oct.26-All union heads in the five state AFL lumber strike in the Pacific Northwest will convqne here next Monday in a meeting which, a spokesman said, may intensify attempts to cripple the entire industry.

One possible attempt at settlement of the thirty-three day old strike blew up today when the union turned down a compromise wage proposal made by Willamette Valley Lumber Operators Association. The proposal-somewhere between the 90 cent hourly minimum prevailing in that area and the demanded $1.10-was the only one made by any major group of operators since the strike began.

Negotiations between CIO lumber workers and operators in wage issue for 40,000 employes rvere postponed until President Truman outlines wage-price .policy. CIO demands for a 25 cents per hour increase includes an hourly minimum of $1.15.

One thousand of an original 61,000 AFL striking lumber workers are back on job as 35 small plants resumed operations.

Lumber production in the Pacific Northwest continues low as the strike has shut down about one half of the mills.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended October 20, l55 mills reporting, gave production as 40,054,000 feet, shipments 34,970,000 feet, and orders 34,900,000 feet. The figures for the previous week were: production 33,571,000 feet, shipments 31,396,000 feet, and orders 33,664,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended October 13, 104 mills reporting, gave production as 40,808,000 feet, shipments 39,437,000 feet, and orders 28,982,@A feet. The week before the figures were: produ'ction q,272,M feet, shipments 41,D2,000 feet, and orders 36,971,000 feet.