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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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President Roosevelt signed an executive order for the Secretary of the Navy to seize five San Francisco machine shops due to employee refusals to work overtime, disrupting war production. The shops include Federal Mogul (on strike), Pacific Gear and Tool, Link-Belt Co., U.S. Pipe and Manufacturing, and Enterprise Engine and Foundry.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. (UP)- The White House announced Monday that President Roosevelt has signed an executive order directing Secretary of Navy James Forrestal to take possession of five machine shops in San Francisco where refusal of employes to work overtime is interfering with war production.
The five shops ordered seized are of the Federal Mogul corporation where the War Labor Board said employes are on strike, because the company refused to discharge certain men who elected to work overtime; the Pacific Gear and Tool works, the Link-Belt Co. (Pacific division), the U. S. Pipe and Manufacturing Co., and the Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co.
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San Francisco
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Aug. 14
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seizure of five machine shops by the u. s. government
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President Roosevelt signed an executive order directing Secretary of Navy James Forrestal to take possession of five machine shops in San Francisco due to employee refusal to work overtime interfering with war production. The shops are Federal Mogul corporation (employees on strike over company's refusal to discharge men working overtime), Pacific Gear and Tool works, Link-Belt Co. (Pacific division), U. S. Pipe and Manufacturing Co., and Enterprise Engine and Foundry Co.