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Another 24-Hour Work Stoppage

SAN FRANCISCO. (AP)—CIO longshoremen called another 24-hour waterfront work stoppage today and went ahead with plans for a coastwide strike on Sept. 2.

About 6,000 longshoremen are dispatched daily through the hiring hall here.

The international longshoremen's and warehousemen's union announces that 75 delegates from Pacific coast ports had concluded a caucus in San Francisco and were returning to their homeports "to speed preparations" for the coastal walkout.

The CIO said delegates voted to demand one full-24-hour day off each week at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Portland and Seattle. They want the day off to be uniform, with Sunday preferred.

Longshoremen say they are knocking off in San Francisco from 6 p.m. tomorrow until 6 p.m., Wednesday so members of the union can attend a meeting called to discuss the deadlocked maritime labor dispute.

Employers say the layoff is...
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intended "to demoralize the waterfront," and that its timing with two large passenger ships due to be handled- was "no coincidence."

There was a similar layoff last Wednesday, work was interrupted for 14 hours while the union had a meeting.

This week's work stoppage is scheduled for only four hours Wednesday. But the union says that crews which normally would work Tuesday night are laying off to "get their sleep."

James Kearney, spokesman for the longshore union, said emergency gangs would service two large passenger ships which are docking or sailing during the 24-hour layoff period.

Frank P. Foise, of the waterfront employers association, said the union layoff for contract discussions was completely unnecessary. He argued that other unions hold separate meetings for different shifts, and keep on working.

Foise, also criticized the decision of the longshoremen, revealed Saturday, to boycott an election on the employers rates offer. The national labor relations board has ordered the election as required by the Taft-Hartley act, but union spokesmen said the men had voted not to ballot on the wage offer. In announcing the boycott, union spokesman said a September 2 maritime strike is certain.