Nanking. July 3.
An impressive ceremony fon the laying of the corner-stone of the new building of the Legislative Yuan was held. at noon yesterday. Mr. Sun Fo. President of, the Legislative Yuan. officiated and delivered a brief address.
The new building is being constructed in two stages. The auditorium of the Yuan will be completed before the end of this year, and the other part is to be ready by next summer. The construction expe! have been fixed by the Central authorities at $400,000. The sum of $140,000 has also been allotted for the purchase of the land.—Kuo Min Picket Attacks Checked by State Militia Massillon, Ohio, July 2. Men went back to work in two Republic Steel Corp. plants here to-day through lines of booing C.LO. pickets who threatened to attack the State Militia to keep the plants closed, National Guardsmen prevented ' disorder.
Almost 400 workers entered the plant where normally 4,000 are employed. The entire Canton-Massillon area was tense as strikers, hostile toward National Guardsmen, were held in check by soldiers protecting those who wished to return to work.
In Washington, the Secretary of Labour, Miss Frances Perkins, said she was working to bring about a face-to-face conference between steel masters and union leaders.
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Ca. to-day said it was ready to reopen its sheet and tin plants in the Chicago area as soon as the Governor of Indiana provided. protection for 8,000 workers.
The Inland Steel Ca. operating under a truce with the C.LO., pushed toward normal operation in its Chicago plant to-day. The Republic Steel Ca. was expected to re-open four' Cleveland plants next week United Press.
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