Port "Mobilized" to End Dockers Strike Paris, Sept, 7, The control and operation of the port services of Marseilles Tave been placed in the hands of a fnilitary commission as the result of decree published today providing ior the "mobilization" of the port, The action of the authorities follows the refusal of dockers to comply with the new regulations regarding hours of work and overtime, The dockers in Marseilles have been on strike for more than eight weeks as a protest against having to work on Sundays, at night and overtime, They were recently told that "labour troubles cannot be allowed to drag on in France, in view of the internal and international situation,"
The decree is understood to mean that port powers will be handed to Government officials, assisted by the naval authorities. It is expected that the dockers will be mobilized and obliged to perform duties under naval
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