New York, Feb. 4.
Thousands of workers of west side garment and fur manufacturing firms heaved a sigh of relief and stopped puffing up long flights of stairs when the 8,000 elevator operators and other employees of the buildings housing their offices called off the strike which started on February 1.
The strike, which affected about Streets, was called because of em-200 buildings between 15th and 40th ployers refusal to meet workers'
Tokyo, Feb. 5. "demands for shorter hours and Foreign misunderstanding of Japan's higher pay than their present 48- great objective. in the present conflict "m China will not cause the Japanese nation to hesitate, the Prime Minister, Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, told a mass meeting here in his first public add-Tess since the assumption of his new post. He added, however, that the 70-operation of third-party Powers in the creation of a new order in East Asia was "sincerely wished."
The Premier paid tribute to the support being extended Japan by Germany and Ital; "fellow signatories to the anti-Comintern pact." He declared that the strengthening of the agreement was necessary "so that we may obtain effective results in our operations against the Communist International."—Domei. hour week and a minimum wage of U.S$23 per week.
The strikers voted to accept the compromise suggested by Mr. Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York. The compromise provides for a slight wage increase and shorter hours.
At least 100,000 workers rode to their offices in elevators today and tackled untouched work. Many of the skyscrapers were paralyzed by the strike and thousands of employees were prevented from reaching their offices. The garment and fur trade was thrown into turmoil by the strike because there was practically no work in offices above the 25-storey mark.—United Press.
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