Washington, June 8.
HE United States Army prepared today to take over and operate the North American Aviation Company plant at Inglewood, California, beginning tomorrow, as spokesmen for the strikers said they would refuse the Government's request to resume work on US$191,000,000 worth of Anglo-
Mr, Charles Dorchester, Publicity Chairman of the striking United Automobile Workers of America affiliate at Inglewood, declared that "the strike is still enforced, We have no plans for entering. We will return to work when we get our wage demands."
He declared that no official notification had been received from the Army or any other Government agency that President Roosevelt had acted to take over the plant, which has been halted by a three-day strike, unless labourers involved return to work by Monday.
The War Department said that if the Army takes over the factory "men wanting to return to work will be able to do so without interference."
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