Steel-helmeted troops armed with sub-machine guns. bayonets and heavy machine-guns were in complete command of the plant. Lieut.- Col Branshaw said that 1.000 reinforcements were arriving from Camp. Hunter Liggett. bringing the total on duty to 3500 men.
"We will stay as long as it is neces sary' ject-Col. Branshaw emphasized. "North American has no voice in the operations. We are calling in regular Army aircraft men to replace the executives.
He declared that there would be no further negotiations with the workers.
Lieut-Col. Branshaw. in a formal statement, asked law-abiding citizens to assist in putting the factory back to work.
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