LABOR: Strikes

Over 85,000 workers were on strike, chiefly against the War Labor Board, during parts of last week. In Detroit 25,000 men struck six major plants for three days because of delays by WLB in hearing their grievances. In Akron 40,000 rubber workers stopped work when WLB granted them only a 3¢-an-hour pay rise instead of an expected 8¢ rise. Many a union, apparently, was discovering that Government is just as tough a taskmaster as private industry. Others were following the lead of John L. Lewis: strike down WLB or any other agency that refuses wage rises.