"STRIKE DELAYS RETURN OF THOUSANDS OF VETS" - Saipan Beacon October, 12th 1945

WW2 leaflet News Bulletin, just one month after the end of the war.

"NEW YORK, (via radio) - The crippling strike of almost 60,000 longshoremen is delaying the return of "thousands of troops" according to Captain Hewlett Bishop of the War Shipping Administration. the world's busiest harbor was virtually idle again today, the 10th day of the walkout in a union dispute over new contracts.

Thousands of tons of cargo went unmoved as 369 ships were tied up. The strike, said Captain Hewlett Bishop of the War Shipping Administration, was delaying the return of "thousands of troops" and 17 Liberty ships were ordered to leave their cargo behind and sail for Europe immediately to pick up returning servicemen.

In London British troops were unloading food cargoes from approximately 300 ships tied up by the countries most paralyzing dock strike since 1926.

The unauthorized walkout which threatened a critical food shortage, started at Liverpool more than two weeks ago and was gaining momentum with 37,000 men idle despite return to work pleas of both government and union officials."

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