Shrewd Strikers

Many and ingenious are the devices by which labor unions provide work for strikers, hoping to outwit, outlast the resistance of employers. In New Bedford, Mass., striking textile workers have turned fishermen (TIME, Aug. 13). In Milwaukee, Wis., last week, striking clothing workers turned industrialists.

Since April 17, 800 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America have been on strike against David Adler & Sons, Milwaukee garment makers, recent converts to nonunionism. Last week, strikers announced they would open a factory of their own, join the 12,000 makers and distributors of natty coats, pants and vests for Hart, Schaffner & Marx.

But Laborleader Samuel Levin promised: "When the firm of David Adler & Sons is willing to operate under ... civilized conditions ... the Amalgamated will liquidate this unit, cooperate in returning workers to their jobs."