**Date:** 6-1-67
**Source:** Unknown
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The negotiating session between UniRoyal and the United Rubber Workers, scheduled for yesterday afternoon at 2 p.m., was canceled. No reason for the cancelation was given.
However, a meeting set for 10 a.m. today was expected to be held in Cincinnati.
The sessions had been recessed last Friday for the long holiday weekend and were scheduled to resume yesterday afternoon.
Picketing is calm at all three UniRoyal plants in the borough this morning. The Synthetic Plant yesterday morning was the scene of mass picketing. The company announced its decision to resume production on a limited scale within the plant and members of Local 308 massed at the gate in an attempt to keep out supervisory personnel.
The line opened up after policemen forced a wedge with little resistance. Four of the pickets were booked on breach of peace charges while approximately 30 fellow members of Local 303 appeared at police headquarters in sympathy. All was quiet on the line by 8 o’clock yesterday morning.
The Chemical Division of UniRoyal has been in production on a limited scale for a week now as the strike enters its 42nd day.
Production is not being conducted at the Footwear plant, although considerable shipping has been done from its warehouse on Elm St.
Officials of both Local 218 of the Chemical and Local 308 of the Synthetic, have expressed concern as to the safety of the
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