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...crisis had begun when white-collar workers of swarthy Edgardo Maass's Chilean Federation of Private Employees (CEPCH) struck telephone and electriclight companies (TIME, Feb. 6). President González declared the strike illegal and moved in troops; Maass threatened a general strike. González stood firm. On Tuesday, bank employees walked out. Next day, they went back to work, but white-collar workers in quasi-governmental institutions struck. On Thursday, the bank clerks went out again, joined this time by bus drivers and workers of 30 other private industries...
...signs of panic. He charged the strikers with seeking "the overthrow of the government," threatened to form a military cabinet. Meanwhile, Maass had been pressuring González' own Radical Party. Finally, the Radicals agreed to oppose the wage-freeze bill and leave the government coalition. In return, CEPCH ordered the strikers back to their jobs...
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