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...Checker cabs returned to the Square in full force this morning for the first time in five days. The strike, which was due to the firing of three drivers by the Checker company, also served as a test to determine whether the American Federation of Labor, or the United Mine Workers should represent the cabbies in disputes...
...Checker president Frank Sawyer last night termed the strike "ill-conceived and unwarranted," but added that he held "no grudge against the drivers, who were misled by District 50, and they are welcome back to work...
...local strike by the United Mine Workers District 50 against the Checker Cab Company over the firing of three drivers Monday remained unsettled yesterday...
...union representative added that there had been no violence in Cambridge and that he did not expect any. He asserted that the trouble in Boston was caused by "goon squads" hired by the American Federation of Labor. The Checker Company meanwhile is using a "few drivers" to continue operating...
Football injuries have so far sidelined big Jeff Coolidge, a star of the '54 club from whom Weiland expects much: "He's a hard body-checker, and an all-around rugged player...