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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...
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