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Motorists asked Derwinski if the price of gasoline would really climb 200 per gal., as the papers were saying. Over coffee, Steel Salesman Tom Erdmann wanted to know: "What are we going to do? I drive 30,000 miles a year." A school official wondered how many buses he would be able to keep running. And everyone was worried about rationing...
...Erdmann, a striking waitress, said the only reason given by Cronin for the dismissal was that the waitresses were guilty of "conduct while on duty which is prejudicial to Cronin's Restaurant, Inc." However, the waitresses contended that Cronin had fired them as a result of their participation in the strike...
...Erdmann countered the charge saying: "Those (people) who continued to picket after Tuesday--who have been charged by Cronin to be agents for the waitresses--are merely citizens who are concerned with the plight of the waitresses...
...Erdmann said that the group had approached Ackermann because they felt the mayor would have a special interest in the working conditions of women. "She's not a stupid woman," Erdmann said. "She can see when people are using connections to circumvent...
...Erdmann called the log a "fake." She also disputed Cronin's testimony that on the first day of the strike, waitresses had picketed within 12 inches of the restaurant's entrance, interfering with customers...