January 18 1938
The Monroe unit s set to operate for 3 days. No work is scheduled for the next week

February 25 1938
Republic Steel says that they have great hopes for the Monroe plant, but not in the immediate future.

March 14 1938
Monroe will operate for four days this week and operated for 2 days in the past week.

March 15 1938
A Republic Steel continuous sheet mill in Cleveland opens.

April 16 1938
Sheet steel is unloaded at Monroe in order give the workers 4 days of work.

April 20 1938
More sheet steel is unloaded which takes 2 more days.

May 9 1938
More steel is unloaded. Monroe will cut the steel to size with a new machine. The hot mills will operate for 5 days.

May 16 1938
The finishing mill will operate for an indefinite time.

June 9 1938
Leondies McDonald will sue the Mayor of Monroe and 17 others because of the beatings he received in Monroe during the strike.

Leondies McDonald

June 15 1938
Sheet steel is unloaded, and hotmils are soon to operate again

June 23 1938
Legal papers are served to they mayor by Andy Races, captain of the CIO picket. The Mayor is summoned to appear in Detroit court for the Leondies McDonald case.

July 14 1938
Mayor Knaggs is summoned by the La Follette Commission to Washington, D.C. to answer questions related to the strike in Monroe.

August 1 1938
Reports are issued from the La Follette Commission.

August 3 1938
Republic Steel discloses that they never wanted the Newton Steel Company. It came as a part of the merger. They said that Newton Steel lost over $5 million between 1930 and 1935. The continuous sheet process was developed in 1930 and replaced the process used in the newly constructed Newton Steel plant. Numerous machines and 52 ovens have been abandoned in the Monroe plant.

August 16 1938
AFL testimony in Washington suggests the McDonald is a communist.

October 25 1938
Four hot mills will operate starting on November 1.

October 31 1938
Hot mill work is set back one day.

December 31 1938
90% decrease in Monroe payrolls caused by the strike at the River Raisin Paper Company and Republic Steel due to continuous operations.

May 23 1939
Republic Steel sues the CIO for $7.5 Million

June 6 1939
Finishing Department at Monroe plant to reopen for one week.

June 21 1939
100 work at the Monroe mill.

July 12 1939
Mayor Karch meets with Republic to talk about relief loads on the city for the failure of Republic Steel to develop substantial operations.

September 5 1939
Mayor Karch of Monroe sharply criticizes Republic Steel for closing the Monroe plant.

September 6 1939
Mayor Karch states that Republic Steel broke their word to Monroe by not reopening the mill. Republic Steel promised 200 jobs and have not delivered. He voices his frustration that “We broke the picket line and they won ’t even buy a pair of shoes for a child. “ The valuation or selling price for the facility has been reduced to $1.5 million.

September 11 1939
Mayor Karch asks that the valuation of the mill to be raised. Members of other industries, and other people believe that Elm Avenue will be a road to an empty plant.”