Caption: (NY2) NEW YORK, July 11-- MARATHON NEGOTIATORS-- David J. McDonald, steelworkers' union president, and R. Conrad Cooper, right, top negotiator for the steel industry, meet in another session yesterday as they stepped up the pace in their long-drawn-out bargaining talks on a new union contract. The negotiations have reached a critical stage with a threatened industry-wide walkout scheduled for midnight Tuesday if a contract is not attained. Negotiations are scheduled for today, with some steel firms planning to start cooling down hearths and furnaces tomorrow. (AP Wirephoto)(b/c70700hh)1959 (back) Pittsburgh Steelworkers executive board I.W. Abel - secretary David McDonald - president Howard R. Hague - vice president.
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