Standard Jany 24 1956 NATIONAL 11958 1956 Westinghouse Strike Enters Its 100th Day PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Westinghouse Electric Corp strike - one of the most costly labor disputes in the nation’s history - was in its 100th day today and there were no indications when a settlement might be reached. Federal Mediator John R. Murray has been closeted daily with top negotiators for Westinghouse and the AFL-CIO International Union of Electrical Workers, but they have withheld comment on their progress. The latest negotiations were begun last week after five days of secret sessions among Murray and the negotiations to seek a basis for the resumption of collective bargaining. Gwilym A. Price, Westinghouse president and board chairman, yesterday said he felt “true collective bargaining now is under way … and that some progress has been made.” Price has not sat in on any of the negotiating sessions. SOME PROGRESS MADE Last week a union bulletin also state that some progress had been made. The IUE struck Oct. 17, calling out 44,000 members at 30 plants. On Oct. 26 the independent United Electrical Workers pulled 10,000 members off the job at 10 additional plants. Westinghouse reported loss of $1,037,000 in the last three months of 1955 because of the strike. Its over-all operations for all of 1955 showed a profit of $42,803,000. This compared to a net profit of $79,922,000 for 1954.