Acting independently, W. H. Cary, dean of the Sophomore Class, and the Harvard Liberal Club, have decided to support about 350 of the 900 workers at the A. R. Hyde Shoe Company. These laborers have been out on strike for seven weeks in an endeavor to secure "better wages, decent working conditions, and the recognition of the National Shoe and Leather Workers Union."

A protest parade was planned for today but will be postponed for a few days because of a delay in granting a permit. The Liberal Club will call for men to march in the parade with students from Radcliffe, Wellesley, and Boston University.

In an endeavor to ascertain if the conditions in the factory were as had as the strikers claimed, Dean Cary went with a group of students to inspect the plant but they were denied admittance by the employers.

The specific demands of the workers are that 1. The yellow dog contract be abolished. 2. A scheme securing mutual welfare by a lottery be abandoned. 3. The wage rate be determined by a ruling of the State Board of Arbitration. 4. Sanitary conditions be improved.

It is claimed by the strikers that a worker must be in the factory from 7 until 5 o'clock whether there be work for him to do or not.