The next day, Tuesday, December 3, 1946, the city of Oakland came to a stop. Hundreds of buses and streetcars sat empty in their yards, resulting in massive traffic jams on the Bay Bridge. Remembering the furious antiunion propaganda produced by San Francisco newspapers during the 1934 General Strike, Oakland strike leaders made sure to halt the printing presses at Oakland’s three daily newspapers, including Knowland’s Tribune. Most places of businesses closed or were staffed with skeleton management crews. Only vital services, such as hospitals, stayed in operation. Strikers directed traffic.