The Connecticut labor press., 1920-03-06
TRADES COUNCIL
 TO MORE CLOSELY
 CONSIDER APPEALS
Will Investigate Before Donating Funds From Treasury
 in Future.
HELP THE BOSTON COPS
Committe to Push Cooperative Store to Begin Work
 Next Week.

Future appeals for donations from the Trades Council will be investigated before voted out of the treasury off hand on presentation of the appeals, following discussion along that line on Thursday night. While the Trades Council members are not against aiding any worthy cause, but on the contrary are heartily in sympathy with such a spirit, the majority are of the opinion that the funds of the Council are paid for the general conduct of the affairs of Organized Labor in New Haven and general labor work, and that any in- dividual appeals should be made to the several local unions and donations made there if anywhere.
 It was pointed out that the Trades Council funds are barely enough to sup port the halls and general work of the body and what little surplus that may accumulate from time to time should be conserved for emergencies. While assistance IS by no means cut off en- tirely, future action of that kind will be taken only after investigation.
 The elected officers of the Council will also in the future have to more closely attend to the affairs of the Council or their offices will be declared vacant, President Ornburn announced at the meeting. Some members of the board of trustees have not been attending the meetings and therefor holding up busi- ness President Ornburn gave notice that beginning last Thursday, the rule providing for removal from office for failure to attend two consecutive meet ings would be strictly enforced.
 The Council also listened to the dele gation of Boston's striking policemen of whom are told in another column and after hearing the details of the strike there, the methods taken to starve the older men out, the council donated $25 to the cause and endorsed tour of the local unions in an appeal for further aid. Already some of the locals have contributed, Carpenters zo and the Bakery and Confectionery Workers giv- ing $50 each.
 President Ornburn appointed his committees for the year including the cooperative stores committee which will meet early next week to organize. In the latter committee he asked those ap- pointed to agree to work hard and actively on the committee or to de- cline the appointment if their time would not permit them to serve and allow him to appoint some one who could devote his time and energy to it.
 A reply to the Councils protest to the War Department about the arrest of political prisoners and requesting am nesty for them was read by Secretary Reilly It was to the effect that the de- pertinent is unaware of any such pris- oners and asked those who submitted the resolution to supply names and dates and places of confinement, and the matter would be looked into.
 The constitution was placed in the hands of the trustees for review and suggestion of possible revision before new supply Is printed, the present sup ply being about exhausted. Delegates from the moving picture operators re- ported that several of the big shops were installing movie shows for their en- ployes at noon hour and that the ma chimes were being operated by machin- ists and other mechanics carrying cards in other unions. They asked that these men be reported as it is unfair to the operators to have such things going on.
 The barbers reported that cards had been removed from several shops and that these were being patronized by union men still. It was also reported that several barbers had declined to affiliate and said they didn't have to be- cause they got union trade anyhow and 1t was urged that these union men stay away from those shops reported on.