The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-10

Carpenters Hall, 17o Elm St., Bridge port, Conn, by President r. r. O'Meara. The President instructed the Secretary to read the Call tor the Convention.
 New Haven, Conn, March 2I, 1921. TO THE AFFILIATED CENTRAL BODIES, BUILDING TRADES COUNCILS, UNION LABEL SECTION s A N D LO A l. UNIONS: GREETINGS:
 Pursuant to the Constitution Ot the Connecticut Federation Ot Labor, Ou are hereby advised that the goth !Ah- nual Convention of the COnnectlCul Federation of Labor will convene III Carpenters Hall, I7o Elm Street. Bridgeport, Conn, at 10 A. M'' NIOll- day. Iune 9th, and continue III SeS- sion until the business ot the Coh- 70, vention has been completed. Inc headorarters of the Executive COun- cil will be established i'll the Hotel Stratfeld and any Local On1onS nav ing any complaints or grievances to Dresent 10 the Executive Council nrior to the Convention may do so on Sunday afternoon, June 5th, at which fine the Council will hold a meetlng The Secretary will also arrange any reservations III any of the hotels Ill the City of Bridgeport tor the con- venience of any of the delegates.
 The necessity for large attendance at this 36th Annual Convention IS nm Derative. The employers are making a determined stand to institute the so-called American plan CT oPen,ShoP movement Ill our midst ana IL 1llel fore behooves your organization to he presented at this Convention to advise and counsel with your othcers to combat this movement
 Enclosed you will find credentials; The original credential to be retained bv the delegates elected and presented 10 the Secretary at the COnVentlon The duplicate credential to be mailed to the undersigned.
 Your attention is hereby directed to the following sections of the Constr tuition of the Connecticut Federation of Labor. Kindly read carefully:
 ARTICLE III.
 Section 8. Each delegate shall be provided with credentials with h1s or her name written thereon, and each male deleeate to be seated in the Con vention must have at least i've Un1on Labels on their wearing apparel, ana same to be recorded on the orlglnal credential bearing the seal and at tested by the President and Secretary of the Union represented.
 ARTICLE W.
 Section I. The basis of representa- ton in the Convention shall be as tol- lows: Each Union having one hun dred members or less shall be entitled to one delegate and one additional delegate for each additional one hun dred members or majority traction thereof, Each Central Body,. Union Label Section, Local Metal Trades Council, and Local Building Trades Council shall be entitled to one dele gate, and no delegate representing either of the above named organlza- tions shall be entitled to seat III any Convention of the Connecticut Fed eration of Labor unless his or her Local Union is affiliated with the Connecticut Federation of Labor.
 Section 2. The number of dele gates to which a Union shall be en- titled must be determined by its mem bership on the last day of April pre- ceding the Convention of the Con necticut Federation of Labor and on whom all taxes have been paid to the Secretary of the Connecticut Federa- ton of Labor, and no Union or
 
 representation in the Convention un- less thev have paid at least three months per capita tax III the Con necticut Federation of Labor.
 PATRICK F. O'MEARA,
 President.
 Mail duplicate to: l. M. Ornburn Secretary, Connecticut Federation O1 Labor, F. o. Box 1728, New Haven Conn. :. adopted by President O'Meara, the Reverend Wm. Horace Day, ot the United Church, and Reverend Geo. J Donahue, of St. Augustine's Church delivered invocations i'll the order named. They also addressed the Convention.
 President O'Meara in opening the Convention introduced the Chie5 Executive of the City, Mayor Clifford B. Wilson. The President in his in troductory remarks complimented the Mayor for his just and fair attitude toward Organized Labor.
 Voted, That rising vote ot thanks be extended to the reverend gentle men and Mayor Clifford B. Wilson.
 President O'Meara then intToduced Minor s. Treat, President of the Cen tral Labor Union of Bridgeport Conn, who welcomed the delegates to the Convention.
 Delegate Lang, Chairman of the Committee on Credentials, submitted the following report:
 Asbestos Workers-NeW Haven George R. Tyrol
 A. A. Street Ky. Employees-New Haven, H. J. Garland, J, J. Looney D. B. Mckay, J. J. O'Connor; Stam- ford, J. H. Wubbenhorst; Bridgeport Bernhard Flanagan, John Toohey Robert E, Wald.
 hs-Southington, George Duffy; Wallingford, Lorenz A. Carig- nan
 Barbers-New London, George Goss; Hartford, Ernest Urgo; Water bury, Angelo PossematO; Meriden John Schmitter; Ansonia, William E Davey; Norwich, James McNulty New Haven, Gerhard Baehr, Charles Cioffi
 Bartenders-Meridcn, Frank P Clancy; Waterbury, George G. Hunt.
 Bakers and Confectionery Workers Leopold Kuzwa.
 Brewery Workers-Ncw Haven George Treiber, Gustav Buehler Waterbury, Gustav Beutter; Bridge port, Karl Lang; Hartford, Otto J Schuctz.
 Building Trades Capitalization D. F. Mccarthy; New Haven, Jame; F CObev