The Connecticut labor news., 1923-02-09
To Be Held In Greenwich
 Monday And Tuesday
Many Important Matters Will Be Considered to Improve Conditions Present Officers Likely to Be Reelected, Except Treasurer Dunn,
 Who Will Embark In Con-
 tracting Business.
Especial to The Labor News.)

Greenwich, Conn, Feb. o.-The
 Connecticut State Council of Carpen-
 ters and Joiners will convene their 27th annual convention in this city on
 Monday next at 10 a. m., and from
 the number of credentials in the pos
 session of Secretary Chandler it would indicate that the convention will be the most enthusiastic ever held in the history of the organiza- ton.
 Approximately s local unions are to be represented and in addition three other state councils, Massachu- setts, New Jersey and York; Massa- chusetts will be represented by Colin w Cameron, New Jersey by R. C. Gaskell and New York by Edward F. Marshall
 The convention will be in session two days and several important reso- lutions affecting the trade are to be considered It is not expected that any change will be made in the pres ent officers as they have faithfully performed their respective duties. John l.. Richards, the president, and member of Local 7o, New, Haven, has been an active worker on behalf of the trade union movement for years and deserves to be reelected, and as for the secretary, George Chandler of Greenwich, his record speaks for it. self. He has represented his organ iZation on the Board of Arbitration Tn Greenwich as secretary for IS years and has been recently re- elected for the 10th time, and in that long period of service has never had to call any of the carpenters on strike for any grievance whatever, therefore .lrw-- L L f.-s- and justly with the employers, and to his everlasting credit the members of his organization are the highest paid carpenters in the state.
 MT. Chandler IS also vice-president of the Connecticut Federation of La Dor having been elected to that posi- tion at the Bridgeport convention two years ago. H. w. Garnsey, first vice president, of Derby, and Thomas H 1 Russell, second vice-president of | Hartford, are both very able men and | are active in the affairs of their local | organizations.
 It is to be regretted that the or ganization is to lose the services of l Treasurer Fred Dunn of New Lon don. It is understood that MT. Dunn l will go in the contracting business in | the near future.
 The organization of Greenwich will | give banquet Monday evening at the Pickwick Arms for the visiting broth CTS. Several invited guests will at of the State Federation of Labor, President Fitzgerald of the, State Building Trades Council, Business Agent Louden of the Structural Iron Workers, and Secretary Ornburn of the State Federation of Labor will at tend the convention and banquet It is expected that representatives of the Builders Association and the Cham Der of Commerce will also be in at tendance
 The following local unions have filed their credentials with the secre- tary. Several of the delegates whose names do not appear will file their credentials with the secretary on the of the conventions:
 Bridgeport, Local IoI3-Carl John son, E. Peterson
 Bridgeport, Local I52o-Wm Ho1- comb.
 Bristol, Local o52-A. B. Grady, Elmer Warehouse. (
 Danielson, Local 623-Oscar J. l1 Boulais, Joseph Halle.
 Greenwich, Local Io6-Neil Ander- { son, Geo. Chandler, And. Milne, Ar f thur Wallace (
 Hartford, Local 43-Daniel J. Donovan, o. w. Jones, Peter J. Mo ( Manus, John McCarty, Wm. Mi1vae, { James Mullaney, Thomas C. Murry, 1 Thos. P. O'Brien, Thos. H. Russell, } -has. Taylor. II Meriden, Loia1 o2o-Wm, Coda, { Geo. Johnson.
 Milford, Local I58o-Wm C. Stone,
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