The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-09

Egan, secretary Of the state federal ton, and President Thomas Shea. It is a struggle to decide whether the do-nothing policy of the present leaders of the state federation is to continue or whether a group of leaders are elected who will 20 out and organize the 250,000 men and women M this staet who should be In trade unions. Most of these peo" pie are in metal, textile and other mass industries, and organizing them would not interfere in any way with existing craft organizations.
 Kuehnel declared a new adminis- tration would "mean putting an end to the policy of having organized labor in this state rely on the two old political parties--.labor is strong enough to have its own political party. It is clear that the time for Q housekeeping has arrived" Election Tomorrow
 Nominations were to be made to- day and elections scheduled for to- morrow. Resolutions also were ex- pected to be submitted today and referred to the convention Thursday for debate. They provided, among other things, for Q state income tax on all earnings over $5,000; In- troduction of an anti-injunction bill in the next legislature; increase of old age pension benefits from S7 to $iO weekly; lowering of the pen- sion age requirements from 66 to Rn x,am Vg nVaA aSaa at s,aa aR a la -, prohibiting use Of state police in la- bor disagreements. Z Other Resolutions
 Also submitted were resolutions calling for Q 40-hour week and an 8-hour day; unemployment insur- ance: institution of Q state labor court to hear all labor violation charges; revision of the state liquor laws to eliminate red tape concern ing the serving of liquor only with meals, and revocatoiil of tho state law permitting the state to deduct from the estate of pension bene- ficiaries the amount paid them up to the time of death.
 CIO Delegates Seated It was problematical what action, if any, the convention would take regarding suspension of the indus trial unions. Delegates from the CIO were seated without challenge and Horace Riviere, vice president of the United Textile Workers of America, affiliated with the COP, told the convention "there is room in the American Federation for both industrial and craft unions"
 Gov. Cross was scheduled to speak Friday. Progressives threatened to bolt the convention if the governor appeared "as e friend of labor".
 VIII Back Roosevelt
 Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 9-(UP)- The Connecticut Federation of Labor convention today adopted Q resolution giving unqualified support to the reelection of President Roosevelt and "deploring" the activ- ities of the American Liberty League land other similar organizations" The resolution, adopted without dissent, commended the president lin his efforts to help organized labor" and placed the Federation's membership of 60,000 in favor of continuation of the national admin istration's New Deal policies.
 Simultaneously, Q resolution was introduced, taking no sides in the split in the American Federation of Labor ranks over suspension of ten industrial unions, but commenting that "all tactics SO far have been destructive and of mutual i'll to all conflicting groups"
 The petition suggested that the convention be requested Ito appoint commission of qualified men to study the possibility of a realign- nent of jurisdictional rights which will more closely parallel the phy- sical organization of employers"
 United Front
 It was further commented "that the Connecticut Federation of Labor wants to see Q united front present. ed to the employers" and that 1t is the wish of the Federation that we grow to be as large and powerful as those interests which we are fighting, rather than be divided against ourselves"
 The convention voted to adopt Q resolution condemning the use of state police in the current Reming- ton-Rand strike at Middletcwn, and to send copies to Gov. Wilbur L. Cross and Mayor Leo B. 6antengelo, with Q demand the plant be closed until President James Rand, Jr.. Ifs ready to deal with organized labor"
 Another Resolution
 A second resolution on the Ameri- can Federation controversy was of- fered by the Arialgamated Clothing Workers of America.
 It urged the executive committee of the national body to rescind It's suspension order and "desist from taking further punative action n against the ten international unions until the controversy can be prcp- erly presented to both sides for consideration and decision made at the coming convention at Tampa, Fla"
 Another resolution. offered by the Bartenders' Local, called upon the state executive board Co work for lcnnckfment nk hill an tho laKialRflaEa