The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-06

Lawrence, where the American Woolen company has three plants employing some 13,000, is being dl- rected by August Bellanca of New York, one of the founders and for ,. years an international y.ce-pres- .e ent of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Lowell and Nashua ana Manchester, N. H., also are under Bellanca's jurisdiction.
 Burns At Holyoke
 Burns has set up a sub-regional ci.ice at Holyoke, which will care for cstern Massachusetts. Later offices will be set up in southeastern and central Massachusetts, Maine and New Haven, Conn. Nucleus of the T. w. O. c. was provided by the new defunct United Textile Work CTS of America, to which organizers have added 10000 members in the lsst 10 days, Blumberg said. First concern of the T. w. o. c. will be to organize the workers through house-to-hous canvasses and group meetings, he explained.
 Seek Settlements
 "We will proceed with negotia- tions with a mill as soon as we have a majority of employees organized , he said. We will seek settlements wherever possible without an inter- ruption of work. In contracts we will aim to set up arbitration machinery patterned after that used so suc- Avy n fYa a Clothing Workers.
 Under the Clothing Workers con- tracts, Blumberg said, a neutral ar bitter is named by agreement of management and union. When diff ference arises, the union first at tempts to settle the problem by nego- tiation with the management, he said. Failing, the complaint is Sub- mitted to the arbiter, whose decision IS binding.
 Strikes will be used only as last resort" he asserted.
 Other New England Troubles
 Boston, April 6-(UP)-A strike that would have left 5000 jewelry workers idle in Rhode Island had been averted today by 11th-hour in- tervention of Federal Conciliator Anna Weinstock.
 The strike was postponed by the International Association of Ma chinists, an American Federation of Labor affiliate, at Miss Weinstock's request. She said she would confer with manufacturers today
 Strike of 400 union members would have forced suspension of all work in the jewelry plants, leaving 5000 idle. The union seeks 10 to 25 per cent wage increase and a 4O-hour week.
 Providence Strikers Back
 At Providence, R. T., 700 strikers returned to work at the American Screw company plant under a truce that called for resumption of work during negotiations between c. I. O.. officials and management repre- sentatives on demands for $5 day, A0-hour week and a closed shop
 A sit-down strike of $50 workers continued at the Phillips Baker Rubber company plant with the management refusing to negotiate until the plant is evacuated.
 Decision to liquidate the Way ooiset Manufacturing company, Gen. tral Falls, R. l., once the states largest rayon plant employing 5000, vas attributed to a strike called a month ago.
 Maine Shoe Strike
 In Maine, where c. I. O.'s United Shoe Workers of America has called g general strike" of 5000 shoe work CTS i'll Lewiston and Auburn, no new developments were reported. Justice Harry Manswer of the state su- preme court was to hear arguments on g petition of c. I. O. officials for an injunction to prevent enforce ment of ban on picketing within 800 feet of factory.
 At Waterville, Me, 300 employees at the c. F. Hathaway company, shirt manufacturers, struck for re- cognition of c. I. O.s Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. It was the first labor trouble in the eO-year history of the company.