The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-26
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 OVER INSURANCE
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DVAhCNVA ACuuJ " OppOoC JilC lllouI~ a1ce company suggestion, and may precipitate 6 war with the Republi- a Il controlled House committee. The Senate already has passed a bill creating a statae-controlled savings bank insurance system.
 Two Or Three Weeks
 Howe said 1t will be two or three weeks lat least' before the banks committee will be ready to report the measure.
 The judiciary committee. mean while, may vote favorable report late today on a bill creating state labor relations board. The measure has been under consideration by subcommittee for some time, and is in final form.
 State Labor Commissioner Corne- Illus J. Danaher told labor com- mittee hearing on q proposed wage and hour measure for intra state industry in Connecticut that the state has almost exhausted its en- tire reservoir of labor"
 "In three months" he said, I've VIII not have a single man or wo- man available for work
 Migrants from all parts of the country" he added, were coming ill., to Connecticut to seek work.
 Idle Machinery
 Hartford, Conn, March 26-(UP) --The start of a statewide survey of idle machinery in Connecticut factories which will provide daily information on equipment available for defense production, was an- nounced today by the department of labor and the state development commission.
 The labor department, operating through IS field offices of the state employment service, will secure in- tion concerning available weekly machine hour capacities; the existence of machine, labor, or material bottlenecks, or surpluses; ability and willingness of manufac- turers to accept sub-contracts; and will, on the basis of these facts, maintain current inventory of available machinery.
 Through this service manufac- turers will be able to contact the various field offices to report either idle machinery or bottlenecks.
 Information will be procured by the personnel of the state employ ment service through personal con- tact with manufacturing concerns and will be cleared promptly to the government procurement section of the state development commission. The statistics then will be corre- lated and disseminated to procure ment officials, prime contractors and sub-contractors. It was believed this will be the first cooperative service of its kind in the country.
 Public Ownership
 Hartford, Conn, March 26-(UP) The Senate, without opposition, today approved a bill simplifying the means by which municipalities might acquire public ownership of public utilities.
 Under an existing law public own- ership must be approved by two- thirds vote of the common council and by the mayor for two suc- cessive years, and then go to refer endum.
 The House-approved bill stipu- lates that upon ratification by the mayor and two-thirds of the coun- ell, @ referendum shall be held not less than 90 nor more than 180 days after the ratification. The referendum, however, shall not be valid unless at least 25 per cent Of the registered voters ballot on the question.
 The proposed new law provides that power may be sold outside the limits of municipalities and for other than lighting purposes.
 $25,O0O for Attorney
 Hartford, Conn.,, March 26-(UP) The House today approved a bill allowing compensation of $25,000 and expenses of $500 for New York Att torney T. Ludlow Chrystie for rep- resenting the state in litigation over the estate of William E. Benjamin, Greenwich.
 Chrystie was a special assistant attorney general in a suit to settle @ question whether Benjamin was a | resident of Connecticut or New York | and which tsate was entitled to in- heritance taxes.
 Also approved in the House was a | restoring forfeited rights to former Naugatuck Town Clerk | Louis Schiller, Jr.
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