The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 12-(UP)- Consecutively- numbered b s n tee ballots were being destroyed today by town clerks in Connecticut as result of a ruling by Attorney Gen. eral Francis A. Pallotti that they were invalid.
 Easing his decisions upon the l943 revision of the absentee ballot law and supreme court interpretations of other election statues, Pallottl declared that the numbers nulllfy secrecy of he ballot. The forms were prepared for use by service men and women in the Oct 4 municipal elec- tions.
 Secretary of the State Frances B. Redick said she already has inform ed town clerks that unnumbered ballots were being printed and that they would be distributed as soon as possible. Meanwhile, she advises that the numbered ballots already distributed be destroyed upon re- cepit of the new forms.
 Mrs. Redick said approximately 10000 of the original forms had been sent to town clerks up to last week, when one local election off, cial questioned their legality. Many clerks said they already had mailed forms to service men and women.
 Pallotti said he had not been ask ed officially to rule in connection with possible return of some Of the invalid ballots, and will not unless requested to do so by an election of- ficial.
 status statues, 1t seems to me, do not permit consecutive numbering of official absentee ballotS,' ne ruled. "The imprint of numbers on these ballots does, in my judgment, offend the spirit and purpose Of the law. There can be no doubt that a voter can easily be identified through numbered ballot and this is what the statute seeks to avoid"
 Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. 12-(UP)- Stores and other business houses throughout the state were urged today by the manpower commit tee of the Connecticut War Council to remain open at least one night a week as a means of helping cure absenteeism.
 Adopting a resolution to that e r. feet last night, the committee de- clared that inability by war workers to shop because of long hours at their jobs was a primary cause ot | absenteeism.
 The proposal was one of several offered by a special subcommittee of the group designed to alleviate the condition. Other recommenda- tions were approved by the full com mittee but no formal move was tax en to make them applicable.
 They included nationwide equal ization of gasoline rationing, relaxa- tion of dimout regulations, correc- tion of difficult working conditions, periodical health examinations for workers, reduction of heavy work schedules, application of nutrition principles to meal planning and de- velopment of workers recreatlonal projects, and general investigation of plant absentees.
 Shopping centers in Meriden, Manchester, Waterbury, Bristol, and New Britain already remain open one night week, it was pointed out to the compittee.
 The war councils farm labor com- mittee reported to the manpoWer group that the first service com- mand has disapproved the groups request for establishment of a war prisoners camp in Connecticut be- cause the army doesn't think 1t is wise to have such camp within 150 miles of the coast or in de- fense area.
 New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. 12- (UP)-UniOn and management Of- ficials were in disagreement to- day over the cause of tieup of trucks owned by the Adley Ex- press Co.
 Company representatives termed it a strike, but John J. Allen of Bridgeport, financial secretary of the International Brotherhood of Drivers (AFL) charged that the drivers had been locked out.
 None of the trucks had resumed operation at a late hour last night along the Eastern SeabOard be- tween Boston and Philadelphia, an official at the main office said. There also was question about the cause of the dispute. Michael A. Adley, head of the company, said at the outset of the trouble Tuesday that $50 drivers went on strike because he refused their de- mands for employment of "bark- CTS" to help check loads.
 But in Hartford, Myles w. H. lingworth, manager of the Con- necticut Truck Association, said that the real issue was renewal of a contract between the union and the truckers which expired last April, and that the "barkers" dis pute was only incidental.
 He explained that a delegation |