The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-17

on all shifts are the loading room, case shops, chucking departments. If employees of these departments can be given other work they will be recalled some time next week. Offices with few exceptions will go on forty-hour bases with daily schedules from 8 to 12 a. m. and from l to 5 p. rn."
 The American Brass O., today gave discharge notices to 70 Jamai. cans, who had been working there since early this year. The releases will take effect in five days, in &C., cordance with the contract made with the foreign workers. Other con- cerns employing foreign help hke- wise are expected to serve release notices.
 No immediate displacements were reported at the American Brass, and spokesman commented future lay-offs ''may not be too serious. The displacements are expected to come at the American Metal Hose division.
 "The full effect of the ternina- ton notice cannot be appraised at this tirne", John A. Coe, Jr., vice. president of the American Brass company, declared in 8 state- ment today. Termination notices are neither immediate nor complete since the status of material and machinery must be ascertained be- fore any decisions are made in ref- erence to the emergency, MT. Coe added. There may be shutdown in few departments for inventory and readjustment, but the exact em- ployment picture is still uncertain, he said.
 John Kennedy, personnel manager at Lux Clock company stated 100 persons were displaced today at the plant, but are expected to be re- calledN within a week or less. He said the plant, with the exception of some reconversion departments, will revert to 40-hour week sched- ule beginning Monday. Reconver- sion crews will operate A or 48 hours, the official disclosed. He added that reconversion at the plant was minor and peacetime adjust ment is expected in considerably short time.
 Others Affected
 The displacement surplus at the Benrus Watch company was ham, dled during the months of June and July when contract cancellations
 were largest at the Benrus Watch
 company, according' to personnel manager, Leroy Begley. The pres-
 ent cancellation "does not mate-
 rially affect the employment status
 here," MT. Begley said. we are
 on the road upward rather than
 back" he added, since cancella-
 tions had been anticipated by plant
 officials and help was tapered of
 gradually in critical departments
 and placed elsewhere before any
 serious cutbacks."
 | J. A. H. Peterson, personal man.
 ager of the Bristol company, re.
 ported no replacements at the plant today. Rather, Mir. Peterson said "A few persons were employed to.
 day" Now in the middle of one
 of the biggest contracts ever re.
 ceived from the Navy, the Bristo
 company intends to remain on ths
 48-hour week for a period of time according to MT. Peterson. There
 is no reconversion problem here. ht
 concluded, since most war produc.
 tion involved the regular line Q. work diverted to war industry. Stuart Judd, secretary treasurer of the Mattatuck Mfg. company re. vealed that the greater part of thu company's cutbacks occurred previ cus to the recent cancellation. HI
 acknowledged some displacement this morning which were mot nor . than 30'. There is quite backlog , of regular business and good dea , of civilian work coming througl within a week or two which vii mean only a short period of dis
 placement" MT. Judd declared. Fe ! male workers will revert to 40 hour . shortly, but toolmakers and skillet , help will keep longer hour sched } lles, some working as many as 5 } hours a week on tool reconversion the official said.