The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-22

Leo J. BrOpny ana bOTOuSn AVCO1- ney Martin L. Caine expressed op- position to a bill which would cre- ate a board of finance here, at nearing of the cities and boroughs committee of the General Assembly Wednesday in Hartford.
 Rep. Joseph Rosko withdrew g measure which would have required a second meeting of the freemen Il . budget increase were proposed al the annual freemen's meeting. Ii would have prevented action on the increase at the regular freemen's meeting and would have required a meeting a week later to act on It. Rosko gave no reason for withdraw ing the measure.
 No opposition was expressed to a bill introduced by Senator Painter which would allow the warden to call annual or special meetings of the freemen at more suitable place of the assembly then the court room as specified in the borough charter. A measure changing the tax dis trict lines was unopposed. It would extend the first district lines to 1n- elude houses in the Glenridge de- velopment.
 After Senator Painter made changes in Senate Bill 573 concern ing minority representation on local boards, the measure was unopposed.
 The bill originally would have required local boards to fill vacan- cies in minority ranks from three to five names submitted by the minor ity party's town committee.
 The bill was changed so as to per- init the choice to be made by mi- nority burgesses. This would cover vacancies in the board of warden and burgeSses, the board of assess ors, and the tax review board. A new provision excepts the welfare board
 A long discussion was held on the finance board measure. Warden Brophy pointed out that freemen of the borough at a special meeting last Friday reistered disapproval of the measure, asked the legislature not to pass bill creating finance board at the present session, and provided for committee to pre- pare a bill for submission of the 1947 legislature which would cre- ate such a board.
 He asked that the cities and bor- ougA's committee abide by the de- cision of the freemen.
 Sen. Painter also altered the bill to have a vacancy filled by the bur- gess instead of from names submit ted by respective town committees, depending On the party utilization of the member who left the board.
 Bills concerning pensions for John Stephenson, town hall janitor, and Edwin Carlson, school janitor, and a measure relating to the firemenS pension fund will be heard at lat CT date.
 Attending from Naugatuck were, in addition to the warden, Atty. Caine, and Sen Painter, Reps. Rosko and Daniel Walsh, Borough Clerk Charles F. Daly and Welfare Supt. Leo Scully.
 Work StOppage
 Twenty workers in the outsole- cutting department of the U S.. Rubber Company footwear plant here, who walked out at noon yes- terday in what George Froehlich, president of Local 45 United Rub- Der Workers of America, said was an unaul horized work stoppage, had not returned to work at press time today. 7
 MT. FToelich said this morning that if the strike continues through today majority of the approxi- mately l,700 workers in the water proof division of the footwear plant will be without work.
 The workers did not return to their jobs after their II o'clock lunch hour. MT. Froehlich said the union Is making a conscientious effort" to have them return. Nego- tiations on the dispute will take place after the workers go back to their jobs, he said.
 A representative of management at the plant said the strike was absolutely uncalled for" and at tributed it to a dispute on rates. He said that making" department of of the waterproof division will be affected if the stoppage continues.
 MT. Froelich said that the cutters under new order, had to increase production and this made it more difficult for them to average the same pay they have been receiving kn the past.
 Prisoner Of War
 Private Dominic Baborek, hus- band of Tessie (Pelka) Baborek, 65 Spring street. is a prisoner of war in Germany, his wife was notified Wednesday. He had been reported missing December IS after the Ger man push in Luxembourg.
 His wife has received a letter from him in which he told her he was a prisoner and is feeling well.
 Private Barborek, a native of Aeriden, joined the Army February 2, 1942 and trained at Camp Reilly. Kans., and at Camp Polk, La. He went overseas more than @ year ago and was first stationed in EnO1and