The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Company branch where ammunition cases are made. The effects should not touch the mill employees too much extent, he said.
 Ralph Granger of the Waterbury Tool Company, stated he was of the belief that not too great an effect would be felt by the company des- pite the fact the greater share of their production was for the Navy. The work is mostly on precision parts used on vessels and ships of all types, he explained. The con- pany has, over period of the past two months, bee: affected however, resulting in the closing of tive buildings for night-shift workers.
 Buildings two of the local plant used for inspection and burr bench work and building three, assembly are the two effecting night-shift workers. The majority were female workers.
 Various smaller industries in the city will undoubtedly feel the brunt of any termination actions as many are engaged in sub-contract work for the larger concerns here and throughout the state. The effect so- far has been upon the female work CTS the majority of whom entered local industries at the wars out break.
 William Goss of the Scovill Con- pany today praised the efforts of these women workers and stated he felt that in most instances, the lay offs are natural result of the end of the European war.
 We should proceed cautiously the next month or so, MT. Goss stated to best determine our pres ent situation and the promises of the future. There is no way actually at this time of determining the full extent of the entire situation"
 Union authorities cited the bur- den upon the unemployment com- penSation facilities of the state as result of the 48-hour lay-offs. At present single or married men re- gardless of dependents get a maxi mum of $22 weekly as unemploy- ment compensation. However, as pointed out by those authorities and agreed upon by Congressman Talbot so many other states pay such low unemployment compensa- ton Gas low as $1 weekly) that the purchasing power of the consumer will be greatly affected so that the manufacturing of peace time goods will face lack of market.
 Authorities anticipate that 2,00C to 5000 workers will be without jobs here by June unless some action is taken by the WIPE im- mediately At present the situation has not resulted in any degree of alarm among war workers.
 Scovill Co.,, case-shop employees met yesterday with their union as representative of the latter out lined the procedure to be adopted in handling the matter. The pro- cedure is in accordance with the program Of the Springfield Ord- nance District, MT. Walkinshaw de- clared. It was the latter that ef- fected the cut-backs at the com- pany while lay-offs at the French Small Tube Co.,, were said to re- suit from the discontinuance of lend-lease materials to Russia.
 Generally speaking the situation seemed to be one dumped squarely in the lap of the War Production Board. Because of the latter's necessary wartime restrictions on materials the onset of war produc- tion cut-backs has forged ahead, in many industries such as in Wa terbury, of the restrictions. Where industries have been placed in a po- sition to revert, in part, to peace tice production other concerns mak- ing component parts of these same peacetime materials are unable to obtain their materials because the restrictions still exist.
 Both representatives of manage ment and labor as well as congress sional representatives will attempt today and tomorrow to clarify and alleviate, where possible, the entire situation as affecting Waterbury.
 Management and union repre- sentatives plan meetings today and tomorrow for local concerns.