The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

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 Releases Pending
 Charles L. Hart, president of the Chase Brass & Copper O., said all of the Chase employees will return to their departments tomorrow. and 1t will be determined during the day which, and how many, will be released. He said 1t was impossi- ble at this time, to state how many workers will be affected.
 No figure was released by the Springfield ofi1ce on the value of the Waterbury area contracts which were terminated, but it is expected to run into many millions of dollars The total value of contracts can celled in the district, which Is com posed of Connecticut and western Massachusetts, was reported to be $250, ,OOO,O
 MT. Begley said that 823 contracts involving 150,O00 employees, have been terminated in the district. The total number of employees affected may be reduced by 5000 when in- dustry moves with ordnance to com plete the terminations. he said.
 will Take Time
 The district chief said 1t may take four months to determine vari- ous factors involved in the cancel lations and to effect complete term ination of the contracts. Recon version meanwhile will progress and may be completed for the most part by the time the terminations and contract settlements are completed 1t was indicated.
 It was pointed out by the Spring field Ordnance that some contracts over which 1t has control have not been affected. Most of them involve research and development work or new items, 1t was reported.
 Work will continue on certain ma. i chine-gun fuses; on 60 caliber bell links, and on experimental devices MT. Begley stated.
 The Autoyre Co. of Oakville vii. continue to make links under ar Army contract, according to the an- nouncement at the Springfield of- flee.
 Wire Orders
 Telegrams containing notifications of the contract cancellations were turned over to the telegraph com panies at midnight Tuesday, and the concerns recieved the communi- cations early yesterday morning, il was disclosed. The cancellation or ders were drawn up when the a1- nouncement came from Washington A few concerns in Waterbury are reported to have received cancella- tions in the latter part of last week Of the contracts terminated bJ the Springfield Ordnance, 184 were for gauges, 104 were for small arns and small arms ammunition, 90 were for heavy ammunition and fuses and 436 were for artillery and tank automotive items. The Springfield office said no totals have beeer computed as yet on the sub-con- tracts.
 The War Manpower Commission, is expected to set of machinery to- morrow for handling the anticipat- ed unemployment.
 According to indications today l women workers will be affected most heavily, although several thousand men may be released almost imme- diately.
 Many of the firms involved are expected to offer jobs in mills to men, who receive notices. With re- sumption of production of civilian goods, mills will need three times as many workers as they now have 1t has been reported. Under peace time production schedules, brass and copper will be rolled to a much thinner guage than required for war products, and consequently many more employees will be needed Nearby out-of-town firms which have received contract cancellations from Springfield include: Seth Thomas Clocks in Thomaston, the New Departure Co.,, in Bristol, Pre- cision Wire Products in Thomaston the Eagle Lock Ca, in Terryville and the Seymour Smith Co.,, o1 Oakville.
 Cancellations also have been or- dered for the following Torrington firms: Torrington O., Turner and Seymour Mfg. O., Torrington Mfg Co.,, Union Hardware CO, Colonial Bronze Co, Hughes Tool O., and Progressive Mfg. Go.