The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-10

had been turned over 70 Us OiuclalSs AS this new development occurred, court action was being prepared against the company by the Nation al Labor Relations Board, which entered the tense situation for the first time.
 Howard Lebaron, regional direct or Of the NlIRB, said the company would be charged with unfair labor practices and contempt Of court and claimed the concern had failed to obey a l94l U. s. Circuit Court de- cree. Beard Attorney Daniel Baker was assigned to prosecute the case.
 Meanwhile, l50 office workers, or dered by the company to report for work today to prepare $25O,0OO payroll, said they would not cross the AFL-IAM picket lines. The of flee workers, affiliated with another AFL union, were not striking, but, after a conference with strikers said they would not enter the plant until pickets were removed. Strike lead CTS said pickets would remain on the line today.
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 One picket was injured and taken to a hospital today during a short- lived demonstration at the main gate of the strike-bound Fafnir Bearing Company, staged in an en- deavor to prevent group. of fore men and supervisors from entering the factory
 The picket, Julian Rodriguez, 43, Plainville, suffered scalp lacera- tion when he threw himself in front of an automobile to block it's pass age through the gate.
 Police Chief William c. Hart said that Rodriguez was hurt during a scuffle to get him out of the way of the car, and that the picket might have Init his head on the sidewalk"
 At New Britain General Hospital it was said the injury was not seri- ous and that he probably would be discharged later in the day.
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 Several other pickets who report edly tried to throw body block across the gate were cleared out o1 the way by the more than 40 police who were stationed at the factory to prevent disorders.
 All of the cars bearing the super viSory force got through the main gate and two other gates without any further demonstrations.
 Ordinarily about four or five pick cts have been on duty at each gate since the start of the strike nine weeks ago. Plans to augment the lines were announced by CIO-UWA President Joseph McGrath last Friday to prevent the foremen and supervisors from reporting this morning, although they had beer going in daily for weeks.
 At that time Chief Hart said that no vioelnce would be tolerated and that there would be no interference with peaceful picketing.
 Tickets Dwindle
 He doubled the number of officers at the factory, and today police far outnumbered the number of pickets Following the injury to Rodriguez the pickets dwindled until only two or three remained at mid-morning
 McGrath, however, said he was preparing a statement on the situa- tion which he would release after review of the incident.
 The strike called out more thar 2,500 workers two months ago ovel higher wage demands.
 A company spokesman said that the supervisory force, drawing full salaries, had been doing several hours work each week until last week when they were instructed to report full time for safety meetings and discussion of production and engineering methods. They were not engaged in production, the | spokesman said.
 Police Expected to Act
 As for the union threat to bar them, the company declared that i've expect them to come into the plant for such duties as are pos sible during the strike and we as- | sume that any interference with them, involving threats of coercion will be handled by local authorities in accordance with the laws on picketing.
 On Thursday, employees of the General Electric Company, Bridge port, will take part in the nation wide vote whether to go on strike over demands for higher pay. The workers are organized by the GIG United Electrical, Radio and Ma chine Workers of America. In other strikes, involving ap- proXimately 10000 Connecticut workers, the situations remained nnchanped over the weekend