The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-08

convention of the American Feder- ation of Labor at Chicago, the A. F. LIS executive council issued re- port charging Russia with seeking to establish new opportunities for aggression
 The report charged that Russia is using the Paris Peace Confer ence to attempt an extension of Soviet control. In the report, the executive council claimed that Rus sia's tactics at Paris make it clear that the Soviet is mot seeking peace"
 Said one part of the report: Representatives of democratic countries have been forced to con- centrate on resisting new aggres- sion instead of deliberating on terms and conditions of peace"
 Russia Is also the target of a blistering attack by the c. I. O. Committee for Democratic Trade Unionism, a new group formed by 34 c. I. O. leaders in New work to combat Communism. The C.I.O. organization called Russia the most aggressive power in the world today.''
 The committee called on the United States to lend appease- ment of aggressors and take the initiative to apply the Atlantic Charter and the Four Freedoms"
 In its statement, the c. I. o. committee said the United States has been so eager on behalf of peace that it has "all too of- ten" followed a policy of appeas- ing aggression in Europe and Asia. It cited Spain, Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland and Argentina as cOun- tries in which the U. s. did not support truly democratic powers but instead joined other powers in accepting the wrong social base for the building of dernocra- tic institutions"
 The United Mine Workers, A. F. of L. have voted at their Atlantic City convention to seek new round of wage increases.
 New York's truck strike is now in its sixth week, and Local 807, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, A. F. of L., is mak-
 ing ready for 8 long struggle. The local has assigned additional stewards to tighten its blockade of the metropolis.
 The new contract between the Mattatuck Manufacturing Company and Local 251, MMSW., which in- cludes provisions for health and ac- cident insurance for employees, was to be signed this afternoon. An an- nouncement by Stuart E. Judd, company vice-president, said that over 97 per cent of the plant s workers have already subscribed to the insurance plan.
 Negotiations between manage ment and the union were in pro- gress for several months and were on friendly basis. MT. Judd was to sign for the company and Business Agent Joseph McEvoy of Local 251 was to sign for the union. The Mat tatuck union units negotiating committee is headed by Timothy Kearney.
 The Bridgeport Industrial Union Council, c. I. O., has adopted resolutions supporting Henry Wallace's stand on American
 policy and calling on President Truman to seize the meat packing industry.
 The Wallace resolution asked the Truman administration to "carry out the foreign policy enunciatiOn by the late Franklin D. Roosevelt"
 In the other resolution, the Park City c. I. O. said it endorsed
 the position of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, which called on the President to seize the meat industry and supply meat to the public at prices within the reach
 of the wage earners of the na- tiOn."
 The Greater Waterbury Industria Union Council, at a meeting ir Garden Hall last night, made plans for the registration of eligible vot- CTS during the week long session o1 the Board of Registration starting today at the City Hall. A canvass will be made of all C.I.O. members and their families to insure that all who are eligible are sworn in as voters. Leaflets stressing the importance of regis tration are being distributed. Named to the councils election committee were William Root, Jr. Edmund Storlazzi and Fred Sagi- mario. Renato Ricciuti, president of the councl and state field rep