The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-16

Continued from Page ) Union in the event that MT. Robin son is re-elected and their strong anti Communist resolution is voted down.
 The Bridgeport delegates and the Driscoll Mankowski group are backing the candidacy of Secre- tary-Treasurer James J. Deary, who will oppose MT. Robinson for the union presidency. Candidates will be nominated at this convention, but the voting, by referendum, will not be conducted among the various locals until next month.
 It became almost certain today that the much publicized loan nego- tiations in which it was disclosed that MT. Robinson had approached an official of a manufacturing firm with which the union has official dealings will be brought to the floor of the convention. This is ex- pected to provoke one of the conven tions most bitter fights, perhaps second only to the battle over the resolution which would bar Com- munistS from union office.
 The three delegates from the Scovil Manufacturing Company Local arrived here ready to fight for adoption of President Robinson'S 1947 program and on record as op- posed to the Connecticut leader ship of John J. Mankowski and John J. Driscoll." Indications are that the Waterbury Watchworkers, headed by President James Galullo, will back the stand of the Scovill Local. On the other side are Local 251, Waterbury, which represents workers in 13 factories, and the Chase Brass & Copper Company Local.
 The Scovill delegates, President Edward F. Birmingham, Arthur Lussier and Philip Bertrand, were instructed by their local Friday night to back the Robinson pro- gram.
 The program includes plans for a uniform wage and contract policy to raise the standards of workers throughout the brass and copper industry through the establishment of a national bargaining under the direction of National Wage Policy Committee. A higher minimum wage, improvement of overtime pro- visions, raising of vacation stand ards and a general standardizat tion of improved working conditions are among the objectives of the new | policy.
 Other features of the program are coordination of bargaining and strike strategy, the expansion of political action, a concentrated or ganizing campaign and the exten- sion of rank and file democracy along the lines of President Phil Murray's ban on witch hunts" in the CI.O.
 Model health and accident pro- visions are proposed, as well as a national educational program and a series of measures to aid veterans solve their special problems. A section on foreign policy calls for support of the LIN, unity Of the Big Three for the preservation of peace, and endorsement of the World Federation of Trade Unions and CIO participation therein.
 Declaring that the International's program is an approach to bettering labor's conditions, the Scovill dele gation charged that Mankowski had failed in his duty to the rank and file when he voted against the pro- gram at a meeting of the Interna- tional Executive Board. Mankow- skis action was based solely on fac- tional grounds, the delegates charged, without regard for the welfare of workers in the plants.
 we want this convention to do something constructive for the workers we represent" said the