The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

poSite view, contending that price relief must be assured before any offers of higher wages can be made
 It is believed that the OPA on Wednesday will authorize higher ceilings for brass products, but this upward revision will only take into account increased costs since v-J Day. Under wage-price procedure as set down at Washington. the companies will subsequently, have to apply for further price adjustments based on any pay increases that are given.
 Mankowski, DriscOll Go
 John Mankowski. member of the MMSW executive board, and State C. l. O. Secretary John J. Driscoll will take part in the conference with OES officials Monday. They will ask for full clarification of wsge-price procedure, and seek sup port for their repeated claims that management should complete wage bargaining first, then seek price re- lief.
 The O. P. A. told the steering committee of the brass iTlduStry's advisory group at Washington Thursday night that wages must be adjusted before any claims for high CT prices because Of wage increases can be considered. John A. Coe, Jr., vice-president of the American Brass O., and Robert L. Coe, vice. president of the Chase Brass & Copper O., are members of the five-lnan steering committee and also of the full advisory committee.
 Heads Of American Brass, Chase and the Scovil Mfg. Co. whose pro- duc1ion has been halted by the strike, today were studying the pro- cedure to be followed on the wage and price questions.
 The OPA's clarification announce ment on policy may lead to renewed efforts by federal conciliators to end the brass walkouts. which have tied up production of 65 percent of the nations brass.
 Chase and American Brass have declined to make any wage offers to the union, claiming that brass ceilings would have to be raised be- fore any such action could be taken Scovil made wage offer, which il said was detrimental to its financial position and advanced only to avoid a strike, but withdrew it after re. lection by the union. A later Sco. will proposal, that employees return to work immediately pending set. clement of the wage issue, was also rejected by the union this week.
 Its a shame to have the bras. strikes dragged on because manage ment refuses to bargain on wage even when the government polio. is now so clear" declared MT. Man kowski today
 By United Press
 Settlement of the month-olC strike of $50 employees of the Bridge port Stanley Works and the walkou of POO aligning workers at the Roya Typewriter Company's Hartfort plant today highlighted Connection labor developments.
 The return to work of the Stan ley strikers reduced to 1900 tn number of striking Connection steel workers. United Steel Work CTS Of America, C.IO.. officials sait company officials had grantee workers an IS l-2 cents-an-hou wage increase.
 Steel workers still striking Wer employees of the Farrel Foundry ant Machine Company, Waterbury; tn Collins Company, Collinsville, anI the Eastern Machine Screw Com pany, New Haven.
 The Royal Typewriter aligner claimed a reduction in time allow ance for aligning machines has GU some employees wages e5 to S7. Tn time cut was from 75 to so minute for one machine, according to Al bert c. Madsen of the Royal In dustrial Union, CIO. Madsen sait the company had corrected the re duction in the mems pay envelopes A meeting of the Royal uniol membership was called for tomor row afternoon to discuss the tim reduction.
 Meanwhile. the Connecticut Uniol of Telephone Workers called meeting for next Tuesday to decid whether members will participat in a strike set for March ! by tn National Federation of Telephon Workers. The Connecticut union representing about 5000 enploye of the Southern New England Tele phone Company. was slated to with draw from the National Federation