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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Executives nConference InHortford
 1,2o0 Members,
 Guests Expected
 At Biz Session

Executives and supervisors of many Waterbury factories will take part in the annual meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Con- necticut tomorrow at the Hotel Bond and the Bushnell Memorial in Hartford. More than 1900 members and guests from all parts of the state are expected to attend one or more of the convention sessions.
 Alan c. CurtiSS vice-president in charge of industrial relations at the Scovill Manufacturing Company, will be member of a five-man panel which will lead a discussion on industrial relations.
 c. Arthur DuBois, of the same company, will be member of the panel directing discussion of pulp lie relations.
 Another of the five panel confer ences scheduled to take place at The Bond between 3 and tomor- row afternoon will be on the sub ject, Know Your Satte Govern ment."" Presiding will be Charles L. Campbell, president of the Connec- ticut Light & Power Company. Commissioners of six state depart ments will take part.
 Preceding the panels will be 8 business session at The Bond with President Alfred c. Fuller in the chair MT. Fuller will retire from office Dec. 31, Following election of new officers at the December meeting of the board of directors.
 At the evening session. to be held in Bushnell Memorial, Gov. Ray mond E. Baldwin will be one of the speakers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Brass ErecutiUes Redct
 To Wage Increase Reports

The brass industry today was ready with a solid front in opposi- ton to plans of the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers Union, c. 1. O., to press for wage increases. John J. Driscoll, state CI.O. secretary, said last night that increases will be sought but that no decision has been made as to the timing.
 Observers today believed that MT. Driscolls statement was principally 8 serving of notice that pay boosts will be sought and that specific plans for securing higher scales have not yet been worked out. His announcement, it is pointed out, came on the heels of a declaration by c. I. o. President Philip Mur- ray that the Steel Workers Union will ask for higher pay, and after similar statements by leaders of the textile and rubber workers.
 The Council of American Brass Company unions will discuss the wage question at meeting in Ke- nosha, Wis, Nov. S. It is likely that the council will endeavor to arrange meeting of all unions in the brass industry to discuss a general wage policy. The wage campaign plans may also depend in large part on the policies adopted at the national and state c. I. O. conventions in November and early December.
 MT. Driscoll's statement that higher pay will be sought for brass workers brought warnings from ln- dustry that additional pay boosts would accelerate imitation. A c. l. O, spokesman replied that prices have increased so much more than wages that 1t is plain that wage increases are not the cause of the present inflationary trend.
 The move for more pay IS serious threat" to the national economy, safd Charles E. Hart, president of the Chase Brass x Copper Company. He said that the raises last Winter and Spring caused an inflationary spiral. An other round of wage and price 1n- creases he contended, would prove entirely disastrous.
 J. Harold Madden, director of ln- dustrial relations for the Amerlcan Brass Company, said ''lt seems only a short time ago that we negotiated with the union for strike settlement, and for settlement of the wage issue"
 Alan c. Curtiss, vice president in charge of industrial relations tor the Scovill Manufacturing Com pany, said his company expects the union to honor it's contract, wh l fixed wages for a year. He said that new increases would serve only to bring on depression more quickly, rolling the ball of infla- tion faster"
 The Big Three" factories were hit py c. I. O. strikes last Win ter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
 ForChristmos Jobs on File
 Veterons, Students
 Expected To Meet
 Local Demands

A survey will be undertaken by the U S. Employment Service with in few days to determine the needs of local stores for extra help at Christmas time, it was disclosed today by Paul Parsons, manager of the local office.
 The employment official said 8 concerted drive would be undertak- en to place veterans now attending school into part-time and vacation jobs during the Christmas rush season.
 He pointed out that hundreds of veterans are enrolled at the Uni versity of Connecticut Extension in Waterbury, and at the city's busi- ness schools, as well as high schools.
 Applications from students have started to come into the employ ment office, and some stores are already placing orders for Christ mas help, it was disclosed. High school students are expected to be used extensively again this year for part-time and Christmas-week jobs at stores.
 Veterans are expected to consti- ute the full crew of extra Post office workers, when the Postal De- partment hires help during the hol- iday mailing ursh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
JAW Picket Line Fights

Milwaukee Oct. 29-UP)-picket line violence erupted today before the strikebound Allis-Chalmers farm equipment plant for the second successive day as c. I. o. United Automobile Workers fought to bar participants in back-to-work movement from going to their jobs.
 Chief Thomas Kastello of the West Allis police department estim- ated that almost 1000 strikers were around the plant.
 Some of them were in chest-to- shoulder picket lines which lock- steped past the gates in tight cir cles. Many others were lined up across the street from the plant.
 We managed to get few men into the plant this morning, but not more than 10 or 20 percent of the entire shift" Kastello said. Those who did get through the lines were pummelled and beaten in spite of the efforts of our men,"
 Kastello said five pickets were ar- rested when they attempted to turn over strikers automobile as he drove through the gates. One was a union committeeman.
 This mornings fighting broke out as the 8 A. M. shift of non-striking employees attempted to report for work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
BoyScouts Earn Honors

Eight Boy Scout Patrols were awarded blue ribbon honor awards at a Cook-O-Ree held at Camp Mattatuck this weekend. Cooking was divided into five types, pots and kettles. frying pans, reflector and oven, underground and open fire with no utensils.
 Blue ribbon winners were x Pa trol, Troop 2, Watertown; Eagle Patrol, Troop 2, TerryWille; Apache Patrol, Trop Is, Naugatuck; Pan ther Patrol, Troop 2. Naugatuck; i; Flying Eagle Patrol, Troop 8, Wa terbury; Flaming Arrow and Wolf Patrols, Troop l, Thomaston; and Lion Patrol, Troop 2, Terryville.
 The red ribbon of the Standard Award was earned by Silver Fox Patrol Troop 15, Naugatuck; Wolf Patrol, Troop 19, Waterbury; Rac- coon, Planning Arrow and Cobra Ptarols, Troop 13, Waterbury; Ti- ger Patrol, Troop 2, Naugatuck; Fox and Beaver Patrols, Troop l, Plymouth; Silver Fox Patrol, Troop 8. Waterbury; Eagle Patrol, Troop 2, Watertown; and Couple Patrol, Troop l, Thomaston.
 White ribbons went to Wolf Pa- trol, Troop 2, Naugatuck and Pan- ther Patrol, Troop 19, Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
KiIgore Hits OPChorges
 Explains MIA
 Reports Status

Washington, Oct. 29 - (UP)- Chairman Harley M. Kilgore, CD.- w. VaO, of the Senate War Investi- gating Committee said today that Republican released report attack ing the National Housign Agency never was approved by the commit tee. because its conclusions were not documented.
 The COP criticism of MIA was contained in a report released Sun day through the Republican. Ma tional Committee by Sen. Owen Brewster, (R.-Me), member of the Senate committee. Brewster called it a long suppressed" report Of the Senate group.
 Kilgore, in a statement issued through his own committee office; said the material Brewster used as "an inter-off1ce memorandum pre- pared by a committee investigator. !"
 These memoranda, at the time of their preparation, were not ap- proved by the chief counsel of the committee because the sweeping conclusions contained therein were not sufficiently documented by the evidence obtained" Kilgore said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Artie ShdW Near MdnUiLLe Mark

Hollywood, Oct. 2e-(UP)- Bandleader Artie Shaw and his fifth wife, novelist Kathleen Winsor, come home from their surprise wedding today to face friends who didn't even know they were acquainted.
 Shaw, 36, who plays hot mu- sic, and Miss WinSor, 38, who writes warm books, were mar ried yesterday in simple cere- mony at Juarez, Mex. A few hours earlier she obtained a Mexican divorce from All American football player Robert John Herwig and Shaw divorced actress Ava Gardner, who won 8 California preliminary decree a week ago.
 They left for Hollywood im- mediately after the wedding.
 Shaw's previous wives include Miss Gardner, Betty Kern, daughter of the late composer Jerome Kern, a New York nurse, and Lana Turner.
 HerWig, who met his former wife when both were students at University of California, was unavailable for comment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
OBITUARY Mrs. Jane Moher

Mrs. Jane (Stension) Maher, wid- oW of the late John Maher of 28 Third Street, died at St. Mary's Hospital this morning after a long illness. Mrs. Maher was born in DobbS Ferry, N. Y. and came to this city at an early age residing in. the Brooklyn section of the city. She is survived by one son, John T. Maher of this city, two daughters Mrs. John Conroy of this city and Mrs. Alvin Boettcher of New York City, one grandson, Charles Boettcher, al- so of New York City and one broth CT, Samuel Stension of Watertown and several nieceS and nephews.
 The funeral will be held from the Mulvllle Funeral Home, 270 West Main Street on Thursday to St. Pat rlck's Church. Time to be announced later. Burial will be in new St, Josephs Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 2 to 10, and tomorrow, 3 to 10 P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Restaurants Price Firmly
 Few Announce
 Increases On
 Certain Dishes

Although slight price boosts have been made on some restaurant menues, most of the city's eating establishments are holding to the old controlled levels, a survey to- day disclosed.
 The price hikes were made main- ly at small restaurants, whose man. agers explained that the increases were necessary because of increas- ing costs on some food items. Large restaurants, whose prices were higher in the beginning, have made few changes.
 Several eating establishments have boosted the price on meat dishes, with the increasing ranging from five to Is cents. Such changes have been noted on dishes contain ing beef, lamb chops, and veal cut let.
 boosted the price of pie five cents, and another is charging five cents more for rice pudding. The shortage of ingredients and the consequent higher purchasing price were said to have necessitated the changes.
 On the whole, however, restaura- teurs held close to the old levels, despite the absence of controls, and pointed out that competition would bring the prices down if they at- tempted any extensive changes.
 One surprising feature, observ- ed, is that several downtown restau- rants which seem cheerful in main- taining the scent price for coffee during the war an dscarcity periods have now boosted the price to ten cents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

(Continued from Page D day came as many union employees of Risdons Waterbury factory en- tered the 11th week of their strike against the company. They walked out Aug. 20 after the company had announced it would no longer deal with the union as bargaining agent.
 Last night, J. J. Carr, company vice-president, made the following statement:
 T was informed this afternoon that the National Labor Relations Board in Boston would not charge the company with an unfair labor practice because of its refusal to further recognize Local 25l of the CIO. Mine, Mill & Shelter Work CTS Union as the sole representa- tive of the company employees on the ground that the union no long CT represented a majority. The Ris- don Manufacturing Company there fore will not bargain with the union"
 Asked about this statement this morning, MT. Knowlton said he had told the company certain things but asked that they give them no publicity" He said that no decision had been reached and the charges have not been dis miessed.
 Two Counts Cited
 The union complaint contained xwo counts. MT. Knowlton said one for the failure to bargain, the other "on certain other factors dn- cluding presumably a CI.O. charge of intimidation.
 eve have asked the union to pro- vide certain other evidence and are awaiting it," said MT. KnoWlton, :,
 The NLRB official said he hao talked to Attorney Larkin on the telephone bur had not had any conversations with MT. Carr.
 '"The case" he said again, "has not been decided" ;,
 Should the case be decided against the union, MT. KnoWlton said. the union would have the right to make an appeal. -
 A1Uer the COl1VeA odVAoaA The Democrat reporter and MT. Knowlton, Attorney Larkin phoneo +he NIRB examiner again. Follow ing this talk, Attorney Larkin said he had been told again that the board would not uphold the union complaint on refusal of recognition
 International Representative Ovide R. Garceau, speaking for the union' said that it's counsel at Boston, Attorney Harold Roitman, was told yesterday that no directive in the Risdon case has been issued. He said MT. Roitman told him he had been informed that the case is s-Still in the talking stage"
 Attorney Larkin indicated a be- 1sef that decision has been reached but that 1t has not yet been set down officially in writing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

lCOQLlUuSO 1IOLu 1hSC A cialist administration in Bridgeport for appointing more representatives of organized labor to city board and commissions than any previous ad- ministration," McLevy said. What has happened SO suddenly to turn this praise and satisfaction into carping criticism? The answer IS obvious. Organized labor no longer speaks for itself, but through Dem ocratic mouthpieces who have taken over.
 Organized labor doesn't have to ask where I or my party stand on labor questions. My whole life has been a relentless battle for the rights of labor. My record as inter- national president of the Skaters Union, president of the Bridgeport Central Labor Union and vice. president of the Connecticut Fed eration of Labor speaks for itself"
 T say that the man is not yet born who can put ring through the nose of labor and lead him to cast a dictated vote. am too familiar with the Connecticut worker and have too much con- f1dence in his intelligence and in- dependence to believe that for 8 minute" McLevy declared.
 Attorney Smedley, speaking at a meeting of the New Haven League of Women Voters, assailed Republi- can leaders as striving to sell the American voters the fancy package they call free enterprise and the American way of life which is none other than the old vicious cycle of imitation, depression, isolationism and war.
 Just remember in November, by experience. Carroll Reece, Taft, that the Republicans never learn Bricker and Baldwin are no differ ent from Coolidge or Hoover. They too are economic anarchists"
 MT. Smedley, while praising cer- tain gains made under the Demo- cratic administration, cited them as original creations of the Socialist party and deplored the lack of creditable men within the party in recent years"
 Citing what he believed to be Americas foreign position MT. Smedley said:
 Tt is absolutely essential to the success of the long term plans of the United Nations that the United States take a leading part in the economic rehabilitation of the world. We cannot do so unless we have stable economy. And if you do not do so the whole future of ardized."
 Others on the New Haven pro- gram were Governor Baldwin former Democratic Governor Will bur Cross, Congressman Josenh Geelan CD and Alfred Tong, So- clalist candidate for State Treas urer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29

Senator Edward P Egan, former Senator, Francis Summa, COP. candidate, last night charged the two with being Supporters of leg islation so raw it resulted in defeat of their 18th senatorial nominee" :"
 "The real ripper legislation pushed through was that fostered by these two" Atty. Summa told members of the Summa-for- Senator Club last night in Brooklyn.
 Atty. Miles McNiff, Socialist-Re- publican candidate for Probate Judge, last night urged the abolish ment of the appraisal system in Connecticut's probate courts, as well as radical changes in the general fee system.
 Change System
 ''Ihe appraisal system should be abolished" he said. "A sworn inven- tory filed by the executor or admin istrator is a sufficient basis for de- termination of values unless the state or an interested party objects. Then, at a hearing, each side must in any event produce competent witnesses. The saving to estates will be enormous and no one will be harmed.
 '"The real answer is to change the fee system. The only way to carry on in the meantime, in fairness to those who pay, is. to explain why and what for. Itemized bills are a must item for the Probate Court"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Police Seeking Stolen JeweIV

A watch and chain, valued at $50 and stolen along with a jewelry box Sunday from the home of Wallace c. Husted of Il Buckingham Street, is still the object of police search today.
 Inspector Joseph R. Bendler said the box was located yesterday by John Brophy, principal of Driggs School. Contents of the box, dis covered in a wooded section near the school, included beads, pins, earrings, costume jewelry and other items.
 Entrance was made by cutNng the screen on the porch while the family was away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Roast of Beef % Well Done

Three companies of f1remen were somewhat disappointed shortly after II A. M. today. Called out to what they thought would be a hap py mission, they discovered that a burnt roast of beef at the home of Mrs. Arthur Fredette of 97 Cherry Street was to owell done.
 They left the fire station at 11:29 and were back at their card game at 11:41-not even time enough to make sandwich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
.'Conoughy First eChorees
 Attacks Campaign
 RivoIs for Putting
 Out FoIsehoods

Hartford, Oct. 29-(UP)-A bitter note had entered the State political campaign today as "lie" charges were hurled by heads of the Republican ticket at their Democratic oppon- entS.
 Rival campaigners were accused of a vicious program of half-truths and distorted facts" by Dr. James'L. McConaughy. T have been falsely accused of opposing issues that I favor and favoring issues that I op- pose," The COP. gubernatorial nominee charged. He claimed spec fife that the Democrats had distri- buted handbill at Teachers Con- vention which purported to show him opposed to higher salaries for teach CTS. T denounce my Democratic op- ponent and his colleagues for this bare-faced attempt to drag schools into politics" McConoughy declared.
 A similara charge of issuing "mis- statements and falsehoods" was made by Gov. R. E. Baldwin. An- SHClA1lS Ocl1ROCA dIAC dSSuo1OAOAho OAAaC he is affiliated with insurance in- terests, Baldwin said mo specific group has ever made an agreement with me and never will. will do the best within my ability to serve the best interests of all the people all the time"
 Meanwhile, Chester Bowles joined forces with Democratic mates who defeated his gubernatorial bid. The former O.PA. chief, in his first State campaign talk, warned that if the Republicans win in Congress, price control is doomed" BowleS claimed that even rent controls would be removed.
 At Bridgeport, Mayor Jasper Mo- Levy, Socialist candidate for gov- ernor, claimed that Democratic mouthpieces have taken over" the Connecticut Federation of Labor. This, he said, explained why the GEL. recently hit at McLevy for the unhealthy political situation in Bridgeport"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Three Drivers Forfeit Bonds

Three motorists fell victims yes terday to Patrolman Dennis Nor tons alertness in City Court this morning, the three failed to appear for hearings on charges of passing stop signs, and their bonds of $6 each were ordered called by Judge Charles R. Summa.
 The three are: Peter Moeckle, g, of 632 South Main Street, Nauga- tuck; Vincent Distasio, 40, of 535 Congress Avenue, and Harry Stew art, 24, of Platts Mills.
 Other cases: Vincent Codianni, 18, of South Main Street, Seymour, speeding, nolled for $12; Peter Stan- ikas, 58, of g Porter Street, viola tion of the probation law, nolled; Rudolph Prager, 34, of 149 South Main Street, non support, nolled; Clarence Griffith, 33, of Marion, il- legal parking. $6 bond called; Mi chael Syrotchen, D., of Danbury, intoxication and breach of the peace, nolled, and Raymond Haugh- ton, 38, of Baldwin, R. l.. non-sup- port, nolled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Jackson Hits Wor'Voices'

Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 29-(UP) Robert H. Jackson, associate jus tice Of the Supreme Court, last night condemned those "irresponsi- ble voices almost eagerly predicting war" and said war between Russia and the U. s. is not inevitable.
 Jackson told the 18th annual con- vention of the American Bar As- sociation that the Russians are "keenly aware of their strength" but that he was confident that the mass of Russians do not want an- other war"
 International conflicts of inter- ests will be difficult enough to com- pose against background of good will and public calm, he said, and talk of another war would make the task more difficult.
 But have confidence" Jackson said, that in diplomacy as in legal matters, there are solutions, not always satisfactory, of course, but infinitely more acceptable than war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Court Gets $2O,O0OSu
 FotoI Injuries
 Result In Action

Fatal injuries sustained by Mrs. Teresa Cocchiola of Waterbury Oct. 23, 1945 are the basis of a $20, 900 civil action instituted in Superior Court today by her son. Salvatore Cocchiola of Waterbury, as admin istrator of her estate, against Sav- eric Romaniello of Waterbury, both individually and as guardian of the estate of his son, Michael, and Christina Romaniello of Waterbury.
 Mrs. Cocchiola was struck, as she walked on Congress Avenue, by a car owned by Christina Romaniello and operated by Saverio Romaniel- To-
 The complaint, drawn up by At torneys Edward Mascolo, Francis B. Feeley and Stephen K. Elliott, states that at various times Romaniello placed funds in bank accounts in the name of his son. It is claimed the money was so placed to prevent 1t from being attached.
 In addition to the damages, the plaintiff seeks a court judgment declaring that the funds of Michael Romaniello are the sole property of his father.
 The writ will be returnable to court Nov. 5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-29
Pope Plus Ks Cononizotion Congress Issue

Boston, Oct. 29-(UP) - The eighth national Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine entered its final day today with the proposed canonization of the late Pope Plus X still major issue.
 Archbishop Richard J. Gushing of Boston proposed the canoniza- tion at ceremonies Sunday and yes terday announced plans for a pil- grimage of 2O00 persons to Rome where the tomb of Plus x would be visited.
 Today Monsignor John J. Wright, secretary of the archbishop. speaks on Plus x under the title, "The Arostolate of Good Will"
 The pilgrimage proposed by Arch bishop Gushing would include trips to Lourdes, reception by the Pope and possibly a trip to Ireland.
 In a series of addresses before various seminars at the congiess, Archbishop Gushing called on Cath olic college graduates to become leaders in every profession and characterized nuns and priests in foreign lands as modern heroes and martyrs of the Tchurch who never get credit for being martyrs" {"