The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-08
IUMMSW Re-eIeets Robinson
Administrator Foes Co Review Ballot Results

A tumultuous fight over the presidency of the C.I.0. International Union of Mine, Mill 6 Shelter Workers when the canvasslng board meets at Chicago Dec. 1 to make an official check of the balloting loomed today as the result of q late avalanche of votes for President Reid Robinson, eeeking reelection. Amtl-Robinson forces declared Themselves suspicie otis of the reported totals which ape parently gave Afr. Robinson Q vic. tory over James !. Heary of Butte, Mont, who was backed by the Con- necticaA M.MS.W. leadership.
 International Representative Ale bert pezsaA announced that with but 1000 to 2.0oO votes yet to De tailed, the vote throughout the in- ternational was: Robinson, SS,i2V; Ieary, 9o,4as. Earlier returns, as announced by reary supporters here, he'd put the anti-adlninistra- ton candidate far In the lead, the last report giving Leary 2S,00o and Robinson ls.000.
 The reelection cf John ]. Man. kowski Co the unions international executive board was conceded by Mir. rezzaA today, but he said that votes in other districts gave Rob- inson a e-s margin on the execu- tive board in place of the T-s cd. vantage he now enjoys.
 To Examine nesults
 The following statement was is- sued on behalf of the aa1ti-Com- munfxt Committee for Unity and Prozress by Joseph Falcone, chair man of the District 6 division:
 '"Tahe figures in the interna-
 ttOnal election reported by
 Robinson's representative, Al
 PeEzaa. are Che result of last-
 minute tally of many local
 unions where our candidates
 had no observers; and we intend
 to examine the results of these
 votes very carefully when the
 canvassing committee meets m
 Chicago Dec. 1.
 wye have also assembled evi-
 oence of election irregularities
 in local unions where we were
 abie to place observers; ana ' while it Is too early for us oo
 make any general charges Of
 eaActson frauds, we certainly do
 not accept the reported results
 d conclusive until we nave
 had an opportunity to check tne
 tniiy aheefs and ballots for the
 locsl unions which were re
 nogAed to have given tn1s
 swelen-hour majority for honan-
 1sr. s' pez.aA declared that the cam xae~lna board would be scruplously faar ir it's tally of the ballots. I've veare ago. he said, this board, though controIled by Robinson, ruled out shos,k lD0o votes cast for him and reieCted only about 800 cast TOT ms opponent.
 Leaders in KenOsha
 ATr Mankowslki and John J. rsriscoIl. state C.I!O. secretary. who are. the leaders of the anti-RoDin- son forces within the union, are both in Kenosha, Wis, attending a meeting of the American Brass Union Council. IA Mr. Robinson's headquarters saio that the incumbent had won the secor,d. fouth, fifth, seventh ana eighth districts, along with the casting division. MT. Leary, accord ing to these figures, took the nrst' third and sixth districts, but anti robinson candidates for the execu- tive board won only in Districts 2 and 6.
 Under this tally. the only places on the executive board held py anti-Robinsonites will be those oi Mir. Mankowski. Angelo Verdu oi East St. Louis, Ill, and Secretary Treasurer Charles Mover, Potts. town, Pa, who was unopposed.