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**Source:** Unknown — (Continued from Page 1) Chemical, once president of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, warned strikers that state troopers would be called if the office help were not permitted to enter the plant. He said, “The union women office workers would have to go home.” “No, no, we won’t let them in,” was … Read more

Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:

**Source:** Unknown — It was with amazement I read the letter in the newspaper about our Police force. I wonder if that woman thinks only UniRoyal union members pay their salaries. Did it ever occur to her that management personnel also pay their share of the Policemen’s salaries? So I should hope they have a … Read more

Atty. Daniel Baker of Stamford, counsel for the union, said the union ‘intends fully to comply’ with Judge Gaffney’s instructions. He said local union leaders will do ‘everything in their power’ to maintain a peaceful picket line.

Atty. Daniel Baker of Stamford, counsel for the union, said the union 'intends fully to comply' with Judge Gaffney's instructions. He said local union leaders will do 'everything in their power' to maintain a peaceful picket line.

**Source:** Unknown — Atty. Daniel Baker of Stamford, counsel for the union, said the union ‘intends fully to comply’ with Judge Gaffney’s instructions. He said local union leaders will do ‘everything in their power’ to maintain a peaceful picket line. He said they will ‘make sure there are a reasonable number of pickets . . … Read more

Union Opposing Uniroyal’s Bid To Have Court Limit Picketing

Union Opposing Uniroyal's Bid To Have Court Limit Picketing

**Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–Officials and attorneys of Local 45, United Rubber Workers, are in Waterbury Superior Court today to oppose a company petition for an injunction prohibiting mass picketing at Uniroyal’s Footwear Division plant. The hearing is scheduled before Judge Leo V. Gaffney. The union is now picketing under a restraint order issued by Judge … Read more

the strikers attempted to prevent white collar workers from entering the plant. the incidents led to the arrests of 71 pickets.

the strikers attempted to prevent white collar workers from entering the plant. the incidents led to the arrests of 71 pickets.

**Source:** Unknown — the strikers attempted to prevent white collar workers from entering the plant. the incidents led to the arrests of 71 pickets. fanton said the company’s decision to hold off on the injunction hearing was prompted largely by the relative calm which prevailed in picket lines at the plant monday and tuesday. he … Read more

No Trouble Anticipated On Uniroyal Picket Line

No Trouble Anticipated On Uniroyal Picket Line

**Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK – Strike negotiations on a new Uniroyal contract will resume this morning in Cincinnati, Ohio. Picketing was peaceful Saturday, after the warning. Local President George Froehlich said, when called Sunday, that negotiations on the contract will resume as usual at 10 a.m. today in the Netherlands Hilton Hotel in Cincinnati. He … Read more

Peace Prevailing Today At Strikebound Uniroyal

Peace Prevailing Today At Strikebound Uniroyal

**Source:** Naugatuck Valley — An air of peace prevailed this morning at the strikebound Uniroyal Footwear Plant as company personnel entered the plant without incident from nearby picketing members of the United Rubber Workers. Clashes between strikers and police during the latter part of last week. Instructions for peaceful picketing were given to picket captains … Read more

Order Returns To Naugatuck Uniroyal Strike

Order Returns To Naugatuck Uniroyal Strike

**Source:** Unknown — By PATRICK KEATING Register Staff Reporter NAUGATUCK – Peace and or- der, conspicuous by its absence during strike demonstrations here Thursday and Friday, which resulted in wholesale ar- rests, returned once more as the strike by the United Rubber Workers Union against Uniroyal enters its 17th day. The turnabout from an explo- … Read more

Union Told To Stop Blocking Operations

Union Told To Stop Blocking Operations

**Source:** Unknown — Union Told To Stop Blocking Operations Dr. Bingham Resigns Post Dr. Harold J. Bingham, who was assigned to studying the state’s educational needs, resigned Friday as executive secretary to the Board of Trustees of State Colleges. Dr. Bingham, who was stripped of his powers of fiscal independence after the Waterbury newspapers disclosed … Read more

Strike

Strike

**Source:** Unknown — Continued from Page 1 Police Chief Frank J. Mariano and Capt. Joseph Summa, in charge of the strike detail. They agreed that there should be no further violence. The Rubber Workers have been on strike since April 21 as part of a nationwide walkout. More than 5,000 persons are affected locally, and … Read more

Strike

Strike

**Source:** Unknown — Continued from Page 1 He ordered the pickets off the street. Things were peaceful for about a half hour. Then the supervisory personnel started en masse down Maple Street to the main gate. The pickets quickly massed to block their path. The police moved in between. It was a tense few minutes … Read more

Strike Violence

Strike Violence

**Source:** Unknown — Naugatuck police forcibly restrain picket (top photo) who attempted to prevent supervisory personnel from entering Uniroyal this morning. He was arrested and charged with breach of peace. Two persons were reported hurt in the near-riot, a woman with a cut on her knee and a man who said he had been kicked. … Read more

Picket Hauled Away By Cops

Picket Hauled Away By Cops

**Source:** Unknown — FOR THIRD DAY in a row, pickets at the Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck refused to allow non-union employes to cross their lines into the plant. This morning, 21 were arrested, including this unidentified man being dragged up the street to Police Headquarters.–Coviello Photo.

Single file, Uniroyal supervisory personnel are allowed to pass through picket line to enter plant this morning in Naugatuck. Union agreed to allow male employes to enter but women were to be kept out.

Single file, Uniroyal supervisory personnel are allowed to pass through picket line to enter plant this morning in Naugatuck. Union agreed to allow male employes to enter but women were to be kept out.

**Source:** Unknown — Single file, Uniroyal supervisory personnel are allowed to pass through picket line to enter plant this morning in Naugatuck. Union agreed to allow male employes to enter but women were to be kept out.

LOCAL 45 Vice President Raymond Mengacci, with bullhorn, passes along company proposal to union pickets that male non-union employes be allowed into Uniroyal’s Naugatuck Footwear plant this morning. It was rejected. Police Capt. Joseph Summa is at left, and International Union Rep. William Fernandez, Jr., is in center, with hat and glasses, just behind Mengacci.

LOCAL 45 Vice President Raymond Mengacci, with bullhorn, passes along company proposal to union pickets that male non-union employes be allowed into Uniroyal's Naugatuck Footwear plant this morning. It was rejected. Police Capt. Joseph Summa is at left, and International Union Rep. William Fernandez, Jr., is in center, with hat and glasses, just behind Mengacci.

**Source:** Unknown — LOCAL 45 Vice President Raymond Mengacci, with bullhorn, passes along company proposal to union pickets that male non-union employes be allowed into Uniroyal’s Naugatuck Footwear plant this morning. It was rejected. Police Capt. Joseph Summa is at left, and International Union Rep. William Fernandez, Jr., is in center, with hat and glasses, … Read more

NAUGATUCK – Another 21 Picketing United Rubber Workers Union members were arrested this morning in the third day of clashes between police and strikers at the Maple St. gate of the Uniroyal footwear plant.

NAUGATUCK - Another 21 Picketing United Rubber Workers Union members were arrested this morning in the third day of clashes between police and strikers at the Maple St. gate of the Uniroyal footwear plant.

**Source:** Unknown — Police first charged four of the pickets with assault, but later dropped this to breach of peace, the charge levied against the other 17. Union officials charged the incident, at about 7 a. m. was deliberately provoked by the company, which had been taking pictures at the scene to bolster efforts to … Read more

Also taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, was Martha Jones, 40, 26 Sparks St., Waterbury, for treatment of a cut knee, she said she received during the pushing and shoving in front of the gate. Both are members of Local 45.

Also taken to St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, was Martha Jones, 40, 26 Sparks St., Waterbury, for treatment of a cut knee, she said she received during the pushing and shoving in front of the gate. Both are members of Local 45.

**Source:** Unknown — Also taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, was Martha Jones, 40, 26 Sparks St., Waterbury, for treatment of a cut knee, she said she received during the pushing and shoving in front of the gate. Both are members of Local 45. Another 150 supervisory personnel showed up for the 8 a.m. shift … Read more

Pickets

Pickets

**Source:** Unknown — Cont’d from Page One) officers was on hand near the gate, but wasn’t needed after the 7 a.m. incident. Fewer than 30 women office employes left the plant at about 9:30 a.m. under another special arrangement with Police Chief Mariano acting as intermediary. Fifty or more pickets had been clustered by the … Read more

The others arrested were:

The others arrested were:

**Source:** Unknown — Vincent Albano, 40, 144 Division St., Waterbury; Leo Klonis, 25, 92 Wilson St.; Henrique Marques, 40, 197 Lincoln St., Gary A. McDonald, 20, 69 East Clay St., Waterbury; Jerro Tarlaglia, 43, 424 Lincoln St., Waterbury; Charles H. Tillotson, 44, 59 Meadow St.: Mario Carneiro, 26, 18 Bridge St.; Raphael Dangelo, 44, 41 … Read more

IN SOLID MASS, non-union employes of Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck head for work at 7 a.m. today, after assembling on The Green, in background. Police halted the crowd and sent back to the Green. The company proposed that the women be sent home and the male employes be allowed through the picket lines, but the union rejected the idea. It was shortly after that that violence erupted again.—Coviello Photo.

IN SOLID MASS, non-union employes of Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck head for work at 7 a.m. today, after assembling on The Green, in background. Police halted the crowd and sent back to the Green. The company proposed that the women be sent home and the male employes be allowed through the picket lines, but the union rejected the idea. It was shortly after that that violence erupted again.—Coviello Photo.

**Source:** Unknown — IN SOLID MASS, non-union employes of Uniroyal Footwear Plant in Naugatuck head for work at 7 a.m. today, after assembling on The Green, in background. Police halted the crowd and sent back to the Green. The company proposed that the women be sent home and the male employes be allowed through the … Read more

WHITE COLLAR workers were streaming through the gates at Maple Street following a day’s vacation. Female employes waited on Church St. until calm was restored before trying to report to work

WHITE COLLAR workers were streaming through the gates at Maple Street following a day's vacation. Female employes waited on Church St. until calm was restored before trying to report to work

**Source:** Unknown — WHITE COLLAR workers were streaming through the gates at Maple Street following a day’s vacation. Female employes waited on Church St. until calm was restored before trying to report to work -(News photo by Nichols)

Chief Justice Warren Outlines New Federal Court System

Chief Justice Warren Outlines New Federal Court System

**Source:** Unknown — Chief Justice Earl Warren today outlined a plan for a new federal court system in the United States, advocating the establishment of a National Court of Appeals to help reduce the workload of the Supreme Court. Speaking before a national conference of judges and lawyers, the Chief Justice said the federal judicial … Read more

William Battles of Waterbury is dragged away from the Maple Street plant at Uniroyal by police after fighting broke out there today when strikers prevented office employes from crossing picket lines.

William Battles of Waterbury is dragged away from the Maple Street plant at Uniroyal by police after fighting broke out there today when strikers prevented office employes from crossing picket lines.

**Source:** Unknown — William Battles of Waterbury is dragged away from the Maple Street plant at Uniroyal by police after fighting broke out there today when strikers prevented office employes from crossing picket lines. Battles, who was charged with breach of peace by assault, was later taken to St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, where he was … Read more

UNIROYAL

UNIROYAL

**Source:** Unknown — Mengacci, vice president of Local 59, United Rubber Workers called, said state troop help were not be called if the office workers had come to an agreement to meet office workers in, but 15 women office workers would have to go home. ‘So, no, we won’t let them in,’ was shouted by … Read more

HOLDING THEIR hands up for silence, aids of Raymond Mengacci, with bull-horn, vice-president of Local 45, URW, stand beside their leader as he explains the strike situation to pickets.

HOLDING THEIR hands up for silence, aids of Raymond Mengacci, with bull-horn, vice-president of Local 45, URW, stand beside their leader as he explains the strike situation to pickets.

**Source:** Unknown — HOLDING THEIR hands up for silence, aids of Raymond Mengacci, with bull-horn, vice-president of Local 45, URW, stand beside their leader as he explains the strike situation to pickets. CY BLANCHARD, vice-president of Local 218 talked to his men who were assisting on the picket lines on Maple St. this morning while … Read more

Strike Benefit Checks Given Tuesday, Weds

Strike Benefit Checks Given Tuesday, Weds

**Source:** Unknown — United Rubber Workers local unions, Local No. 45, Naugatuck Footwear, Local No. 218, Naugatuck Chemical, and Local No. 308, Naugatuck Synthetic, will disperse strike benefit checks commencing Tuesday and Wednesday between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of each respective local should report to their own local union headquarters … Read more

John Smith, was hustled into the Central Office Building by local police who pushed their way through a group of about 20 women pickets.

John Smith, was hustled into the Central Office Building by local police who pushed their way through a group of about 20 women pickets.

**Source:** Unknown — John Smith, was hustled into the Central Office Building by local police who pushed their way through a group of about 20 women pickets. Once safely inside, the women resumed their circling in front of the door. At one point, they chanted, “Talk it over, Blue-Coats, talk it over” at a group … Read more

Also at times they broke into song, singing “America,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and others. At one point they chanted, “You ran out of gas.”

Also at times they broke into song, singing "America," "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and others. At one point they chanted, "You ran out of gas."

**Source:** Unknown — Also at times they broke into song, singing “America,” “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” and others. At one point they chanted, “You ran out of gas.” Perhaps this was in reference to the situation in the borough about a year ago when local police vehicles were grounded for about 24 hours … Read more

One man said, “Let’s make this our ‘Custer’s Last Stand.'”

One man said, "Let's make this our 'Custer's Last Stand.'"

**Source:** Unknown — One man said, “Let’s make this our ‘Custer’s Last Stand.’” A few others jeered the idea of letting male workers inside. Mengacci asked, “Do you all want to go to jail?” The question was answered by a number of persons with a resounding “Yes.” When male management workers started filing through the … Read more

Strike Benefits To Begin Today

Strike Benefits To Begin Today

**Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK–United Rubber Workers, Locals 45, 218 and 308, will disburse strike benefit checks Tuesday and Wednesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Members of each local are asked to report to their respective local headquarters to receive the benefit checks. Those members who have either performed or made themselves … Read more

Asked why white collar workers had attempted to enter the plant Tuesday night, Chapman answered that they had been instructed to get out shipments to critical customers.

Asked why white collar workers had attempted to enter the plant Tuesday night, Chapman answered that they had been instructed to get out shipments to critical customers.

**Source:** Unknown — Asked why white collar workers had attempted to enter the plant Tuesday night, Chapman answered that they had been instructed to get out shipments to critical customers. He added that management had asked Local 45 for four men to help get the shipments out; the local turned down the request, he said, … Read more

Pickets

Pickets

**Source:** Unknown — Pickets (Cont’d from Page One) lated among Uniroyal management, was neither confirmed nor denied by top level Local officials in Cincinnati. The statement claimed that although Uniroyal had offered to continue negotiations on a day-to-day basis after the strike was called, the URW had turned down the offer, “with the result that … Read more

At 7:45 a.m., when workers for the 8 o’clock shift began to arrive, a second outbreak flared up, but was quickly squelched by police.

At 7:45 a.m., when workers for the 8 o'clock shift began to arrive, a second outbreak flared up, but was quickly squelched by police.

**Source:** Unknown — At 7:45 a.m., when workers for the 8 o’clock shift began to arrive, a second outbreak flared up, but was quickly squelched by police. Those arrested during the sec- ond outbreak did not resist being taken to the police station, as the first group had. Two union vice presidents were among the … Read more

The pickets were firm about not letting any more members of management into the warehouse, a spokesman said. They will, however, allow those already inside to leave.

The pickets were firm about not letting any more members of management into the warehouse, a spokesman said. They will, however, allow those already inside to leave.

**Source:** Unknown — The pickets were firm about not letting any more members of management into the warehouse, a spokesman said. They will, however, allow those already inside to leave. In addition to Mengacci, Blanchard, Pinho and Owens, those arrested and released without bond for Waterbury Circuit Court appearance June 8 are: Frank Rodrigues, 35, … Read more

Mass Arrests In Borough

Mass Arrests In Borough

**Source:** Unknown — NAUGATUCK POLICE this morning cracked down on striking Local 45 members picketing Uniroyal, arresting 43 on charges of breach of peace when the union members refused to allow non-union office building. Top photo shows policemen leading two of those arrested away from the Maple St. gate. Bottom photo shows parade of police, … Read more