**Date:** 5-11-67
**Source:** Unknown
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Striking UniRoyal employes are feeling the pinch as they face the second palyess week. The strike will enter its fourth week as of midnight tonight. Waterbury Welfare Director Peter Pocius said yesterday his department had received about 100 applications from strikers residing in that city. Of the 100 applications, about 70 qualified for assistance. The Naugatuck Welfare Board met in special session Monday night to discuss the question of aid for rubber worker strikers. They decided they would grant assistance along the same lines as the department normally uses in deciding who is eligible for aid. United Rubber Workers three Locals in the borough payed its first benefit checks of $25 each this week. The union has allowed trucks to pass through UniRoyal gates at the Warehouse on Elm St. for the past three days without incident. Picket team captains inform all truck drivers they are passing through a picket line and check to see if the drivers are Teamster Union members or management. No word is forthcoming from the negotiations in Cincinnati. It is assumed that the daily sessions are still being conducted but neither management nor union have issued comment as to the progress if any that is being made. Rumors are circulating the borough today of immediate settlement while another rumor states that the strike will last another week. The points of disagreement have not been publicized. The union is paying strict attention to the warnings issued by Judge Leo Gaffney in Waterbury Superior Court that an injunction will be issued if further violations occur.