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CHEM-TEXTS – Vol. 3 No. 11 – Page 4

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$21,000 Contributed to United Givers

[PHOTO: Image showing people near a vehicle, including children on crutches and adults]

United Givers help the Red Cross provide free transportation to the Cerebral Palsy Center in Waterbury. Penny Litke, left, on crutches, 3 ½ years old, goes three times a week. Helping Penny is her mother, Mrs. Harold Litke. Kathy Magnamo, 8, is held by her mother, Mrs. Robert Magnamo. Kathy attends the Cerebral Palsy Center every day. At right is Roy Woodcock, a volunteer driver. Without the services of the Red Cross and the Cerebral Palsy Center many children would not receive the treatment and care to make their lives happier and fuller. (Naugatuck news photo by J. Jensen.)

by Eric Johnson

$21,000 in pledges were made by Uniroyal Chemical employees to the United Givers fund drive. This is the second successive year that Uniroyal Chemical topped $20,000 to support the 16 charitable, social work, and youth organizations in the fund which in some way touch the lives of every employee or his family.

One Third Of All Firms

The plant’s contributions represent almost one-third of the Industrial division’s goal of $65,000. The success of this year’s campaign reflects the vital concern and involvement of employees in community problems and activities by helping the mentally retarded, children with cerebral palsy, the free blood programs of the Red Cross and the many youth organizations in the Fund.

Four Departments Top Their Goals

Reclaim Production, under the Chairmanship of Bob Foltz, Joe Rzeszutek and Pat Tortorici; Synthetic Production under Chairmanship of Leon Raskauskas, Archie Civitello and Carl Wehmann; Engineering under Vic Anderson as Chairman; and Materials Handling with Hank Lynch, Chairman.

Exceeding last year’s pledges were Chemical Production, Factory Services, Research and Development, and the Accounting Department.

Research and Development contributed the highest amount $5,878, with the Division’s offices contributing $2,841. Every group deserves commendation for their generous support of the drive through the payroll deduction plan and “give where you work”.

More than 1,100 employees participated in the drive with 404 not participating for various reasons. The average pledge of contributors came close to $20 which is one of the highest of any company in Naugatuck and Beacon Falls. While individual contributions varied, some people pledged a $1.00 a week and some contributed $200 annually.

Close Doors, And Windows At Night

by Ed Weaving

With cold weather here and long weekend shutdowns due to the season holidays, foremen, supervisors, and employees of different departments should make sure doors and windows are closed, especially during nights and weekends, to preserve heat in the buildings and prevent freezing of the sprinkler systems.

Chairmen Do Good Job

The success of the campaign was undoubtedly due to the generous spirit of employees, but a good amount of credit belongs to the committee which organized the drive and did the canvassing. The Executive Committee for the drive was Eric Johnson, Chairman, Roger Amidon, Vic Anderson, Joe Bucciaglia, Bob Foltz, Gene Hertel, Frank Lynch, Milt Makoski, Leon Raskauskas, Joe Rzeszutek and Jack Vergosen.

Chairman of the plant sections and departments were Mike Dodd, Bob Grahame, Al Juliano, Paul Laurenzi, Roger Lestage, Stan Mazur, Phil Morin, Doug Ritchie, Sal Sapio, Dom Scalzo, Pat Tortorici, Mary Vergosen, and Carl Wehmann.

During the day windows and doors are often opened particularly if weather suddenly becomes warm, and are left opened during the night when the temperature drops below freezing. This causes freezing of the sprinklers which results in breakage and water discharge. As a result, not only is equipment and material damaged, production stopped, but cleanup operations are involved as well as a shutdown of vital sprinkler protection against fire for the plant’s safety.

SAFETY IS MY RESPONSIBILITY

Pollution of Naugatuck River To Be Controlled

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Naugatuck river at the south end of the plant. They will consist of waste collection pipe lines, pumping stations, neutralizing facilities and coagulating – settling basins.

Operations Building And Laboratory

A two story operations building will be constructed for storing and adding waste water treatment chemicals. A laboratory will be included in the building where control analyses will be made to insure that the wastes are pretreated properly for acceptance into the Borough’s water pollution control facility.

Completion Scheduled For April 1972

Completion of construction is scheduled for April 1972 in compliance with orders from the State Water Resources Commission.

The pre-treatment plant is based on extensive laboratory and pilot plant work which has been conducted at the Chemical plant for the past four years at a cost of more than $300,000.

Man Falls, Breaks Leg

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safety both on and off the job. When working or walking outside, watch out for icy patches to prevent slips and falls which may result in serious injuries. Every effort will be made by the Materials department to keep areas sanded but its virtually impossible to sand every spot in the plant.

It’s every employees responsibility to sand an icy area or to report ice or hazardous conditions to his foreman or supervisor who will contact the Materials department to correct the situation.

Major Step In Pollution Control

The Naugatuck River south of Thomaston has been assigned a C classification by the State Water Resources Commission. Class C is defined as “suitable for fish and wildlife habitat, recreational boating and industrial process and cooling”.

The waste water pre-treatment plant is designed to control water pollution consistent with the State requirements for Class C waters.

This water pollution control facility is part of the long range program for improving the quality of the nation’s rivers and lakes.

[PHOTO: Four men in hard hats examining documents outdoors]

Dick Shaw, project engineer for new plant discusses site with, left to right, Gordon Anderson, Shaw, George Vila, and John Evans.

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LOOKING SULLEN as management and office workers file into the Maple St. gate of UniRoyal Raymond Memorial, vice-president of Local 45, URW, checks each person to be certain all are UniRoyal employees. Some who didn’t have UniRoyal badges shown prominently were asked to display them.

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LOOKING SULLEN as management and office workers file into the Maple St. gate of Uni-Royal, Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, URW, checks each person to be certain all are UniRoyal employes. Some who didn’t have UniRoyal badges showing prominently were asked to display them. —(News photo by Jensen)

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Quietness Reigns In Strike Here

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Quietness Reigns In Strike Here

The three Locals of the United Rubber Workers in the borough maintained their teams of picketers at the gates of the struck UniRoyal plants today.

Picketing is being conducted in a quite orderly fashion with no incidents reported. White collar workers of UniRoyal continue to pass in and out of the gates across the lines, maintaining their regular work schedules.

Trucks have been permitted in and out of the Elm St. gate to the Warehouse. Some Teamster Union truck drivers, however, have refused to cross the lines. It has been noted that several of the trucks coming to the warehouse are driven by officials of the trucking concerns doing business with UniRoyal.

Surprise Move

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., (UPI) – Teamsters boss James

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BAR LIBRARY
SUPERIOR COURT STENOGRAPHER
LADIES ROOM

PRINCIPALS in yesterday’s action in Superior Court in Waterbury talked over the situation in the lobby of the County Courthouse after Judge Leo V. Gaffney continued for two weeks the UniRoyal petition for an injunction and restraining order against the United Rubber Workers Union. Left to right are Atty. Dwight Fanton, UniRoyal Counsel; Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, URW; and Atty. Daniel Baker, counsel for the union.

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NEW HAVEN Railroad and railroad police are shown boarding the train at the freight yard near Elm St. preparing to take tank and box cars into the Chemical plant. Railroad employees left the train before it entered the plant. Local 218. The train went into the company’s yard without incident.

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NEW HAVEN Railroad and railroad police are shown boarding the train at the freight yard near Elm St. preparing to take tank and box cars into the Chemical plant. Railroad employees left the train before it entered the plant. Local 218. The train went into the company's yard without incident.

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NEW HAVEN Railroad and railroad police are shown boarding the train at the freight yard near Elm St. preparing to take the tank and box cars into the Chemical plant. Railroad employes left the train before it arrived at the picket line manned by Local 218. The train went into the company’s yard without incident. -(News Photo by Jensen)

HUSTLED UP Maple St. by Police Officer Thomas Hunt is an unidentified striker following a pushing incident in front of a Unioyal-Footwear Division gate this morning. The man was presumably booked on a charge of breach of the peace, one of 43 such arrests made this morning. The man resisted Hunt’s urgings and protested that he had done nothing. He lost his hat in the brief scuffle.

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HUSTLED UP Maple St. by Police Officer Thomas Hunt is an unidentified striker following a pushing incident in front of a UniRoyal-Footwear Division gate this morning. The man was presumably booked on a charge of breach of the peace, one of 43 such arrests made this morning. The man resisted Hunt’s urgings and protested that he had done nothing. He lost his hat in the brief scuffle. –(News photo by Jensen)

Arrest 21 Pickets

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Arrest 21 Pickets

5-3-67 [handwritten date in top right corner]

A potentially explosive situation between management and members of striking unions against UniRoyal was averted this morning as pickets allowed male management and office workers to pass through the lines into the Maple St. entrance to the Footwear Division.

The situation was not relieved however, before 21 more pickets, mostly all members of Local 45, URW, were arrested on charges of breach of the peace. They were cited at about 7 a.m. when a group of management personnel attempted to cross the lines.

A large group of office and management workers were later booed by strikers as they filed quietly into the gate on the south side of Maple St.

Raymond Mengacci, vice-president of Local 45, explained the situation to the strikers over a police department bullhorn.

He said the local police would be augmented by State Police if any violence ensued on the picket lines. He said State Police would have in their possession “riot guns and tear gas.”

Mengacci said he would leave the decision of what the strikers would do when management personnel came down Maple St. from The Green up to them. He explained, however, that any violence would lead to the participation of State Police.

Mengacci told the large crowd that he was due in court in Waterbury at 2 p.m. today to appear at proceedings in which UniRoyal is seeking an injunction regarding the amount of picketing.

Mengacci said the company wants to limit picketing to five persons per gate.

“If the company wins that match,” he told the crowd surrounding him on Maple St., “there’s nothing we can do.”

Some of his remarks were met with jeers from strikers who wanted to continue fighting management and keep them from entering the firm.

RAYMOND MENGACCI, vice-president of Local 45, URW, on strike against UniRoyal, Inc., explains today’s tense situation to pickets at the Maple St. entrance to the company over a Police Department bull-horn. Mengacci said local police would be aided by State Police “with riot guns and tear gas” if there is any violence as management and office workers file into the factory grounds. —(News photo by Jensen)

After the big rush to open the picket lines yesterday, calm was restored in front of the Central Office of UniRoyal

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United States Rubber Company
Naugatuck Footwear Plant

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AFTER THE BIG RUSH to open the picket lines yesterday, calm was restored in front of the Central Office of UniRoyal.
A few pickets were left on duty and some interested strikers stand by to watch the activity at the gate across the street.
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POLICE WATCH as pickets allow personnel to pass through the line at the Maple Street gate, yesterday. The line had been opened out shortly before the picture was taken.

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POLICE WATCH as pickets allow personnel to pass through the line at the Maple Street gate, yesterday. The line had been opened out shortly before the picture was taken. –(News photo by Jensen)

Pushing and Shoving

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PUSHING AND SHOVING against each other, police and pickets in front of the Maple St. entrance of UniRoyal’s Footwear Division resulted in the arrest of 43 strikers this morning. In the foreground is a picket being hustled off to the Police Station by Police Officer Thomas Hunt, presumably to be booked for breach of the peace. Huddled in the background are masses of pickets and police. The latter group was able to break the picket line long enough for a number of management personnel and office workers to gain entrance. (See photo below.) —(News photo by Jensen)