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HALF CLEMSON WORKERS ARE SIGNED. CLAMI had been witli the firm as long as 20 years still drew only about $20 for a 40-hour week.lie said the CIO had no wish to precipitate a strike here and ‘‘will not strike here” becausej the Clemson plant is egaged on war work.(Continued from page 1)ed the New York Labor Relations Board conference was merely “for discussion and not in the nature of a hearing on charges.The pending C. I. O. aetion apparently came to a head with the discharge of two workers, Bussell Gibson and H. B. Vroo-man. C. I. O. officials declared the men were discharged for union activities inside the plant. Clemson officials said both men had been discharged because the work was4 * unsatisfactory ’ \ One had been accused also of aeiling lotery tickets in the plant, Clemson officials said.The Clemson plant has been the focus repeatedly of labor organization activities here in years gone by, but has escaped unionization.The CIO organizer, Mr. Miller, claimed that since his organization began its work here some weeks ago, the company had voluntarily granted a ten per cent wage increase. He asserted that some employees whoO’BOYLE ASKS FOR FIRE HOSE TO COMBAT AIR INCENDIARIESFire Chief Francis E. O’-Boyle this week askerl State authorities fgj* 12,000 feet more of hose, eight pumps, and other necessary equipment for use in fighting air raid fires here. The State Committee on Fire Defense has offered to provide additional equipment for cities which now are under-equipped to meet needs in possible incendiary air raids.MUST REPORT PROMPTLYThe importance of prompt filing of accident reports under the Safety-Responsibility Act which requires the “immediate” reporting of all personal injury accidents and property damage accidents in excess of $25 was emphasized today by State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Carroll E. Mealey* Delinquents risk losing driving or registration privileges, or both, despite their insurance protection.Ta mi mi'ftrn aa
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Middletown Orange County Star Eagle
Middletown, New York, US
Thu, Mar 12, 1942
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