Show Vole Voie Turns Down Pl SAN FRANCISCO Sept 17 UP An An almost unanimous vote by bythe bythe bythe the C CIO I 10 0 International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers has decided against requiring its officers to sign non Communist affidavits affidavits affidavits af af- af- af under the Taft-Hartley Taft act Delegates at the unions union's convention convention convention conven conven- tion here Thursday rejected the signup after alter first voting down a proposal propos to submit the affidavit provision pro to a referendum among the members Only one delegate dissented from leader John Clarks Clark's plea pica that the vote ote be unanimous The proposal to submit the issue to the membership was submitted on the argument that the Uie noncompliance noncom- noncom policy was mainly to blame I for the secession within the last year of 20 locals comprising members chiefly in Connecticut I and Illinois Failure of union officers to sign the non Communist t a affidavits t f f i d a v I its t s makes the organization ineligible to appear on the ballot in national labor relations board elections George Kirby of Magna Magma Utah favoring compliance with the act said a vote for a membership referendum referendum ref ref- ref ref- in no wise changes our position on the Taft Hartley Taft law lawit lawit law law- it is merely a matter of democratic procedure in determining the ques ques- tion The men in overalls should decide decide de de- cide the strategy Kirby retorted when Ray Graham of Great Falls Mont said the Ute issue was not a a. fit tit matter for referendum |