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Mayor,
two cOuncilmen
censured
by Scott Carlson
The Maplewood branch of the American He added,"Whatever the merits of such can bring up,"Greavu said as he tore up
Federation of State, County and legislation may be, the basic question at his council material on that agenda item.
Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has issue is whether under our federal "I don't want to discuss this."
censured Maplewood Mayor Robert system, the federal government has the
Bruton and councilmen Donald Wiegert legal authority under the constitution to
and Burton Murdock for their action to impose upon the states and their sub But unable to resist the temptation,
contribute$100 in a national fight against divisions employment rules and Greavu added, "Once you open the door
the minimum wage provision of the Fair regulations." for them it will open the door on the jobs
Labor Standards Act. But dissenting councilmen Greavu and of everybody. ..They want to change the
The Maplewood city employees union, Anderson indicated that decent working whole law. If we can't pay them (the
local 2725, took its action last week after wages were the issue. summertime help) a fair wage we
the city council voted 3-2 to support the "This is about the lowest thing a man shouldn't hire them at all."
fight initiated by Arizona and supported
by the National League of Cities.
Councilmmen John Greavu and Nor-
man Anderson dissented.
For their action Greavu and Anderson
were commended. But Bruton, Murdock
and Wiegert were charged with a"blatant
disregard of . . . what might be best
described as a minimal program of labor
standards, i.e. minimum wage," Betty
Eelvog, secretary of local 2725, stated.
The employees' resolution of censure
stated the deciding vote to support the
overthrow of the Fair Labor Standards
Act was taken by Mayor Bruton, "who by
his vote has betrayed the trust placed in
him by virtue of his election support from
organized labor."
But at the council meeting of Oct. 17,
when the vote was taken, Bruton em-
phasized he was not against the entire
Fair Labor Standards Act but its
restrictive clause which would include
part-time summer help.
"All we're concerned with is summer
time help,"Bruton said. "I'm not looking
at it for full-time help."Bruton indicated
that by requiring a minimum wage it may
cut out many summer time jobs for young
adults who need them.
Wiegert, who voted for the $100 con-
tribution to fight the constitutionality of
the law, said if it can't be changed it
might mean the end of the ' '
playground and skating rink progra .
cty
"We've mbeen able to hire a lot of people
at almost a volunteer rate, ,Wiegert said.
"The federal government tends to disrupt
jobst'system—it would mean a lot less
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