Representatives of the A.F.L. and the Employees' Representative Association competed hotly for the support of over 1,100 University employees here over the weekend.
Spokesmen for both groups contacted janitors and called on maids at their homes in an effort to win them over.
The battle is the result of an A.F.L. organizational meeting held last Friday night at the request of several University employees who claimed that their grievances were never settled by the H.U.E.R.A.
After the Meeting, Edward T. Sullivan, secretary-treasurer of the A.F.L. Central Labor Union, indicated that he was going ahead with plans to form a local here.
Mald's Support Sought
Maids present at the meeting said they recognized some of the men who called on them as those who tried to "stump Sullivan" by asking impossible questions at the Friday meeting. Both unions are trying hardest to influence the maids, who constitute the majority of H.U.E.R.A. members.
A.F.L. representatives distributed the cards at the meeting on which employees merely put down their names, addresses, and whether or not they are interested in forming a new group.
Meanwhile, H.U.E.R.A. representatives pointed out the benefits that Daniel G. Mulvihill has gained for the maids during his term.
Someone at the meeting claimed it was not Mulvihill's leadership to which employees objected, but the fact that their grievances have gone unanswered. He was immediately shouted down with denials.
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