A.F.L. Fails to Sign 300 For Shift from HUERA

Representatives of the American Federation of Labor have been unable to obtain 300 signatures of dissatisfied members of the Harvard University Employees Representative Association, Edward T. Sullivan, secretary-treasurer of the Cambridge Central A.F.L. union, admitted yesterday.

The signatures are required before the National Labor Relations Board can permit a vote among University employees to switch unions.

Sullivan said, however, that a new plan for organizing not only the University, but also Boston University and small colleges in the Boston area is now under way. An attempt to persuade maids to sign up for the A.F.L. failed, he added, because "The maids are under the thumbs of the janitors."

A.F.L. attention has been temporarily diverted to lobbying at the state legislature, Sullivan explained, but he said he will be back at Harvard in "full force" today.

It will take some weeks before progress becomes visible, he remarked, but the recent meeting of H.U.E.R.A. employees at the Hotel Commander clarified several "sore spots" the A.F.L. will use as a basis for its campaign. He refused to say what the sore spots were.

Daniel G. Mulvihill, president of H.U.E.R.A., last night expressed disinterest, and remarked that as far as he is concerned, the A.F.L. has given up its attempt to reorganize personnel here.