UtUa Aides Win Cash in Suit to

UTICA, March 25—Two, city of Utica employees won a $3,500 settlement from the City recently as the result of a suit brought by the pair charging their jobs had been Illegally abolished. The petitioners were Charles Hudson, former superintendent of ,, buildings, and Chester Mllostan, a former building Inspector for the city. John Kel y, Jr., counsel for the Civil Service Employees A'isoclatlon and a member of the Albany firm of DeGrafT, Foy. Conway and Holt-Harris, was counsel for the plaintlfTs. Mr. Hudson and Mr. Mllostan contended their jobs had been abolished and their duties taken over by two city employees from the engineering department. Their suit, heard in Supreme Court here, said that these two employees laker went back to their old Jobs and that new men performed the duties previously done by the petitioners, thus reestablishing the positions in fact If not In title. Mr. Kelly arpued that the jobs, therefore, had not actually been abolished and that Mr. Hudson and Mr. Mllostan were Illegally removed from their Jobs. A cash settlement was affected before the case reached the jury. In lieu of regaining their jobs, Mr. Hudson was awarded $2,100 and Mr. Milostan, $1,400. Governor Expected to Sign COP Pay Bill; Mandate Is Likely on Social Security