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from-a porrespondent in Santa Monica, California A new union for Catholic priests - the American Federat just been formed here by the Rev. William H, DuBay, eigen t on fount coast to coast recruitment drive. The union will seek to negotiate contract with the Roman Catholic Church and will bargain with Churchofficials on the. : same basis as other unions bargain with employers. According to Father DuBay an early demand will be for pay rises and for the right of priests to choose their own area of work and their own residences It is also possible that the union may call for a contract provision to permit priests to marry. Father DuBay is also reported as saying that the union would have the right to strike, and that a priest's contract should be similar to that of any other labour agreement, covering items such as wages, transfers and grievance procedures. The formation of the union follows two years of sustained controversy between Father DuBay and the Church leadership in the Los Angeles diocese, Earlier this year he was suspended from his parish for refusing to submit his writings for approval. Recently he has been working at a rehabilitation centre for narcotice addicts. The union is to apply for admission to the AFL-CIO, but the Catholic president of the AFI-CIO, George Meany, has said that no charter will be issued as he cannot see what the trade union movement could do for priests.