Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-23
INDEPENDENT BODY
BUILDERS COUNCIL HOLDS REOR-
GANIzATIoN MEETING.
Committee on Permanent Organization
Appointed-Views Of Prominent
Local Leader.

representative body of delegates to the
Council of Allied Building Trades held
what was intended to be reorganization
meeting last night at Typographical Tem-
pie Although no formal action was taken
looking to the formation of an Independent
organization of building trades as mad peen
expected. the sentiment of those present
was strongly in favor of such action ana
il is the belief of certain labor leaders that
formal action in that direction will be taken
when the committee on permanent organl-
cation meets next Friday evening
That an independent body will be formed
there is little doubt in the minds of prom
inent representatives of the building trades
who have serious grievances" against the
Central Labor Union, as one OF them slateo
ii. 81,
1t was also stated that when the Council
of Allied Building Trades holds its next
meeting Tuesday night, the delegates from
a number of important building trades
unions will withdraw for the purpose or
forming the independent body. This Is the
proposed program as IL was outlined by
certain leaders last night. The first move
in the direction indicated, II is said, was
the appointment last night of committee
on permanent organization.
Situation Discussed.
Speaking of the proposed reorganization
Oh the COUNCIL OI allltu buftiHS iioocS
a veteran labor leader, whose opinions
are highly esteemed by his fellow trades
unionists, said
ut was presumed by those who are in
terested in the conditions of local labor
that after several weeks of careful and
exhaustive investigation that the executive
committee of the Central Labor Union,
i'll the matter of the Allied Council or
Building Trades, would have submitted a
and recommendation least some
what consistent with the present local con-
ditions. But 1t seems that the committee
having concluded that in the past the
council was mistaken in it's methods and
defective In it's plan of organization. have
proposed a scheme, which if accepted by
the building trades, now allied with the
council, will result in bringing forth
hybrid which will only bear the marks OF
the building trades at the tip of the tail.
Under the plan proposed. the council, If
reorganiZed, would be deprived of imme-
date control of any matter pertaining to
the building trades and would be reduced
to the condition of committee with
string attached.
I'm partial satisfaction to those building
trades which will agree to this scheme of
absolute SubOrdination it is recommended
that bellicose effort be made to drive
these, organizations to which the scheme
is not acceptable into the reorganiZed
council. If, however. any organizat ions
should refuse to be rounded up, it is pro-
vided 10 do the next best thing, namely,
expel them from the Central Labor Union.
Vigorous Use of Club.
I'm their intense desire to accomplish the
impossible, the members of the reorganiza
ton committee propose to make friends
through a vigorous use of the club, and to
maintain a united household by kicking
member out of the door. In their inquiry.
no doubt. the committee learned of many
local instances where the application of
the club and the kick resulted disastrously,
needed.
AN eminent Virginan, upon a memoir
able occasion. said that in journeying along
the way of life he was guided by the lamp
experience; but it seems that in these
latter days that at times by experience we
learn that our lamp is but a will o'-wisp,
the following of which invariably results
in the helpless miring in a bog from which
il will require much time and effort in the
eXtrication.'