Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-26
FOUR CORPORATIONS
VOLUNTEER TO HELP
AGREE TO PAY PORTION OF
Y. M. C. A. DUES
Associations Campaign for New Menu
bers Brings Good ResuIts-BIs
Concerns Show Deep
Interest

The Los Angeles Five Thousand club
scored victory yesterday in the cam
paign for new members Of the Young
Mems Christian association. Four of
the largest corporations in the city
agreed to pay one-half the membership
fee of any of their employees who
Joined the Y. M. c. A. These four
corporations are the Pacific Electric
Railway company, the Broad ~ de-
partment store, the Home Telephone
company and the Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance company.
OF these corporations the PACING
Electric Railway company employs the
largest number of men. having nearly
5000 on it's payrolls. w. F. Herrin, vice
president of the company, has author
ICED this offer to be made to the en-
ployes by General Manager j. McMil-
Ian, who has taken an active interest
in the matter. Mr.. Mcmillan has direct
ed his division superintendent to issue
bulletins notifying all car men, train
men and clerks of this action on the
part of the company. General Super
intendent Thomas Mccartney and other
officials are cooperating to secure as
many members for the association as
possible. Special Membership Secre-
tary Allan has arranged for the en-
ployes of the company to inspect the
building on the evening of March 81,
when an entertainment will be given
complimentary to the Pacific Electric
men, who will furnish the program.
Broadway Makes Offer
The Broadway department store has
300 male employees. The proprietor, Ar
thur Let's, who is president of the
Young Mems Christian association, is
always alert for the welfare of his en-
pIoyes, and in addition totmaking this
offer to pay half the fee is taking a
personal interest to see that advantage
is taken of 1t. His manager, H. III.
Philip. and confidential secretary, w.
H. B. Kilner, are cooperating with
him and are arranging for an enter
tainment to be given by talent of the
store on Tuesday evening, March 30,
when the employees visit the building
as guests of the Y. M. C. A.
Six hundred men are employed by
the Home Telephone company who are
eligible to the offer made them through
President A. B. Cass, who Is also vice
president of the association. The same
offer was made to the employees of the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company
through it's president, George I. Coch-
ran, who Is also a director In the asso-
citation.
This action has also been taken by
several other large corporations in Los
Angeles. These are the Los Angeles
Pacific Railway company, through
General Manager Robert Sherman;
the Wells-Fargo Express company,
through General Agent c. N. Camp
bell: the German American Savings
bank, through President w. S. Bart
lett; the Citizens National bank,
through Vice President ]! Ross Clark;
Carr & Stevens, through j. e. Carr
A large number of employees have
taken advantage of this offer, and
Ihany more are expected to join before
April so they may secure the benefit
of the 50 reduction on all full member
ships of the association.
e. r. Jones, assistant general agent
of the Wells-Fargo Express company,
and president of the Five Thousand
club. yesterday said: 1.-THE moral
backing and financial SUPP TT of these
great corporations will give the cam
paign a great stimulus, and result in a
good influx of members"