United labor bulletin., 1910-04-01
THE LABEL LEAGUE
GENERAL committee
After Month of Diligent Work the Mann
moth Committee of the League Takes
on Proper Shape.
(BY ]. w. White.l

(By J. w. White.)
The general boosting committee ap-
pointed by the League a month back is
beginning to formulate for an active cam
paign. 1t will require some two months
to get this move under headway, as the
committee is so far-reaching and so
broad in its organization, requiring not
only the committee OF 30 appointed by
the League but joint committee from
each local.
That this move may be better under
stood we will again outline its plan OF
procedure
The general committee is subdivided
into six committees as follows;
No. 1-Hafner of the Bakers. Bueter
of the Walters. Parish of the Cooks,
Emanuel of the Retail Clerks and Hen
ming OF the Bartenders.
No. Printing Trades: Ott Aspe-
gren. typographical; Torpey. Press As
sistants; Miss Ollie oyler of the Bindery
Women
No. s-Genevieve Miles, Garment
workers; Madeline Turner, Laundry
Workers; Bessie Miller, Tobacco Strip
pers: Mcclellan of the Upholsterers-
No. Stanford Cigarmakers; Peter
son. JsRelrx Workers; Carmondy, Horse
shoers; Seltzer. Broommakers.
No. General Labels: Mrs. Kellogg,
Nachinists' Ladies' Auxiliary; Miss Nc
Nanus. Garment Workers; Conkle, Typo
graphical; Devault. Musicians.
No. G-Statistics: Hines, Typosraphi-
cal. Miss Lillian Reimers, Garment
workers. Edwards, Machinists; Poo-
lasco. Garment Workers.
The various locals are requested to ap-
Doint a committee OF three to work IN
conjunction with this general committee
in boosting the label.
When a request is entered the central
committee will call upon the various local
committees to do their part. For TINS
nurpose the local committee may have
several known boosters to take the re
ouest IN if it concerns general district
or general commodity, but where 1t must
he boosted in certain districts or certain
stores then the local committee must
get the names of its members dealing in
that locality and call upon them to at
tend to the boost in each case. lntorma-
tion will be furnished at different times
to these local committees.
During the coming month committee
from the central body will visit all locals
requesting the cooperation Of each local
in this campaign.
To be successful this fight must start
with boom and be kept up continually.
1t will require very little individual
action. but that being concentrated will
bring results.
II YOU have no delegates to the Label
League elect them at once; this Is the
only means left by which We can tight
onr battles without being attacked by
the damnable injunction
When we buy label goods we hire
union men: when We buy nonunion goods
We employ nonunion men and help to en-
rich the enemies of our organization
Look for the label on everything you
buy. Demand it if not there.
That the A. f. of L. is waking up TO
the Importance of the label in cur battle
for existence was demonstrated first by
the appointment OF a committee to estab-
ush label department. That being ac-
complished. the label department in turn
Is now seeking through the medium of a
circular letter to form label departments
in each town The object of this circular
letter is to make it absolutely subordt-
nate to the central body, That might be
all right where they have only half
dozen organizations to handle, but to my
notion a body the size Of our Label
League needs no sponsor, nor would we
accomplish results if subordinate to any
body else's rule or dictation-
There is just as much reason for the
existence of a Label League that has the
power to initiate its own label battles as
for general central body, because the
boosting OF the label requires so much
detail work that no central. body could
devote the proper amount OF time
1t will be good scheme in the future
for the League to refuse help to any
trade or label which has a local in town
not affiliated with the League. Each in
dlvidual owes his duty to his local. each
local in turn owes its duty to its different
afiliations.
Because your local Is enjoying pros
perity at the present time do not think
1t will last forever. So long as some
other local needs your help that long is
II wise to be up and doing. A little work
CONTINUED on rage A.