The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27
LABOR INTERESTED
IN BUILDING PLAN
Member of Council Suggests CO.
operative Society to Provide
Members With Homes
Would Have 5000 Pay Dollar
a Week Into Fund and
Draw for Cottages

ferred to its executive board for con-
siderstion and recommendation a plan
submitted by delegate r. I. Ingham
for the creation Of cooperative
building society for the benefit Of the
working classes. His plan is that
there shall be created a society with
q membership OF. say, 5000. each pay
ing $ = week. or an aggregate of S2o,-
zoe A month The money so raised
would he used I'M the purchase of realty
and building houses Ingham calcu-
lates that with this amount each month
10 homes could be erected, each includ-
ing the realty and costing $4,000. The
members Of the society would draw by
lot 10 determine who should secure the
first number Of homes, and so on, until
each member shall have secured a
home.
Those who secure homes would pay
into the society $50 a month with in
terest until the fun amount has been
liqUidated. In the event Of the dea tn
of a member OF the society. and inabil-
ity Of his heirs TO meet the monthly
payments. the society would return
the amount Of money paid in, with in
terest. and take back the property
In the event that a member should
draw a home and be unable to meet
his payments, he would be given an op
portunity to make good. but, if unable
10 90 so. would have paid back TO him
the amount he paid in, less the inter
est, that being retained as payment
for the use Of the house during the
time he occupied it. The plan also
permits any member who draws a
home TO pass It over 10 some other
member if he should not care for il at
The time Of the drawing.
II is expected that this plan. framed
upon the suggestion Of Mayor Nc
earthly that every workingman should
have 2 home OF hts own, win be re-
ported upon at the next meeting.
AT the last meeting Of the board Of
directors of local No. Of the musicians
mutual protective union President Cas-
ss.sa announced the following standing
committees for the current term:
Law and legislative-A. A -Greenberg.
~. IT. Lee. @. Lerond, Max Nelson and
u. Z. Price.
Auditing-G. Blake. W. H. Morse and
Max Walten
The members have been given per-
mission to volunteer their services at a
bah game TO be PLAYED for the benefit
Of the actors fund of America by two
teams from local thester companies.
The board levied assessments amount
ing TO 50 cents per capita 20 meet the
of The late Paul Hedro and c. O.
Mcmillan. who died recently
W j. Slissmsn was appointed a dele
gate 10 The san Francisco abor council
vice A. :. Morey, resigned. the appoint
ment to hOio until the next regular
meeting OF the union. when an election
viii be held 10 hll the vacancy.
John ". Brown. G. A. Hadler. r
Kenny and NJ @. lei were admitted TO
membership by obligation, and p
AnoreIi. N. clinton, T. A Hund
hammer and c. y. Raft members Of
other locals. We're admitted on presen-
iation Of transfer cards. Seven apoIi-
cations for membership were presented
r. ID. Bowers, ". n. Berger, S a
Douglas. g s;mons and s. simonson
were reinstated TO membership.
some lime ago the united brother
mood Of carpenters anal Igam mated with
il the Organization known as the wood
workers Of America, with the exception
~ one union and now il is seeking 10
take tire anal lga mated society Of car
penters and jOiners into the general
body. with the idea Of having but one
Organization Of carpenters in the
lnited states. President W. =. Huber
"t the united brotherhood announced
that. the executive committee of the
American federation of labor had de-
clded that the committees representing
the brotherhood and the society shall
meet before June TO formulate a plan
by which the society shall become 2
part OF the brotherhood. The an1alea-
mated society is an English organiza-
lion with branches in the United States.
ln the controversy between the
unions of the culinary trade in this city
and the international the executfvo
I tra ,aT
council has been notified that the de-
oision, after full hearing of the facts
~ the case, was in favor Of the inter
national body. The council which had
been holding the per capita tax of the
unions IN escrow, has been directed 10
return this money and to use its best
enaeaNors To have the unions res ffiIiate
with the international body. The unions
have asked for a rehearing in order
10 present additional issues before the
executive committee Of the America n
federation OF Tabor when il meets in
tnis city next April.
The recently organized chauffeprs.
union has under consideration q. propo-
sition to secure larger meeting mar
ters. At the last meeting 20 appljca-
lions for membership were presented.
Tie union has requested the board of
supervisors TO pass an ordinance that
j.
cense as a chauffeur who is not =
citizen Of the United States or de-
clared his intention OF becoming one.
Also that no license be granted to anv
one who has not been a resident of The
city for at least one year.
The cooks union has voted to dis
continue weekly meetings. and it win
hereafter hold its meetings on the
first and third Thursday Of each month
The union has elected stephen p
Drake as a delegate to the San Fran
cisco labor council. The number of
members Of the executive board of the
union was increased by six, and ii wa :
decided that any member 90 davs in
arrears shall be suspended without
notice
The allied printing trades council
has reported to the labor council that
the Schmidt label company has an
nounced its willingness to unionize an
but one department of its plant. but
that it was informed that the whole
must be put under union rule before
the boycott declared against it can be
lifted.
The board OF education of Oakland
has had its attention called by the
trades unions of that city to the fact
that Japanese are employed to wash