The Washington herald., 1911-04-23

John B. Dickman, candidate for presi-
dent Of Columbia Typographical Union,
No. 101. is a native of Dayton, Ohio,
born there August 20 1859. He learned the
printers trade at Wapakoneta, Ohio. and
came to Washington in 1880. and during
his thirty-one years Of membership has
served Columbia Union faithfully and
= with distinction. He was chairman Of
the committee on nominations in 1885.
and in 1886 a delegate to the I. T. U.
convention, held that year in Pittsburg,
and in 1888 was elected president Of Co
lumbia Union. For over ten years he
was a delegate to the Central Labor
Union, and during that time success
fully advocated many measures Of benefit
TO organized labor. among them re-
tanning the contract for printing the
postage stamps at the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing, which for the past
six years has furnished employment to
at least 400 persons. He was elected a
delegate from the Central Labor Union
TO the New Orleans convention Of the
American Federation Of Labor in 1902
the only delegate from Columbia Union
to gain that distinction. He Is the
trades union member Of the board OF d.
rectors Of public Fairgrounds, and has
During Mr.. Dickman's term as president
of No. 101 the first contract or agreement
with the publishers was successfully estab-
Nshed, covering the introduction of the
typesetting machines. without contest
and practically without a dollar Of ex-
pense. He was a member of the COM
mittee which secured the first bonus
paid the printers on the Congressional
Record. and which also secured the pas
sage Of the law granting fifteen days
leave Of absence for employees of the G.
P. O., and was one of the organizers
and incorporators Of the G. P. o. Mutual
Relief Association, the first organization
of its kind in the Office. He was the
originator of the bond issue which per-
mitted Of rehabilitating typographical
Temple to make 1t tenantable, and is
now serving his fourth year as a mem
Der of the executive committee and for
the past two years its chairman
MI Dickman is recognized as one of
the unions most ready and forceful de- |
baters, and as a presiding officer has few
superiors in the ranks Of organized labor |
in the District of Columbia.
B. w. Butler is filling in at the copy
desk on specifications. during the absence
of William F. Reed, who is taking a |
vacation at Atlantic City and Cape May, |
accompanied by Mrs. Reed.
Charles Spencer, Of the proofroom, is
making an extended visit to his old home
in Pottsville, Pa
AID interesting and enjoyable feature of
the noon recess Of the proofroom force
on Wednesday was the presentation of
a suitably inscribed honor medal to Jack
Pepper. Chairman Bill Brockwell doing
the honors with all the grace and elo-
quence of trained Southern orator Mr..
Pepper was so overcome that he was un-
able to respond, but made good subse-
quently by posting his words of apprecia-
ton on the bulletin board. II
Mr.. Ezra C. Soules, for many years in
charge of the plate vault, who has been
absent for some weeks because Of illness,
IS reported slowly convalescing
In one Of the old patents now being
printed the inventor in his application .
describes himself as a physician and
signs with his X mark.
There was considerable fmtsunderstand-
ng as to just what was the proper pro- ,
,edure at the first sounding of the re- =
emily introduced fire signals on Monday r