The Washington herald., 1911-05-16


and whose families would endure all the
suffering declare our unrelenting oppo-
sition to the proposed Arbitration treaty
with Great Britain for the reason that
1t Is no a genuine peace measure. bat,
on the contrary, a cuiing scheme to bring
about an Anglo-American alliance for
the promotion of British interests alone.
Carnegie Denounced.
We denounce as hypocritical Andrew
Carnegie's pretense of zeal in the cause
Of peace and arbitration. and remind
American workingmen OF the blood OF
their comrades which his hirelinGs shed
at Homestead a direct consequence
OF hse refusal ar arbtrate, or to settle the
strike by any other peaceful method The
ostentatious championship of the cause
Of peace such such a man stamps the
whole movement with the indelible brand
Of hypOCriCy.
Resolved. that we respectfully call on
the Senate to reject the proposed arbitra-
ton treaty with Great Britain as wholly
unnecessary for the preservation Of peace
and contrary to the advise of George
Washington when he warned against
foreign and entangling alliances
Further resolved. that a copy he sent
to every central labor union requesting
them to take like action. and also a
copy to the Foreign Relations Commit
tee of the Senate"
Following the adoption of the resolu-
ton committee was appointed to make
arrangements for a banquet in celebra-
ton of the Supreme Court decision in
the Gompers case. at whiCh the nineteen
representatives in Congress from labor
districts, Samuel GOmperS, and other
labor officials. and otter prominent men
will be guests of honor. The committee
is composed of Milton Snellings, presi-
dent of the Central Labor Union; Cabell
Adams. John b. Colpoys, secretary of
the Central Labor Onion: F. c. Roberts,
E. L. Adams, NJ. C. Sprague, and J. W.
Considne
resolution also was adopted against
the placing of mail boxes on street cars,
which declared in its text that the Post
office Department is not only endeavor-
Ing TO deny the right OF men in the pos
tai service to for morganizations for
their own protection and benefit, but that
II is also widening its field for the pur-
pose of hampering and harrasSing other
organization sor labor.
One hundred dollars was appropriated
for the defense of the Mcnamara BROTH
ers
Defense of Mcnamara.
Delegates from Federal Labor Union,
No. l2776, which is composed of more than
eco women plate printers assistants EN-.
ployed in the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. announced their appropriation
of s25 toward the fund for the defense of
the Mcnamara brothers, and reported
progress in their movement for better
conditions and a just wage scale. 1t was
stated in the reports that it has devel-
oped in the investigation now being made
that the women press feeders of the Gov
ernment Printing Office take the same
civil service examination as the plate
printers assistants of the bureau, and
they are only required to feed the paper
into the press. the pressman assuming the
full responsibility for the work coming
out in goodshape, and for this minimum
wage of 81 a day is paid, while the plate
printers assistants are called upon to
properly prepare the paper for printing
and to examine the work after. going
through the press, and must exercise
great care in handling paper money after
it has b cen printed to prevent blurrins,
and for this work these girls receive a
meaber s1.50 day.
1t was further stated that the impress
sion that seems to prevail in some quar-
tiers that the bureau women work for
the purpose Of providing pin money is
erroneous, as II has developed that many
of them work because they must provide
for a family of children that have been
left fatherless, because Of the sacrifice
of the fathers life in defense of his
country.
Clerks Take Action. =
The Retail Clerks Union. No. 362, took
up the question of establishing mini
mum scale of wages for the employees
in the retail stores. The speakers said
that in several stores where employees
were asked to join the movement, they
replied that their small salaries would
not permit the INTO pay the initiation
fee and the small monthly dues. after
the necessaries Of life had been pro-
yided, and they feel that they are no