The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-03
.POSTOFF|CE CLERKS
WARMLY WELCOMED
Local President of Federation,
Governor and Mayor, Ad-
dress First Session.
FEDERATION PURPOSES
National President Declares
Much Has Been Done for
Betterlnent of Service.
FEDERATION PURPOSES

After listening 20 addresses welcoming
them 10 Salt Lake I'm the morning, and
holding q briei business meeting in the
AFTERNOON, deieSates 10 the annual con
vention of the National Fedora tion of
Postof1ice Clerks yesterday afternoon
went cut to Saltair for few hours Of
pleasure most of them remaining at the
beach until near midnight.
Another convention of postoffice clerks
also opened yesterday. 1t is being held
at Boston. Mass, under the title of the
annual convention of the National As
sociation OF Postoflcc Clerks The or
ganization which is in session IN Salt
Lake Is protective In character, being af
nliated with other union labor organiZa-
tions OF the country The association that
is meeting i'll Boston is fustered by Of
ficers of the national postoffice depart
ment and other government officials. and
is fraternal and educational in post
office work. All OF its convention meet
ings are open to the public. while those
OF the Salt Lake session are for delegates
only, with the exception OF the opening
meeting OF yesterday morning.
President s Address.
President c. A. Crockwell of local No.
called the convention to order yester-
day morning, when Elder 'B. II Roberts
offered the cstion- President Crock
well followed the invocation with his
opening address. which in part was as
follows:
Attacked and denounced. the Ma
tiopal Federation of Postofficc Clerks
has thriven and grown in the face of
opposition. This healthy Vitality has
been due to the fact that our organiza-
ton is OF the clerks. for the clerks and
by the clerks. We have been, and 1t is
now admitted by all candid minds. in
struments of progress. The immediate
future Is pregnant with good for the
postal clerks of the country. They now
realize that their only hope for the
protection of their material interests for
the present, the only opportunities for
the promotion OF these interests in the
future. lie in unity, organization and the
National Federation Of Postoffice Clerks. |
There are those who viii not under
stand the purpose of this orga nlzation.
1t therefore behooves us to devote our
attention and to concentrate our efforts |
more closely in bringing TO the atten-
ton OF the yet unorganized how bene
fcial it is TO them to be one of us. |
Strive TO reach that time when clerk |
to clerk tho country over shall u bro
ther be-
Spry Praises Work.
After a selection by the Ariel quariette, |
d. NJ. Bernhlsel, second vice president OF
the national organization and n member
Of the local chapter, made brief ad-
dress, when William Spry was intro
duced and spoke In part as follows:
al am for the postoffice department
regard II one OF the most efficient
organizations in the government today.
Two years ago IL was some $1,000. 900 in
debt. but I understand that It has now
$3.50 900 10 the good, This is not due to
Mr. Hitohcock--it Is due to YOU who have
been efficient in your service. | hope
to SEQ the department in the near future.
by an act of Congress. able To give worthy
remuneration to such men as our friend
Billings. who have done SO much to make
the department what It is.
IF any OF you get chance TO he eX-
changed so that you can locate in Salt
Lake City do not forget to come for
men and women live longer and happier
in the valleys of the mountains than In
any other part OF the world"
Mayor Samuel G. Park after having
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