United labor bulletin., 1912-06-27
PROCEEDINGS OF UNION LABEL
LEAGUE NO. 1.
League meets Isl
s1s Club Bldg, June 81. 1912.


31S Club Bldg, June 81, 1912.
Meeting called to order at $3.50 p. M,
with President Harrison in the chair.
Roll call of officers found all present.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Credentials from Musicians union No.
20 of l. Holman and ]. B. Durkee were
read. Moved and seconded that the Gre
dentials be received and the delegates
whose names were read and all others
not obligated be examined for labels.
Carried. The examining committee re-
ported all delegates examined having
the required number of labels with the
exception of Delegate Hoffman OF the
Musicians and recommended that he be
not seated. Moved and seconded that
the report of the committee be received
and concurred in and all delegates who
were found to comply with the law be
obligated Carried.
DELEGATE Holman was granted the
floor to explain his position in not hav-
ing the required number of labels but
the explanation was not satisfactory
and it was the sense of the delegates
that the law should be lived up to.
| The Business committee submitted the
following report in reference to the
proposition submitted by Delegate
|
which matter was referred to them:
To the Officers and Members of Union
| Label League:
| We, your Business committee, desire
to report our findings in reference to
the proposition submitted by the editor,
James A. Conkle, in regards to the pur'
chase of The United Labor Bulletin. We
find that the Indebtedness OF the League
June 1st amounted to $697.94 and the
I LII loo
deficit of $141.44. To make up this
deficit it will be necessary to issue a
special edition of The Bulletin. the sue
cess of which is problematical. The
Bulletin has in the past issued special
editions and taken political write-ups
and has been severely condemned for
its action in doing SO, because it is i'm.
possible to discriminate against fair and
unfair firms in the short space of time
ensuing between issues of the paper. In
view of these facts, we recommend that
the proposition submitted py Delesate
Conkle be accepted.
R. Y HARRISON,
Chairman,
MRS. MARY MAPLE,
R. E. LAUDERBACK,
E. R. HOAGE,
GRACE BUCKS,
Business committee.
Moved and seconded that the report
be received and the recommendation be
concurred in After thorough discus
sion of ali phases of the proposition by
the delegates and a thorough under
standing of the matter, the vote was
taken and showed u for the report oil
the committee and s against. The mo-
ton was declared carried.
All special committees reported prog
ress and the reports were SO received.
| Communication from the Union Lapel
Trades Department of the A. F. OF L.
was read. Moved and seconded and
carried that the communication be re
ceived and the request complied with
The chair appointed Delegates Hines
Mangini and Lauderback to take this
matter up.
Communication from the Lake Sea
mems union of Chicago in reference TO
a bill now pending before Congress ana
requesting that all union men and
women and secretaries of central bodies
and local unions write to their senators
and representatives and urge them 10
vote for this bill, was read. Moved and
seconded that the communication be re-
ceiyed and the request granted. Carried.
Miss Helen Marot, secretary Oh the
Women's Trade Union League OF New
York, being present was granted the
floor and made an interesting talk on
the work accomplished by the league IN
the East for women workers and at the
conclusion of her remarks requested the
,eague to appoint a committee OF hve
to assist the Womens Trade Union
league in the work of more Thoroughly
organizing the women workers in this
city The chair appointed Delegates
Hoage. Rodgers, Kellogg, Hines ana
Common to assist Miss Marot in her
work. -.
Judge Irwin being present was also
granted the floor and made an interest.
ing talk, urging the delegates anu az
union men and women to get into poll
tics for themselves and elect their own
people.
delegate Sanford of the Cigarmakers
renorted that union-made cigars were
not being handled as much as tney
should at the baseball park and asked
that a committee be appointed TO IN
yestigate the reason for this anu re
quest of Manager McGill that ne use his
influence in the matter. by motloh tne
request was granted and the chair ap
pointed Delegates Conkle, Rodgers anu
Stoughton as the committee.
DeIepate Conkle of Typographical
union reported that Commissioner OF
Supplies Annear was giving considerapie
printing to non-union shops IN vloiatloI
| of the law which states that all cltS
printing must bear the union lapel. NJ
also stated that the city was senoint
work to Kansas City and requested thai
committee be appointed to take this
matter up with the city officials Dele
gate Common stated that there were
matters which concerned the building
trades which ought to be taken up witf
the city officials. There being no oplec
ton the suggestion of Delegate Com
mon was included in the request OF Deie
gate Conkle and the chair appoin.et
delegates common, Conkle and Sanford
as the committee.