Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-07-21

"A CTION DENOUNCED,
Richmond Typographical Union No.
80, Calls For Removal of Members
From Office.

Richmond, Va, uly Fl. - Three
hours of stormy debate at the specia
meeting of the Central Trade and La,
Dor Council, called yesterday after.
noon to take action on the Brown res
olution adopted on July II by the exc,
cutive board of the Virginia Fedora
ltion of Labor, and of the Farmers
Union of Virginia, resulted in the
adoption of the following resolution
offered by President Hirschberg:
owe the members of the Central
Trade and Labor Council of the City
of Richmond, do not accept the en-
dorsement of the State executive
Board as binding on any trades
unionist in the city"
The resolution was offered by Mr..
3Hirschberg after the meeting had CIV
en- ear for an hour to four or five
Federation committeeman who signed
Ahe July II resolution endorsing }.
(Thompson Brown, of Bedford City,
Eor the position of Commissioner of
Horticulture. The speakers stood by
their endorsement and told the meet
ing that they had nothing to retract.
+Ehe Hirschberg resolution was put to
vote and carried % to 10.
Planned to be searching interro-
cation of the FIVE members OF the
board which had dared to put the
Virginia Federation of Labor into
politics" yesterdays meeting simmer
I'd down to a Observation-Disclosures on the
point of the authority of the executive
committe to act in the manner that II
lid. followed by the adoption Of a a.
blomatic resolution, neither repudlat-
ng or affirming it's action, but de-
rlaring merely that the local labor
men will not regard the Brown In
borsement as binding.
The noncommittal language OF the
rssolution was the matter OF some
ommen" last night. 1t satisfied
lumber of trade unionists who were
ealous of the Federation's liberty OF
houeht and action, without actually
banouncing the executive boards en-
Srsement. On the other hand there
we're those who felt that the resolu-
ion was more diplomatic than de-
isiye, and that it should have dis
Iaimed the boards action in more
certain terms.
President John Hirschberg presid-
I'D over the meeting, which was held
ht the Labor Temple. The DELEGATES
voted Immediately after being call
ID to order to exclude newspaper re-
oorters. The entire debate, lasting
from 4:30 in the; afternoon until al
most 8 o'clock at night was carried on
behind closed doors.
The discussion brought out for the
FIRST time the text of the resolution
hdopted by tse executive boards OF
he labor and farmers organizations
I'm july II. The two boards met IN
Richmond ostensibly for the purpose
il conferring jointly upon the propo-
sition to publish weekly paper de-
voted to the interest of farmers and
,nion men While in session the
boards endorsed the following reso-
luton:
"After a careful consideration OF
I'he records of G. w. Koiner, Com
missioner of Agriculture and Jonh
Thompson Brown,and the things pnac-
ticed by one, and the things advocated
by the other, we are of the opinion
that the best interests of the farmers
and all interested parties will be best
SERVED by supporting John Thompson
- Brown for Commissioner of Agricul'
lure, because he stands for harmony
and cooperation between all agricul
tural agencies in the State which CO.
operation has not heretofore beer
practiced."
When the heart is bowed down wit
o;rht of }rouhle and there is no re