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| He advised the delegates to proceed
| cautiously in drafting of a bill providing
| for pensions and warned them agains
tasking too much at the present time
| He urged that the convention adopt som,
| definite plan of action and adhere to it
| Representative Lobeck declared that ono,
some definite plan had been outlined
| members of Congress can be lined up ii
| favor of il.
| First Congregational Church, also warned
| the delegates against asking too much
| at present. A false step taken at the
| beginning, he said, might cause the fail.
| ure of the movement. He spoke of the
dangers facing some civil service en-
ployes, and said they were entitled to
pensions under certain conditions.
DR.. William Tindall, secretary to the
| Board of Commissioners, welcomed the
| delegates on behalf of the officials OF
the District, and d. ]. Callahan well
coined them in behalf Of the business
men. Both expressed their hearty
support of an adequate pension for the
government clerk.
William Z. Ransdell, of New York,
president of the Civil Service Retire
ment Association, in his address de-
clared that retirement was the goal to
be sought.
Retirement" he declared, "is the
thing we want. We want retirement
by whatever means we can get it, if
we can get 1t fairly"
President Wilson yesterday after
noon received the delegates at the
White House. The President as usual,
was good listener, but refused to
commit himself to the movement. Gov
eminent employees from Providence,
West Point, Troy, Yonkers, Brooklyn,
Newark, New York, Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, and Washington were repre-
scented.
Among those attending the conference
are the following delegates: A. w. Nc
Kee, OF New York: John H. Bosche.
New York City; I. William Shelter, Bal
timore, Md; T. Reese Arnold, Baltimore.
Md; Levi H. Tetley, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Charles F. Hanna, Baltimore, Nd;
Charles w. Wright, Baltimore, Nd;
William Edwards Russell, New York
City: George S. Boehm, Cincinnati, Ohio;
William F. Gregg, Cleveland. Ohio: Ed
ward j. Rorke. Brooklyn, N. Y; c. P.
Hammond. Baltimore Md; Joseph w.
Buck, Washington, d. c.; James. NJ.
Sarles, New York City; G. N. Wambach,
New York City; Col. !. A. Murray New
York City; Frederick T. Norris, Brook
Ign, N. Y; F. Sidney Hayward Balti-
more, Md; Edward w. Connors, Boston,
Mass; jeremiah D. Holland, Boston,
Mass. Charles L. Wiegand, Baltimore,
Md; James A. Doherty. Brooklyn, N. Y;
John A. O'Neill, Washington, D. c.;
William Barrett, New York City; George
]. Kleffner, Omaha, Nebr.; Vernon Perry,
Binghamton, n. Y; c. Grason Bond,
Trenton, N. J.; M. F. O'Donoghue, WASH
ington, D. c.; S. C. Sweeney, Bingham
ton, N. Y; H. A. Bernhard, Rochester.
N. Y; David D. Caldwell, Washington,
d. c.; Oscar F. Nelson, Chicago. ILL.,;
II. r. Meyers, New York City; John NJ
Gillespie, Arlington, N. j.; James 8.
Long, New York City; Edward w. Con-
nors, Boston, Mass; John F. Doherty,
Boston, Mass; Richard F. Quinn, Phla-
delphia, Pa; Harry White Stuchell,
Pittsburg, Pa; w. T. Meyer, Bridgeport
Conn; F. Z. Kulas, Cleveland. Ohio:
Charles David Adamek, Elgin. ILL.,; WILL
lam Llewellyn, Cleveland, Ohio; E. A.
Webster. Troy, N. Y; Lemuel Hurlbut,
jr.. Troy. N. Y; John E. Brooks, Wash
ington, D., c.; Patrick 1. McNabb. New
York City; James A. Pinel. GAINESVILLE,
Ohio; M. F. Mclaughlin, Kansas City,
Mo-; e. Jay Hopkins. Cortland. N. Y;
John S. McAndrew, Brooklyn, N. Y; c.
E. Eaton, New York City; Joseph r.
Brooklyn, N. Y; p. J. Cleary, |
Brooklyn. n. Y; w. z. Kelly, Brooklyn, |
n. Y: Sidney v. Conway, Newark, N. j.;
Pierce M. Maher, New Haven, Conn.,;