Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-21
DENVER DELEGATES
WIN WORD VICTORY
Woman Replaces female In
Laws of |. I. y.
After. Many Years Mrs. Katherine Will
hanson Scores and Wipes From Book Of
Laws a Slight Upon Women Workers


national Typographical Union conyen-
.iJn in Los Angeles last week, August
Wooster and Fred l.. Zimmerman, were
live wires and on the job all the time.
They had a number of propositions, some
of which were adopted and others re-
jected, but held an even balance. The
one that attracted most public attention
and was carried by the press dispatches
all over the country, was drawn up in
The Bulletin office by Mrs. Katherine
Williamson, a prominent member of Den
yer typographical Union. It was to
strike the word female" from the laws
of the l. T. U. and use in its place the
more dignified and comprehensive word
"voman.r
This proposition in the proceedings
was known as No. ll9. being reported
favorably by the Committee on Laws
and adopted by unanimous vote during
the fifth days session. and is as follows:
, Amend section %, general laws, by
striking out the subhead Female Com
posi;ors' and inserting the words WON
en- Members, and changing the word 'fe-
male to woman wherever il may ap-
pear in ,he international typographical
Union constitution, bylaws and general
laws"
Mrs. Williamson has advocated this
change at several previous conventions.
but il never received favorable consider
alton until this. the siNty-first annual
l. +. U. convention.
Uniform Burial Service.
Another Denver proposition, submitted
by President Frank i. Pulyer OF the local
union. was unanimously adopted by the
convention IL provides for establishing
"a uniform burial service when conducted
4 81 a a .srs Torn
OF "a resolution reading a. follows
Whereas. Active member. Of the In
t-uatlonsi TyPogra phieai Union who. in
their official capacity OF thru their sense
OF moral obligation to departed brothers
and sister. OF our organization, have par
ticipated in the burial OF deces sed mem
brr-. have noted with regret the ab-ence
nf uniform burial service 10 b. read on
rIieh occasions; and
Whereas. International typographical
Union Memorial day j. nov generally
observed BY local unions, and IL would
he only fitting and proper for an organ
iEation such a. our to have some uni
form burial service for Use on this day
Therefore. be il
Resolved. BY the sixty.iirst session of
the International Typographical Union,
assembled in Los Angeles. Cal. that the
president OF this organization il hereby
authorized to name committee of five
inembcrr whose duty IL shall b. TO pre-
pare y nor. kectarian burial service suit
abl. for use on such occasions; the same
to he submitted TO the sixt second con-
vcntion for it, approval and. b. II fur
thsr
Z "Resolycd. In the event of the final
syi8piion OF such uniform burial service.
Ibe same shall be printed In the book OF
laws of the International typographical
Union"
II was further provided that com
mite. from members of Denver Union
draft form Of this ritual and that II
bc reported to the sixty second session
to l,e held in Baltimore next year,
Rejects Proposed Classification.
The proposition submitted by the Den
ver delegates to classify all women en-
ployes OF composing rooms a. belonging
TO mechanical trade. was defeated.
This was with n view OF making the
uomen's eight hour or nine-hour laws
apply in various states having such laws
apply on papers working two shifts or
what l. known in printing office par
lance a. "doubic-hcadcrs." Delegates
considered this a matter for the state
authorities to consider In Colorado At
torney General Fred Farrar has held en-
plovcs of newspaper offices do not come
under the women's eight hour law. Per
haps some day the people will elect an
attorney general TO interpret the laws
~ they were intended by the trainers.