The Washington times., 1915-09-14
LABOR men TO VOTE
FOR RETIREMENT IN
US. CIVIL SERVICE
Expansion Of Federal Plan to
Unite JobIess Man With Man.
less Job Also Urged.

Resolutions favoring legislation pro-
viding for the retirement OF civil serv-
Ice employees In the District. the ex-
panston of the Federal plan to bring
the tobless man to the manless Job by
the establishment Of labor exchanges
In the District and Maryland cities ana
a revision OF the rules governing yearly
meetings In order to meet biennidlly in
Annapolis at a time when the Maryland
legislature Is in session are to be intro
duced today at the convention Of the
Maryland State and District OF Column
bia Federation Of Labor in Typograph-
ical Temple. Unanimous passage Of the
three items IL expected.
The Endorsement Of President VIII
sons neutrality policy will be sought
in another resolution and the sup
port OF the federation will be urged
to resolutions providing for the en-
actment Of laws for sanitary housing
and for the provisioning Of District
high school students with free text
books.
Will Address Convention.
Preliminary to the consideration Of
resolutions. the convention will be
addressed by P. T. Moran. president
Of the Washington Chamber of Com
merce. and by Thomas Tracy. secre-
tary OF the labor trades department
Of the American Federation Of Labor.
The morning session was abandoned
in order to permit the Maryland dele
gates to return to their homes to
participate in the Democratic primary
today.
The resolution indorsing the Presi-
10 nil
be opposed by delegates In the conven-
ton who are affiliated with the Labor
National Peace Council. The indorse-
ment will be presented to the conven-
the Federation. who is not presiding in
order to present to the body a number
of resolutions which he feels should de-
mand the attention Of the meeting.
favorable aeainn on Rse'e8 the resolution. % ss
passed last night by the Central Labor
Union. in which the Secretary of War
is thanked for his appointment Of F.
for Porto Rico. under the Bureau Of
Insular Affairs. MIR. Roberts formerly
was q delegate to the union as a men,
ber OF Columbia typographical Union.
No. 101.
List of Committees.
The committees Of the convention
are:
Credentials: E. F. Mayunke. Charles
H. Evans. Harry NJ. Sears. A. Cello.
H. Lepson.
Rules: John A. Banz. Hugh Digney.
Fred Bauer. Anna Neary. Otto H.
Snath. Elmer T. Goode. Elizabeth
Smith. o. w. Luke, James Bruff.
Auditing: H: S. Hollohan. Thomas ].
Jones. John Ransenberger. A. B. Fo-
3. A: oLeary. H. witmeyer. Daniel
Finance-Thomas B. Lathe. jr.. Aug
ust F. Broacker. Mary Conroy. NJ
Lynch. J. w. Holder. William Kellar.
]: w. g. Bridhan. Anton Lorch. Rusie
Chenoweth.
Grievance-J. =. Toone. J. L. DALEY.
Albert Ernst. F.. NJ. Lewis. Louis Nit
telstater. Joseph Zihlman. Charles ..
Labei-Henry Hardy. E. B. Byrne.
Robert S: Jones. Mamie McKewen.
John T. German. George Pittman, Ed
win c. Klispie.
Laws and Organization.
Laws-John A. Mcdonald. John Rieg-
ger, X. H. Burdette. ]. F. Herbert.
Harry Clubb. P. J. Ryan. Charles ].
Finnegan, H. F. Oehler. Edmond Wal
Organization - Hhomas J. Moran.
Shepard S. Pearson. George Scheid'
Thomas MclQuard, James sullivan,
Miss f. NJ. Stewart. X. A. Bryant.
William Keinle.
Education-William F. Weiss. N. A.
James, Joseph ]. Smith. I. E. Latham.
T. Homer Hall. William H. S. Carlisle.
James l.. Considine, Louis Scheuerman.
Bernard stern.
Press-Clarence Dunkle. Harry F.
Crummitte. John Hartley. F. Hammer.
G. d. Murphy, William H. Schaefer.
Paul KEELING. Harvey Thompson. Jo-
seph Handols.
Thanks-William Whyte, c. Hayes,
Maurice Hyland. Arthur Davis. William
Beadle. Charles A. Berlin. Henry T.
Cooke c. P. Reichel. Gus Roche.
Resolutions-A. c. Hayden. Valentine
Schwang. John H. Loper. Milton SHELL
ings, William D. Clark, B. A. Spellburg
G. A. OFT. Charles Dippel. Sam Isaacson
| John H. Lorch. Charles Revioll.