The Washington herald., 1915-09-19
farewell BANQUET IS
|TENDERED F.C. ROBERTS
New Labor Commissioner for Porto
Rico Honored by Former
Associates.

F. c. Roberts. recently appointed labor
commissioner for Porto Rico. was the
guest of honor last night at banquet
, teIGered by his friends and former asso-
at the Ebbitt House.
The banquet was in the nature of a
Testimonial and mark of appreciation of
the Sood work Mr.. Roberts has accom-
plisneG as a trades unionist during the
past twenty-five years. during which time
he was twice president of Columbia Typo
graphical Union, l0l. and several times
delegate to the convention of the Inter-
national Typographical Union.
Among the prominent labor officials
present were Samuel Gompers. jr., who
presided as toastmaster in the absence
of his father. who is in Philadelphia
Frank Morrison. secretary of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor. and E. W.
Morcock. president of Columbia Typo
graphical Union. 101
Addresses praising the work of MIR.
| Roberts were made by Edward w.
| Oyster, Sam II. Bell, Herbert Newson,
f. w. Morcock. Samuel Gompers. jr..
Frank Morrison. William ii. Anglin.
Joseph A. Wilmer and Shelby Smith.
MIR. Morrison. in his address. lauded
the loyalty of Mr.. Roberts as a trades
| unionist and expressed the conviction
e4idt iiS " dS tile " VI ms dooot
| a peaceful settlement of the differences
| which now exist between the striking
Iagriculturists and. tobacco planters and
organized capital in Porto Rico
Herbert Newson. of the Government
Printing Office in behalf of Mr.. Roberts
| former associates, presented him with a
| handsome gold ring set with two dia-
| monds and a sapphire.
In making the presentation Mr..
II, IL -
do in Porto Rico to bring the labor
ing classes up to a full enjoyment of
| their rights and of the prosperity they
are entitled to in that fair island.
The men who have chosen Mr..
Roberts for this arduous task have
| chosen wisely and were well advised.
When he returns to this country II
will be said of him. Well done. thou
good and faithful servant as 1t has
always been said of him in conneo-
| ton with every undertaking in which
he has had a part"
Replying, Mr.. Roberts said: What
little l have been able to do could not
have been done without the support
and hearty cooperation which you
have given me. 1t has been my
strength through the many discour-
agements and trials which 1 have en-
countered. l 20 to Porto Rico to
bring order out of chaos If such a
thing is possible, and this evidence
of your support will be a great COM
fort to me-"
Letters were read from Secretary OF
Labor Wilson. E. A. Strudley. presi-
dent of Local Union, No. 4, Book
binders. and Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
La abor. who are out of the city, ex-
pressing regret that they could not
attend.
Music was furnished by the Grimes
Orchestra and several vocal numbers
were rendered by E. A. Lang. intro
duced as the Nightingale Of the G..
P. O."
Among those present were: Daniel
O'Connell. John E. Rastall. Judge Will
liam F. Dorsey, Shelby Smith. A. H.
Jaeger. Frank 4. Evarts. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. c. Knight. Henry Gompers. Mitchell
Hanson. f. H. Andrews, ]. L. Dill
saver, H. T. Herbert. William H. Rowe,
o. S Webster, Frank S. Lerch. Wesley
T. Huntress, w. H. Carpenter. c. ].
Graf. E. T. Good, r. A. Dollard. c. B.
Huse. Joseph A. Wilmer. James S. Rob-
erts, G. E. Roberts, George r. Roberts.
William F. Wall. E. f. Roberts. ].
Walter Jett, E. r. Davidson. c. w. Paf-
flow. William H. Anglin. Thomas P.
Moore. f. ]. Patch. Millard Peake.
Daniel McCallum. Alpheus Sholl. J. A.
Onyun. John Maley. E. J. King. L. W.
Tolman, l.. McEneany. c. ]. MacMur-
ry, E. J. Hall. DIR. B. H. Swain. J. T.
Quinn, Mrs. F. C. Roberts, Frank Nor
rison. Samuel Gompers, jr.. E. w. Nor
cock. Herbert Newson. Sam H. Bell.
and Edward w. Oyster.