The Washington herald., 1916-11-28
CAMPAIGN TO CENTER
ON $3 MINIMUM PAY
Government Clerks to Devote Work to
Nolan Wage Measure.
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very IS cents counts. When we get
y lat Is coming to US we will all join
ile union and We are all for It, but we
MT AFFORD It. The Washington Herald
our union Keep up the good work !"
The fact that certain bureau chiefs
Id executives Of the government de-
Artments have quietly opposed the or
imitation of the clerks and subordinate
employees has restrained many from join
fhg the union, according to union officials.
To meet this opposition the union is
ccumulating> evidence to show that GER
ain executives are openly opposing Or
;anization. contrary to Federal law.
One Of the propositions to come before
The Employees Union at meetings to be
held this week will be the proposal to hire
legislative agent to present the case of
the employees before Congress.
Some members Of the union strongly
favor the plan OF having their cause pre-
sented and argued by a committee or
committees from the various branches Of
the local units without compensation
These members point out that a paid
legislative agent might be discredited be-
cause looked upon as a lobbyist and
therefore might be less effective than un-
paid workers from the ranks.
Against this Is the opinion of Represen-
tative Nolan and others that the member
who presents the case Of the government
clerks should be beyond any departmental
influence that would operate to prevent
him from expressing free opinion on ex-
tsting conditions. They favor paid
legislative agent, free from employment
restrictions and competent to offer the
case without fear or favor.
A delegation of women employees from
the Government Printing Office last night
visited the office OF The Washington Her
aid and gave unrestricted Endorsement to
the movement for increased salaries.
I'VE certainly can strongly indorse
every statement you have made regard
ing the government employe, and that
applies particularly to the women in the
Government Printing Office it was de-
clared. Woman employees in the Gov
ernment Printing Office work under hard
conditions and suffer great inequalities.
We pray that you can be successful in
this fight
The committee members made 1t plain
that they considered Cornelius Ford, who
is government printer. one of the best
humanitarians and fairest executives
who ever held the office He was ham
pered in his work of righting inequalities
by limitations in legislation, they said.
Street CIeaners' Appeal.
visited the Office of The Washington Her
the movement to advance the wages of
their branch Of the District service.
"All we ask" said the chairman of the
committee, "is that We be given what
employees in every other city in the coun-
try are paid for the same work We
can't ask it ourselves. but a, big news
paper can ask 1t for US. Ask It! We need
1t TO live. We will be grateful If you
get II for u.s.
Civic associations and other organiza-
tions have taken up the cause OF the gov
ernment employe and the necessity for
increased wages Is being urged by organi-
cations throughout the country.
This resolution was adopted by the
Meeting House Hill Improvement As
sociation of Dorchester, Mass, at its
meeting last night:
Resolved: That we cordially support
the Campaign to give government en-
ployeS the minimum wage of s. a day,
as provided by the Nolan bill.
I'VE hereby urge that our representa-
tive in Congress be instructed to vote
and work for this bill and that Repre-
sentative Lewis r. Sullivan be Instructed
TO attend the Congressional hearings and
report our action accordingly"
State Representative Sullivan was the
father Of the teachers pension bill in
Massachusetts and has been a pioneer
in labor legislation as a representative
of the Boston Central Labor Union.