Evening star., 1916-12-10
MANY ARE TO COOPERATE
IN RETIREMENT MEETING
Plan Includes Employees of District
as Well as Federal
Government.

At a meeting of the mass meeting
committee of the joint retirement COM
mittee OF the naval gun factory Tues
day evening at Naval Lodge hall. the
subcommittee on cooperation reported
that the following organizations will
cooperate in the retirement mass
meeting to be held in January: Fed
eral Employees Union. Washington Let
ter Carriers Union. Washington Post
Office Clerks Union, Brotherhood of
Railway Postal Clerks, Plate Printers
Union and National Association of L.
IS. Civil Service Employees. Other or
ganizations are yet to be heard from.
1t was decided that the mass meeting
should be an the interest of retirement
legislation for both employees of the
federal government and of the District
of Columbia and that it should show
the great need for retirement legisla-
tion as a business proposition on the
part of the government and as an act
Of humanity and justice toward faith
full aged employees. The technical points
of legislation dealing with details OF
bills and plans are to be kept in the
background at the mass meeting and
emphasis is to be placed on the rapid
growth of sentiment throughout the
country in favor of retirement.
The following subcommittee were
formed, additional names to be added
as other organizations respond: Cen
erai mass meeting committee OF the
joint retirement committee-H. T. La
Clair. chairman, Columbia Lodge, No.
ia, International Association OF Ma
chinists; r. H. Alcorn, International
Molders, No. 215: J. D. Evans. Inter-
national Boilermakers. No. $50; c. A.
217: T. o. King. Patternmakers Asso-
citation of Washington and Vicinity,
p. NJ l.. of N. A; X. NJ. Carnahan. Co
lumbia Lodge. No ia, /. A. Of M. and
c. E. Wood, Washington branch, No. 9,
National Association of United States
Civil Service Employees at Navy Yards
and Stations
Hall, music and talent-R. NJ. Carna-
han, chairman. Columbia Lodge of Ma
chinists: John f. Brooks, War Depart
ert Cook, Washington Letter Carriers
Union. and F. W. Lee. Columbia Ledge
of Machinists.
Co-operation-R. H. Alcorn, chair
man. International Molders: Howard
Biting. Washington Post Office Clerks
Union; Daniel w. Beach. Bureau En-
craving and Printing Federal En-
ployes' Union; A. w. Sherier, Interna-
kert. Patternmakers' League of North
America; C. E. Reed. National Associa
ton. United States Civil Service En-
ployes at Navy Yards and Stations. and
George A. Herman. Plate Printers
Union.
Speakers. D. Evans. chairman. In
ternational Boilermakers: J. w. Nc
Connell. Columbia Lodge of Ma
chinists; Jacob w. Starr, Federal En-
ployes' Union; Thomas Z. Mack.
Washington Post Office Clerks Union.
and John J. Devine, Plate Printers
Union and National Association Of
United States Civil Service Employees.
Finance. printing and Advertising
c. A. Chism, chairman, International
Blacksmiths; John S. Beach, Federal
Employees Union: Carl Freeman. Broth :
erhood of Railway Postal Clerks; David
H. Oertly, American Society Of Marine
Craftsmen, and NJ. w. Timmerling, In
ternational Boilermakers.
The following were present at the
meeting: H. T. La Clair. r. L. Alcorn.
]. d. Evans. r. NJ. Carnahan. c. w. Tay-
lor. C. A. Chism, J. w. Starr, Howard
Biting. Robert Cook. c; e. Reed. j.
N. Burgen, John E. Brooks. George A.
Herman. NJ. H. Lockeman and s. J. Mar
tin.