Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-07
UNIONS HERE ARE
TO HELP IN MOVE
To Hold Booster Meeting in City to
Have Findings of Relations
Committee Printed.
FIGHT on IN WASHINGTON
Federation Opposes Military Training
in Public Standardization of
Officers Put on.

AT the request Of Frank P. Walsh.
chairman of the federal industrial re-
lations committee. now in Washington,
the Tri-City Federation of Labor will
cooperate with the committee in the
movement now under way to have
900, 600 copies of the report of the in
dustrial relations committee printed
by the government for distribution.
The workers are also asking that 10
300 copies of the testimony taken by
the committee be printed also.
At the regular meeting OF the fed
grafton last night at Industrial hall
committee, consisting of Charles Mac
Gowan, chairman; NJ RENAL, ". S.
Wingler and P. J. Carlson, was ap-
pointed to take charge of a booster
meeting to be held at the Industrial
hall Sunday, Jan 16 The meeting will
be known as Industrial Relations
day" and similar sessions will be held
by labor organizations all over the
country to further the movement The
industrial relations committee, as
named by the government, was dis
solved last August upon completion of
its work. Since that time the labor
unions have been anxious to get de-
tailed report of the findings of the
committee with the result that the body
was reorganized with headquarters in
Washington, under the auspices of the
American Federation of Labor. Four
members of the original committee are
on the new body.
Election Postponed.
The election of officers, which was
scheduled for last night, was post
poned when it was found that the by
laws Of the federation call for the nam
ing OF officers the second meeting in
January, which falls on the Goth. The
executive board presented a new set
OF bylaws and constitution for adOp-
ton, but owing to the late hour action
vas deferred.
Ing opposed to the system Of military
training in public schools, as proposed
by the Moline Rotary club. A commit
tee consisting of z. ]. Aspengren, L. L.
England and Charles MACEDONIAN was
named to go before the Moline board
of education to register objections TO
the plan. Upon request Charles Mac
Gowan of Moline was given permits
sion by the federation to reply to the
literature sent out by the Moline RO-
tRry club, regarding military training
in public schools Mr. MACEDONIAN will
present the views of the union men.
MachiEists' Head Here.
c. P. Nicholson, member of the gen.
oral executive board Of the National
Association OF Machinists, was pres
ent and gave stirring talk before the
delegates. Felix Eklund, Davenport,
business agent for the Burlington sys-
TEN machinists, was also present and
made few brief remarks Mr.. Elk
lund was a delegate to the federation
In 1897 and he complimented the local
body on the interest shown and at
tendance at meetings. commenting on
the wonderful growth OF the tri-city
labor body. Mr. Nicholson will be in
charge Of a joint installation of the
four machinists' unions of the tri-
cities tomorrow night at the Eagles
hall
1t was also announced that the reg
ular educational lecture scheduled for
Sunday at the Industrial hall, would
DOT be held, owing to the illness of
one Of the speakers the committee had
Ia view.