Denver labor bulletin., 1916-08-19
TYPO CONFERENCE
REFLECTS PULVER
Secretary Treasurer Deus Al
so Asked to Repeat
High Compliment Paid Officers Who
Are Away Attending the |. T. u.
Convention in Baltimore
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence.)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug l5-With
five local unions represented, the fourth
annual convention of the Intermountain
Conference was held at the offices of the
local union in this city last Sunday,
there being two sessions, morning and
afternoon. The regular accredited dele
gates present were as follows:
Colorado Springs No. S2-Stephen
O'Donnell Frank S. Ross and Louis AL
brecht.
Pueblo No. l75-Cliff H. Smith.
Boulder No. 70S-P. l.. Dennhardt.
Grand junction No. 292-F. A. Hois-
ington.
Denver No. 49-CIint c. Houston.
The meeting was open to printers and
a number availed themselves of the priv
ilege OF being present, among them John
F. Collett and Grant Hamilton of Denver
Owing to the absence of President
Frank j. Pulver, Vice President Will
liam !. Reilly and Secretary Treasurer
j. Charles Deus, they being in Balti-
more attending the l. T. U. convention,
it was necessary to select temporary of
fcers of the convention. F. S. Ross of
Colorado Springs was chosen presiding
officer and Cliff II. Smith of Pueblo as
secretary. Both performed their respec-
Printing in Trade Schools.
Reports of President Pulver and Sec
retary Deus We're read and are printed
elsewhere in this issue of The Bulletin.
Both indicate considerable progress made
by the conference and affiliated unions
during the past year.
Delegate O'Donnell submitted a reso-
luton, which was adopted, providing
that where boards of education estab-
lish a printing plant in any locality un-
der the jurisdiction of this Conference,
a joint committee of the local Typo
graphical Union and the association of
employing printers, meet with the men,
bers OF such board to outline proper
course of study for printer apprentices"
This action was taken to cover exist
ing conditions in Denver and Colorado
Springs.
Another resolution adopted pledged
support OF the Conference to Fort Col
Inns Typographical Union in its endeav-
ors 10 unionize the Fort Collins Morn
ing Express.
The Denver Labor Bulletin. Pueblo La
Dor Advocate and Wyoming Labor Jour
nal We're commended for advancing the
cause of the Conference.
Importance of demanding the union Ia
bel of all crafts was the subject of a
resolution concurred in.
Letters felicitating the Conference on
its work, and particularly the employ
ment bureau feature, We're read from
President Marsden G. Scott and Secrc.
tary John w. Hays of the International
Typographical Union.
Greetings Sent to l. T. U.
The following telegram was ordered
sent to the l. T. U. convention in ses-
sion at Baltimore:
Colorado Springs, Aug. IA, 1910.
The Intermountain Typographical
Conference in fourth annual convention,
sends greetings to Sixty second session
of the !. T. L. and expresses the hope
that the 1917 meeting will be held in
Colorado Springs
''F. S. ROSS, Chairman.
CLIFF II. SMITH, Secy."
1t was unanimously agreed that the
present Conference officers should be
awarded another term, and this resulted
as follows:
President--Frank J. Pulver, Denver
No. 40.
Vice President-William l. Reilly, Colo
RADIO Springs No. 50.
Secretary -Treasurer-J Charles Deus,
Pueblo No. l75.
1t was the sense of the Conference
delegates that the executive board should
arrange TO have the 1917 convention held
in Colorado Springs, provided the /. T.
u. convention is held in this city.