Evening star., 1917-09-17
Votes to Form National Union.

fAHeTlCdH eQeTdtiOu OIL LdpOT bullulIS
at 9th street and Massachusetts ave-
nue. northwest.
Votes to Form National Union.
After the speakers had concluded. the
convention adopted a resolution offered
by Miss Florence Etheridge of the In
dian office committing it to organize
a national federal employees union. Mr.
Gompers then appointed committee
on credentials and the convention ad-
Journed to reassemble at 3 o'clock
The members of the delegation were
guests of the Washington Federal En-
ployes' Union at luncheon today,
served in the restaurant of the Con-
gressional Library.
Il appeal to you to have yourselves
always we'll in hand" said Mr.. Com
perS in opening the convention. Il ask
you to see to it that you always act
wisely and fntelligently. Never under
any circumstances use the full power
you possess but always keep a little
something in reserve for whatever new
contingency may arise.
L call on you to do good service
rendering faithful work to your en-
ployer, the government of the United
the mass of workers in your trade. or
in whatever line of activity to which
you are giving your time.
The great difficulty with your or
sdnization IS one that belongs to all
organizations similarly situated 1t is
to get the confidence of your fellow
employees as to the integrity of your
motives and purposes
Cites Conditions in Russia.
Mr.. Gompers then cited conditions in
Russia today and in the United States
during the period Immediately following
the revolutionary war to show the need
for cooperation and the REIMBURSEMENT
Of individual ideas for the general good.
This principle. he said, was exemplified
in the American Federation of Labor,
which. within the last nine or ten
months. had increased it's membership
more than a half million. with a cor
responding growth influence.
Concluding, he said:
I'VE are not organized to overturn
the republic of the United States. IL is
too dear to us. We are going to stand
by 1t. we are going to serve it in any
way we can. We are willing to make
any sacrifice that may be necessary to
preserve democratic institutions and
the ideals for which we are now fight
ing. but we intend to see that while
our manhood is fighting at the front
their homes do not deteriorate We are
going to see that the American stand
ard of living is maintained, so that
American ideals may not suffer and the
progress already made is not lost That
will be a part of your work, as il is
the work Of all of u.s.
Delegates Present.
The delegates in attendance and the
cities they represent follow:
Martin j. German, United States i'm
migration service. Montreal; A. J. Dun
can. United States penitentiary. At
lanta; Philip S. Mclaughlin. bureau of
animal industry, st. LOUIS NJ j. Hines.
War Department. Leavenworth, Kans.
Charles L. Wiegand, steamboat inspec-
tion service, Baltimore; George w.
Rhein, internal revenue service. Baltf-
more; William ]. Burke L. S. immigra
tion service, Boston; Cornelius Scollard.
U. S. immigration service, Boston: F.
J. Mccormack. Navy Department, Hing
ham. Mass: Edwin T. Brown, U. s. en-
gineer department. Sault Ste Marie,
Mich; Mich; Earl Earl F. Goe. L; S. immigra-
Fred L. Giesea,. United States custo-
dian service. Minneapolis: Luther c.
| Steward, bureau animal industry Kan
sas City; Richard II. Kramer. bureau
animal industry. St Joseph. Mo: Her
bert A. Avery. United States immisra
tion service. Buffalo; James NJ. Todd
United States engineer service. Buffalo
w. J. Coyne. United States War De-
partment. New York; W. E Junker. United
States immigration service, New York:
John Fitzgerald, United States engineer
department. New York; Edward F.
Markolf. United States Navy Depart
ment, New York: Clyde l. Farthing.
Charles V. Mallett. United States engi-
neer service. Philadelphia: S. TYSON
| Kinsell. internal revenue service. PhiIa-
delphia; William l. Vale. United States
William T, Griffith. United States
quartermaster department. Ell Paso:
A. NJ. Johnston, Department Of Apri.
culture. Galveston; P. ]. King. United
States War Department. San ANTONIO;
George A: Warren. United States Gus
toms service, San Antonio: C. A Brode
| internal revenue service, San An
tonic; S. A. Byrne. United States
engineer department. San Antonio;
immigration service, Blaine, wash.
| Hiram c. Westfall, internal revenue
service, Spokane; w. r. Borman. United
Estates weather bureau. Milwaukee,; j
F. Slfer. navy yard. Portsmouth. va.
F. w Kahn. navy yard. portsmouth
Va: William d. Goodwin. United States
Indian service. Hayward, Wis; Joseph
L. Knapp, United States immigra.
ton service. Niagara Falls. N. Y;
I office. Helena. Mont; William NJ. Craw.
| ford, United States Indian service
Pawhauska. Okla; v. A. Zahn. United
States Treasury Department. New Or.
Ranizer. San Francisco; William ]
Tarnes. United States Immigration ser.
vice, San Francisco; Wallace Springer
United States Indian service. Paw
hauska, Okla; Howard D. Ebey, as
| sjstant treasurers office, Chicago
Miss Florence Etheridge. United State:
| indian office. Washington. d. c.; J. w
Giner, supervising architects Office
Washis gton. D. c.; ]. E. Dickey, Nava
observatory. Washington, D. c.: e. J
| Newmyer. bureau animal industry
| Washington. D. c.: II. NJ McLarin, quar-.
termaster generals office. Washington
| D. c., and F. G. Swanson. Panama
canal, Canal Zone.
| Annals for Woman SufYrare.