Evening star., 1917-09-21

| The National Federation Of Federal
Employees ended its first annual con-
| Larin president for the ensuing year.
named E. j. Newmy< as secretary
treasurer, and selected seven vice pres
| idents, who. with the two foregoing Of
ficers, will constitute the executive
council of the federation:
Mr.. McLarin. who also is president OF
the Washington local union of federal
employees. is attached TO the quarter
master generals Office. and Mr.. New
nyer to the bureau of animal indus
try of the Department of Agriculture.
Under the constitution adopted yester-
day, each will ask for a leave OF alb
sence for the period of his term of of
fee and will draw salary of $500
from the federation. The only other
Washington is Miss Florence Etheridge
of the bureau of Indian affairs. who
was the only woman delegate to the
convention.
List of Vice Presidents.
The vice preidents are as follows:
Luther C. Steward. Kansas City, first
vice president: William E. Junker. New
York city. second vice PRESIDENT Will
liam ]. Burke. Boston, third vice presi-
ington. fourth vice president; William
T. Griffith, Ell Paso, fifth vice presi-
dent: Charles F. Nagl. Chicago. sixth
vice president. and Martin J. German.
The elections We're held at session
last night. which did not conclude un-
til 1890 o'clock. s. T. Kinsell of Phila-
delphia, Roy E. Pea body of San Fran
cisco. and Mr.. Newmyer were candi-
dates for the office of president. but
each withdrew in favor of Mr.. McLarin,
who on Tuesday was chosen temporary
president. and his election was unani-
nous.
There was a spirited but amicable
contest for most of the other offices.
the. first vote for first vice president
| giving l 8 each for Steward and Junker.
who eventually were elected first and
second vice presidents. respectively. On
| the vote for secretary-treasurer Mr..
Newmyer received 20 votes and Mr.
Peabody, 19. A number of delegates
nominated for these offices withdrew
| because they would not be able to de-
vote the necessary time to the work.
Increased Pay Is Urged.
A scale of increased pay is recon-
mended In a resolution adopted by the
pensation under and including $1,000 a
year, 25 per cent; between $1,000 and
$500 a year, Is per cent; between
$500 and $4,000 a year. 10 per cent. and
between $1,000 and $1,000 a year, 5 per
cent. The resolution sets forth that the
cost of living is rapidly rising, and
that wages and salaries have decreased
greatly in their purchasing power. The
nVe ana ~ per cent increases LOT Tie
current fiscal year are described as
"woefully inadequate" and the execu-
tive council Is urged to "acquaint the
Sixty-fifth Congress with the urgent
need of a substantial increase in COM
penSation.
Another resolution asks that the in
crease for the current fiscal year be ex-
tended to clerks and craftsmen in the
navy yard.
After number of instances had been
cited by delegates where enlisted men
in the War and Navy departments had
been put in clerical positions to sue
ceed civil service employees. a resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted protest.
ing against this practice.
1t was agreed by the convention to
hold the next annual meeting OF the
federation in Chicago. and 1t was stat
ed on the floor that Kansas City eX-
| pscted to make a strong bid for the
| 1919 convention.
S. T. KinseIl of Philadelphia, George
| w. Rhein of Baltimore and j. w. Gin
der of Washington Were elected as an
auditing committee. and under the con-
stitution will inspect the books of the
/ federation semi-annually.
| Report of Constitution Committee.
! The session yesterday afternoon and
evening was the nost important of the
! convention. The entire afternoon was
| given over to the report of the COM
mittee on constitution, of which Martin
| J. Leonard of Boston was president, and
| though there was much discussion, the
| document with it's fourteen articles
and sixty-two sections, was eventually
| adopted very much framed by the
committee OF eleven and approved by
President Gompers of the American
Federation OF Labor