Denver labor bulletin., 1917-03-03
WILLIAM MORRISSEY ASSUMES OFFICE AS DEPUTY LABOR
COMMISSIONER WITH MANY ORGANIZED LABOR HELPERS

Wien James R. holland, secretary
Of state, completes his list of appoint
ments in the various bureaus which
make up his department, he will have
given wider recognition to organized
labor in Colorado than any official
who has ever occupied that Office. He
has more than made good his pre-
election promises to the workers of
the state and it is not likely that they
will soon forget.
In the labor bureau Secretary No
land has been particularly generous to
the organized labor movement When
he was nominated he pledged himself
to appoint as deputy state labor COM
missioner a man who would be ac-
ceptable to organized labor of Colo
RADIO" Further than that he made no
promises, yet he has gone ahead and
given all of the important places in
the labor bureau to men and women
actively identified with the movement.
Morrissey's Labor Record.
w. L. Morrissey, deputy state labor
commissioner, took charge of the Ia
Dor department on Thursday of this
week, succeeding Axel Swanson. He
has been actively identified with the
labor movement in Colorado for ten
years, nine of which he has served as
secretary of Snowy Range Lodge No.
80, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
For ten years he was labor editor of
the Denver Post and as such has al
ways been in sympathy with all of the
aims and aspirations of the workers.
Morrissey received the Endorsement
of scores of unions thruout the state.
During his long period of service with
the Post he has never written n word
detrimental to n single organization
or against labor.
Moorhouse Is Statist:cian.
The place of statistician in the la
Dor bureau goes to Clarence Moor
house, who started on his new duties
on Thursday. A more popular Sc
lection could not have been made and
he will be an invaluable aid to the
new deputy labor commissioner.
MoOrhousc is a member Of Cigar
makers Union No. l29 and has been
an active member Of the trade union
movement in the state for fifteen
years. He has served as president Of
the Denver Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, and~a vice president Of the Colo
RADIO State Federation Of Labor. He
was deputy clerk Of the city and
county Of Denver for three years un-
der Otto F. Thum. He is forty-five
years of age and is arried. During
the campaign he had charge of the
labor bureau of the Democratic state
committee.
Building Trades Recognized.
James II. Mitchell, who went to
work as a factory inspector in the Ia
Dor bureau Thursday. is secretary of
the Building Trades Council, a place
he has held for many years without
opposition. His appointment was an
other which received the unanimous
Endorsement of the organized labor
movement of Denver and in fact, of
the entire state.
Down in Pueblo the labor unions
are congratulating Jimmy" holland
for his appointments. He named +.
w. Wells superintendent of the free
employment Office. Wells is n member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Fircmen and Enginemen and has not
only been leader in labor of that
city but has been n consistent Demo
crat.
Mine Workers Not Forgotten.
In Pueblo also there is Ralph kuntz,
appointed rs factory inspector. He
has been n leader in the labor move
ment there for years and has been an
officer of the Pueblo Trades and Labor
Assembly.
The United Mine Workers were not
forgotten. for George Clark, who has
served several terms as factory in
spector. will be retained for the time