Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
ARMN NAVY
PRINTERSDOING
THEIR. BIT FOR
country Inv WAR
IBy Associated Pressl


COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo, Aug
ia prosperous organization with
its house in order" and ready to
expand the work it already has
started in connection with the war
activities of its members, was pic
tured by Marsden G. Scott of New
York, president of the international
Typographical Union, in the address
with which he opened here to-day
the sixty.third annual convention OF
the organization. He said that
nearly 600 members of the union
had enlisted with the Canadian
forces, that more than 400 already
are in the army or navy of the
United States and that thousands
of others will follow the Stars and
Stripes in the worlds war"
Forty-two Canadian members OF
the organization have been killed
in France and $12,225 has been paid
to their widows or dependents, Mr.
Scott added. He announced that the
two representative organizations OF
employers in the printing industry
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association and the United Typo
thetae and Franklin Clubs Of Ameri
ca-have recommended that all
journeymen and apprentices be re
instated in their positions when
they return from the war"
President Scott said that through
it's executive council the lnternation'
al union had subscribed for $50.
900 of the Liberty Loan bonds and
that subscriptions for an addition
al $57,950 had been reported by
subordinate unions.
He emphasized the fact that OF
sec, 652, 431 earned by members of the
union in the fiscal year ending May
81, only S4,6S4 had been expended
by the International Union because
of strikes or lockouts. He said the
gross earnings of union printers had
increased S3,94O,626 in that period,
the average earnings a member being
$1,0S6.43, an increase of $45.25 as
compared with the preceding twelve
months.
President Scott also announced
the completion of an arbitration
agreement between the international
union and the CLOSED shop division
of the United Typothetae and Frank
lin Clubs of America, effective Aug.
4, 1917, to Dec. 81, 1926" Arbitra-
ton contracts, he said, have ueen
issued to 191 newspaper publishers
under. the new international agree
ment with the American Newspaper
Publishers Association, effective
May 1, 1917, to May 1, 1922.
The total payments to 1909 old
age pensioners for the fiscal year
were given as $S51,5O5. Mortuary
benefits totalled $29s,476. The Union
Printers Home in this city cost s12S.'
LAG to maintain and its capacity was
increased Accommodations being pro
vided for $50 residents. The twenty
fifth anniversary of the home is to
be celebrated Wednesday.
Opposition to constitutional
amendment proposed by Chicago
Typographical Union No. Is which
promises to cause sharp debate In
the convention was expressed by Mi.
Scott. He said it was conceived in
malice" and intended to reflect dis
credit" on the officers of the inter
national body. 1t would limit the
powers of the general officers and
subordinate unions in making con-
tracts and compel a referendum on
agreements with national associa'
lions of employers.
The address also indicated that re-
lations of the union with the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor were not
altogether happy because, he de-
clared, the obligations which the
officers and subordinate organiza-
tions of the A. F. of L. owe to this
International Union have been dis
regarded in many instances" He
added:
sGTho laue of the American Fede.