Denver labor bulletin., 1917-06-02
FOUR TEAMS OF ORGAN
lied LABOR TO AID IN
CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS.
Price of Food Stuffs and War
Taxes Receive Attention;
Spacey and Oplinger Are
Added to the Labor
Day Committee.

The Denver Trades and Labor As
sembly at its regular meeting last
Sunday afternoon subscribed for $500
worth of Liberty Loan bonds and au-
thorized the executive board and
Treasurer Devault to make arrange
ments with the German American
Trust company for securing the same,
upon monthly payment plan, bonds to
be registered in the name of the Den
yer Trades and Labor Assembly.
This action followed reading of a
communication from the organized Ia
Dor unit of the Denver Liberty Loan
Committee and brief and stirring ad-
dress by Roger II. Woleott.
Reports were made by the numerous
delegates that similar action had been
taken or would be taken by affiliated
organizations and that hundreds of in
dividual members Of organized labor
in Denver would subscribe for these
bonds in amounts ranging from $50 70
$500
Funds For Red Cross.
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed pledging cooperation in the cam
pAign 20 secure funds for the Red
Cross. II was reported that the Trades
Assembly. Building Trades Council,
Ladies' AuNiliaries Of the Railroad
Brotherhoods and auxiliarics Of the
working in the campaign during the
week Of June Is, when IT is expected
TO raise at least S5OO,00O in Denver.
Organized labor is not only proving its
loyalty by furnishing man power in
prosecuting war against Prussian
autocracy. but is contributing literally
of its limited funds in support of war
measures.
Thomas p. Rodgers. newly elected
ya~1rdipe nd rprr.enapdtper sarrat
who succeeds W. X. Welsh who re-
signed TO enter business for himself.
was on the job and performed in n
most satisfactory manner.
Labor Day Committee.
The new constitution and bylaws of
the Assembly, in printed form, were
distributed among the delegates.
Chairman Fred Vessel of the Labor
Day Committee reported progress and
asked for appointment of two addi-
tional members. making the committee
consist Of seven instead of five. This
request was granted on n motion and
President Thornton named Thomas o.
Spaccy of the Stenographcrs Union,
and S. T. Oplingcr of the Walters
Union. Other members of this com
mittcc are Earl r. Hoage, Lithograph-
ers; J. c. BulRcr. Plumbers; Thomas
p. Rodgers, Press Assistants; II. s.
Pcrcgrine, Stationary Engineers, and
H r Spriggs. Retail Clerks.
Chairman Clint c. Houston of the
Ways and Means Committee reported
that the challenge given the Colorado
state Industrial commission to arrest
strikers for violating the law and thus
force n test case in the courts had met
with failure, much to the disappoint-
ment of the committee. The commits
sion has absolutely refused TO enforce
the law, permitting sections 20 to 33
of the industrial relations act to go
by default
Food StufTs and Taxes.
There was considerable discussion
over the monopoly on food stuffs and
the continued supremacy of the high
cost of living Action was deferred
pending the outcome of the congress
sional act which proposes to regulate
and control the food situation thruout
the nation.
Delegate James C. Bulger of the
Plumbers Union submitted n rcsolu-
ton calling upon congress to fix the
income tax upon sums in excess OF
81 900 for unmarried persons and
$4,000 for married persons at 2 per
cent per annum, with an increasing
scale which will permit of no individ-
ual retaining an annual net income in
excess Of 100000. This was adopted
and the secretary instructed to mail n
copy of the resolution to Colorado rep
resentatives in congress.