Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-17

self of 1t. Then members of congress NAV
not dismiss with a ~hrug the petitions of
the evil service man who has but one vote.
Members Of congress are chary OF dismiss
ing with a ~hrug anything emanatinc from
4 local Of the \. r.. T.. the Federation j
too strong. Neither party can win a ma
tional election without the organized labor
vote. which l. diScriminative and non-par-
ti>an. Mr.. Peabody next drove home the
great advantage OF joining the powerful
trades union body, pointing out that the
federation was not seeking but would no
less welcome the civil service man To it,
ranks. Indeed. he said, the federation haS
supported and forced the passage of bill,
affecting men in the civil service who were
not ~ that time member of the union. sim
ply because they were wage-earners IN
sore need ~ relief and unable to force the
issue themselves through lack of or.ani-
cation snd backing. 1t now seems only
Just and certainly wise To the leaders of
agitation III the service for the government
to ally themselves with the strong machine
Of the A. +. l..
Conditions in the postal department are
better than the average. Mr.. Peabody cX-
planned. since the postal employees have
had better organization and have made
their demands more nearly a. a unit than
have employees in other branches.
Legislation that the Federal Employees
Union intends to put through congress in
clude> IN eight hour-day. -ix-day week
l.wr raff t..n.,f Mt mud xr.r. an y a. -.
acts that will bring the federal cmploye.
skilled and un,killed. up to the income level
Of the man IN similar work outside the ser
vice.
Mr.. Peabody cited an Inspector Of steam
vessels whose Job called for the training
oi a marine architect and whose duties in
-olved the minute inspection OF vessels I'M
Ter construction. This man draws $500
a year. The ~hipbuilding corporation IA
whose wards he i assigned employs an
Inspector who does exactly what the fed
eral Inspector does and reports directly To
hi company. lie get. Sl0.000 4 year.
But If there IL an undetected flaw IN the
boat that would bring the inspection into
question after the boat went into service.
he cn-thou~and -a-vear man could fall
back on the certificate at the eighteen
hundred dollar federal inspector and throw
the unu~ III the whole matter on him. For
ten minutes Mr.. Peabody drew parallel cx-
amplc- vi expert work III the government
service that l. paid far les than the wage
raid for such service III the open market.
To the assertion thai the government en-
pluyc Il, "-ure oi hi~ job" hc pointed ont
that the Supreme Court had recently up.
held the right ot \ department secretary u
dismiss WV %cmployc ''tor the good 81 III,
~%rrylcr' withou, warning HIM or assign
ing \ reason for the thunderbolt action.
Those who poiucd the Brownsville loca
wv the meeting. held IN the auditorium y
the Brownsville Board Of City Develop.
m,ut. from ci-ht ny ten Friday night were
From the Immigration Service John |.
~IIodgmau. David II. Gay, Dr.. Charles Il
| Comiug~. Arthur IIihlcr. II. a. Miller, Per
m Craig.
From tue Post Office q. +. Dutro, Alder
Egly.
From the Customs service Edward NJ
' Crawford. William l.. Vale.