The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-05
Annual Convention Viii be Held In
Dubuque Tuesday, Juno IL and
VIII be Twenty fifth
Annual.
MANY SPEAKERS THERE
Governor Harding, Supt. A. N. Deyoe,
Commissioner A. 1. Urick and
Others viii be Present
at Sessions

The 1917 convention of the Iowa
State Federation Of Labor is the
twenty-fifth annual convention, the
silver convention, and opens in Du
! buque Tuesday, June IL. at a. m.
The sessions will be held In the r.
o. p. hall. Visitors and delegates
will number more than 200. Conven'
tion will be in session June IL, Is,
IA and 10.
Several prominent visitors and
speakers will be present at the COIL
vention, upon invitation Of President
Strict on behalf OF the executive com
speakers follow:
Governor W. l.. Harding.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton A. M. Deyoe, who will address
the convention on 1.-The Soulful ghes
Federal Law" dealing with vocational
education in agriculture, home coon
omics, trade and industry. The Smith.
Hughes law extends state aid for vo-
cational education and the provisions
for such federal aid were accepted
by this state by action of the thirty
seventh general assembly last winter.
Under the law passed by the legisla-
ture, Mr.. Deyoe will be chairman OF
the vocational committee for the
state; the chairman of the state
board of education and the labor com
missioner also are members of the
committee.
Prof. X. G.. Smith, director Of the
department of engineering extension,
Iowa state college. will address the
convention, reviewing his work OF the
past year in industrial education, and
also will discuss the provisions OF the
Smith4Hughes law. MI. Smith will
probably be the deputy for Industrial
education, under the provisions of
the Smith4Hughes bill. The commit
tee referred to above and the deputy
serves the state without compensa-
ton for such services.
A. e. Kepford, state lecturer, de-
partment OF tuberculosis. The fol-
lowing quotation from his letter sets
forth the important subject of Mr..
Kepford's address,: 1T seems to me
there never was an hour in the his
tory of our nation when the import
ance of man power was more appar
ent. The conservation Of these hui
man physical resources is OF the
greatest moment. You will see why
1 welcome this privilege Of attending
the Dubuque convention"
State Representative RUDE Meier
rem, of Webster City, will address the
convention on Cooperation Between
the Farmers and Members of Organ
lied Labor"
Labor Commissioner A. L. Urick.
Arthur FL Holder, of Washington,
D. c., legislative representative Of tho
American Federation of Labor. Mr..
Holder is an ex-2resident of the Iowa
State Federation of Labor and a for
mer resident of Sioux City.
Among other visitors from outside
the state who will be present at the
convention: G. w. Lawson, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Minnesota State
Federation Of Labor; J. j. Handley.
secretary-treasurer of the Wisconsin
State Federation of Labor; Charles
w. Cullen, Of Newark, N. j., special
America
The Dubuque convention committee
has selected the Julien Dubuque ho-
tel as convention headquarters and
made provision for the following pro-
gram of entertainment for delegates
and visitors: Wednesday afternoon,
steamboat excursion on the Missis-
sippi river. Wednesday evening
steamboat excursion by moonlight;
Thursday afternoon trolley ride to
picturesque Eagle Point park; Thurs
day evening, banquet in F. o. e.
banquet room; Friday evening, con-
vention ball and entertainment In
Union Park pavilion The ladies
auxiliary OF the Dubuque Labor con
gress has charge of the entertainment
for visiting ladies.