Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-20
ORGANIZED LABOR
BACKS RECRUITING
STATE FEDERATION OFFICIALS
GET BEHIND MOVEMENT TO
RECRUIT MILITIA.
POSITION OPEN TO
MEN UPON RETURN
EMPLOYERS Of Labor Generally Signing
Agreement to Hold Places Open to
Man Who Standardization Clrcu-
lar to Be Read to 10000 Union Men
at Their Meetings in Various Cities

Des Moines, April 20. - Organized
labor 10000 strong. is now behind the
movement started by Adjt.- Gen. Guy
e. Logan to recruit the Iowa National
! Guard to full strength and thus pre-
vent the drafting of Iowans to fill the
ranks
President J. II. Strict and the mem
bers of his executive board have signed
a circular letter TO the 500 local unions
in the state urging upon them TO enlist
in the national guard.
Never before in the history of Iowa
has such action been taken py union
leaders and II shows a loyalty ana
unity Of purpose OF union men 10 stano
by their country and state.
Following as It does the distribution
of $4,000 cards from the adjutant gem
erals office TO the employers Of labor,
IL creates an Irresistible movement for
securing men for the guard. The cards
sent out thru the Iowa Manufacturers
Association, Iowa State Bankers Asso-
citation, Iowa Coal Operators Assocta-
ton. Iowa Retail Merchants Associa-
ton and other organizations have upon
them a picture Of a soldier and the
pledge: The employees Of this tnsti1u-
ton who enlist in the Iowa National
Guard during the war with Germany
will find their positions open 10 them
on their return from active service.
Employers are signing and posting
these cards and when the 10000 union
men receive the call from their state
officers TO enlist and realize that their
positions are open 10 them upon their
return, il IS expected the response will
more than fill the ranks Of the Iowa
guard and the reserve batralions.
One paragraph in the circular letter
sent out by the union chiefs calls at
i.en.ton Of organized labor to the is
suing OF these cards and suggests that
AZ any employer OF organized labor IN
the state has not posted the card, that
the union men write to the adjutant
general for a card to be handed to him
for signing and display.
The circular letter to organized la
Dor, which will be read TO the 10000
/ members Of the 600 locals In the state.
is as follows:
~Des Moines. iowa, April II, 1917. To
All Central Organizations and Local
Unions in Iowa-Greeting: Dear Sirs
and Brothers: The United States is az
war with the imperial government of
Germany. and Iowa, as one Of the
most loyal states in the union, will do
her part, and more, to win a decisive
victory.
Governor W. L. Harding has asked
every mayor in the state 70 rally about
;1Fa l. ai- iyny
and aid in every way possible to Sc
cure 1000 more men for the Iowa Ma
tional Guard, the only organization
which will carry the name Of Our state
into the conflict.
THE adjutant general Of Iowa has
called upon many patriotic and fra
ternal organizations to aid in the
movement and now asks the cooper
alton Of the Iowa State Federation OF
Labor.
"The 40 900 organized union men OF
Iowa are, among its most loyal citizens
They love their country and their state
and will respond patriotically to the
call.
There is}no good reason why union
men should mot answer their countrys
call and Join the national guard, anC
every reason why they should. Let al
Ill feeling sentiment or opposition bt
swept aside in this hour Of our coun-
try's crisis. Trade unionists do anG
Will stand shoulder to shoulder witt
other defenders OF this republics lib
erty, regardless of class or calling.
THE adjurant general of Iowa t:
sending to every manufacturing firm
in Iowa card which the manager car
sign and post SO all may see thi!
statement above his signature: Notice.
The employees Of this institution wht
Join the Iowa National Guard durint
the war with Germany are assured
that their positions will he open t
them when they return from activ'
service
"If this card Is not soon posted b,
your employer, it is suggested that yol
inform the adjutant general Of low;
who will send You a card which yol
can hand to your manager.
with your country and state call
ing for your services in this hour o
need, and with your employer promis
ing you your position when the war i
over union men of military age ar
depended upon TO rally to the neares