Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-19
FROM
EVERY Sc CT|ON
OF. STATE HERE
State Bureau for Caring for
Returned Soldiers and Sail
ors and War Workers Meets
Here in Executive Session.

llO1C III ENSShNlNS OSOSIOlli
A meeting of the state bureau for
caring for returned soldiers, sailors
and war workers was held here yes
terday and delegates We're on hand
from all sections of the state to at
tend the conference which is schedul-
ed to end this afternoon. The meet
ing held yesterday took place in the
Chamber of Commerce building.
The meeting was called to order
and officers were elected to preside
during the sessions. The officers
elected were Charles Springer, of
Cimarron, N. NJ, chairman; J. H..
Wagner vice chairman and d. y.
Macpherson, secretary.
The object of the meeting was to
establish in every community, from
the small town to the largest city a
bureau where the returning soldier
and sailor may ascertain what en-
ployment is open to him.
The duties of these boards will be
to secure office and equipment, pro-
vide bureau manager, TO secure vol
unteer assistants, and the paramount
activities will be to place the return
| ing soldiers and sailors in positions
| in which they are best fitted. Reso-
! buttons were passed and will be pre-
scented before the legislature, commit
tees on publicity were named and
business of organization was dis
| patched.
| Some Opposition Encountered.
| Several questions that were dis
cussed met with opposition and a bal
| lot was taken of the members. These
We're of a personal nature to the or
| SANITATION and covered several points
I as to the members that should be
named on the various committees.
! During the afternoon session several
| interesting talks were made, bring
| ing out some interesting points. such
as the increase of wages and the
eight hour law was mentioned on sew
! cral occasions.
| AS another means of increasing
available positions for returning SOL
| diers and sailors, w. S. Patterson,
district secretary of the Machinists'
! Union, suggesting the passing of re-
| solution urging employers to so far
as possible follow the example of our
national government and put into eff
feet the eight-hour day. Mr.. Patter-
son made the statement that If all in
dustries throughout the country now
working a ten-hour day would go
| onto the eight-hour basis it would
make necessary increase in the
forces employed of 20 per cent, which
| in itself would practically absorb
| enough additional labor to take care
/ of our entire army when demobilized.
The point vas also made that expert
ence showed that the shorter work
] day increased the efficiency of the
men and resulted in Improvement of
the general morale of the workmen.
Captain r. J. Molinari, district or
/ ganizer z. s. Public Service reserve
and dishursing officer. who has seen
service in the United States army
| made an address in which he spoke at
| length on the good roads question.
! He said. There Is nothing that at
| tracts tourists like good roads, and
! the attraction of tourists means the
attraction Of capital, and capital
means the development Of our re-
sources. Without any reflection upon
| the work done in this state, it is
nevertheless fact that the roads in
| New Mexico. are not of such a char
acter as to insure safety in travel at
all season of the year, and we, the
!
Dirt Road Is a Makesiift
"a dit road is a makeshift, and n
dirt road without a maintenance fund
| is a willful and woeful waste Of time
/ and money ] have travelled over
roads in this state, that have cost the
taxpayers thousands of dollars, and
these roads are now impossible, sim
| ply because the counties who build
/ them failed to make provision to
| maintain them"
w. II. Macpherson of Deming, n.
NJ, addressed the meeting on what
was expected of the organization and
| said it would have to lay aside all
| petty jealousy if the organization
| hoped to accomplish its purpose, He
| said that no organization, great or
/ small, national or local, had tho
right to exert an effort to control
or influence the committees named
That we were all Americans, and this
| Organization must remain American
1 and unbiased.
Several members made speeches
after which a motion was made and
carried to adjourn until today.
The following is u partial list OF
the delegates that attended the meet
ing yesterday: r. e. Twitchel Santa
/ Fe; ]. w. Ganzhorn, Demng; w. II
:, Macpherson, Deming; T. II. OBrien
! Dawson; l., A. Hagg. Albuquerque;
w. Mr. Atwood. Santa Fe; Mrs. A
b. Strcup, Albuquerque; ]. d. Tins
ley albuquerque; A. !, Christophine
i Albuquerque; w. S. Patterson, Albu-
Querdue; V. p. Sanchez, Albuquerque
e. C. Robinson, Albuquerque; Johr
Ilehner, albuquerque; II. a. Adams
Madrid. w. Il. Walker, Gibson Mrs
c. C. Meachem, Bernalillo; Mrs. M
Meder. Albuquerque; Mrs. II. Nj
Ferguson, Albuquerque: Captain T
i. Molinari Portales; Mrs. J.. Broad
dus, Albuquerque; II. S. Trumbull
Eel Paso, Texas; E. r. Benedict. Albu
querque; ]. c. Miller, State College
Mrs. NJ. d. Smith, Roswell; G. A
Kaseman, Albuquerque; r. Fl. Han
ma, Santa Fe; w. &C. McCourt. Albu
auerque: f. M. Fritz Albuquerque
, George. Fleming, Las Vegas: Anthonl
: Serfert, albuquerque; w. M. Cote. AL
buquerque William Lamont, Albu
nueraue Mrs. T. NJ. Lyons. State Col
lege: C. III. Sterns, Santa Rosa; O, v
Iucero. Santa Fe: A. M. Edwards
Santa Fe; E. M. Fenton, Cuba; s. J
!, Smith, Demine; NJ Paltenghe, Wa
/. gon Mound; A. C. Culver, Albuquer
que: r. II. II. Roberts, Las Vegas
Paul G.. Redington, Albuquerque
Mrs. Fred Lee, Albuquerque; ID. a
Macpherson, Albuquerque. and 9th
ers whose names were not handed Il