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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
Thursday Proud Heritage for Americans

Thursday, September will be annals
the days in American history On this
of the United States registered under the
draft the phenomenal figures nclud
ing previous army France,
Persng offensive battle
against destined reach Berlin
before a halt called
Carefully compiled figures office of The Denver Labor
Bulletin of Colorado
selecve draft
each proud of the privilege fight work for Uncle Sam
War Baker, announced had
France few days inspect the aeoplane situation
with General Pershng when the drive o'clock
Thursday morning The twenty
prisoners with number of soldiers
killed be recorded.
Thruout the United States another marching
places registration writing their the roll
million
according has exceeded Denver
patriotic for single plague Champa
America being discovered for rather, she
ton been surveyed and being placed disposal of the
for a posterity
While allied will much America their
release from of Germany this nation itself is the chief
finding that have here the melting of all
tons the strongest most and patriotic peoples
bled under hagthe Stars and Stripes eblemac
dom for all races and nations, be they large small
Thursday indeed day when America of it's
brightest chapters in all world history
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
PREFER WAR WORK
Continued from Page oneJ


adapt themselves. Formerly Wash
ington had an unfailing supply of
colored household workers upon which
to draw, but now there are few re-
cruits for the rapidly diminishing
army of cooks and maids so much
needed in the homes, boarding houses
and hotels of the city. While the gov
ernment has taken many young wom-
en- who would otherwise enter domes-
tic service, the fact that both white
and colored girls now have educational
advantages that fit them for special
vocations outside the home has re
duced>the number of domestic workers
to a minimum.
"Housekeepers in increasing num-
bers are now doing their own work
and incidentally following all the
Hoover food-saving rules more strict
ly than would be possible If former
conditions still prevailed While the
average woman who cannot do any
special war work should be glad to do
her bit at home, there are hundreds
of cases today in Washington where
the need of competent cooks and do
mestics has far-reaching effect
greatly 20 be deplored."
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
PEDAGOGUE TIRES OF CLASSROOM:
NOW MANS RIVET GUN AT BRISTOL
BY FRANK JOHNSON
By FRANK JOHNSON,
Shpbulding Gin
Fleet News)

my muscles, and told me he would
give me a chance.
His First Experience.
The first time picked up riveting
gun thought it weighed two hundred
pounds, and / began to form visions
of myself going back to school teach
ing again. However, l recalled Mr..
Miller's advice and decided to give it
fair trial, even if / "busted" in the
attempt. After the instructor had
shown me how to operate the gun with
the pressure of my thumb, he called
for heater boy and showed me how
to drive button set rivet. 1t looked
easy the way he did it, and l thought,
This is some cinch."
After he had driven a few he passed
the machine to me and told me to go
to it. / did. The hammer seemed TO
jump all over the entire plate, and to
hit every square inch of it with the
exception of the rivet head at which !
was aiming. incidentally, the only
part of the plate which my free hand
seemed able to touch was the hot rivet
points which 1 had just got thru work
ing on.
To my surprise, however my mus
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
Primary Election and Defeat of Gunter

There surprises Tuesdays primary election The
Julius c. Cooados governor,
lyman warden of the penentiary of them How
finds the explanation Enemies the
had been perssteny charging him with being responsible
high levied by retail merchants the low prices paid
their products Of the really had
nothing do with fixing prices either this done by fed
officers Washington Yet thousands of
workers somebody had be the they
voted against Governor Gunter and defeated him.
Thus the Democratic party Colorado repudad
administration and given the Republicans high of
named the
demnng
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

Five weeks ago / was dignified
high school professionalism shirt,
white collar, shell-rimmed glasses,
soft, fabby muscles, and all the other
earmarks of the quiet and reserved
scholar.
Today the class room is memory.
The clean shirt is now blue jumper
The white collar has given way to a
bare, tanned neck. q admit it is dirty,
too.) Safety goggles have replaced
the tortoise-shell glasses, and the soft,
fabby muscles are now quite hard
from the constant handling of the gun
of my new trade-riveting
Five weeks ago / entered the yard
of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corpor-
alton and made application as an ap-
prentice riveter. / was given the
'once-over" and promptly advised that
my chances of qualifying were rather
slim, due to my inexperience, and es-
pecially to the fact that had not done
active hard work for many years. My
persistence, however, finally brought
me to the Office of N. C. Miller, the
training director, who must have seen
some possibilities in me, for he gave
me a little more consideration, felt
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
LABOR WANTS UNITY OF
SPIRIT IN THE COMMON CAUSE

of
the
national labor board formed for the of ad
justng industrial disputes.
I.
The records
The which board
If labor really this would the
that would remedial
The which had
listed
There
brands abor
What the what
full the republic
preached by the increase
is in
incapable of a sordid
done by the working people of America.
is
They fight for the freedom that lies ahead
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
WOMEN'S ON
SAME BASIS AS MEN
SHOULD BE COMPUTED AS
FOR DEPENDENTS. o.
Statistics of Labor Department Show
20 Per Cent of Women Workers
Care for Other Members
Of the Family.
tsperiui Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Sept. s-Should
the minimum wage for women be COM
puted for the support OF woman
alone. while the minimum for men is
computed for family Of FIVE? This
question. says the National Women's
Trade Union League. is one which
must be faced in connection with the
cost Of living survey which has lust
been undertaken by the United States
bureau Of labor statistics
The figures sought. according To the
official announcement. are needed by
the national war labor board and ali
other wage adjustment boards because
every claim for higher wages in these
days is based on the increased cost of
living. VIII the adjustment boards.
the women workers are asking. revise
Their method and compute for womep
and men on the same basis, now "a
pecially ms the draft proceeds a
women are rapidly becoming the chieJ
or almost the sole support of their
families7
Wage fixing for women as usually
DONE says the Women's Trade Union
League. "is not our idea of a square
deal. II collides right off with the
principle OF equal pay for equal work.
But, principle and theory aside for The
moment, the straight fact is that most
women wage earncrs, just like most
men wage carners. have other people
besides themselves to look after. Only
the few, relatively, like the few dc.
tached men, have themselves alone 10
consider. Time and again investiga-
tons have proved this"
In the bureau of engraving and
printing at Washington, where the
women workers come from families
who have lived for years in the vi
cinity, the percentage who have de
pendents is 10. In one of the recent
cases that came before the national
war labor board, according to Miss
MARIE l.. Obenaur, chief of the divi-
sion OF women examiners, out of 15O
women's budgets representing a nor
tect cross section or miniature of the
plant. there was only one where n girl
was round TO have nobody but herself
to look after. Taking the entire plan,
with thousands of workers, in only %
per cent of the cases could the won,-
ems earnings be disentangled from The
family budget. ''''
Economic equality for women is
long overdue. The National Womer,s
Trade Union League urges labor nm.
tnorities to recognize this fact and
tablish it, " es-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

gress repudiated Havelock Wilson'S
project for trade union party. 1t
was considered that the British labor
party was an adequate and suitable
political expression of the ideals of
British labor. Arthur Henderson, its
dominant figure, was the real leader
of the Trade Union Congress. He en-
gagged in a good natured exchange of
views with Mr.. Gompers on the occa-
sion of the presenting of gifts to the
American delegates. Mr.. Gompers
stated that in America the industrial
ends of labor are kept separate from
political ends. Mr.. Henderson re-
marked that the industrial and politi-
cal objectives of British labor went
side by side. and that British labor
was interested in international as well
as national questions growing out of
the war.
Neither side changed its attitude
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

ter of all those who oppose the die
tum of the Champa street newspaper,
which never had a heart or a soul.
In Wednesday evenings paper there
appeared the most vicious article
against Ernest Morris, chairman of
the Denver county council of defense,
ever printed by any newspaper. Nor
ris was charged with being "Prus-
sian rat and of a German family
supporting the kaiser in all his bestial
crimes. The Posts TRADE, occupying
six columns with cartoon depicting
Morris in Hun uniform, appeared
on the streets just few hours before
! the monster draft meeting to be held
in the City Auditorium that night, at
which Morris, as chairman of the
county council of defense, was to pre-
side. The Post made an open bid to
any vicious element which might fol-
low its teachings to create riot and
break up the meeting. 1t was openly
asserted that Morris would not be per-
mitted to act as chairman that night
and some one connected with the Post
phoned Mrs. Morris, warning her of
danger to her husbands life should
he appear at the Auditorium meeting.
Ernest Morris is a man known to
most citizens of Denver, leading
core. By chance visit of his parents
he happened to be born in Germany,
but was born an American citizen and
has the respect not only of his asso-
ciates in the legal profession, but of
all worthy citizens who know him.
Fourteen thousand people crowded the
Auditorium Wednesday night and
Morris presided as chairman. When
he arose to call the meeting TO order
there was wonderful demonstration
as the crowd rose and cheered for
three minutes. This expression itself
was one of the most singing rebukes
ever handed the Denver Post and it's
mendacious publishers. We under
stand that Morris and a committee
of attorneys are going to prosecute
the Post and its publishers to the
limit. Really, the government should
take hand in the matter, lock the
doors of the Post Publishing Com
pany on Champa street and intern
Bonfils and Tammen at least until the
end of the war. Certainly this outfit
is giving too much comfort to the
enemy and should not be longer toll
Grated, particularly at a time when
this nation is exerting every energy
to make the world free of tyrants and
fit place in which to live.
=. :. :.
CHIEF OF POLICE HAMILTON
Armstrong collapsed in his office at
the city hall Tuesday and was taken
in an ambulance to the county hospi-
tai. The chief has been on the brink
of breakdown for some weeks by
reason of his constant application to
duty and long hours of service at po-
lice headquarters He usually reports
for duty at 9 a. m. and remains until
! a. m. of the next day. Later he was
removed from the county hospital to
his home at 1160 Gaylord street and
attending physicians stated that he
was suffering from an acute attack
of gallstones and might have to un-
dergo an operation. In addition he is
suffering from pneumonia. Friends of
the chief have been much concerned
over his condition, but the physicians
announced Thursday that he had a
good chance of pulling thru. Chief
Armstrong is a prominent member of
organized labor, having for many
years been affiliated with the Book
binders Union.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
Keep Faith With Pershing's Crusaders

Have maintained pledge War Savings Stamps?
In the drive last June Colorado citizens registered pledge evera
and collectively buy $ISooooo War Stamps
the 1918 Are keeping faith with Uncle Sam?
know standard of citizenship accordingly
Coorados for War Savings Stamps this placed
S2ooooooo, approximately
every other Colorado
in this the beneficial and important of the activities
If have been careless negligent making
War Stamps remember the sacrifices being made by boys with
General Pershng
They sidestepping offering
selves They keeping faith you you
with them Prepare fulfill your Savings Stamp
pledges.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
Keating Wins Signal Victory in Third

The denomination of Congressman Edward Keatng Tues
days election
of whole country
November AS chairman of Group Congress-
defeat would disarrangd legislative
and caused other
wishes
The Bulletin congratuas Heating upon
throwing the bipartisan political machine sought
defeat him his labor
the Third district
and standing solidly
House of Representatives.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

cles rapidly hardened under the train
ing plan which is in operation, and /
soon found that / could hold the rivet-
ing hammer with but little difficulty.
Progress was then rapid, because each
time ] made mistake it was called
to my attention by the instructor and
the correct method explained.
Not a Good Dodger.
Sore muscles and burned and blis-
tered hands troubled me a great deal.
as they do all apprentices, and, while
dodging pistons shot out of the gums"
of the other beginners is the rather
precarious sport which we all indulge
in, only once was ] unsuccessful in
getting out of the way, and the result
was lame shoulder for few days.
During my training period was in
terested in the excellent spirit shown
by most of the apprentices, and altho
some of them seemed to think that
they should be turned out as finished
riveters in about three weeks, this
impression is lost when they actually
iind out how much there really is to
learn in this particular trade.
am not entirely familiar with all
of the routine by which men formerly
became riveters, but / feel sure that
this new system by which there is al
ways an instructor ready to tell each
apprentice the right thing at the right
time is such n wonderful improvement
that companies will never go back to
any of the old systems again.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
QUINCY SHOP MEN FEEDER ATE

shop men employed by the Chicago
burlington e. Quincy railroad have
perfected a system federation and aftil-
lated with the A. f. Of L. railway
employees department. The new move,
ment has a membership of 6.O0O and
y, is be lieved will include every clioi'
Die worker within n short time. These
employes are calling the attention Of
tneir fellows to the order of Director
, General OF Railroads McAdoo, issued
,i ,nse repruary, that mo discrimina.
r,on rn,a WilI De made in the employment.
nf 'ems,oh a,s or conditions Of employment
zations.' '"'of organi-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

without hesitation that this
their bread by the of their brow other
significant that this
leaders of labor convinced that this
ta that they achieve the objects
the war labor organized destroy the domination of
Prussan milarm The task which failed
pacific endeavorng by military
their emancipation from bondage
would
many
Mr. Gompers, replying the said:
The has ceased to be
liberty
end 1 convinced dare cannot
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
Premier Lloyd Georges Toast to Gonbers

Samuel GomPers is receiving reception in Great Britain which
recognizes his help the allied what
labor doing crush Prussian mas
London the labor chief
David Lloyd George function
fore bestowed labor from outside the British
proposing the distinguished
said:
We welcome Mr. Gompers and his friends for
Gompers is well known every country
Mr. Gompers who like myself forgiven
past nave upbded him tor his policies We fully
cooperate to secure the ideals which have always held
Mr. Gompers is fighting the
has been fighting and fighting today. country
OF all Classes nave contributed IN sacrlhces and suffering and
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
The eOptinistic
Philosopher

THURSDAY WAS DRAFT REG
istration day and The Bullein force
responded nobly. Business Manager
Edward j. Hines was one of the reg
istrars and had the proud privilege Of
writing out his own draft card. Fore
man A. E. OFT, Linotypist Howard NJ.
easier, Chief Pressman Boyd Thomp-
son and Bob Berbower of the mailing
department, all registered their names
as a part of Uncle Sans man-power
ready to answer the call to arms at a
moments notice. The o. P. regrets
to admit that he is over the draft age,
but stands ready to fill any job that
may be handed out in whipping the
Huns back to Berlin. Then we will
lock the doors and nail sign on the
outer wall announcing that business
is suspended until the world is made
safe for democracy.
IT is A PRETTY STORY THAT
Joint Chairman Walsh of the national
war labor board tells of Mr.. Taft. 1t
was the hottest of the hot nights dur
ing the recent torrid spell, when the
thermometer in Washington climbed
to log. High in an office building the
joint chairmen were toiling over a
cred to guide them in settling a dis
pute at the great plant of the Cen
eral Electric Company in Schenectady.
1t was after midnight. Mr.. Taft sat
with his coat off, the sweat streaming
down his face. By glancing over he
could have seen the lights of the
White House, just across the way.
But he was intent on the figures and
memoranda before him. At length
he arose, mopped his face, and walked
around the table "Walsh," said the
ex-president, "what shall we do about
those scrubwomen at Schenectady ?"
What they did was to raise their wages
from So to $10.50 week.
PRESIDENT WILSON LEFT THE
office of Secretary of War Baker the
other day, whistling as he went Some
whistle as they mediate. Some whis-
tie when they are jubilant. Nobody
ever whistles when he is down-hearted.
And nobody who is dour and naughty
and brutal ever whistles. The whist
ling man is pretty sure to be a demo-
crat, truly-a man who has sense
of belonging to the people, human,
inc the kaiser whistling. 1t isn't
the sultan of Turkey ever whistle.
You can imagine Pershing whistling,
but not Hindenburg or Ludendorff
And you can lay your bets for victory
on the side that can whistlel 1t is
to be regretted that the news dis
patches do not tell US what tune it
was that the President whistled as
he walked toward the White House
1t would be interesting to know if it
was the grand march from Aida, or
some rollicking bit of popular melody
But whistling of any sort means buoy
ancy of spirit. President Wilson
whistles. All America is in the same
mood. The kaiser has neither the dis
position to whistle nor any reason for
whistling. 1t is good to have these
whistling signs on the horizon.
:. :. :.
DRUNK WITH THE IDEA THAT
they had secured domination of Colo
RADIO and her people thru the defeat
of Governor Gunter in Tuesdays pri-
mary election, the Tambon circus out
fit of the Denver Post has begun a
mendacious assault upon the charac-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

1t is proposed to order women en-
ployed at the British ministry of mu-
nitions to wear khaki uniform.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14
WAKE UP TO FACT
LABOR Is MOVING
Hold Labor in Colorado.
Continued from Page one)
afternoon thru Labor Directors Kene-
han and Blayney

Hold Labor in Colorado.
The resolutions were drawn by a
committee consisting of President d.
F. Welborn of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company. President F. l.. Mac
Farland of the Civic and Commercial
Association, and Mayor W. F. r.
Mills.
The two telegrams, quoting these
resolutions, follow:
Denver, Colo, Sept. IL, 1918.
Director General United States En-
ployment Service, Department of
Labor, Washington:
We have just received following
resolution from the Colorado employ
ers of labor referred to in first tele-
gram. We understood that special
agent of the department of labor is
making in the Eastern states survey
of all essential and non-essential in
dustries and the need of essential in
dustries. We urgently request that
before any recruiting is done in this
state or recruiting permits issued
such survey be made and the need
of Colorado essential industries ascer-
tained. We confidently assert that
such survey Will show great short
age Of both skilled and unskilled la
WI iNi toipi diD tSHtillldi WdT lDduk-
tries.
BLAYNEY AND KENEHAN,
Federal State Directors.
Denver, Colo, Sept. IL, 1918.
Director General United States EN-
ployment Service, Department of
Labor. Washington:
We have just received the follow
ing resolution: AT meeting Of the
employers of labor in Colorado. held
today, representing all of Colorado's
essential war industries, protest
was unanimously passed against the
recruiting of labor in Colorado for
other states, because of the large
shortage of all kinds of labor in this
state, and it was urgently requested
that all outstanding orders for labor
and all recruiting permits be can
celed." Wa recommend request of
employers be granted; shortage Of all
kinds of labor very acute.
BLAYNEY AND KENEHAN,
Federal State Directors.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-09-14

DRUNK WITH THE IDEA THAT
they had secured domination of Colo
rado and her people thru the defeat
of Governor Gunter in Tuesdays pri-
mary election, the Tambon circus out
fit of the Denver Post has begun a
mendacious assault upon the charac-
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-25
THE CALF PATH.

One day through the primeval wood
A calf walked home, as good calves
+ :. should; = .,. .%--,>. -. .@@. @:~ y
But left a trail all bent askew, ~
A crooked trail as all claves do.
Since then, three hundred years have
- - fed !; - ~, 81, * ss3.s = r. s'3E,S
And, I infer, the calf is dead. w.
But still, he left behind his trail, =.
And thereby hangs my moral tale. & !.
This crooked lane became a, road,
Where many poor horse, with his
load, II s I ..S >.s s.s
2Toiled on beneath the burning sun,
And travelled some three miles in
one. .,ss 3. s=sS. ISL.
And thus = century and half
They trod the footsteps of that calf:
The years passed on with swift fitness.
fleet, ,s..
The road became . village street.
And: this, before men were aware, q
A.city' $ crowded throughfare.
And soon the central street was this
sofsa renpwned metropolis.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1918-12-25

And men two centuries and half
Trod in the footsteps of that calf.
Each day a hundred thousand rout
Followed the zigzag calf about;
A hundred thousand men were led
By one calf near. three centuries
. ......-s dead. :, 49, <f~
They followed still his crooked way,
And lost one hundred years day.
For thus such reverence is lent
To well-established precedent:
A moral lesson this might teach,
Were l ordained and called to
preach.
For men are prone to go it blind
Along the calf-paths of the mind,
And toll away from sun to sun
To do what other men have done.
They followed in the beaten track,
And out and in, and forth and back,
And still their devious course pursue
To keep the path that others do,
But how the wise old wood-gods
laughed,
Who saw the first prineval calf;
All! many things this tale might
teach,
But am not ordained to preach.
-. Sam Walter Foss.