Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-23
labor TO HAVE
CLUB ROOM FOR
ALL UNION men
=. rIoor Of Industrial Home 70
70 =. Tsed for Relaxation To Re
place Saloon.
savNITTEE MAkiNG fLANS
"a =, tbe Limit To Make
recreation Place Attractive To
Members.

-.-.-srass of whether the plans
/, 'TeeSrrsseutative business men of
= city carry 10 provide recrea-
Tor working men TO take the
- II the saloons which pass out
Y existence or May j, the men Oh
.-.-,sn;zed labor are 70 have CiUn
-.9r,s where they may gather TO
fraternize- .,
ms announcement was made by
c.s-les ] NaeGoWau. president Of
.ts Tri-Clty Federation of Labor,
O. interview secured by The
,rous today. Mr. MACEDONIAN said
nj fhs first floor ot the Industrial
INC Tvau.y-aTSt stree. and InlTQ
avenue. viii be fitted out II club
rooms
committee of ID representa-
,;rss Of various unions has been
snaainted 10 take up the PROPOSE
ION Of planning for The new quar-
as This committee VIII meet To-
night al which time tentative plans
Uiif be made. The arrangements a.
,-esert are only n their crude
form as the and talking Is OF more
than ordinary consequence and
considerable planning viii lie rec
essary 10 provide the recreation IA
a=if-ses which the committee hopes
n arrange for the benefit Of organ
lied LABOR in th.s city.
Committees Plans.
We hope to arrange some sort
If Z relaxation for union working
men to take the place Of the sa-
looms. Mr. MacGowan said today.
a committee has already been
named to make plans but because
Of the size of the task which con
fronts them. probably much study
will lie reQ-lred in order 10 make
ARRANGEMENTS suitable to provide
what We are after. Under our plans
as We now propose TO go about the
matter. the major part of the en-
tire first floor of the Industrial
home viii lie used
The Labor Review is in lis new
quarters in the addition recently
constructed the remainder of the
first floor beng used for meeting
rooms. These probably viii be
done away WITH on Tire lower floor
10 provide space for the club rooms
We propose
Exactly how far we Will go in
the matter Ct providing means Of
recreation fo- the men. Will be de-
cided by the committee but it is
needless to say that we viii go &c
our limit to make organized labor s
dub rooms h5-hly attractive to the
members Of the various unions Oh
course. the club rooms will be open
only to members of organized labor
the same as f-aternal club rooms
are open only 10 members of the
respective O-gauizat tons.
The plans which are being con
sidered by a representative body
Of business men OF the city to pro
vide relaxation place for work
ingmeD. are only in their infancy
How far the committee may go ir
the way Of offering a means OF rec
reation for wOTkin gmen in the
evening. has not been fully determ-
med. nor has the plan Of financing
the undertaking been decided
Some to Continue.
Many Of the 40 saloons which viii
eliminate the sale Of liquor on May
! will continue in business selling
near-beers. other soft drinks ana
lunches. Card tables will be pro
vided and various neighhOrhooC
centers viii thus he afforded 70,
men 10 gather, so that the loss o.
the saloon viii not be 50 keenly
felt. and the entire matter of relax.
alton for the men will adjust itsel
70 meet the new condition OF things
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