The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-11
Thousands Attend Mass Meeting at Capitol Park. Organize Self-Preserva-
 ton League
IIDLERS AND WORKERS
 TN ALL NONESSENTIALS
 MUST FIND WAR WORK
Speakers Stress Necessity of Stoppage of Labor Waste and Plan Full Utiliza-
 tiOn of Man Power

Several hundred Birmingham and Jeff ferson county citizens organized Self Preservation Loyalty league at Capitol park last night and elected an execu- tive committee of 16 members to have charge of it's operations. The members represent the manufacturing, mining, merchandising and labor interests.
 Within few days the committee will meet and organize and carry into effect the plans outlined by District Director Cliff Williams of the United States employment service by appoint ing an advisory committee of one mem- Der from each precinct in the county. The functions of the executive and advisory committees will be to see that | every able bodied man in Jefferson county does some Kind of work that will aid in winning the war. There is to be unity of action between the em- ployers of labor and the organizations representing labor. The Chamber of ] Commerce, the Civic association, the
 State Federation of Labor, the Anal
 gamated Association of Street and Elec-
 tric Railway Employees, the Birmingham [ 5 association and other organizations
 pledged their support and cooperation. 1 Four or five thousand men and wom- | en assembled in Capitol park last night | to hear District Director Cliff Williams,
 State Director George B. Tarrant and
 other speakers outline the plan for util-
 izing the full man power of the county l in essential work. Before they left ! each and every one by rising vote nladQpd rt eration in the movement to put the men to work. Following the speeches and the pledge taken by the audience | these resolutions were adopted: RESOLUTIONS
 Whereas, An ample supply of labor and it's proper distribution are essen tial in the successful prosecution of the war; and
 Whereas, Labor is vitally necessary 1 to the construction of ships, without which the cotton and food crops cannot be moved, which condition inevitably depresses prices; and
 Whereas, The present means for se- curing labor for all of the above men, toned purposes are unsatisfactory, in- adequate and, in some cases, actually destructive of industrial enterprises, and the government is endeavoring to inaugurate a systematic method of dis tributing labor through the o-ordi nation of all industrial needs therefore, be it
 Resolved, By this meeting of rep resentatives of all industries of Jefferson county, That we pledge the people of this county to heartily cooperate with each and every government agency which seeks to stabilize the labor situation of our county, state and section, to the end
 
 labor may be stopped, it's aimless mi grafton be brought to an end, it's con stant occupation be accomplished. it's proper distribution be made possible, an it's highest efficiency sbe developed to it's own and the common good; be it further
 Resolved, That the chairman of this meeting be, and he is hereby, author ized to appoint a committee of one from each beat of the county to effect 8 permanent organization to carry out the purposes set forth in these reso- lutions; such organization to be called the Jefferson County elf-Preservation Loyalty league, it's officers to be chairman, vice chairman. secretary and treasurer, and law officer. These offi- cers to be selected by the committee on organization, for a period of one year, and their successors to be selected at an annual meeting to be called for that purpose, except that the law officer shall be the sheriff of the county. The chairman of the league shall appoint an executive committee of one from each beat, each of whom shall appoint two assistants.
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
 Pursuant to the resolution Mr. Tarrant announced the executive committee as follows: J. Goslin, T. J. Kidd. Donald Conner Charles F. DeBardeleben, Charles A. Moffett, Herman Beck, I. F. Young, R. P. Bernhard, w. L. Harrison, J. A. Lipscomb, D. J. Wood and R. T. Francis of Birmingham; J. F. Rodgers, Lee Moody, Louis Ling of Bessemer. and A. F. Hllike of Ensley.
 Mr Moffett was named as temporary chairman.
 The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev J. M. Broadly of the Fifth Ave- nue Presbyterian church, after which MT. Tarrant introduced Forney John ston as chairman MT Johnston read circular issued by the General Federation
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