The Connecticut labor press., 1919-09-27
BARRIERS VOTE AGAINST WOMEN
 IN CONVENTION
Delegates Merline and Anatasio of New Haven Local Back
 From Buffalo Meeting.
KANSAS CITY IN 1924
Constitution to Be Printed in Four Languages Souve-
 nirs of Hair Tonic.

The New Haven Local of the Bar bers' Union met on Thursday night but Anthony Mer1ino and Joseph Anatasio, the delegates to the international con- Vent1on at Buffalo, who returned early III the week, have such a vo1uminous report to make that this matter was de- tered to the next meeting. The con- vent1on was in session for two weeks and MT. Merlino said he made the most ot 1t as 1t will be five years before there IS another international gathering. The convention i'll 1924 will be held in Kan tude of that meeting may be had from the estimate made by the New York delegation, who said by that time New York would have 20,000 Italian barbers III the union and there would be a cor responding increase in tonsoria1 artists of other nationalities- An effort was made at the convention to limit the printing of the constitution of the union to the English language but this was defeated and 1t was voted to have the constitution printed in English, Italian, French and German. A day and half was devoted to a discussion of whether women barbers should be admitted to the union and a yea and nay vote showed the delegates were opposed to the proposition. As was noted ,n The Connecticut Labor Press, the western delegates were in favor of the women while the eastern representatives were opposed The idea of once member always a member was also defeated If a barber decides upon some other occupation or becomes a boss barber, he loses his membership III a union. MT. Merlino was appointed on the committee on the general presi- dents report and William C. Daly of Derby was on the committee on shop cards. The election of officers resulted as follows:
 President-Frank K Noschang of AL banN N. Y.
 Secretary Treasurer Jacob Fischer of Anderson, Ind.
 General Organizer-James C. Shaug- messy of St. Louis.
 First Vice President H. Baker of San Francisco.
 Second Vice-President-C Fo- ley of Pottsvil1e Pa.
 Third Vice-President-John E. Con- nelly of Denver.
 ford of Hamilton, Ont
 Fifth Vice-President-C w. Merker of Memphis, Tenn.
 Sixth Vice-President- George Wall of Buffalo.
 Seventh Vice-President-C. Wenzel
 Eighth Vice-President-J. Mehl of Texas.
 MT. Mer1ino said the grand ball for the delegates was the most elaborate one he had ever attended and the wom- en barbers appeared to fine advantage. MT. AnataSio wore his white vest at the ball. All the delegates were shown over factory where hair tonic is made and souvenir bottle of hair tonic and cake of soap was given to each dele gate. There were refreshments at this place and the delegates were cautioned to be careful about not mixing the tonic with the liquid refreshments. The con- vention was attended by nearly 1000 delegates and it was an interesting sight to see so many leaving this factory with hair tonic and cakes of soap.
 There was an outing at Crystal Beach, a resort in Canada. MT. Mer- limo said the Canadian sergents de vile, or police, asked all the delegates where they were from and where they were going as if they did not know that all were barbers. One day was spent at Niagara Falls and MT. Mer1ino and his wife had their pictures taken at the bottom of the falls. Mr. Anatasio had his vest washed in the falls.
 One of the most interesting addresses at the convention was delivered by Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amer 1can Federation of Labor
 He reviewed the growth of the Fed eratlon of Labor from its inception to the present time.
 He showed that the rule of the Knights of Labor was autocratic, being governed from the top.
 The American Federation of Labor was democratic, being ruled from the bottom.
 The set of principles on which the federation was founded were:
 First-Thc organizing of workers into local and international unions.
 Second-The promotion of the inter ests of trades union bodies
 Third-The formation of depart ments such as the Building Trades, the Printing Trades, the Metal Trades departments.
 Fourth-To aid and assist each other by the promotion of the sale of union made goods.
 Fifth-To aid and encourage the labor press of America
 HI AO~F l1iN S1iIlCd A4IlC w OTkGIS established the eight-hour day and they have grown from 7,OOO members to a membership of 5O0,OOO.
 He told of the alliances formed by manufacturers and others to fight trades unionism.
 The weapon of the injunction with its judge made law was introduced later.
 Unions were destroyed here and there but the membership continued to grow.
 MT. Morrison touched upon the American Railway Union and the American Labor Union, their short ex- istence and death.
 He finally led up to the I. w. w. and the direct action and system of sabot- age.
 He clearly and forcib1y charged the growth of l. w. W.-ism up to the union natter amongst minimizing employers who ref11ce5 +o daa1 ~,,a.,