The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1919-01-24

Council called to order at p.
M by President Gulley. Delegate
Vingen appointed to vice president S
chair, Delegate Goldthorpe SER
geant-at-arms; and Delegate Mon
cur reading clerk.
A telegram from Bro. Carl Over
void. delegate to the Chicago con-
vention, read and filed.
Credentials were presented by
Bro. A. Waddington, of the Machin-
lists, to succeed Delegate NJ. j..
Grant Seated.
On request of the BARRIERS the In
dependent shop was taken off the
unfair list.
A. letter from the Railway Car
men relating to Emil Larson re-
ferred to Building Trades Council.
A committee from three organ
lied unions was received asking the
Trades Council to send commit
teeman to the first meeting of an
open forum at which matters of in
terest to organized labor will be
discussed, and each local union to
with and Delegate R. S. Smith was
appointed. The first meeting will
be held next Sunday afternoon at
230 at the Forum, on California
street, between Colby and Wetmore.
A communication asking the
Council to add its support to secure
the repeal of the postal zone law
and that the Council write to our
representatives in Congress asking
the repeal was favorably received.
The Senate has already passed a re-
peal bill and the matter is now in
the House.
The Red Cross asked that the
Council appoint a committeeman to
meet with other members of the
Welcome Home Committee at the
Commercial Club, Thursday, Jan
uary %, at s p. m. Delegate S. j.
Hart was appointed.
A letter from the Federated Shop
Crafts of the Great Northern Rail
way, transmitting resolutions pass
ed by that body, and asking con-
currence of the Trades Council. was
received and concurred in. The
resolutions are self-explanatory,
and are as follows:
To the Honorable. the Senate Alnd
House of Representatives. of the
United States in Congress As
sembled:
Whereas, We, the members of the
Federated Shop Crafts of the Great
Northern Railway, do believe the
present administration of the rail-
ways of the United States has proven
beyond all doubt, first, that the rail-
ways of the United States can be
successfully operated under govern
ment control with less confusion in
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merce, and second through the
elimination of operation of COMPETE
tive trains effect a great saving to
the traveller and shipper throughout |
the United States, thereby greatly re-
ducing the present high cost of
living to the final consumer, and
Whereas, We believe great CO.
operation, greater efficiency and |
more harmonious service will be rem
dered through the ability of all the |
of all railroads to deal di- |
rectly as a unit with the National |
Director of all the railroads in the |
United States in the discussions of |
all labor and all other questions so |
vital to the health, safety and pros |
perity of all the employees of all |
the railroads and TO the safety of !
the travelling public of these United |
States, and
Whereas, The government of the |
United States has spent millions of
dollars on new equipment, new
land great stocks of ma
terials that now stand stacked in the
Yards and storehouses at the many
different diSision points throughout
the United States which we believe
will become a great loss to the tax
payers providing the railroads are
ever returned to private control;
therefore, be it
Resolved That we, the authorized
committee of the Federated Shop
Crafts of the Great Northern Rail
way, do appeal to the Honorable
representatives of this Great Peo-
pie assembled in both legislative
bodies of the United States to devise
and enact the necessary laws to Sc
cure and retain ali railways within
he United States under the perma-
nent control of the government of
he United States.
Approved and adopted by the Fed
Grated local unions.
(Signed)
II. s. Smith
Sheet Metal Workers.
THOS. +, PRECIOUS,
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