The Washington times., 1919-09-06
MEET
TONIGHT TO-
BACKLEADERS
Union Confident That District
Supreme Court WlH Rule o.
Their Favor.

The special meeting oe the CITY
Polieemen's Union. called By 7 -
Dreager, president. win be held at 81
o'clock tonight IN Musieians' Hail.S
1905 z street northwest.
At this meeting the 600 msmbeFn=
81 the union are expected 70 give
unanimous Endorsement % ths action
.Aken BY the unions officers. IN put
ling the police case before the courts.
No AaImaaion Vote.
The main purpose % this msstins.
vhen first called. was TO vote on ths
question Of affliAtion with the Amori-
an Federation OF Labor. This mat
:sr win Be discussed. but Il q q esr-
tainly no final action win be takah.
Confident that the District suprsmo
Court viii rule that thu District
Comnissionefs are without authority
in dismIssing members OF the polies
force because OF outside connoetionk
officers Of the union win make an At
tempt 70 revive the spirit % tie men.
some Of whom we're gradually losing
interest because of the commis8ion's
sdiet
Nineteen applications for member
ship are 70 Be acted upon tonight
The resignation of twenty union
members will also Be announced ~
President Draegsr.
The letter of the District commis-
sioners TO Samuel 0ompera presideat
Of the American Federation % Labor.
turning down the request Of the labor
leader that the Commissioners pest
pone drastic action. has been resolved
at Mr.. 0ompsrg oRica. The commls-
sion stated their sdiot was not
against the federation. nor was Il en-
attempt 70 cast any reelection upon
Mr. Gompers' organi8ation.
GOnDeFs TO Garry On.
, What the next step 0 fth fedora
tion will be q not knoRn. President
0ompers win not let the Commig-
sion's letter stop his efforts g have
the order declared void By the heads
OF the District GoVeFnmant
Several officials Of the federation
probably will speak tonight at the
police meeting.
The answer OF the District goysrn-
ment to the writ OF injunction 70 pre-
vent the enforcement Of the commis-
sion's order, hled in the District Su-
preme Court, probably viii not Be an
sWeFed until September II, the date
set for q hearing on the writ. Corpora
ZION counsel GyEle n48 Al4leALoas
Attorneys Lambert and Yeatuan,
counsel for the union, are today pre-
pairing their case 20 present on tho
date Of the hearing.
Tive Senators Against UhiSa.
Senator sherman, chairman OF the
Senate District Committee, on the hoor
OF the Senate yesterday said that Con
gress ought 20 express itself in no
uncertain terms In support Of the
District Commissioners stand rs-
garding the formation OF q police
mems union here.
Senator Thomas OF Colorado de-
clared that the District Suprsms
Courts Injunction restraining the
Commissioners temporarily from
ousting policemen who are members
OF the union was q lagrant viola
ton OF the Injunction power Of the
court
He said that the policemen did not
need an organization, and that the
formation OF q policsmen'B union
would be against public policy.
He said that District policemen are
In q class by themselves, being Fed
eral. and not civil, employees. He said
that In case OF strikes in the District,
the policemen, II unionized, would
sympathizs with the strikers and
probably would lend their financial
as we'll as moral support