Evening star., 1919-03-13
Will Redraft Bill.

First work of the committee last
! night was the granting OF power to
Chairman r. n. A1corn to appoint a
committee to reconsider the Nickel
lar-keating bill. which failed of pas
| sage in the last Congress. and to re-
draft the bill.
The new bill will not depart rad
/ icaliy from the McKellar@Keating
measure. It will embrace the main
features of that bill. Appointment of
the committee, Chairman Alcorn said,
would be made in a few days.
To perfect the organization of the
committee to wage the fight for the
new bill, the chairman also was
granted power to appoint an organ
izatfon and finance committee. ThiA
committee will plan the campaign of
publicity and work among other or
ganizations. It will also devise a sys-
tenn of obtaining finances to launch
the campaign. Announcement of the
/ members of this committee VIII be
made probably this week some time
various points of the Pomerene and
Mcke1lar-Keating bills were dis
cussed last night There was hearty
put up to Congress in the right way
the new bill will be enacted into law.
Dinerences of opinion existed on some
or the points which should be incor-
porated into the new bill. but there
was general agreement in the essen
I
| ment and pension system is desired
| by the employees.
| Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor. attend
ed and said that the organization
which he represented was behind the
| movement He called attention to the
| need of retirement and pension sys-
tenn for federal employees ara ex-
pressed confidence that the new bin
would pass.
!
ditions, Mr.. Morrison said that if the
coming few months can be tided over
without great industrial difficulties.
| there need be no fear for the future
| of the country.
| The fiIibuster in the Senate before
adjournment, he thought, caused a
delay in the passage Of bills which
would have opened up avenues of
work for men of the country. Had
| the bills concerned with such work
passed, he added, there would be little
possibility of trouble of any kind.
Among Those Attending.
Among those at the meeting were
c. Eder Reed, secretary; Rolla s.
| Sexton, legislative representative cf-
| the American Federation of Labor;
| Thomas r. F1aherty, secretary treas
urer of the National Federation .of
| Postal Employees; Jasper D. EVANS.
l local Onion NO. 45U, international
| Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron
| Shipbuflders and Helpers of America;
Martin f. Duff1ell ofColumbia Lodge
No. ia, International Association of
Machinists; A E. Luther Of District
| A, International Association of Ma
chfnists: Edward J. Ryan. president
| Of the Railway Mail Association; Will
| liam F. Gibbons, secretary Of the
United National Association of Post
| Office Clerks; John S. Beach, execu-
! tive secretary of the National Fed
| Grafton of Federal Employees: Ernest
| A. Kline, Local Union No 217, inter
| national Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
! and Helpers; Gertrude NJ Nally, sec
retary of the Federal EMPLOYEES
| Union. No. los, National Federation
| of Federal Employees; John J. Deviny,
| secretary of the National Association
| of Civil Service Employees: Llewellyn
| Jordan. secretary of the United States
Civil Service Retirement Association.
| Henry Sterling, legislative repre-
| sentative of the American Federation
| of Labor; NJ. r. O'Donoghue of the
National Association of Civil Service
| Employees, and Francis Black, presi-
! dent, and William r. Powers, both
| of the Navy Yard Retirement Asso-
/ citation of New York.