New-York tribune., 1919-05-29
Big g. Again Names
Rouse as President
BY Large Majority
Incomplete Vote of Printers
Gives Him 2,573 TO 824:
Proposal for Joint Coun-
ell with Employers Beaten

Big g. the New York local Of the
international Typographical Union,
yesterday reelected Leon II. Rouse
president. 1t also went on record as
favoring a forty four-hour week in the
book and job printing Offices after
October 1 and as opposing a proposal
that the fortyfour~hour week begin in
May. 1921. and for the establishment of
Joint conference of employing print
ers and the several printing trades
unions. The proposal that the forty
four-hour week become effective this
fall is a local matter. The PROPOSE
tions voted against were submitted by
the international and viii be voted
upon throughout the country
just how large is Mr.. Rouse's ma
jorty over l.. D. Hosman or the ex-
act vote on the several proposals will
not be known until some time to-day.
Last night, with the vote of 21O out Of
$50 chapels in, Mr.. Rouse had 2,573
to 82t for his opponent. James s.
O'Connell, secretnry-t had
2,6dS to 3S8 for E. f. Porter The
vote for the forty-four- day on
October was 2,955 for to II opposed.
On the proposition submitted by the
international officers, fixing May l.
1921, AS the date for the forty-four-
hour week for book and job printers.
the vote was 1888 against and 1853 for.
The vote on the establishment of a
joint conference was 2,776 against and
1853 for.
This proportion, officers of the union
said last night, would probably be
maintained in the chapels whose vote
is yet to be counted. These include
the morning newspaper chapels, where
a big vote is cast.
The opposition of local printers to
the delay in putting the forty-four-
hour week into effect is based on the
fact that they had served notice on
the employing printers that they would
domand the shorter week in the book
offices this fall, the international hav-
ing given the local unions the power
70 do this. Subsequent to this demand
the proposal that it be not effective be-
tore May, 1921, and the proposal of q
Joint conference were submitted. The
opposition to this latter is based on
the ground that the executive council
should proceed with the negotiations
and submit their conclusions to a vote.
Tie project for joint council
which has been hailed in some quar-
ters as great stride toward insurinp
peace in the printing trades and pre-
noting trade interests generally on the
lines of the so-callcd Whitley indus
trial councils in England, provides for
a council of ten made up Of five rep
resentatlves Of the printing trades en-
pioyers' associations, other than news
paper publishers, and one each from
the Typographical union, the press
mems union, the stereotypers' and
electrotypers' union, the photoengrav-
ers' union and the bookbinders' union.
This conference is to be sort of
court Of appeals on all disputes, and, in
addition, shall have charge of all mat
ters of policy within the trade, includ-
ing general trade policies, legislation.
securing uniform hours and shoD prac-
tlces, "cooperation with those DEPART
ments OF the government having iuris-
diction to maintain selling prices" con-
slderation and review of DISPUTES. req
ulation Of apprenticeship, new proc
esses, and Consideration Of anv mat
ters Of general interest to the trade.
whether industrial, educative, eco
nomic, legislative or hygienic"