Arizona republican., 1919-02-10
ID OPEN PRISONS Is
 RESOLUTION PASSED
 AT MASS MEETING

Political and industrial prisoners, |" to be released from prison. the United states Go withdraw troops from Russia and every typographical compositor to refuse Go set up any copy" criticising labor arc innovations embodied in resolutions adopted yesterday after noon at a mass meeting called for the purpose of organizing a soldiers and sailors council"
 The meeting was held at the high school auditorium and was attended by an audience that nearly filled the room. There were both men and women thcrc and. with few exceptions. 1t vas an orderly and attentive crowd, hent. evidently. upon finding some remedy for something. they were not quite sure what, nor did tho speakers agree upon what was needed nor how to ro about tO get it
 The meeting was called 10 order by Frank l.. Homan. business agent of Tho building trades council, who was later elected vice. president of. the new organization. Soldier Happy Laviere vus chosen president, and $. N. Free man. secretary.
 A committee for permanent orEani- gation was appointed. consisting of George Simons. electrician: Andy Mott carpenter. F. l.. Homan, painter; George Carpenter. plasterer: J. lillian sheet metal worker: M- K. Schafer mechanic. Robert Gray butcher; Bert Dimes. plasterer; $. H. Freeman, prin- ter. These met at S:30 at the Laboi Tsmplc to make further arrangement: for d permanent council" and future meetings.
 Representatives Delbridge, Mckay 1rnrcis and Nyne were present. MT peihridrc told the meeting that a number of bills were before the legisla- turo that tended to center power ana control in the few, that massmeeting were of no avail unless tho workerl got together in their various organi cations. studied the bills proposed t' hc enacted. and let the legislaturi know whether they wanted them en acted or not. The chairman, at th conclusion Of this talk, stated tha he supposed Mir. Delbridge was refer ring Co "the notorious socalled syndi Calism bill" whereupOn MT. Delbridg again arose and stated that he was no afraid of that bill, whether enacted O not.
 Mrs. Mckay and Mir. Francis bot pledged their assistance to any meas ures for the workingmns relief, an, Nyne of Yavapai spoke for justice fo an, but proposed no panacea-
 A resolution was passed asking tn government to release all political an' industrial prisoners and 10 withdraw the United States troops fro mRussi Just who these prisoners were tha were Co be released did not come ou in the discussion. but some seeme to think it should be interpreted [ mean such people as Mooney and th ]. W. W.s who arc in jail over th country charged with espionage an sabotage.
 Another resolution that was pro posed and possod instructed the locs typographical union to appeal to tn ]. T. U. for instructions that com positors refuse to set up any cop criticising labor A printer pointe out the manifest absurdity of Jryin Co make a sort of editor-censor- judg of compositors. but the resolutio passed just the same. Another ma started to protest the action of th meeting, but tho chair called him oJ of order. and stated that it would nc amount to anything anyway.
 Although the announced purpose ( thc meeting was the organization of soldiers and sailors council" ther were few men in uniform among th audience.