The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-02-27
al FIND MEANS
TO COMBAT THE
PRESENT UNREST
LII MBERMEN OF NORTHWEST
DEMAND AMERICANISM. FOR
EIGN BORN ARE TAUGHT
RIGHT PRINCIPLES.

l.umbermen-"l-Ls.' as these 10.
coo loggers and lumbcrmen of the
Northwest call themselves - has
found a way to combat the industrial
unrest that has so seriously affected
a large part of the world It insist
that genuine devotion to the princi
pies of American democracy shall be
prime requisite of foreign born and
nativeborn alike to their order. No
foreign-born man may be admitted
who has not become an American Gift
zen or has not Signified his intention
of becoming one by taking out his
first papers.
The "4-L' is cmncntly reasonable.
however. 1t recognizes that loyalty
to the republic cannot be expected Of
men who are ignorant of its history
and institutions and language. 1t
''''' Vi'i'lole, begun movement to
carry education to all those who need
it-natlve Americans among them
il every isolated logging camp in all
OF the northwest forests.
An appeal for help in this under
taking was made to the division If
citizenship training of the department
of labor. The problem was diff
cult one. The public school teachers.
largely women, who have been the
main agency by which the citizenship
education promoted by the division
has been carried on. were plainly not
available for the task of teaching
these men, who, by the very nature of
their calling, labor in temporary
camps which are usually far from
settlements. Yet the division is linn
| tied by law to cooperation with the
public schools in this field of work.
A solution, however, has been
found. A list of secretaries of locals
was sent to the division of citizenship
''"'i'"S u! l. i"' HDDcN secretary
manager of the "4-T." The division
then communicated with the secretar-
les asking them to forward to the
county superintendent of education
in their states the names and address
Ses of those members of their organ
ization who were able to teach those
needing instructions and willing to do
so. The government will supply text
books, teachers manuals and other
valuable educational material free to
teachers and pupils. The al" is to
arrange for suitable classrooms and
| the public schools to assume general
supervision of the work
The women's auxiliary of the al"
is the "3-L, which had determined to
make the study of citizenship a main
feature of its work. Women and
men will thus be associated in the
movement to secure a higher and mob
Ter citizenship. Nobody can possibly
appreciate better than the wife of the
lumberman who accompanies him in
to the wilds where he works the value
OF study to occupy enjoyable evenings
that would otherwise be vacant as
we'll as to make life in the forest a
period of development rather than
mental stagnation.
The headquarters of both al" an
''3-L" is at Portland, Ore. and their
Influence is strong through all of Ore
eon and Washington. They announce
themselves to be: "An association Of
employers and employees providing
methods for the maintenance of har-
monious relations and the promotion
of each others welfare To have
made good a platform in one wear +.
an achievement, but that is what they
have done. The harmonious rola
tions' have been established. It
membership comprises not one elo-
ment alone, but all elements, employ
ers as well as employees, Of what Is
perhaps the most virile and hardy in
dustry known to men. The "f-T"|
comprises 10 per cent Of all those en
gagged in this industry in the north
west.
The men are of the character to be
expected of those who willingly-ai- /
most ioyously-risk their lives that
the giant masts of ships may carry !
commerce around the world. Thero- /
fore, they have been able to put down /
elements Of disorder and disloyaltv /.
among lumbermen that, at the en-
trance of this country into the world /.
war, threatened seriously to inter
fcre with the production of lumber
necessary to the shipbuildng pro-
gram of the United States. The re-
suit of harmonus relations has been
a great output.
That tie welfare of the lumbcrrie-
and logger has been secured is proved
by the fact that the lumbermen Of the
northwest enjoy better pay than in
any lumber region in the world. bet
ter living conditions and shorter