The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-12-11
Trades and Labor Organization Had
Long Session Thursday Night
and Considered Many
Questions. ~
ELECTION NEXT MONTH
Schools, Text Books, the Compl EXON
Of the New Congress and Other
Matters Were Before the
Assembly.

A number of matters of interest
were discussed at the meeting of the
Keokuk Trades and Labor Assembly
at it's meeting Thursday night. A
committee from the school boa.'l ad-
dressed the assembly relative to the
new high school, although no official
action was taken following their talk.
Report was made of the new mem
bers of congress and their attitude
toward labor Because of the large
amount of business brought before
the assembly, the election of officers
was postponed to the January meet
ing.
Previous to the transaction Of any
business, President Hemmy lated
that a committee from the school
board asked permission to ad-
dress the assembly on the subject
of the school bond proposition. The
committee was composed of Superni-
tendent Aldrich and J. O. Boyd. Sup
erintendent AldTich outlined the
value of an education, the past
methods Of gaining an education and
the future demands from the scholar.
He explained why the present high
school building is Inadequate and
why there was an overflow Of pupils
which made it necessary to acquire
room outside of the high school
building.
Mr.. Boyd dwelt upon problems con-
fronting the school board, how the
board has considered the vital issue
from all angles, and their conclusion
is the calling 0f an election for
bond issue. He explained the finan-
cial situation of the board as well
as the amount in dollars and cents
the tax payer will be subject to pay.
The selection OF the proposed site
for the building also was taken up
by the speaker After the conclusion
of the talk Mr.. BOYD invited ques
tons and suggestions which were
forthcoming. There were acknOw
Judgements of the fact as well as
criticisms of past actions of the
board.
One question asked was with refer
ence to only one polling place, and
the speaker explained that it was
necessary TO district the city and TO
provide registration and additional
election boards.
No official action was taken by the
assembly.
Complexion of House.
Among the communications and re-
ports received was ono showing that
at least sixteen trade unionists have
been elected to the national house
OF - resentatives Unofficial returns
shO2 that there have been elected
$50 members of congress whose rec
ords show them to be favorable to
labor, or who have made pledges to
support labor measures; 1T of those
whose records are known to be I'M
favorable to labor have been elected,
while the records Of sixty-three are
not recorded. Fffty-one opponents OF
labor in the house and senate haFr
been defeated among these, Senator
Gronna of North Dakota, and Sena-
tor Thomas Of Colorado.
The latest official bulletin issued
by the U. S. department of labor,
September Is, 1920, states that from
1913 to June 1920, the average in
crease in the cost of living in thirty
one cities of the United. States was
a fraction over 116 per cent. In a
bulletin dated November 20, the chief
of the bureau OF labor statistics de-
clares 1.-THE decline in prices SO far
have been mparatively small, has
affected for the most part articles |
that do not enter largely into the !,