Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-23
Perth Amboy Printing.

CuE dtteHIlOn mas Deen called to
communication appearing recently
in the NEWS signed by the seer starry
OF Z. A. A. d. A., In which he uses
your columns as the tube to get rid
or the only commodity he or mis- or
ganization dispense gratis Free (hot)
Air."
Right at the start John proves his
organization made sure of getting a
raks-off on the program by selling
tho privilege to third parties. True
they requested that 1t be printed in
Perth Ambiy IF possible" but a re-
quest at best Is a somev hat flabby
thing. Having secured their rake-off
the =. A. A. ID. A. no doubt told the
third parties to go ahead and get the
program printed wherever they
pleased.
Johns sighting reference to the
Perth Amboy Chamber of Commerce
was perhaps called forth by the fact
that that organization of Perth Am
boy business men ordered all the
printing for their Buy in Perth AM
boy" drive in Perth Amboy print
shops despite the fact that much of
it on account of being specially work
could have been secured in New York
or Philadelphia at lower figures, John
would rather have seen the work go
to Detroit or Cleveland. 1t occurs to
us that the p. A. A. d. A. were per-
fectly willing to start some of h
publicity of this Buy in Perth Am
boy drive by shipping their so-called
boosting auto show in on dates de-
cided months ago for the buy at
home drive. Anther indication of
the speed at which they step along"
AS for boosting Perth Amboy we
venture the assertion that the recent
auto show Is the only boosting feat
ever performed by the z. A. A. u. A.
OF CnIrCa tho fact thar Rarq miphf
be sold never entered into the propo-
sition, it was solely for boosting
Perth Amboy-John will tell the
| world
As you have been regaled with
the boosting proves of Johns breezy
outfit. perhaps a few facts regarding
a somewhat older organiZation-one
that does not lean on the claxon or
find it necessary to watch the speed
ometer. but which will no doubt be
stepping along many years after
p. A. A. D. A. has been towed to the
junk heap-will be of interest.
Perth Amboy Typographical Union
No. 65S was organized in May, 1905,
and now has a membership Of thirty
five, all working for better living n
working conditions and anything that
will boost Perth Amboy always has
the support of the members of 658.
Candidly, any move that tends to bet
ter conditions in Perth Amboy will
receive the hearty support of this
local.
Its parent organization the In
ternational Typographical Union was
founded in 1882 and Is composed of
over 500 local unions throughout the
United States, Canada. Porto Rico,
Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine Is
lands. aggregatins a combined mem
bership Of over $4,000 men and
1t was the first organization
to insist on same pay for women as
for men in the composing rooms I'M
der its jurisdiction. 1t exchanges
memberships with typographical So
cieties in Great Britain and European
countries. also Australia and New
South Wales. 1t has of
nearly SO, 1000, 900; owns and main
tains a home for sick and aged mem
bers, which is located at Colorado
Springs, Colo. at the entrance to the
Gordon of the Gods. II of the grand.
est scenic spots in these United States.
If a monetary value was placed ON the
Union Printers Home property, it
would be worth over half a million
dollars. But money cannot buy it.
The International pays $50 per month
old age pension to 1900 of it's mem
bers; also a mortuary benefit of $500
at death. Included in assets of the
International in an item of $~S02,434.32
In Liberty Loan bonds.
Perth Amboy Typogra phlcal Union
has several hundred dollars in liberty
bonds and war stamps, At a recent
meeting $40 each was donated unso-
licited to two local organizations en-
| gagged In uplift works this a boost?
In conclusion we should like to ex-
tend to p. A. A. d. A. our best
greetings and express the hope that
when in need OF printed matter they
will see thai the little joker"-our
union label, appeares on same. You
| will find it Is one of the best boosters,
as 1t carries the words Perth AM
boy" and It's use is free!
LORENZO d. GREEN, Pres.
DAVID A .ESSkIN,
Sec-Treas.