The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-07-31
TYPOS" TO MAkE
A STRONG DRIVE
FOR new MEMBERS
Local Initiation Fee to Be Waived
for 80 Days to Get
Outsiders In.
HOLD VERY LIVE MEETING
Casual Employment, Jumping
Jobs and Other Interesting Sub
jects Considered by Local At.

The New Haven Typographical
| Union, No. AZ, is to make determined
effort to increase its membership by
bringing into the organization as many
eligible printers as possible from among
those not now carrying cards. In order
to assist the campaign the scale COM
mittee reported at the last meeting
held in Trades Council hall, Sunday
that an amnesty of 90 days had been
granted by the International Union,
during which the local initiation fee
would be waived for new members.
Joseph J. Reilly, delegate to the
Trades Council, reported that at the
last meeting of that body the delegate
from the Bakers union urged greater
cooperation for the bakers in their
present strike. Considerable progress
has been made in certain sections of the
city but it is felt that not all members
of Organized Labor are strict in seeing
that only union label bread comes into
their homes or that the restaurants
which they patronize serve it
Brother Reilly also reported that the
Cigarmakers' delegate reported that the
new cigar store at the corner of Church
and Chapel streets was not considered a
promoter of union Isabel lines.
Harry Smith reported for the ap-
prentice committee that the Tyopthetae
had agreed to meet with that commit
tee to consider the subject of appren-
tices but that it had never done so.
Meanwhile the matter was at stand
still awaiting something definite from
the Typothetae.
1t was announced that Charles Smith
of the University Press had been ap-
pointed by the executive committee a
delegate to the Allied Printing Trades
Council
William O'Brien of the scale commit
tee asked that the committee be given
permission to hold smoker for the
purpose of bringing in the men outside
of the organization and interesting them
in joining. He reported that COM
mittee had been appointed, consisting of
Brothers Poll, Shea, Casey, Lau, Pfeif-
er and O'Brien and Miss Kendall, for
the paEpose. -7se--4 -
1t was .aisgs reported that BROTHERS
Poll and Q'Bsfsn had been appointed
to visitrthe small towns near New Ha-
ven and sign up the offices there if pos
sible
1t was requested that all members
receiving in excess of the scale report
order that dues may be properly
assessed.
Delegate Poll reported in connection
with the previous members report that
Ansonia and Derby were to be organ
lied by the New England Typographi-
cal Union.
The report was accepted and recon-
mendations adopted.
The secretary read report received
upon the record of Congressman John
0. Tilson, showing that he voted favor
ably to Labor on 1o measures, paired
on one, unfavorably on IS, answered
present on one and was recorded as
not voting on Is.
Miss Frances Kendall made very
interesting report as delegate to the
convention of the New England Typo
graphical Union at Burlington, VT,
which was received with applause be-
cause of its unusual merit.
Secretary Ottarson reported the death
of Brother Arthur J. Klein which
occurred July 5 from heart trouble,
superinduced by tuberculosis. On mo-
ton of Brother Harkins it was voted
that the charter be draped for 80 days,
the family of the deceased sent the con-
do1ences of the union and that the death
be noted in the Typographical Journal.
A motion, carried over from the last
meeting, that no regularly employed
member shall accept casual employment
without consent of the executive COM
mittee under penalty of SIS fine, was
passed.
Delegate Warner of the Moving Pic
ture Operators, representing the New
Haven Trades Council, appeared before
the meeting to speak for the Building
Temple fund and it was voted to send
a check for an amount equal to one
dollar for every member. The matter
of assessment of the members was
carried over until the next meeting un-s
der the rules.
A nation made by Brother Harkins
that fine of $40 be imposed upon any
member who should jump his job Gre
ated considerable discussion and was
referred to the scale committee