The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1920-03-19
TRIPLE ALLIANCE
TRANSACTIONS

EVERETT, March 17.-Tuesday
might saw the "windup" of the tens
day triple Alliance drive with F. p.
Waters as special organizer. Mr.
Waters addressed a large audience
of Laboring men and Farmers at
Mukilteo last night. Mukilteo als
ready has a Precinct Organization,
with live wire" workers A num-
Der Of those present signed up IN
the Triple Alliance and the members
are constantly stirring UP new
members.
Monday night, Mr. Waters spoks
in Monroe. He secured a numbes
of applicants and received this
promise Of real live work from
those men and women representing
five different precincts.
Dad Waters ten days campaign
has sown the seeds of the Triple
Alliance movement throughout the
county and with the coming OF
spring those seeds will surely bear
fruit and We will harvest one of the
strongest Triple Alliance Organiza~
tions in the State of Washington.
The Political Welfare Council, To
which nearly every local has sent
delegates, meets tonight, Friday
10, in the Labor Temple. The
council has already gotten a NUM-
Der of voters TO register and further
results of their work will be shown
at the meeting Friday night.
c. r. Cottrell is scheduled to ad-
dress a Triple Alliance mass meet
ing in the Gold Bar theater, Sun.
day afternoon, March 21.
Sunday afternoon, March IA, Fl
p. Waters addressed a most en-
.thusiastic audience Of railway men,
farmers and loggers. Mr.. Waters
said in part; THE farmers must or
ganize industrially and politically.
The business men have told the
farmers they shouldn't enter into or
mix in politics, yet every moment of
our life is governed by politics.
The farmers at Walla Walla found
out that Big Business was against
Jail organizations of the producers,
not only against labor organiza-
tions." He went on to tell who was
to blame for the II. c. of Living.
He read several clippings from var
ious newspapers that upheld his
assertions. He said, I'VE have the
best government on the face of the
earth when it is in the hands OF
its friends, but it hasn't always
been in the hands of its friends"
Following Mr.. Waters, Mr.. f. l..
Morgan, chairman of the Snoho-
.mish County Triple Alliance told
how and when the County r. A.
was organized The members join
ed the Triple Alliance, and they
then proceeded to organize two pre-.
cincts and elected Claud Hector
chairman. and Mrs. c. w. White
secretary of the Gold Bar precinct
organization; and elected Mr.. De-
Grew chairman aud Mr.. A W. Ley
secretary of the Olney precinct or,
ganization. They elected Frank
Kelley, Central Committeeman from
the Gold Bar precinct, and Harvs
Patty from the OIney precinct. The
most encouraging feature Of tbs
meeting was that there were so
many women present.
There will be Triple Alliancs
Mass Meetine in the Gold Bar
theater next Sunday, March q, at
, p. m.
Saturday night the South Lake
Stevens Grange held basket social
in their little hall at South Lake
Stevens. Some of the baskets sold
for as high as four dollars. They
made $500 on their baskets. The
proceeds are to so toward building
a new Community Hall. f. P. Wa
tors gave them an interesting talk
on Triple Alliance They will hold
"a Precinct meeting some time in
the near future The Grangers
danced to piano and victrola music
until the wee sma' hours.