The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-27
THEIR STAND

| Jttt Ao NAANA
 whereas. the various national unions omprising the trades represented III our inc of manufacture have for some tune past, and still are, pushing in every way possible the adoption of forty-tour hour week
 And. whereas, during the reconstruc- ton period through which we are no" passing it is manifestly incumoeht upon Ill employers and employees ahke to eN- libit the same amount Of patrlotlsiii anu zeal for the welfare of our great couh- rv and it's institutions that has been so ovallv and generously contributed py he industry during the late world struS- gle; - st ,otent if not the only sure remedy Tor he high cost of living is increased pro luction and the stabilization or priees; s.Therefore be it resolved by the ,ou+haastern Typothetae Federation un- .luding in it's membership the states of Nahama Arkansas, Florida Georsla' uississippi Louisiana. North Carolina' ,ontb carolina and Tennessee), assem- ',led in Birmingham, Ala, this, July -o' eN for the purpose Of consioerWs the ,ueston of demand TOT shorlei work day. that we are unaiterapiy op- ,osad and will not agree to any short sning of the present forty-eight-hour week;
 "Resolved. further that we recom- mend to all local organizations the ,doption. as a body, to be signed by the rdividual members resolution Tn sup stance IS follows;
 a.ue pledce ourselves to sign no Iobor agreement whatever In which the number of hours desig- rated as weeks work shall he less than forty-eight; and
 s.Be it further resolved that a copy ol | eacb of these signed resolutions be filed 1 with the secretary of the $. F.. T. Fed- | eration and that, he be nstructeo to 1 bulletin the same to the entire member | ship and that copy Of the resoiueions | of this meeting be sent to the secre- ! taries of all local organizations or ln- | dividuaIs and that the officers Of thls association see to it that such local l meetings are called and reported 10 I headquarters.
 we further recommend the adoption | bv each local organization of a laoor l forum embodying the principles ana l ideas of what is known as the Atlanta l plan
 "And we further recommend that in the event of labor troubles in any town | or city in our jurisdiction. all members | of our federation cooperate with such affected shops to the same extent as IS given by the members of the local typo | tDetae III Llle tOW'lf VI Nt'f ff'iicNtSf' THE MEMBERS
 Among those present were:
 t P. l.. Brent, Memphis Linotype Print l ting Co.,, Memphis; s. A. Kysor. Town 1 lev and Kysor, Atlanta; H. G. Pugh. H. G. Pugh and Company, Little Rock; A. G. Brandon, Brandon. Craig, Dick | erson Company. Nashvi.le;. J. w, volmer, Chicago; Mitchell, Demorest | Irinting and Lithographing Company, L4tsle Rock; J. B. Grainger, Peace | Printing Company, Greenville, $. C.; James G. Smith, Roberts and Sons, Bir- mingham; A. H. Gather. Gather Print | ing Company Birmingham.
 | J. w. Webb secretary of the Bir- mingham Typothetae; w. w. Stanford Dispatch Printing Company Birming- ham; Robert Trechsels, Alabama Print 1 ing Company, Birmingham; l.. E. Rawl-
 1 ings. Rawlings Blank Book and Loose Leaf Company. Memphis; Eugene Early, 1 IT,. Early Printing Company. Mem l phis; l. P. Wortham, Superior Press, In : 1 corporated, Memphis; John R. kinnie,
 J. R. Kinnie and Company, Memphis. l H. w Dixon. Dixon-Paul Printing
 | Company, Memphis; J. F. Denham, Dag
 l gitt Printing Company, Charleston. $. |C.; J. V. Dement,, Dement, Printing
 l Company, Meridian Miss: Matthew | harper. I1dIPci NciuPdfiSs <At- lanta; H. c. Grensham, Brown Print
 ing Company. Montgomery; John G.
 1 Hauser, Hauser Printing Company. New Orleans; Henry NJ. Ellis, secretary
 [ manager of typothetae. New Orleans J. E. Michel, secretary rymanager of ! typothetae, Memphis; E. w. Porter, Porter and Parks Company, Nashville. Roy F. Williams. Williams Printing Company. Nashville, and president of the Southeastern Typothetae; E. P. Nickel. secretary manager of the Printers Club. Nashville, and secretary of the Southeastern Typothetae; c. B. Sharples and T. l.. Moses, Commercial Printing Company, Birmingham Bruce c. sheppard. Marshall and Bruce, Nash vile; Herbert Hood. Hood Printing Company, Memphis. and the following Birmingham representatives,: $. w. Hawkins. Dispatch Printing Company; s. B. K1ippelt Premier Printing Company; w. l.. Trice. Bir- mingham Printing Company; Garrett Jones, Whitaker Paper Company; D N Smith, Gather Printing Company; w A. Shelby, Commercial Printing Com pany; J. H F. Moseley, Labor Advocate Herbert L. Wood. Alabama Printing l Company; MT. McCutcheon and Mir Hartsfield. Birmingham office Supply 1 Company; s. Gottlieb, Gottlieb Print 1 ing Company.