The labor world., 1921-09-03

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} An address to the workers Of Amer
lea will be sent by President Gompers,
to the central labor organizations in
every city and town in the country, to
be read at all Labor>Day meetings.
GOmpers at Baltimore.
President Gompers will speak in
Baltimore on Labor: Day at Riverview
Park, and. will, it is expected, de11yer
the keynote for a great advance in or
ganizing work. Labor Day is to. mark
the beginning of. an organizing cam
paign which is to fulfill the slogan Of
the movement and to- take the men,
bership over the five million mark.
Secretary Frank Morrison of the
A. F. of L. is: to speak in Louisville,
Ky. Secretary Morrison also will be-
the guest>of honor at a banquet; to be
given on the evening Of September g
by Typographical union No. 10 in,
Lou. vile. ... 1..,. ::
-. Morrison at Louisville. ~: !
The Louisville United Trades and;
Labor Assembly has planned a parade
and program for Labor Day, beginning
with's:a parade which is expected. to,
break all Louisville records Follow.
ing the parade there" will be a picnic
In Hill park, at which. in addition to
the speaking, there will be concerts
and dancing. |sF'> :l.-.,'s.
James. Lord; president Of the min
ing department of the American Fed ;;
Grafton Of Labor, will address the.
Maryland miners on Labor Day at
Frostburg, Nd. The entire Maryland
mining district will join in the Frost-
burg celebration and reports from
that district indicate an attendance of
at least ten thousand -@.>
" Big Time in Boston.
At Boston great parade will be
held under the auspices of the Boston
Central Labor union, in which num-
Der: Of unique. features have been
planned. The building trades and
metal trades will join soldidly in the
parade. There will, be distinctive
floats by the following organizations:
Telephone Operators, Moving Picture
and Stage Hands, Actors Equity So.
ciety, Women Municipal Employees.
It Is announced that fully $4,000 will
be in line The parade will be re-
viewed by the governor of Massachu-
sets, the mayor of Boston, Major
General Edwards, Admiral Cleaves
and other officials. The Boston Cen.
trail Labor union, according to busi-
ness representative, P. H. Jennings, il
making an effort to have every mem
Der of organized labor in Boston in
line, making it an absolutely 100 per
| cent parade.
Kansas City Active.
c. B. Nelson, secretary of the joint
Labor Day committee, reporting to
American Federation o fIabor head
| quarters, says that all of the organi-
cations in Kansas City. No, whether
affiliated with the central body or not.
| with two exceptions, have voted to
J parade. We are anticipating the larg-
est and most successful Labor Day
| celebration ever held in this part OF
! the country" says Mr.. Nelson. ~
r. Among the principal speakers Of the
day will be James A. Reed. We have
also extended invitations to Martin
Sumner Of the Stereotypers and Elec-
trotypers;- flames w: Kline of the
Blacksmiths; John T. Smith,. Hugh 8.
O'Neill of the Electrical Workers;
Alex. Henderson Of the Fire sFighters,
and the mayor of st. Louis. ~
| Will Have Big Parade. IL.
e. AT last nights meeting Of the city
council. we, extended an Invitation to
take part in the parade. The upper
house of the council has voted to
march in line with us and both houses
Eaccepted' the invitation unanimously.
1.-The celebration this year will be
held in Fairmont park. =
I'm the parade seventy-nine locals
have thus far. arranged to be in line.
Arrangements have been made to
have traffic suspended on all streets
over which the parade will pass The
fire fighters will lead the line .of
march. .2,> ~ r. Z
! MahOn at Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio, has arranged for q
great mass i demonstrations at Luna
spark. at which 1t IS expected 45. 600
will be present. w. d. EMahon, presi-
dent Of the he;Ama1gamated Association
Of Street and Electric Railway EN-
ployes. and vice-president of the
American Federation of Labor, will be
the speaker In the afternoon. In the
evening addresses will be made by
the candidates for the office Of mayor
Of Cleveland. .s
4 Philadelphia has arranged to hold
lsa monster parade under the auspices
of the Central Labor union of Phiia.
Idelphia ana vicinity. The parade viii
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