The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-04-17
Mass Meeting Decides to Ask
City Commissioners to ReinState
Firemen Pending a Referendum
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or group OF employees because OF
affliation with a labor organiza-
ton, can be put to a vote Of the
people.
u the commissioner should refuse
to listen TO the request 81 tho COM
mittce then the recall petition Is 20
be presented 10 them. Tho petition
which asks for an amendment 10 the
city charter allowing employees TO ar
ftliate with unions is TO be presented
regardless uf tho commissioners
stand. ~ WAS decided ut the meeting.
ThoSc on Committee
The committee appointed 10 walt
upon the commissioners consists of r.
a. McIiVain. 4. \. Boyle. Robert Put
ncy. clyde Tingley william BAH Carl
Mcgee. = o. Losey. Mrs. Harry Fred
cricks, Mrs FL ponahuo Mrs. 4. -.
Losey. Mrs. charles Cleghorn. Mrs T.,
". Elliott. Mrs " s. Patterson. Mrs.
pumercnk and Mrs George Dayhom.
NJ = Sawtciic and sam Kay are al
crnatcs on the committee.
The otto Co. appoint the commit
tee was made by " j. Shamptau
the latter asking Tor "a committee OF
three. NJ J. Lynch amended the mo-
ton 20 include five o. Nr. Lnsry
asked hat II De- fifteen. Another man
moved that d. De- uuy hut his motion
was lost Tor van Of % SECOND
The meeting was called 90 order by
". s Patterson. who told the par
pose Of the meeting and said that la-
Dor organizers dld not foster the city
stated iu The Evening Herald, but
that the nrcmcn were organized be-
fore the local labor headers knew that
the Union was being formed"
lie said Do "a uu national organizer
Of tho nrcuEhtcrs union had been
sent Tor
NJ the nrompn would have boon
taken az their word when they were
discharged, said Mr. Patterson then
the city would have bvon lcr without
nr' protection. n tho nrcmou were
on strike IL wouldn't be- much worse
than ~ is now would w.
swope speaks.
He condemned tho commission Tor
driving m, best fire chief In the
then opened the mrrtiug. calling for
members Of the cts commission to
speak Tie asked II any were present
ia SWup, answered aud cries OF
'SWopc" Oiled the house
Commissioner Swurp took tho plat.
form and Rtti that De WIS not AZ
hou, uul'ss hr had m'mh,rs Of the
hrvuDu's union around him Hr then
asked that tho Grcmcu take tho
stage Firemen who were seated iu
b front row then took seats ON enc
platform amid applause The ape
pliuso Increased us Earl Hale stepped
to the platform and waived bis uuu.
sua'ly large fslt hat af tho audience
MI Swopc said that the lire chief
had notified tho city manager of uc-
Invites at the time Che mon were
N.WHH.H.n HH...H ... ...H |La. HH.H
reason he thought The commission
should have given th" fromcn moro
OF a hearing than thtN dil.
tie said the nrcmUu had been Will
Iug 90 EiEu an iroUyIIi agreement
that they would mot strike They
have gone oven farther now. he said.
and haNo offered tu protect your life
ANA property with tho t'rr CHIEF &c
the emergency should arise Tho city
manager should rrinstats tho nrcmen
In "a body, he said, pending Do put
ting ~ thc question of the right oi
city employees tn organize Geo the pub
lic. n was LARGELY upon tho argu.
mcnt of Commissioner SWnpe that
the action Of the assembly was taken
iu appointing a committee 90 prevent
the recall proceedings
Would Put Az la Uccall Vote.
Mr. Swop, said he did NOT like i1
r'" 90 recall, but that 10 a recall had
90 COME he thought an tho commits
Siou,r4 should hr subject Co o. he
said De would not want go serve the
people if tho people did not want
him and hr was willing 90 put that
question to the people hy vote any
time.
D. v Whipplc. who followed Mr.
Swopc, said that this movement
against tho urrmcu was tho most
I~rus~lan-llkc movement ho had scrr
iu the United States since tho war
'lH % democracy hC shouted
when seventeen ur,mcu, who haN,
been ready Co so through fire water
ana he'll To- protect Nour ltfp and
property are treated iu tho way tho,
have bDonf o. d. democracy when
three men turn their backs on thcs,
seventeen men aud { 200 other citi.
gems Labor has prevented NOR,
bloodshcd than d has ever caused"
MI Mhipplc said that labor woul,
recall an the commissioner IL nccos.
safN ana rCplarc Che present form u
government with tho Ola alderman.
form. He condemned The Herald 90.
ITS stand against the nrcmCn's union
stating 10 was Il beautiful sheet
Following The speaking and ap