Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-18

sor, Ont, Canada; New castle, Pal
Ottawa, Ont Canada; J ort Dodge,
Ia; Ashtabula. o.; Paducah, XVI.
Peterborough, Ont, Canada; tie
burne, Tex; Easton, Pa; SalCm,
Mass; Hibbing, Mimi; Hull, Que,
Canada; Augusta, Ga; Tulsa;
Springfield o.: Hutchinson, Kans.
Manchester, N, H.; Regina, Sask.;
Binghampton, N Y; Hattiesburg;
Vicksburg; Pocatello, Idaho: Rich
mond,; Calf; Fort Madison, Ia;
Watertown, N. Y; st. John N. b.;
Fort William, ont; Sapulpa,
Okla; Washington, Ind; Atlantic
City; Temple, Tex; Bartlesville,
Okla; Fresno; Cumberland Md;
Warren, o.; Portsmouth, Va;
Shawnee, Okla; Laurel, Miss; Ed
monitor, Alberta, Canada; Burling-
ton, VT. Richmond. Va; Houston;
Milwaukee; Coshocton, o.; Yaki-
ma; Emporia, Kans.; Galveston;
Marinette, Wis; Bend, Ore; Steu-
benville, o.; San Jose. Calf; st.
Catherine, ont, Canada; Roa-
noke, Va; Lima, o.; Middleton.
o.. Rochester, Mimi; Grand Forks,
N. d.
at will be seen from the above
list that practically all of the cities
of Importance in the United States
are organized and are members of
this association.
"Opcn Shop Fight"
THE question now arises, why
should the city commission and the
Evening Herald take the uncom-
promising position which they have
chosen to take in this matter? The
answer is easy. The idea is to pre-
cipitate an open shop movement in
Albuquerque and endeavOr to
arouse public sentiment against or
Eani2ed labor by beginning the at
tack on public service employees.
| In other words, the taxpayers
money, the taxpayers property and
even the taxpayers lives are to be
| placed in jeopardy in order that
| the business interests who are
| fighting organized labor may gain
a point in the ensuing conflict and
| the city treasury be made a cats
paw to pull the chestnuts out Of
| the fire for the Business Mems as
| SociatiOn. There are Just as many
| taxpayers among the ranks Of or
ganized labor as there are among
| the Business Mems association and
| the present scheme will afford an
| opportunity to use the labor mems
tax money to fight him with. We
ask if this is in public interest or II
this fight is going to serve the citi-
zens of albuquerque and develop
the municipality whose growth and
prosperity lies so close to the heart
of the distinguished editor Of the
Evening Herald.
do the people Of Albuquerque
desire that a labor and capital war
fare be precipitated in our city
with all the attendant depression
that will result, and if so. do they
desire that the public funds be
used for the purpose of crushing
the legitimate objects and aims of
legitimate labor organizations? We
ask also whether our attitude or
the attitude of the commission has
been the most American. We have
repeatedly asked, and are still ask
ing that the question be submitted
to popular vote and the commits
sion is resorting to every technical
ity to defeat an expression of the
popular will. All that we have
asked, all that we are asking or all
that we ever expect to ask is to let
the majority rule.
EARL HALE,
30. M. ESTES.
"ALEX. CADENA.
"FIDEL PADILLA.
JOE A. SILVA.
DAN BLAIR.
HARRY FREDERICKS.
wv. A. WESTERFELD.
JACK LANE.
&c. MARTINEZ.
IRA JONES.
JOHN KING.
ED. DONAHUE.
DONALD PICKETT.
IS. NOVARIA.
MILTON GRANDE.
ERWIN STAFFORD"
Commission Stand Endorsed.
The following resolution has been
unanimously adopted by the direc-
tors of the Albuquerque Business
Mems association:
Resolved, that the Albuquerque
Business Mems association is
squarely behind the majority of the
city commissioners of the city of
Albuquerque in their stand in re-
fusing to allow the firemen of this
city to align themselves in a trade
union affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor for the reason
that city employee cannot owe
allegiance to union and, at the
same time perform his duties as Il
city official, as those duties may be
required in strikes, and other dis
turbances instigated by the very
unions with which they are affili-
ated.
ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESS
MEMS ASSOCIATION.
BY e. T. CHASE, President.
Shriners To Initiate.
Alamogordo, N. NJ, April IL
Sixteen. novices of Alamogordo, will
hold on to the rope and cross the
burning sands Of the desert, April
| 23, at Eel Paso, when the joint cere-
monial of EI Nadia temple OF Eel
Paso and Ballut Abyad of Albu-
querque, with the initiatory work
of the Ancient Arabic Order Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine is started on
| the above date