Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-18
.FIREMEN STATE THEIR
CASE TO THE PUBLIC;
GIVE UNION BENEFIT
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(C0nIlnuGQ from rage Ou&,l
Herald that 1T becomes the stern
duty of every man and woman in
A Albuquerque who believes in free
and orderly and efficient govern
ment to rise to the defense II Mr..
Council and his associates ~ The
rity commission and to lick this ef-
fort to force labor domination
upon the city of Albuquerque to q
farewell finish We respectfully
submit that the Herald misstates
the issue. The real issue Is wheth-
err or not law-abiding citizens may
associate themselves together in Il
line of endeavor for the purpose Of
mutual protection and advantage.
The constitution of The Fircmen $
association provides that:
The object of this associa-
ton shall be to organize all
fire fighters; to place it's mem
bers on a higher plane of skill
and efficiency; to encourage
the formation of local unions;
to encourage the formation %
sick and death benefit funds
in order that we may properly
care for our sick and bury our
Dead to encourage the estab-
lishment of schools of inStruc-
ton for imparting knowledge
of modern and improved meth
DDS of fire fighting and pre-
vention, the cultivation of
friendship and fellowship
among it's members
Insurance Rates High.
an this connection we desire to
call attention to the compensa-
tion which we have been receiving
as firemen. Our salary as begin
ming firemen is fixed at the sum
of 500 per month, and after six
months service it is raised to S110
per month. The work of a fireman
is classed as extra hazardous, all
insurance companies writing old
line life insurance charging us IS
per thousand more than IS charged
the ordinary citizen.
I'VE have the same desire to pro
tect our family and our children
that inspires the distinguished edi-
tors of our local papers in insuring
against death. We have not, how
ever, their source of income, and
one of the prime reasons for mem
bership in the association is the in
surance protection which it affords,
and this becomes all the more i'm
portant since the constituti0nallty
of the right of the municipality
itself to insure its elmpoyes has
been brought in question and the
attorney general of the state has
in ans opinion recently rendered
held it to be unconstitutional.
To Improve Selves.
CAS- stated in the article of The
heretofore quoted an
other object is to encourage i'm
proved methods of fire fighting and
and to improve the
and fellowship among its
members, The undersigned EN-
ployes entered the service with the
idea of making it their life work,
have taken a pride in their effi-
cheney and skill, and are firm in
the belief that their organization
will improve the efficiency of The
local fire department, and their
proficiency in earning
the money the taxpayers pay them.
Unions in Many Cities.
Follows a. list of the cities whose
are organized and
belong to the identical Interna-
tional Association of Firefighters
Of which the local organization is
a branch:
Pittsburgh; Chicago; pueblo; Des
Moines; Trinidad; Sioux City,
Great Falls, McKeesport; Cedar
Wheeling; Cristobal, c, H.,
Panama; Council Bluffs; Marshall
town, Ia; Davenport; Vancouver,
r. c.; Hamilton, o.; st. Paul,
Philadelphia; East st. Louis; East
Liverpool, o.; Dubuque; Rock Is
land; Seattle, Schenectady; Spo-
kane; Cambridge; Tacoma; Utica;
Fort Smith, Ark; Little Rock;
North Little Rock; Springfield, Ill,
KY, Memphis, Hol-
yoke; Mason City, Ia; Kansas
City; Portland, Ore. Joliet; New
port, KY; Bloomington, H.; Peo-
ria; Ell Paso; Meridian, Miss.
Bellville, H.; oakland; Streator
H., Muskogee, Okla. Joplin, Mo-;
Pa; Charleston; Quincy
H.; Kansas City, Kans.; Waterloo,
Ia; Columbus, o.; Denison, Tex
N. j.; st. Louis; Superior,
Wis; Chattanooga; st. Joseph,
Mo; jeanette, Pa; Lexington,
KY; Saskatoon, Sask., Canada;
Salt Lake city; Minneapolis; To-
peka; San Antonio;- Pittsburgh
Kans.; Jackson, Miss; GAINESVILLE,
o.; Clarksburg, w. Va; Albany;
w. Va; Toledo;
Cleveland; New York City; Butte
Cohoes, N. y; New Orleans; Au-
rora, Ill; Anaconda; Duluth
Mimi; Saginaw. Mich; Sedalia,
Mo-. Wilkes Barre; Lynn, Mass
Bellingham, Wash; Northampton
Mass; Newark, o.; Omaha; Nc
Alester, Okla; Toronto. ont; But
Ter, Pa; Rochester; Bay City
Mich; Birmingham; Richmond
Ind; Guelph, Ona, Canada; Fort
Wayne, Ind; Montreal, Cue; Can
ada Oswego; La Crosse; Rock Is.
land Arsenal, ILL.,; Wilmington, n
c.; Portland, Me-; Atlanta; WITCH
tia; Dayton; Taunton, Mass; Green
Bay, Wis; London, Ont. Canada
Brockton, Mass; San Diego; Law.