Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-10
PEPPY MEETING
OF FEDERATION
WELL ATTENDED

The delegates got off on the right
foot at the meeting Of the Twin City
Federation of Labor Wednesday night
and transacted a lot of business.
Financing the mass meetings was
talked over At length. and a. there
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held before the series closes, and II
will be necessary to secure larger
quarters in which to hold them, con-
siderable money will be needed to de-
fray the expenses. At a previous
meeting it was desided to ask the
various locals TO contribute an
amount equal to fifty cents per cap
ita to defray the expenses of the
meetings, and while many of the
locals have done so, a majority have
not notified the secretary as to the
action taken, If any. II Is desired.
if the meetings are to continue, that
all locals vote upon this proposition
at their earliest opportunity, and to
notify 0. F. Miller, secretary Of the
Federation, of their decision.
The indoor carnival committee re-
ported, and asked for further time in
which to make a complete report.
The Labor Day committee is PLAN
ming big things for this years cele-
bration, and If their plans material
ize, will stage the biggest time ever
ha2d hereabouts on q like occasion.
what the result of the negotiations
will be, the committee is endeayoring
to secure the fair grounds for the
celebration. If this can be secured,
it is probable that the celebration
will be "commercialiZed" this year,
as far as outsiders are concerned,
labor unionists and their families at
tending on the same basis as hereto
fore. This will be made necessary
by reason of the large scale upon
which the celebration is to be held.
The tentative program includes the
best of everything in automobile
races, motorcycle races, boxing, wres-
Ting, vaudeville, and the usual num-
Der of races and other events for the
kids. 1t was decided to have the COM
mittee draw up complete plans for
the day and submit them to the To-
calls as a referendum, and in this way
ascertain their desires in the manner
of holding a celebration.
To strengthen the organized labor
movement in the Twin Cities, unions
not affiliated with the Twin City Fed
Grafton of Labor will be invited to
send delegates TO the central body.
These delegates win participate in
discussions, but will have no vote.
1t Is felt that much good will result
from this method of keeping in closer
touch with the various unions.
Probably the biggest thing attempt
ed by the Federation in several
months was started when a non-dele-
gate suggested that a committee be
appointed to enforce the building code
of the two cities. There are several
buildings being erected at the prs
ent time contrary 10 the provisions
of the building code, and the speaker
told of many instances in the past
where the code was utterly disregard
ed. Discussion of the matter brought
out the opinion of the delegates,
many of whom were positive in their
opinion that buildings are being erect
ed in the Twin Cities for the pur-
pose of disposing of them at profit,
that are not constructed in accord
ance with the building code. A COM
mittee was appointed whose duty it
will be to safeguard the interests of
home buyers from real estate deal
ers and builders who have been in
the habit of building houses to sell
unsuspecting buyers, contrary to the
building code as adopted by the two
cities. This committee will be per-
manent, and will report any viola
tions of thecode to the proper authori-
ties, and insist that the provisions OF
the code be lived up TO.
A new labor temple seems to be an
almost assured fact. The temple
committee reported progress, and re
ports from several locals indicated
their belief that such a building is
now a necessity. The committee viii