The Connecticut labor news., 1922-02-17
CARPENTERS CONVENTION

general officers, President Hutchcson, First Tive President Cosgrove, Sec ond Vice President Lakey, General Treasurer Neale, Secretary Duffy, and John k, Burgess, secretary of the New Jersey State Council. A tele- gram was later received from D. Post, president of the Pennsylvania Coun- cil, rcgretting he could not be present.
 At the afternoon session A. B. Wells, fraternal delegate from New Y ork, made d brief add1tess at the opening and was followed by George Ii. Lane, representing the Massachu- sctts Council. Both gave interesting talks on conditions in their states.
 Thomas M. Guerin, member of the general executive board, was then in troduced by President O'Brien. He said i'll part:
 "Brothcrs, l have so much that want to say that 1 don't know where to begin. We have been through a trial and ordeal which has tested the Trade Unionist for the past year and We have paid out through our Nation strikes and lockouts and some of these strikes were financed from three to five months. rle big questions which mean something are referred to committee without any discussion and the little things which don't amount to anything, will take up hours. In other words 1t Is a Case oi passing the buck from one to an- other. Now boys, l think 1t is time to turn over a new leaf and be truth ful with each other and let us 1nIke a survey of the situation so that We will know where we are att
 Mir. Guerin then gave a general re- view of conditions in the country as found iii his travels and touched up on the workings of the war board and the anti-strike law of Kansas, both of which were apparently doing their utmost to put down Labor. In conclusion he said: Never mind what the other fellow is going 10 do but make up your mind about wlla, you arc going to do. Let us try and get out ot the old rut and be better ana bigger men than We have bo cn in the past
 Reports of conditions in the various cities and towns of the state were then made by the local delegates and showed that while business is inn normal. The nominations for officers WSlc lIicl NrllSu lOl 'iIlu le9N-'Nh 'to follows:
 rc>idcnt-Willian Patterson, 9z, New Britain; Thomas F. O'Brien, .lS, Hartford.
 First Vice Prcsident--john |. Richards of New Haven
 Second Vice Presidential. W. Gar1scy, Ie7, Derby; Chris Bishop, o2o, Meriden.
 Sccretary-George Chandler, 13h, Greenwich; \. F. Gardner, O7, New Britain.
 Treasurer-Fred Dunn, 30, New London.
 It was voted to send three dele gates to the other state conventions and nominations were made as fol- lows: To Massachusetts, Alfred w. Branch. z9 New Haven; to New York, Elmer Warehouse, o52, Bris- tol; to New Jersey, James Long, 4;3, Hartford
 Four places were-nominated for the 1923 convention, they being Meriden, Greenwich, Hartford and Waterbury.
 Vice President Garnsey then in vited the convention to a banquet to be held at the Hotel Clark at s 0 clock in the evening, which had been arranged by the Local Union and the was accepted Delegate D. F. Fitzgerald of New Haven then spoke briefly on conditions about the state after which Frank E. Fitzgerald of New Haven, president of the State Building Trades Council, spoke and ors had gained little or nothing by their wage slashing attempts last be on the lookout for further at be on the lookout for further at this year and urged all locals to affiliate with the State Federation of Labor and the Building Trades Councils The convention then ad- iourned until the following morning.
 The second days session opened with the reports of the committee on officers reports, in which the officers were congratulated on their work and the presidents recommendation for a silent tribute to the late treas urer, Silveria, adopted. The convcn- ton then rose and for one minute stood silently meditating upon Mir. Silvcra's sterling character and his sudden taking away The delegates from Branford absent on the first day were seated and Fraternal Delegate Temple from New Jersey was intro duccd
 The resolutions committee then be- gan 10 report it's decisions, the first being a resolution providing that whereas Labor in the past has been unable to secure justice either strikes or legislation, that the go on record as urging every member Of organized labor at the election this fall, to do his or her utmost 10 see that only men and women friendly to the worker and his rights be sent to the legislatures and elected to other offices and that the executive board of the State Coun- Cil be instructed to use their best ef- forts to bring about this object
 The next resolution had 10 deal ,,.; Il, .ho nddrncS nf prnc;da,,t Hard