Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-08-11
CHAMPAIGN MAN
HEADS PLASTERS'
STATE CONFERENCE

The second annual state conference
of Illinois Operative Plasterers ana
Cement Finishers International As
sociation. held in Labor Hall, Cham
paign, Saturday and Sunday, was
was productive of many good results.
The meeting was called to order py
President James Dunn, and roll call
showed thirteen delegates from eleven
cities present, as follows:
James Dunn and John Wheaton
Champaign; Paul Hartwig and yer-
aid Cronin and William Ehmann, Chi
cago; Otto Book, Joliet; Sam Me-
Crary, and Robert Ranke, East 81
Louis; Herb Ross, Rock Island; ".
j. Rawson, West Frankfort; +. r.
Cunningham, Ottawa; Thomas Vost,
Springfield. Poor railroad service was
said to be responsible for several
delegates failing to attend.
There are at the present time q
affiliated locals.
The report of Secretary Ranke
showed much good accomplished dur
ing the past year. Several cases that
had been causing friction throughout
the state have been adjusted, and the
affiliated locals have been kept IN
close touch with one another. Espe-
cially has the conference been OF bene-
fitted during the past spring by hav-
ing been able through the closer CO.
operation afforded by the organization
to keep the membership informed as
to the state of work in the different
cities. Thus many members who
were out of work because of strikes
and lockouts have been furnished en-
pIoyment in cities devoid of trouble
and others have been saved inconven-
Ii ience of going to other cities only to
find no work.
Plans were discussed relative TO
better laws governing building inspec-
ton and material, and also toward
child labor laws, the eight-hour wom-
ans law, old age pensions, and other
beneficial measures, and the belief
was expressed that through the unit
ed efforts of the locals throughout
the state, these measures may be pro-
mulgated.
A letter from General President
McGivern. expressing his disappoint-
ment at not being able to be present,
was read. He believed the confer
ence would be of untold help to the
| International organization, and that
there could be no further progress
until such conferences were estab-
lished in every state. He was repre-
sented at the meeting by Vice Presi-
dent Jerald Cronin, whose timely re-
marks and suggestions were OF much
value to the delegates.
! The conference took up the question
of interchangeable working cards.
II was stated this was much desired
because it frequently happened that
members of one local wish to tenn
porarily work in another jurisdiction,
and in order to do so must resign any
office they may happen to hold and
forego benefits they are entitled to
through affiliation with their home
local. The secretary was ordered to
| take this matter up with the inter-
national offices and it is probable an
effort will be made to revise the con-
stitution to cover this phase at the
next convention of the international,
to be held in Denver.
By unanimous vote, the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President, James W. Dunn,
Champaign Urbana; first vice-presl-
dent, Paul Hartwig, Chicago; second
vice president. Harb Ross, Rock Is
land; third viee-president, Otto Book,
Joliet; fourth vice-president, r. n.
Cunningham, Ottawa; fifth yice-presi-
dent. ], w. Rawson, West Frankfort;
sixth vice-president, William Ehmann,
Chicago.
The date for holding the convention
was changed from the first Saturday
| in August to the first Saturday in
March, this being deemed advisable
because the August date comes when
/ it is impossible for many to leave
their work.
Springfield was chosen for the next
meeting, March, 1923.
Following the closing session Sun
day morning, the delegates were en-
tertained at dinner by the local plast-
erers and cement fnishers union, and
later were "shown the towns" by
courtesy of a number of local auto
! mobile owners.