Evening star., 1923-10-26
HORN IS ELECTED
TYPOTHETAE HEAD
Baltimore Man Succeeds
w. ]. Eynon-Commend
G. p. O. Efficiency.

George K. Horn of Baltimore was
today elected president of the United
Typothetae of America at the hnai
session of the thirty seventh annual
convention at the Willard Hotel. He
succeeds j. Linton Engle.
The entire card submitted by the
nominating committee. under the
presidency of William J. Eynon, head
of the local Typothetae. was unani-
mously approved by the convention.
The other ofScers include:
Other Officers Elected.
First vice president. George X.
Hebb. Detroit, Mich vice president,
Theodore Hawkins. - icago, H.: vice
president. Fletcher Ford. Los An
geles. Calf; vice president, Q. I'll.
Pollard. Winnipeg, Canada: treasurer,
Fred w. Gage, Battle Creek. Mich.
The following are the executive COM
mittee:
First district Hamilton B. Wood,
Worcester, Mass; second district.
Frank j. Smith, Rochester, n. Y: third
district. J. Horace Mcfarland. Harris
burg, Pa; fourth district. Frank P.
Howard, Washington, ID. C; fifth dis
trict, J. z. Denham. Charleston, S. c.;
sixth district, NJ. c. Rotier Milwau-
kee, Wis; seventh district, ]. X. Daw-
ley, Cleveland, Ohio; eighth district.
William Pfaff, New Orleans, La; ninth
district, A. w. Peterson. Des Moines,
Iowa; tenth district, Donald Rein,
Houston Ten; eleventh district tpIit
Mimi; twelfth district. Frank s.
Crane, Topeka, Kan: thirteenth dis
trict B. f. Scribner, Pueblo. Col;
fourteenth district. A. B. Howe, Ia
coma, Wash; fifteenth district, Will
liam H. Barry, Oakland, Calf; six
Thomas v Nom
treal. Quebec: seventeenth district,
p. E. kelIett, Winnipeg, Manito ba !;
eighteenth district, J. c. Nicholson.
Vancouver. B. c.; nineteenth district,
G. Frederick Kalkhoff, New York.
n. Y, and twentieth district, Luther
c. Rogers, Chicago, Ill
Change Dues System.
The most important question
brought before the convention this
year was solved when the members
unanimously voted in favor of chang
ing the present schedule of dues.
The amendment was submitted by
the Cleveland delegation and sec
onded by the New York delegation.
From one-half of l per cent per
$1,000 on the mechanical pay roll the
dues have been changed to a maximum
of So, 500, which increases New York
from $4,000 to that amount. and in
cludes Boston, Philadelphia and Chi
cago, and leaves the rest of the
country at the reduced rate of $3.50
per $1,000 on the mechanical pay roll
George H. Carter, public printer,
was praised in a resolution which
paid tribute to his efficiency in con-
ducting the affairs of the govern
ment printing office and putting
more business in the government"
Hoover Project Approved.
support of the Hoover plan of sim
plification and Standardization was
also voiced by the convention Mr..
Hoover's plan would standardize such
things as the size of market barrels,
paper, etc.
William c. Hollister of Chicago
was elected president of the law
printers division, succeeding William
J. Eynon of Washington. Henry l..
Bonn of New York was elected presi-
dent of the international manifold
and looseleaf division. Milo Hayes
was elected president of the inter-
national printers supply salesman
guild. G. l.. Garand of Detroit, Mich,
was elected president of the Interna-
tional Trade Composition Association,
and H. c. Wedekemper was reelected
presidents of the Employing Printers
Association of America, affiliated with
the u. T. A.
The convention will close tonight
with a dinner to the newly elected
executive council of the organization.