Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-08-24
STATE FEDERATION
PRESIDENT STARTS
ORGANIZATION WORK
estate Federation suIIstIn.)

Estate Federation Bulletln.)
With the work that was left over
from the recent State Federation con-
vention practically cleaned up, the or
ganization campaign planned for by
the convention is now under way.
President Short visited Puyallup
last Wednesday and conferred with
officers Of the Carpenters union there
in connection with the work being
done on the Puyallup fair A news
article was published IN recent issue
of the Tacoma Labor Advocate charg-
ing in substance that carpenters were
working for so cents an hour at Puyal-
lup and that union men were not able
to find employment, and that an
agreement had been entered into be-
tween the president of the federation
and officers of the Puyallup Fair as
sociation which permitted such condi-
tiOns.
A conference held with officers of
the Carpenters union at Puyallup re-
vealed the fact that there was not an
item Of truth to any Of the statements
appearing In the Tacoma Labor Advo-
cate and that a most satisfactory re-
lationship existed between their or
ganization and the fair management
Officers OF the Carpenters union were
indignant over the misleading story
published in the Advocate and de-
clared it without any foundation in
fact and merely part of the continu-
GUS campaign of misrepresentation di.
rected at the Federation head by the
editor of that disreputable publica-
ton.
A big open organization meeting
was held in Olympia, under the aus
pieces of the Olympia Trades Council,
for the purpose of stimulating renew
ed activity in the retail clerks union
For the past year or more Olympia
has been building her trades union
movement magnificently, and prac-
tically every line, excepting the retail
clerks, is now organized about 100 per
cent. The membership of most OF the
local unions has been doubled and
trebled in the last year. The open
mass meeting was huge success and
the hall was filled to capacity. The
Card & Label League served refresh
ments to the entire audience at the
conclusion Of the meeting.
President Short stopped over in Ia
coma for conference with Vice. Pres
ident Dau and several leaders of the
local labor movement and discussed
plans for coming to Tacoma at later
date and spending a few days assist
ing in a campaign Of revival at Ia
coma.
He spoke at the mass meeting Of
pile drivers and carpenters at Everett
on Saturday night and will go back
to that city for a few days later on In
the fall. He went to Aberdeen on
wednesday and will speak at the open
meeting and banquet Of the Carpen-
tiers union that evening and will ad.
dress an open mass meeting of long
shoremen on Thursday night, and may
possibly address some Of the civic or
gaizations at their noon luncheons and
explain labor's ideals and purposes
in the state Of Washington. He will
go to KelsO for Labor Day, and as
soon as he returns from there plans
to go to Walla Walla for a week.
Every community in the state will
be covered during the coming winter
and as much time as possible spent in
the various centers. A campaign for
affiliations with the State Federation
of Labor is being put under way and
several new affiliations have been OBJ
tanned in recent weeks.