The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-26
MAGIC GITY MOUSE MAKE ELABORATE DAVIS DAY PLANS
Distinguished Visitor To Re-. Ceive Cordial Welcome In
 Birmingham

| Plenty of pep, plus prosperity and minus personalities characterized ! Wednesday nights meeting of Bir- mingham lodge, No. AT, Loyal Order of Moose. There was a good attend ance of the faithful, several candi- dates for obligation a number of vis- iting brothers, and long list of. membership applications, were pre- sented and acted upon. After the
 minutes of the preceding meeting had been read by Secretary Ed J. Kennedy and approved by the dicta-, tor, pr. H. E. Elkourfe, touched lightly upon various fraternal and. civic topics of the hour and dwelt with considerable length upon the of ficial visit of Director General James 1 J. Davis to the Magic City Labor Day, Monday, September 3. He ap-, preciated beyond expression the lay ing aside Of his manifold duties as secretary of labor to come all the way from Washington to pay his re- spects to members, old and new alike, 1 of 447....s.
 Tt Is an honor conferred upon but few subordinate or standard lodges | In the entire Moose domination and
 should be celebrated in way worthy of the occasion" pr. Elkourie said. He hen recited many of the
 
 career.
 Born beyond the distant seas, he headed the call of the land of lib- erty, and equal opportunity. Through the school of hard knocks by persis- tent efforts he has risen, step by step, from an iron puddler in Bir
 mingham, some 29 years ago, to one of the highest positions in the serv- 1 ice of his country. It was at Mobile where MT. Davis was attending
 session of the Mooseheart beard of
 government, that he met the former President of the United States, who recognized his ability and made him Secretary of Labor" pr. Elkourie
 stated.
 During the past month MT. Davis has been abroad, where he spent
 some time in study of the immigra-
 tion problem which he pointed out should begin on the, other side of the
 water before it reaches the American
 shore.
 On his return last week Mir. Davis | immediately wrote the Birmingham lodge renewing his promise to visit
 the city Labor Day.
 In regard to the class to go through n "Jim Davis" night at the lodge, Dr. Elkourie, in his speech, said: "It will be displeasing and disappointing as well as dispiriting not to have a rousing class to well come the director general" He ap- pealed to the leaders of the Red and Blue membership teams to work hard for that goal.
 Captain w. M. Newman, in a spir- tied talk, renewed hiss tatement that
 he would carry off the prize for the 1 largest number of new members, while Captain W. H. White. of the other team, made 1t plain that it didn't matter so much which side
 won, provided both put their shoul-
 oers to the wheel and worked to- wards the common goal, which is i large class for Davis day
 Short speeches full of good sug-
 gestions were made by several of the lodge members. A suggestion was made to have subcommittee to back up the individual man when he failed to get his man and to aid him in bringing in his man.
 Dr. Elkeurie, as chairman, an-
 nounced that the executive committee
 for Davis night will consist of the
 officers of the lodge which are as
 follows: w. H. White, w. M. New
 man, w. F. Jackson, Dr. A. ". Bell,
 Ed. J. Kennedy, George E.. Carlisle,
 Frank Mahen, John J. Dealy, Robert
 L. Taylor and w. l.. White.
 The reception committee is com
 posed Of, Col. T. o, White, Sidney
 J. Bowie, F. M. Jackson, Louis Pig itz, w. L. White, John w. Altman, A.
 R. Dearborn, A. A. Gambrill, W. s.
 Pritchard, Rodney Beddew and Ira
 A special committee of two, com posed of Miss Katie Millican and Mrs. John 5s either, offered the lodge their services on the night of Davis visit to the organization Their offer to serve refreshments was unanim- ously accepted by the Moose.
 Through messages exchanged with the secretary of labor it was learned
 that he would arrive in New orleans September 2 where he will speak be- fore the anual trades and labor coun- cil at the fair grounds. He will prob ably be accompanied from New or
 leans by Supreme Dictator Judge J. Willis Pierce and also by supreme Lecturer, William T. Giles, Of Balti- more, who is anxious to have MT. Davis speak in Atlanta, en route to the capital.
 Gov. W. w. Brandon will come
 down for the initiation and festivities
 at Moose hall. Since his initiation
 several weks ago, Gov. Brandon has become an enthusiastic Moose and is deeply interested in 'Mooseheart" schook
 While in Birmingham it.is probable Mir. Davis, as secretary or labor' VIII address organized labor on The
 Abolishment of the 12-Hour Day in
 the Steel Industry" He is an honor
 ary member of the Amalgamated As sociation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. He will be extended the, ccurtesies of the city by the Chamber
 of Commerce.
 As an -the-ordinary offer 70 the women of oMoseheart Aeglon, No' 
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