The Connecticut labor news., 1923-09-15
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ton city, Detroit received I,48I; Seat tie, Wash, 7o7, and Kansas City, Mo-, POS votes.
 Members of the executive board chosen were F. L. Douglas, New
 ork city; G. w. Haines, Allentown, Pa; J. N Little, Brooklyn, N Y.; w. Maher, Omaha, Neb., and C. F. Stinson, Bayonne, N. J., all of whom except MT. Little had served on the board during the past two years. The former members of the com mlttee on constitution and laws were reelected with the exception of one, his place being filled by J. F. Morgan of Nashville, Tenn. Other members of the committee are D. F. Murray of Kalamazoo, Mich, and D. R. Sullivan of San Francisco.
 L. E. Swatrz of Chicago. was named chief collector of the Mutual Benefit Association with no competition, re Curtin, Lynn, Mass; J. I. Mahoney, Buffalo, N. r., and H. Schlagetter, Cleveland, O., were elected members of the board of trustees of the bene- fit association Messrs Curtin and Mahoney have served on the board for the past two years, as has also the chief collector.
 J. T. Mugavin of Cincinnati was elected chief clerk of the National Sick Benefit Association, with the fol- lowing board of directors to serve with him: w. R. Beauvis, Detroit; J. J. Scully, Pittsburgh, and w. H. R. Woodrow, Baltimore, all of whom were reelected.
 Delegates to the American Fedora ton of Labor convention named were E. J. Cantwell, C. D. Duffy, E. J. Gainor, J. T. Mugavin and L. E. Swartz, all of whom are officers of the association.
 National Secretary Edward J. Can't we'll will be the recipient of a purse of gold containing $2,5oo, in recogni- ton of his 25 years of loyal service i'll that office, according to action taken at the convention. The ack- commended by a special committee ap- pointed earlier in the week
 The sum of $I,ooo was appropri- ated for the relief .of the victims of the Japanese disaster.
 A resolution was adopted amend ing the constitution whereby a per capita tax of $2.5o per year, payable June 30 and Dec. 3I, to include a sub scription to the Postal Record, was adopted after a warm debate. Mem bers not subscribing to the Record twill be taxed $2
 John T. Mugavin, chief clerk of the Sick Benefit Association, reported that in the last two years $48,48o o6 has been paid out in benefits, exceed ing the income from premiums. The surplus was reduced from $Io3, 3,2ooII to $55,82o. 36. A 66 per cent. increase i'll claims was reported.
 The convention voted to increase the monthly premiums by 10 cents, thus providing additional revenue to- talling approximately $46,ooo.
 Assistant Secretary Finnan read Postofice Clerks, extending fraternal greetings, and from the National Fed eration of Postofice Clerks, announc- ing vote to seek salaries of $2,ooo, 2,2oo and $2,4oo, and salaries of $2,- 400 and $2,6oO for special clerks.
 A resolution to appropriate $2,ooo from the association treasury to carry on a membership campaign for the Mutual Benefit Association was killed after considerable debate.
 A resolution to reduce interest on liens against benefit association polio ies to 3H and per cent. was killed.
 A proposal to pay Is per cent. of the face value of a benefit association policy to a member whose lien inter est has wiped out his equity was adopted
 The action to present $2,5oo to Sec retary Cantwell was taken in h4s ab sence he having left the convention to return to his hotel because of a slight illness. The motion was made by Delegate D. F. Murray of Kala- mazoo.
 Lucien E. Bosworth of Orange, Mass, during debate on a resolution improve working conditions of sub stitutes, told the convention that he had been a substitute for Io years and a regular carrier for six. Under the existing retirement regulations he stated he was not deemed to have served 20 years and was therefore in eligible, although he had worked for the postal department for a quarter of century.
 The committee on group insurance divided and reports were presented by Roy Van Deurer and MT. Swartz. The matter was held over.
 John J. Goodwin of Providence, a former president, and Fay Traitor of Cleveland, one of the early officials of the association, addressed the dele gates briefly. Both were cheered by the convention.