The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-06

recommends adoption. So voted.
 Resolution 23-Third day-committee
 recommends adoption. So voted.
 Resolution committee recom-
 mends adoption-so voted.
 Committee on Constitution announces
 1t is ready to report. Chairman Hellyar
 read resolution No. dealing with res
 toration to constitution of rule provid
 ing that every delegate must wear at
 least five labels before being eligible to
 a seat in meeting. The committee rec
 commended non-concurrence. General
 debate followed including statements
 that the convention had only the year
 before taken the rule out and it would
 be useless to put it back again. Dele
 gates Ginty Riley and others spoke for
 restoration while Delegate Everin, Rey
 holds, Pede and others opposed 1t. In
 the midst of the debeate Chairman F.
 F. O'Meara of the reception commit
 tee announced Sen. Burton K Wheeler
 stopped the business before the session to permit the candidate for vice-presi- dent to address the convention.
 FOURTH DAY (Afternoon Session)
 Convention called to order by Presi- dent O'Meara at 2:3O o'clock.
 Discussion was resumed on proposed amendment to constitution interrupted at morning session by entry of Senator Wheeler Debate became so general that Delegate Ornburn finally moved the previous question and it was or dered. Previous question carried and voted and original motion that the re- port of the committee recommending non-concurrence with the resolutions be rejected and the resolution adopted. On viva voce vote President O'Meara de- clared the motion to reject carried. It was doubted and a rising vote then taken. Rising vote showed 31 III favor of rejecting committee report and dopt ing resolution and 13 against. President O'Meara declared original resolution adopted. After motion by Delegate Ornburn that such be done was offered to clear up any doubt that might exist as to final disposition of matter.
 Resolution No. 12-amending consti- tuition relative to recompense of seCre- concurrence Delegate Shutz moved ton. Delegate Lang, Dreissens and others opposed and an amendment was offered that the report be rejected and the amendment to the constitution pro- posed be adopted The debate centered | on necessity of the Federation reducing its expenses. Those supporting the com mittees recommendation that would leave the secretary's salary as 1t Is at $6O a week without senographer ar gued that 1t was imperative the secre- tary should be on the job permanently and be paid sufficiently to permit him to carry on the work in proper manner Delegate Dunn, Ornburn, Reynolds, Mcdonald and Egan took this view of it. Others debated the question at length and finally vote was called for On aye and nay vote accepting the com mittee's report and rejecting the amend ment the result was doubted and ris- ing vote called for. It showed 3o in favor of rejecting the amendment and five in favor. President O'A1eara de- clared the amendment rejected.
 Secretary Egan then read the follow ing telegram:
 New York, Sept. ,,
 John E.gan, Sec'y, Conn, Federation
 of Labor:
 The workers of the International La dies Garment Workers Union desire to extend their sincerest compliments and congratulations for the past achieve ments of your worthy body. May all I your deliberations be crowned with sue cess Abraham Bonof, Sec'y., Interna- tional Ladies Garment Workers.
 Resolution No. l6-hxing method of dealing with applications for afhliat1on providing that application must be made at least 30 days previous to convention in order to have delegates seated in convention. Committee recommended concurrence and it was adopted.
 That concluded the work of the res olutions and constitution committees and president OA1eara warmly thanked the members for the zeal and thorough ness with which they had accomplished their tasks
 Delegate Ornburn, secretary of the Labor bank committee then made a de- tailed verbal report of the progress being made by the bank Because many local unions do not hold regular meet ings i'll the summer months the stock subscriptions had not been as high as expected but there was no cause for worry as on his desk in New Haven were many letters from these and other organizations demanding that the stock subscriptions not be closed until their unions had opportunity to subscribe as there wasn't a question but they would do so. The stock sales opened i'll July and the subscriptions books will be kept open until each union has had op- portunity to act. There wasn't single doubt about the success of the venture he concluded.
 Delegates all about the hall endorsed the opinion and related stock subscrip- tions by their locals and individual members. They were heartily in favor of the movement being pushed to a speedy conclusion. President O'Meara stated also that there wasn't any doubt of the banks success many outside La bor ranks wanting to subscribe for stock One man in New Haven wanted $25 ,0OO worth he said and would take it immediately Until Labor had how ever subscribed to an extent of having control by a large margin, no outside capital would be accepted and not then