The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-04
Proposal to Restore Old Method of Boosting Label and Organiza- tiOn Work Meets Re Quired Number of Endorsements a n d Now Goes to General Referendum.

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 An amendment proposed by Local 3o, Cigarmakers, of New Haven, to
 the constitutional revision relative to the distribution of the per capita assessment for the promotion of the label and organization work has been endorsed by the required number of unions to bring 1t to a referendum this month and is causing consider able comment all over the country in asmuch as 1t restores the old custom :, of having local unions take care of their own label work instead of having it come from headquarters as now in effect. The official journal of the cur
 rent issue has the following to say of The New Haven Amendment" 1 The amendment of Union 30, New Haven, to Section 15o of the consti- tuition having received the required number of endorsements goes to popu | lar vote in October The amendment to Section 15o was proposed by the { and was ratified by the membership at large by the following vote: For, 4,019; against, 2104
 1 The present law reads as follows:
 Local unions shall be allowed S1 per capita on all 30-cent and full dues pay ing members per annum out of the general fund for label agitation by cir culars, newspaper advertising, commit tees, etc. in their respective districts, the per capita tax to be based on class of members named above in local unions on May 31st. On and after May 31st, 1924, the $1 per capita al- lowed local unions on all 30-cent and full dues paying members shall be placed in a separate fund for period of two years, to be known as the gen. eral advertising and organization fund. ! This fund shall be under the super vision of the international president, who shall, with the approval of the in ternationa1 executive board use this fund for organization purposes and contract for general advertising of the union label and distribution of the same. 1 The amendment proposes to go back to the old law, which reads as follows: Local unions shall be allowed S1 per capita on all 30-cent and 60-cent con- tributing members per annum out of the general fund for label agitation by circulars, newspaper advertising, com mittee, etc, in their respective dis tricts, the per capita tax to be based on class of members named above in olcal unions on May 31st.
 In line with my duty I may say that believe the new law should at least be given a two years trial Ii l let my personal views from selfish stand point prevail 1 should say nothing. The new law entails additional work of an exacting character that l must per form.
 The only question is how best to spend the one dollar per capita in the most economical way and that will bring the greatest return and most helpful results. The membership at large should view this question from the viewpoint Of the best means of ex- plotting the label and the best possible returns for money expended.
 When the law permitting the one dollar per capita for label agitation was adopted the understanding and the whole argument was that the money should go for strictly agitation matter. Under the old law a considerable DOT ton of the money was spent not for label advertising matter. Some ot 1t was spent to pay the railroad and hotel expenses of delegates 10 Blue Label League meetings of cigar makers. Some oi it was spent to pay the wages of secretaries Of joint label boards, Some of it was given to com n1ittces to pay their time and expense in going to places handling cigars and requesting them 10 handle union label cigars. There was practically no unaniainity or uniformity i'll the agi~ tating CT advertising cf the union label,
 All advertising matter bought in small quantities costs nearly twice as much as it does to buy it i'll large quantities. Ii the present law is al lowed to stand, much of the otherwise unavoidable waste can be saved. The present law provides that the fund created by the one dollar per capita shall be used for Organization purposes and contract for general ad- vertising of the union label and dis tribution of the same" The predomin- ating thought in the minds of the delegates to the Chicago convention