The Omaha morning bee., 1924-10-29
Notes Cleaned at the
Coolidge-Da,Ues Union
Republican Club
BY FRED j. SULLIVAN, SECRE
TARY

BY FRED j. SULLIVAN, SECRE.
TARY.
The Coolidge-Dawes Union Labor
club headquarters Is located at Six
teenth and Capitol avenue. Each day
union men come In and sign member
ship cards. 1t Is the largest union
labor republican club ever organized
in Omaha.
The Bricklayers' union of Omaha
has larger percentage of republicans
In Its membership than any other
union in this vicinity. This is a spe-
cial invitation for these union re-
publicans to join the Coolidge-Dawes
Union Labor club.
The Plumbers union also has a high
percentage of republicans in It's ranks
good ones, too. Come on In. bows.
the water is fine
The railroad brotherhood men have
a little the best of II this week in
getting new members for the Coolidge
Dawes Union Labor club, but during
the next week we hope to see the
trades union men beat the brother.
hood In bringing in new members.
Safety first clubs are organized TO
prevent accidents in the workshop and
on the street. The Coolidge.Da
Union Labor club is also a safety
first club. 1t is organized to make
1t safe for labor to bring home the
bacon on pay day during the next
four years. Talk it over with mother.
She has vote. and she knows bacon
when she sees 1t.
Major Berry, president of the Inter.
national Pressmen's union, opposed
resolution endorsing La Toilette at
his unions recent convention. and
the resolution was defeated by a large
majority.
The International Typogranhical
union has five paid officials at head.
quarters and Is paid official repre-
sentatives travelling throughout the
country looking after the interests of
the organization. Not one of them
is making speeches for La Toilette
In the October issue of the Typo.
graphical Journal, official organ of
this union, there Is not one line of
editorial endorsement of the La Fol.
lette movement. At the recent con
vention OF this union, held in Toron-
to, a resolution favoring the organi.
zation OF Tabor party patterned
on the lines of a similar political or
ganization in Great Britain" was de
feated by vote of 105 to 112.
BY their deeds ye shall know
them" A contributor in an evening
paper of October %, signing himself
"Laborer" tmaybe he is one) attempts
to impugn the motives of the union
men Joining the Coolidge-Dawes Union
Labor club. This mysterious person
attacks r. A. Kennedy. former
wager a box of union. made cigars
that this alleged laborer cannot
point to one single case in the four
years that Mr.. Kennedy honorably
filed that office OF a person. man,
woman or child lover their own sig
nature), visiting the labor commits
sloner's department who was not
courteously received and furnished
the information they sought. / have
visited the office and know. by their
signatures you should know them. -
Fred J. Sullivan.
The action OF the Omaha Central
Labor union in expelling a local mem
ber and his newspaper may have been
according to Hoyle, but we doubt 1t.
It seems to us that a matter of this
sort should be referred back to the
local union before action was taken.
or at least charges preferred against
the member. We tried a stunt"
somewhat similar to this in the Allied
Printing Trades council. At the fol
lowing meeting OF omaha Typographi-
cal union No. 1870 I was told some
things that still burn in my ears.
Evidently conditions have changed.