Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-09-18
TWIN CITY federation
ENTERTAINS DELEGATES IN
ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION

Nl lAAE WIN NANANS HNAN
-.r.an wide open early In the week
re entertainment of visitors and
..#s4tes IN attendance at the State
r.#s sFauou OF the Illinois Federation
u. Laoor j.,
fefulIy arranged plans which had
,...# maturing since early last sprng
Ken = general committee was select
-f 10 prepare for the convention
.r.4e5 adequate in every detail. Il
a.= f.und tnat very few changes wefe
t,.s STATED at the last minute III
..e. 10 adapt the program TO the
a.tua. convention proceedings.
F4aeacaliy the entire burden of eN-
r.sz# usually incurred by cities en-
tartainlng the State Federation of
l.a5r Vas borne by the local crafts
f.auzn levyIng assessments upon
the locals which in every case were
ac.s5.ed to the tull amount appor-
toned.
In carrying out the plans devised
by ne general committee the Twin
CTS Federation is indebted to sew
eraI prominent Twin City organiza-
lions Ior their able assistance. Rep
r,.entatVes of Champaign and Ur-
hama who accompanied the delegates
to the convention of 1924 in Peoria
and aided materially in securing the
convention for this year in the Twin
Cities have in a large measure proved
their friendship for Labor and deserve
much credit Tor the success of the
convention.
The sessions will close today (Fri-
dav1 or Saturday morning with the
final touch of business that will place
the 1928 convention III a class with
the most inspIational gatherings OF
Organized Labor ever held in The
state.
Throughout the convention Presi
den. John H. Walker proved his pow
el as an able leader. He was ably
assisted by Victor A. Olander, state
secretary, who from beginning 20 end
of the convention bore a heavy le-
storsibility AMI acquitted himself
yalantly as a true Labor leader.
President John McGrath, of the
Twin City Federation of Labor, was
not less conspicuous as a leader N
the capacity of local president than
the two outstanding leaders of the
state Federation.
One impressive fact that might
have been noted by even the enemies
of Labor was conspicuous in the
character of leadership represented
in the entire personnel of the dele
gates. They were sturdy men, capable
of solving perplexing problems and
in every act demonstrating the fact
that they are not of a type who will
sunrrended to wrong for the sake of
peace at any price.
-s throughout the convention moved /
forward in harmonious debate on the
floor of the hall where sessions were
held daily both morning and after
noon. On questions of vital impor-
tance there has been no evidence of
disagreement, but on the contrary a
manifest willingness to concede
points for the sake of general har
mony of purpose.
Noteworthy Speakers.
The convention proper opened with |
an able address by President Walker
which is printed in full in another
section of this paper. In the course
of his address he outlined briefly the |
progress of Labor throughout the
state since the last annual convention |
and commended especially the action
Of the fifty-fourth general assembly |
in passing the Gutthbertson injunction |
limitation law.
Representative James A. Reeves,
prominent friend of Organized La
Dor upon whom the State Federation
mas learned to rely in securing legls-
lation favorable to Labor, spoke
Monday afternoon urging the dele
gates to follow their leaders, who,
he declared had been wisely chosen |
to represent Labor. Representative
Reeves stressed the opinions of Prof.
Carver, of Harvard university as the
dominant note of his address.
Other speakers of note were Will
nam b. Wilson, Secretary of Labor
under President Woodrow Wilson,
representative r. G. Soderstrom, of
Streator, and John P. Frey, president
OF the Ohio State Federation of La
Dor and editor of the Moulders Jour
mai published at Cincinnati.
complete digest of the convention
proceedings cannot be given owing to
tne fact that the sessions will not
close until Friday evening or Satur-
oay morning. Reports of committees
are coming in rapidly. Probably the
greater interest of the convention
cehtefs in the reports of the commit
zee on resolutions and the committee /
on Union label.