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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
FEDERAL CLERKS
Los Il JOBS
ANNOUNCE Il. $.
Ry FRED +. wAI.kER

Washington. u. c. April 20,-~1hc
United States Civil Service Commis-
sion reports that more than 1000
clerks were dropped from the rolls
during March. or the number ,207
were on the permanent and LII on
the temporary rolls. This IL record
discharge la month, with the oN-
ception Of releases following the close
of the war
Very little has been beard OF this
huge turnover in local papers because
department heads did not reveal the
dismissals aa they occurred The Gov
ernment Printing Office Is the eNcep.
ton, where % printers made a noise
which has been heard all over the
country.
The War Department leads Ia dis
missals with sos; Veterans Bureau,
400, State Department. IL, Treasury,
1874; Justice. Il; Post Office, 40;
Navy, SO; Interior, 81; Agriculture,
D3; Commerce, 30. Labor. ., and many
others NOT listed ON the Civil Service
rolls.
The morale Of Government EN-
ployos Is said 20 be the lowest IN his.
tory. Knowing attempts are being
made to carry out 10 per cent cut
no one knows where the AK will fall
next. In many instances clerks have
resigned because OF uncertainty Of
employment.
Local merchants are said 10 be
aroused because the capricionsuess Of
the pay envelope dictates economy,
which results In los. Of trades by re-
tail stores.
The clerks feel they are being treat
ed unfairly in the economy program
because. a. they point out, Congress
increased the pay OF Congressman,
Senators. cabinet officers, Supreme
Court Judges. and other officials 10 an
aggregate Of millions Of dollars, and
the President signed the bill. In adj
dition, II Is planned TO erect an addi-
ton to the House Office Building
which may cost as much as $4,000, 900.
The clerks are the little fellows in
Government service. but they fail TO
see the justice Of takino it away from
them and giving II to the belter-paid
officials.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
TWIN CITY.
SCHOOL MANS
MUST Be SINGLE

According TO recent ruling OF the
school boards Of both Champaign and
Urbana all women teachers hereafter
employed must be single. Only three
women teachers in Ufbana who are
married will be retained. 1t is stated
that in each case exceptional merit
for the preference accorded
them.
Reasons given by the school author
tiles center In the possibilities
married women have outside of the
school room.
Such action is being taken in many
other cities, though the process Is
a wedding out Of married
women who have been employed.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
SANITARY UNION
LABEL INTRODUCED
BY JOINT BOARD
BY international Labor News Service.

By international Labor News Service.
New York, April 20.-The intro.
duction Of the sanitary union label
into the cloak, suit and skirt indus
tries is the outstanding feature of the
advanced relations between employer
and worker In the w0men's garment
industry of this city. Thus far the
Joint Board Of Sanitary Control which
gupervises its sales has sold 4,oOo,oUo
label in the one branch OF the indus.
try this season. Ii means that this
number of garments union made and
produced in the most healthful work
shops, have been distributed to retail
ers throughout the country from this
market.
DR.. Henry Moskowitz, label diree-
ior Of the Joint board announces that
the United States Patent Office has
granted a patent on the label which
will soon mean as much to the con
sumner as other widely known trade
marks. TIE label bears the words
'Prosanis." the Latin for the phrase
"for healthy people,
Hundreds Of thousands of Easter
dresses American women wore this
spring have sewn in them a similar
label but blue on a white background
to distinguish it from the coat label.
The certificate Of clean workmanshl2
in dresses will usually be found on TIE
hem at the seam on the right SIDE ri
each one piece uit and at the wal.
in garments having ~aistlines.
The extended report Of the Govern
or's Special Mediation Commission Is
being analyzed by the various factors
in the industry preparatory TO the
opening OF conferences on the new
agreement. There Is widespread hope
that serious difficulty will be avoided
az the result of the basis Of fact upon
which the negotiations viii proceed.
The union proposals are expected to
include a limitation Of contractors,
the guarantee Of certain number Of
weeks Of employment, the leyeiing up
Of wages among the various eFaiis
and the fixing Of greater responsible
ity for wages unon the j2bbeTs, VINO
merchandise the garments to the trade
as well as give work 10 the eontrae-
tors.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
PLANS MATUREO
FOR CONVENTION
COM. REPORTS

The State Federation Of Labor con
Nentieu committee reports that The
plans for fund 10 pay costs ef The
convention are maturing nicely with a
favorable outlook Tor raising all
money needed within the local Fedora
ton.
Il Is estimated that tbe convention
Will cost the crafts approximately
$500, which has been apportioned 20
the various unions. More than half
vf the amount has been pledged. Pfac-
tieally all crafts affiliated with The
Federation have subscribed their
quotas.
With a view of making the enter
tainment committee 4 mote effective
organization SOME important changes
will be made at the meeting Of the
central committee week from next
Sunday.
The publicity committee will soon
be ready fer n complete outline Of
the plans.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
Difficult 10 Find Markets
CAPITOL CITY
TO BE SCENE
OF CONVENTION

By international Labor News Service
Washington, u. C., April 20,-Tht
fourth international FIRST aid and
mine rescue contest, open 10 all MIN
ers, anafiymen, and workers IN metal
lurpical plants, viii be held at Spring
field, H., September 10, II and II,
1925, under the direction OF the Bu'
reau Of Mines, Department OF the
Interior, the acting secretary oil the
interior announces.
These international frat-aid and
mine. rescue contests are held annually
upder the direction of the Bureau II
Mines, with the cooperation OF the
American National Red Cross, the
National Safety Council, and various
mine operators associations and MN.
ers organizations, with the object oi
furtherinY the work Of tafining MIN
efs in nrst.ald and mlne-tescue meth.
ods, and the consequent advancement
of the cause Of safety among the NIL
lion miners Of the United States. Ihe
firis.aid and mine rescue contests VIII
be for international championship
and international contest cups, medals
aud prizes will be awarded to the
winner.
A feature of the meet will be the
awarding Of the congressional medal
which is given annually TO the team OF
miners adiudged To be most thorough
IN skilled In frst.aid and mine-feseue
Another interesting feature will be
the awarding of the medals ohefed
annually by the Joseph A. Holmes
Safety Association Ia commemofntion
of notable deeds Of heroiam performed
bv miners in guccoring their comrades
imperiled at mine fires aud disastett.
An organizations interested in me
contest are invited TO enter one Or
more frst-ald and mine rescue teams
Entrieg will close at the Pittsburgh,
pa. station Of the Bureau Of Mines
August 26. Entry blanks, together
with the general rules Of the contest,
can be Obtained from the Bureau 81
Mines, 1900 Forbes Street. Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
BAERFACTS-
Ry J. NJ. BAEai The Congress.
nan-C Carloenisi
ARMY SEEMS LACKING IN
HliAlOk.
International Labor News Service

:. The sentence Of a couple of
>. pOor buck prsyateS 70 70 and %
). wears. peetisely, Tor trying 10
- organize a Communist reVolu-
>. ton indicates that cur army Is
>. almost as deficient In humor as
- II is i'm aifplanes,' remarks
). George Rothwea Brown IN the
!. the Washington Pest.
:. Usually the Post and Mn,
>. Brown take the wrong size, but
;. for once they are right. The
j. sentences pronounced by court
). martial en- two soldiers found
>. guilty of Communist propagsn-
>. ia are out Of proportion to the
= offense and LEAD 10 the belief
.. that the offices composing the
Is military court took the case too
>. seriously. rhas the propaganda
j. of two buck pfivates would be
!. so dangerous as 10 deserve viz
>. tually life sentences in time of
>. peace strikes anyone with a
!. sense Of humor as supremely
y. ridiculous.
.. The sentences indicate thai
J. the army AT Hawaii must be in
j. panicky state that calls for
:. attention on the part of the
>. Washington authorities. It's a
J. wonder army officers at Hawaii
>. are not demanding tanks, heavy
J. artillery and other reinforce
>. ments 10 cope with the peril
= they imagine exists because OF
!. the propaganda OF two obscure
!. privates.
!. Common sense tells Us that
,. Communist propaganda is not
!. real peril in the American army.
=. Ii is necessary to take eogniz-
=. ance Of whatever feeble at.
- tempts are maze as such propa-
Il ganda, but there seems TO be no
j. reason why over Red cam.
!. paigns within rs ranks,
J. Fortunately, sober common
>. sense among tile higher officers
=. seems to be asserting itself aud
>. there are hints that the sen.
- tences on the two soldiers will
- be sharply reduced. Let Us hope
!. that this will be done for the
j. sake Of the army's reputation
!. for common sense, If for Moth
!. ing else.
Observation-Disclosures.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
Asbestos Workers
Make Agreement With
indianapolis Bosses

BY international Labor News Service,
indianapolis, Ind, April 20 Fol-
lowing the return to work of mem
bers Of the Asbestos Workers Union
few days aRu an agreement be.
tween the workers and employers has
been reached, W. =. Laughlin, presi-
dent of the Master lnsulators' Asso-
citation, has announced. An extension
of territory was won by the WORKER
and the scale Of last year Of 81 an
hour was agreed 10. The men here
tofofe had been denied the privilege
Of working outside radius Of 20
miles of Indianapolis but under the
new agreement 1t was extended to 10
miles.
The wage dispute between eontrae..
tors and members Of the structural
iron workers union is still deadlocked.
The iron workers are asking wage
increase of % cents an hour
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
POST OFFICE
WORK ERS WARNED
TO SPEED UP

By International Labor News Service.
Washington, d. c., April 20.-A
warning has been sent out by Post
master General New that postal en-
p.oyes must increase their efficiency
at least , per cent and that incompe-
tent men will be dropped from the
service.
The post office employees received an
increased wage scale from the last
Congress, and the Postmaster General
lmnks their work should be more
'etfectual."
Postmasters are told that each
clerk, on the average, now represents
a9o1, $1,000 in revenue and carries
$4,000, and they are asked how their
particular staffs rate with these aver
age, Methods are outlined whereby
improvements might be made.
- Tie department, the Postmaster
Ueneral indicates. will later call for
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24

By international Labor News service.
Washington, D. C., April 23-Wash,
ington, the only section Of the onliee -a;se
STATE outside penitentiafies which
does not govern itself, is to have the
high privilege Of eleciinR feP5e.etti;s.iE5 49,
lives on an advisory council "hlch
viii consult with the District com
missioner upon municipal matters.
The city for many year. has haa .
What is known as citizens asaoc'".
fionS. organization formed in various
sections Of the city to petition iof I'm. I'M
provement and ezpress public opinion
In a more or less effective manner.
These associations are aifil'atea
,..;,b central body known as the
Federation e,j Of Citizens Associations,
which meets twice month and to
which each association sends two dele
This federation was asked by lhe
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
Scale Convention
OF Hard Coal Miners
at Scranton June g
By International Labor News Service.

By International Labor News Service.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 20.-Thom-
as Kennedy, international secretary
treasurer of the United Mine Work
ers of America, has announced that
the scale convention of the anthracite
mine workers will be held June % at
Scranton, Pa. The convention Is a
tri-district affair and the boards 9i
the three districts al a recent meet
ing set the convention date. The pres
ent agreement between the anthracite
operators and the United Mine WORK.
efs will expire on the last day oil
Augnust. The demands OF the Sefan,,
ton convention will be formulated
and laid before the operators for
ratification at a joint conference to be
held some time during the summer.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
vOTELEss RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON
TO ELECT A MOCK "CITY COUNCIL"

District commissioners TO form an
advisory council" and May the
delegates will elect eight eouneilmen
from a list Of about 40 nominated by
the local associations.
Trade and labor bodies. clubs, pro
fesions. and churches will have no
voice in the selection Of this council,
az IL il thought that the citizens as
soeiations, being accessible to all resi-
dents, will provide representation TO
everyone who wants 10 be represented.
A great deal Of interest is being
taken in the experiment, and the cleo
ton enxt month promises to be lively
and enthusiastic, IL will be the first
opportunity since 1878 that Washing
ton people have had to elect any sort
Of municipal officials, as the city Is
managed entirely by Congress and the
commissioners appointed by the Preei-
dent.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
WASHINGTON TRADES UNI0NISTS GIVE
BUSINESS TO BANKS FRIENDLY TO LABOR

cidad 70 list those most friendly 20
labor. and it is expected the nst ,A,i- VIII
contain cent the names of about SIX insl'-
'uS5el's; SECRETARY A. NJ Rogers Of t.Tssl. the Z.
/ q. declared at the meeting, Elnete L,ztz
is no reason why trades union, 10 me
should not control the eteuif5 e heir y own W.
world if they deposit IN Rhelt ""
Da9h5; 5smes T. Lloyd. now president en- of OF
the 5Sa board amao. ., fpD9 in an interview last
GonEree5iITed Cong declared that he believes trade
tbeT gnlT'ra15 propose o to pay some attention to
the banking business. :. = absut
i5 One delegate declared 1t Is ,IaCi5a aC2u, p
time ne trades unionists ceased cease a p5af5'.t tbst +
tbair I'm money in banks which use INA.
same s,,Tlt money to fight labor
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24

Machines afr nat consumers. their
multiplication does not enlarge the
market.
Canadian manufacturing industries
ia lae2 paid In salaries and Wages an
amount more than 100 per cent great.
er than their disbursement for labor
ia 1911, That means, Of course, that
the persons actually employed oh
tanned Very material Improvement
in their standard Of living, hut these
employees. heing 1900 fewer in mum.
her. wauld harils. despi,e their In
creased earnings. eularEe the market
fer staple products 10 any great eNs
tent. a. compared with the Market
they provided IN 1911 Much of the
enlarged income would go 10 rents.
amusements, etc.
INDUSTRIES Face lig Pobicm
Hence Canadian manufacturing IN.
dustries face peculiar problem
With productive capacity. thanks 10
improved machinery, onhahly three
times greater than before the war,
thew are mostly working on short
time. They need "A greatly increased
population to consume their products;
but they are not aMe 10 eifer In.
creased opportunities Of "A livelihood
10 any material increase In population.
And this effect of the multiplication
Of machines Is not peculiar 10 manu-.
featuring. The major Industries Of
Canada agriculture, mining, manu-.
featuring. fishing. logging. aud trans
poftation-s@Me were 0nly employing VI
aSi more persons IN 1922 than they
were In 1911, according 20 govern.
ment statistics. Yet the efficiency of
these industries. thanks TO machinery,
was very much greater In ip22 than
In 1911. the volume Of the work done
by them showing an increase of about
30 per cent, aud the value of the work
an Increase of over 100 per cent. Yet
the increase In the number of per
sons engaged la these industries was
less than per cent
Unfortunately Canada's major In.
dustriea are No, offering much more
employment l,day than they were In
1929, as the employment chart of the
! Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24

.r.. .....sreuce, which was held un-
'..s .s. .I,rertion Of the National Civi,
4s' 4..sL'.zz....r was the first of similar
.,5Se. e. 10 be held in other cities
me-. .--....,fIyes of millions or organ.
* s...4ke,s. officials of trust com.
.-' .'ais. barking and real estate organ
i,..,ep-. representing billions OF dol
+r. - nj CAPITAL. and educators, engl-
q ~. qfrbifects and other profession
~ u, a.5n listened to addresses by See
-. d Herbert Hoover of the Depart
leeat - of Commerce, President William
~. II the American Federation OF
- President Gerard Swope of the
Eassr.l Electric Company, ID. L.
- nj the Brotherhood of Railway
T,sismep. and Marcus Nj. Marks
former president of the Borough oi
Manhattan.
p.cbIem Attacked From Two Angles
The prohlem of the elimination Of
io.5sfrial waste was attacked from
,,a aaples. with emphasis on the
eradication of tie great industrial loss
yeslting from labor controversies and
,fsagtes Lack of coordination within
on industry and between industries
Ma. opa folm of waste which could be
animated II was agreed, while CO.
oneratinn between employees and man.
,gement could do much to eliminate
another big leak in the business of the
Nation,
There was general agreement
among the speakers on the need foi
making industry more efficient and nc
disagreement as to the means 20 be
smpIoyed. but rather each offered his
avn program of how it might be
brought about.
Mr.. Swope urged greater produc-
don and more efficient manufacturing
methods. SO that retail prices could
be reduced and an appeal made to an
eyer.increasing public. Mr.. Green had
insisted that greater efficiency in pro-
ducion could lower prices without
reducing the wages of workers, and
when it came to Mr.. Swope's turn he
made an even more sweeping asser-
ton.
Says Price Cuts Boost Wages
q am delighted to go even further
than Mr., Green has gone," he de-
caTed, "and say that lower costs to
the consuming public need not mean
even the same earnings, but may mean
gfeatef earnings to workmen."
The savings from waste which, In
Mr. SwopeS view, would make pcs
sibIe higher wages and lower prices
fer consumers, was stated by Secre-
tay Hoover to be just as important
as saYings in government eNpendi-
tuIeS and to mean just as much to the
taxpayers pocketbook as the taxes
themselves.
Mr.. Hoover recalled the report OF
the Federated Engineering Council
winch, after survey made under his
direction revealed that waste in in
dustry in the United States was 30
per cent Of the national effort.
Labor Desires Industrial Efficiency
Mr.. Green said the theory that the
problems Of waste and efficiency were
solely the problems of management
mad given way to the newer concept
Of the mutuality of interest in all
problems relating to service and pro
duction.
Labor is interested in the success
iul management of industry because
Il reasons that with the introduction
OF economy processes, i'm the develop
ment of efficiency and increased pro-
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24

renorts to determine what progress
has been made.
This action is in line with that taken
in other departments, where clerks
~ nrd otber employees are harassed to
l,," ;neressa the deficiency" of the GeV-
nrnment r service. All bureaus have
gin,'''n. Saam nIaceJ on a "production" basis,
and quantity, not quality. Is demahueo dem,a.
nv nv the chiefs. Many of the depart
nents and bureaus maintain spy sys-
TENS to detect employees who are hos s
Going , at top speed, and discovery OF
any tagging or slowing up means
trouble at once.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
SENATOR THINKS
COURTS GUARD
PEOPLES RIGHTS

Kansas City, Mo, April 23.-"The
federal courts Of the United States
have always been the fortress OF
refuge 10 which the citizen has NED
when about to be deprived of nights
and liberties guaranteed by the Coz.
stitution," Senator James A. Rec Of
Missouri declared in a speech before
the Kansas City Bar Association,
The Senator failed 70 add tha. 50
far a. labor citizens are concerne the
federal courts have almost universal
ly deprived them OF their funiomenta,
constitutional rights and Lbeflies and
made freedom Of pres and speech
mere paper rights when the.r unre-
stricted exercise becomes inpera I'VE
for the protection Of the workers m
terests.
Senator Reed has evidently never
heard Of the injunction in labor Dis
putes. The most drastic cne- have
come from federal judges.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24

By International Labor News Service.
u. " ashington, d. c., April 23.-The
Washington Central Labor Union on
apia l3 adopted a resolution to select
d .ist of local banks which merit the
patronage Of trades unionists. The
.eA' Of the resolution places the pow
ef Of selection in the hands of the
executive committee, the list to be
eempl.ed after a study OF the letters
5seeaty received from the financial
Institutions.
Ire central body sent letters to all
DsHks, asking their attitude in the
ssspofted combine Of builders and
financial firms to boycott contractors
granting increases in wages Replies
ave "a been received from more than
- practically all of which denied any
s'g,,1'ection NJ with the agreement.
Inc I. L. U. at its last meeting de
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
R,KERs FACE CHANGES

Chicago. April 23.-Consolidatiop1s
&c niants and the installation of hlga-
iy T5 technical machinery in the bakery
~ SS,Ingtrv have brought a new eondi,
tion to these workers IL Is uee.e;1e,j o5S,'iaej
that the helplessness OF unoisa,,'Hg, <! ne
workers in these large plants Is NOR Is
nronounced than when the small shop
dominated this industry.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
CHAMPAIGN VOTE
ON BOND ISSUE
AIDS EAST SIDE

East Sldc residents Nil profit hN
she result 81 a bend issue election lasg
Thursday. in the Improvement ans
widening of University avenue be
tween OAK and Water streets.
\ fetal of a1S Votes were east. al
heing in favor Of the bend issue.
The improvement will mean the
Wrecking of The small brick building
belonging to Miilsm sullivan. Prop.
erty affected vii be eaid fer hs tue
bond issue, City hall officials state
tha. there vii be no DELAY in start.
ing the work.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-04-24
POWER CHIEF HITS
GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP

Louisville. Ky, April 2@.-PubIie
ownership and operation Of the elec--
II trie light and power industry vii,
Ultimately land America in the bog Of
Russian communism, declared Samq.e.
insult Of Chicago, chairman CT me
hoard of directors q TIE Miaala WEI
Utilities Company, in an address 10
leaders of electrical power ceYelap-
ment. l..
"Goyernment ownership, once De
gun. will soon extend TO the iacloIE
and the farm-to the government
@,rnership of all business and indus
trv. including colleges and universities
and newspapers that play with the
idea.' insult said. 1T viii be the first
step toward a full communist pro
gram. a. exemplified in Russia.
Fishermen strike at Havana, Cuba