The Washington times., 1925-05-07
MEMORIAL HERE
70 RGONPERS
PLANNED
Federation Chiefs Named as
Committee to Decide
On Details

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lied labor's proposed memorial to
it's late chief, Samuel Gompers, has
been virtually decided upon by the
executive council of the American
Federation Of Labor, it was an
.nounced today.
II q suitable site can be found
it is practically certain that the
Gompers memorial will be raised in
the city where he lived and worked
during his middle age and declining
years.
A committee comprising the Off
GERS of the federation, headed by
William Green, its president, and
including the executives OF the
international anionssN is considering
the project today, with reference
to cost, location and character.
During the conference on the
memorial various forms Of scuip.
tured tributes to the dead labor
leader were suggested, but none
were definitely accepted. Mr..
Green's committee was left free to
work out the details OF the general
plan.
Union Label Drive.
Many Of the conferees have now
departed. but in their wake have
left a vast amount Of work for the
several departments of the fedora
tion.
The union label department il
engaged today in working out a
system by which every union In
the country will be educated in the
fundamentals Of trades uni0nism.
Other departments, cooperating
xarff11 Lea 1AY a. nla
work, the whole comprising what
officials say il the most elaborate
campaign ever waged for the or
ganization Of non-union wage earn
ers in the United States and
Canada
The country Is to be divided into
five districts, which are to be Wis.
tied by labor representatives spread
ing the gospel OF lInionism to the
unorganized, and the benefits of
buying union-made goods to the
general public. Motion pictures and
lectures are to be used as publicity
in the drive.
Local Angle Presented.
william J. Gallagher, interna.
tional organizer of Ihe painters, and
Business Agent Arthur Chamber
lain, Of the local painters union,
visited Al. F. of L. headquarters to-
day, to present facts on the local
building situation 10 the interna-
tional officers.
Neither OF the visitors would saw
exactly what phase of the Wash.
ington labor question was discussed
or what action was contemplated.
It was stated that the conference
was largely a matter of compari-
sons, inasmuch as the labor trouble
in this city has been duplicated in
various other centers.
Settlement by compromise of the
plumbers wage demands came to-
day, after extensive conferences be-
tween the master plumbers and
the union.
After lengthy parleys, a per diem
wage scale OF $1,000 was agreed
upon, an increase Of so cents over
the old scale. The union asked Sill
This rate is to be effective for nine
months, at the expiration of which
period $11 will be paid for the
balance of the two-year contract
Plumbers "Outlawed."
The master plumbers have been
outlawed from the consolidated
building interests of the city, who
are standing pat on a mo increase
platform. The master painters, now
involved in strike, are among
those who are resisting the payment
of wages over the scale of April /
Action from the master steam
filters and the steamfitters' union
was looked for today, in as much
as the unions agreement expires
May 81, and no action so far has
been taken by either side. The
steamfitters usually follow the
plumbers in dealing with their
employers.
The local labor campaign combat
ing the open shop progressed last
night, when N A. James commit
tee of speakers addressed nine union
meetings, including the machinists,
carpenters and tailors. All meetings
were crowded and enthusiastic, Mr..
James reported today.