Evening star., 1925-03-20
MEETING At c. P. 0.
ROUSES UNION MEN
Secretly Organized Gathering
UphoIding Carter Declared
to Be Inspired.

As an aftermath OF secretly or
ganized mass m Meeting of employees OF
the Government Printing once yea
tefdzy afternoon. at which resolutions
defending Public Printer Carter we're
adopted came charges today by
officials OF the Columbia Typographi-
cal Union that the meeting was
inspired"
His attention called to the sllesa-
tions DEPUTY Public Printer John
Greene, who union officials had init
mated knew all about the meeting
and the resolutions. denied today that
he had any knowledge of the pro-
posed meeting until a few hours be
fore II took place. which was at 430
pm. in Harding Hall Of the Printing
once Building
George c. Seibold. secretary Of the
Typographical Union, which has made
formal protest to President Coolidge
against Carter's alleged "tyrannical
methods" declared today that num-
erous reports have been received
from individuals at the printing office
to the effect that the meeting was
frame-up." The intlmation conveyed
was that Public Printer Carter and
Deputy Public Printer Greene them
selves had engineered the arrange
y.
drawn up, the resolutions.
Charges Called Ridiculous.
Mr. Greene. in tsrminC the cha-Ges
ridiculous and absolutely without
foundation" announced that the
meeting was organized entirely by
the employees of the plant. without the
knowledge Of their sUperiors. and that
the resolutions were formulated by
william c. Parry. an employe of the
forwarding and finishing division.
Union officials were 'fnforrned'' that
not more than 400 or 500 persons at
tended the meeting. that the vote nm
the resolutions was divided and that
many of those counted as voting for
them did not realize just for what
they were voting.
Mr.. Greene said that the hall was
crowded fts capa city for standing
spectators is nearly 5000 II is saidl.
and that the vote was unanimously
being raised in opposition to 1t when
the may vote was called for.
Arrives Too Late.
A reporter for The star who heard
Of the proposed meeting early in the
day yesterday had a hectic time fol
lowing up the tip. Mr.. Carter's Of
| fee said that nothing was known
| about any such plans there, and Chic {
| Clerk Wright said the same. At +.35
| the reporter went to the printing Of
| fee to investigate for himself and
! In response to Inquiries was directed
to Mr.. Carter's ONCE. He walked into
| the outer room of Mr.. Carter othce.
| but was soon ushered out again by An
/ attendant and told 10 wait in the
| chieF clerks recentipp room
| About eight or ten minutes later the
/ public printers private secretary,
4 Miss Tate. came in and said that her
| boss was very busy" The reporte r
| explained why he was there and Miss
| Tate denied any knowledge OF the
meeting The reporter said he would
go to Harding Hall and find out for
himself. but Miss Tate at first de-
| murred Later. upon the reporter $
| insistence, she told him how to find
! the hail.
| On arriving on the eighth floor he
/ found Harding Hall vacant. This
/ was Just about 4:+5 o'clock. Severa
| groups of men were standing around
i in the corridor, discussing "the reso-
| lutions" He approached one group,
| told his business. and was directed TO
MIR. Ford, who was in charge of the
! meeting Mr. Ford said 10 come
!
| turned out, was the chief clerk s
room Mr.. Ford went out for about
Is minutes and returned with type
! written copy of the resolutions. Then
he pehciled statement to ACCOMPANY
! the resolutions. and the man a the
chisf clerks desk read it over to Ford
while the latter typed 1T.
statement of Meeting.
Il want you to understand that I
have absolutely nothing to do with
this meeting or the resolutions.
only have charge of the hall, and ar
ranged it for the meeting Mr.. Ford
explained.
This is the statement of the meet
! ing handed out in the chief clerk 5
| room:
/ Articles have appeared in the daily
nress at various times indicating 2
spirit of discontentment and unrest
exists among the employees of the
Government Printing once. The EN-
ployes not only onsidered the state
ments contained in these articles as
untrue, but as having been given out
by persons not authorized TO repre-
sent them. movement was there
fore started bv the employees TO hold
a mass meeting in Harding Hall of
the Government Printing Office for
the purpose OF rREuIinE IneSe SNoNN
mAntS Such a meeting was held Al
lish p.m. today. at which between
$500 and 5000 employees attended.
James S Briggs. member Of the
Electrotypsrs Union. presided. ant
Alfred D. calvert, sxpresident of the
Philadelphia Typogra phical Union
presented the following resolutions
which had been drawn UP by the EN-
ployss and which were unanimousll
adopted
| The resolutions follow:
| "whereas the daily press OF recent
dates published statements concern
! ing working conditions surroundin"
employees in the Government Printing
ONCE to the erect that general de-
| moralization exists and that the
morale OF the office il consequently
at the lowest ebb in it's history; and
whereas statements have also
IbAen printed indicating there is
Itenseneks of feeling and conseauent
strain on the employees, with spirit
of unrest and insecurity, 10 the great
detriment OF this branch OF the Gov
erpment service: therefore, be II
"Rssolved, That we. the employees
of the Government Printing Office, men
and women, regardless OF race or cot
or politics or religion, in Harding HafI
| assembled assert ourselves in solemn
pretests against these unwarranted
statements, and wish TO be placed or
record as declaring same to be untruf
ana harmful to the best interests OF
the employees and misleading to the
public; and
/ @Rssolvkd, That in view Of the in
/ crssses in wages, improved sanltarH
working conditions and the interest II
the welfare OF the employees, through
ahA EFFORTS of the present public
PRINTER, the morale of the once, OF
the contrary. is at hlgh stanoarc
snd that A detrimental working con
aition does not exist, notwithstanding
the recent necessary reduction of th'