Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-23
PRESSMEN'S UNION
DELEGATES CHAPEL.
War Memorial Ceremony at
Tennessee Home Opens
Annual Convention.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRESSMEN'S HOME. Tenn. Au
gust 23-Dedication of Memorial
Chapel, the inspiration of Maj.
George l.. Berry. president of the In
ternational Printing Freshmen and
Assistants Union of North America.
and the architectural product of
Capt. John J. Sheridan of New York.
World War veteran, officially opened
the thirty-tirS annual convention of
the union here today.
The chapel, the first religious
house built by a labor union. is
erected to the memory of the war
exploits of the $3.50 members and
the Ill war dead of the organiza
ton from the United States and
Canada.
Among those taking leading roles
in the dedication ceremonies We're
Newton D. Baker Secretary of War.
and Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy in President Wilson's cab
met: G. D. Robertson of the Cana
dian Senate: James A. Drain. for
mer commander of the American
Legion: President Berry. Sergt. AL
vim York, World War hero: Gov.
Austin Peay of Tennessee and others
prominent in national. labor and le
gion affairs.
Miss Phoebe Crosby, American
factrcss, was on the program for
several vocal selections.
Daniels Lauds Veterans.
1.-THE only man who lives is the
man who is ready to die for others.
Josephus Daniels said today at the
dedication Of the memorial building
which will be used exclusively for
religious services of all denomina
tons Over it's door is the inscrip-
tons: For God and Country"
I'VE can never forget that when
the testing time came to this genera
ton the youth of our day had as
many Nathan Hales and Paul Re
veres as shone in the Revolutionary
armament" Mr.. Daniels added. THE
call of 1917-1918 was not to class. but
to all Americans" These men who
responded, the speaker added, were
the men who lived.
Mr.. Daniels reviewed the bravery
and spirit with which labor entered
the World War. and declared the sue
cess OF the campaign for democracy
depended largely on those who came
up from the ranks and assumed the
lead in the great conflict.
"Fortunately for America he said,
there lived during the time of strife
a great head of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor--Samuel Gompers. He
called on his followers to crush out
treason and they responded"
The speaker told Of another man
who came from the ranks of labor
Mai Berry. leader Of the preSsmen
and one of the founders of the Amer
lean Legion in Paris and ITS senior
national commander:
This memorial" Mr.. Daniels con
cluded. lis to honor these men and
their followers. 1t is to manifest
appreciation for the service rendered
by those who returned and to me
mOrialize the lives and contributions
made by those who failed to return
Business Session Tomorrow.
The entire day was given over to
the dedication services. while tomor-
row the convention will enter its
business session with the installa-
ton of officers. The entire week
will he taken up with consideration
of reports on industrial problems and
other business of the union. Ad-
dresses will be made by representa-
tives of labor organizations and pub
fishing interests.
Leaders here predict the conven-
ton will take formal action against
un-America nism and Illegal strikes
and in favor of arbitration of labor
disputes.
business connected with the tech
nical trade school. the tuberculosis
sanatorium and the home will be
transacted. A proposal to endow
an institution for widows and or
phans of pressmen will be consid-
cred. The union is also expected to
indorse the project for the erection
of a billet for dependent children of
ex-service men which the American
Legion plans to build here.
Each delegate to the convention
was presented today with a copy of
the book of art. printed biennially by
the Technical Training School here
as an example of the latest and high
est art involved in printing.