The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-20
UNIONS
TO S0LID|FY
FORCES
BY ]. EARLE MOsER

Expressing the opinion that
credit unions throughout the
country will be fused into a more
compact organization, Victor l..
Lowe. of the Bureau Of Standards,
newly elected president of the D.
C. Credit Union League, has an
nounced opening Of headquarters
by the Credit Union National AS.
ISOLATION at Madison, Wis.
The association, Mr.. Lowe said
today, has taken over the astivi-
ties formerly pursued by the
Credit Union National Extension
Bureau Of Boston, a 25-year-old
body, and plans have been drawn
to spread the cooperative loan
movement by q system Of credit
union State leagues that are to
be formed.
At present the District League
comprises 16 credit unions, most
Of them composed Of Government
employees. Mr.. Lowe, who Is
delegate from the Bureau OF
Standards union, was ele te d
president to succeed Edgar Ora
ham, of the Department Of JUS
tice. at a meeting last month.
Other officers chosen were George
A. Casey, Interstate Commerce
Commission, vice president, and
Franklin Smith, Veterans Admin
tStration, who succeeded himself
as treasurer.
Civil Service has announced
three new examinations for Fed
eral jobs, the closing application
date for all being September 9.
"A test is due for sheet metal work
ers, with the departmental Serv-
ice here, with entrance salary OF
$3.50, and refuge superintendent,
associate refuge manager and as
SiStent refuge manager, with sti-
ponds ranging from $4,000 yearly
down to $4,000. is the second.
The Public Health Service also
is to fill its registers from those
who succeed in passing tests for
various grades of bacteriologiSt,
cytologist, epidemiologist, my
cologist (medicaD and senior
pathologist (medicaD, paying
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Who rememberS-When Labor
employees were so proud of their
new building. at Nineteenth and
the Avenue? (Now held by RFCO.
the current Softball championship
tournament, the Breech Mechan-
ism team of the Navy Yard League
faces the CeramiSts of the Bureau
Of Standards wheel today at 5
p. m. on Diamond No. 10, west Of
the Munitions Building on Con-
Stitution Avenue.
A scent Of the bitter political
battle to be expected at the COM
ing national convention of the
Age is contained in a miSsive
received by this column today
from a Government worker sign
ing herself "Asta Elisha" Evil
IDENTIFY a supporter of reelection
Of Miss Esther Penn as secretary
of the organization, she COM
planned that the secretaryship
has been made subsidiary and
unimportant post, adding:
"At the last convention the
delegates refused to amend the
national constitution so as to
place the secretary and office
national secretary under the per-
sonal direction and supervision
Of the national president. There
are ways and means Of getting
that which is denied, however,
and I frequently think of that
oft-repeated phrase, what is the
constitution among friends?'"
In the meantime, President E.
Claude Babcock, who has seen the
federation triple during his
administration, announced pend
ing charters for six new lodges,
bring the total to 215. They will
not be allowed to vote at the con-
vention,. he added, which shows
no effort is being made to pad"
: by the incumbent group.
One Year Ago Among Federal
ates-NRA's crack ball team had
trimmed Frederickburg's Elks,
81, 30, in a twin bill at Fred
ericksburg, Va. so workers had
been discharged by FILA after 80
days on the job. and Command
er Orren Gaudette of the new
q. P. o. American Legion Post
announced a total Of more than
400 members.
Tomorrow and Thursday reser-
vations for the approaching
NFFE convention at Yellowstone
National Park will be accepted
from various delegates at ITO