The Washington times., 1935-10-04
900 or more stood as follows:

During September the following
employees were either retired or
received authority for retirement
from the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing;
William Foley and Edwin E.
Putnam, foremen of plate print
ing; Harry w. Melville, plate
printer; Ernest Dietz, assistant en-
gineer; Mary K. Mccarthy, tissue
separator: Levi G.. Brown, distrib-
utor; John w. Williams, freight
handler: Mrs. Josephine Butler,
charwoman; Mrs. Hattie L. Some,
counter; Mrs. Hattie M. Willis,
trimmer and trimming examiner,
and James A. Farrell, chief clerk.
printing division. Mr.. Farrell had
served 40 years and Mr.. Putnam
80.
Steadily growing since its highly
successful biennial convention at
Yellowstone Park, the NFFE has
announced two new local unions
in the field service, at Lacrosse,
Wis, and Petersburg. Va. The
Wisconsin group is composed Of
Commerce, War and Agriculture
workers, according to Secretary
Treasurer Gertrude McNally,
while employees of the Federal Re
formatory at Petersburg formed
Local No. SO, Of which H. Glenn
Cunningham has already been
chosen president.
The NFFE meetings are Sched-
uled for today at TIC Fourteenth
st. N. W., District headquarters.
At p. m. the executive council
Of the D. c. Federation of Fed
era1 Employees will convene and
at 8 p. m. Local, No. II, composed
Of colored workers, is to hear re-
ports Of convention proceedings.
Members Of the Commerce De-
partment Lodge of the AFGE
have had enough of dry meetings,
wherein oratory spouts to the ac-
compartment of routine yaWns.
So President L. Kemp and Secre-
tary Mildred P. Burr have an
nounced a chummy little supper
meeting for Wednesday at Sholl's
F. Street restaurant, at which
there will be one guest speaker.
Plenty Of entertainment is prom
1Sed members and their friends.
James Copeland, Room 1928,
Commerce Building, is dispensing
tickets at rs cents apiece.
Job seekers are being turned
away daily at General Accounting
Office with the information that
$4,000 surplus applications now
rest in the files.
One year ago, Federally: The
Civil Service Reinstatement
League had blasted the required
new tests for veteran employees of
Alcohol Tax Unit in meeting ..
Esther Penn, then A.F.G.E. secre-
tary, was among speakers. Gen.
Hugh S. JohnSon'S NRA secretary,
Miss Frances Robinson, had been
made Kentucky Colonel by Gov.
Ruby Laff foon. James Tracy
Brady, Holbrook, Mass, was the
new solicitor for Veterans Admin
istration.
L. ]. P. Fichthorn, examiner in
the Bureau of Formal Cases, Inter
state Commerce Commission, has
been appointed judge advocate of
the District Of Columbia Depart
ment, American Legion, by Jo-
seph j. Malloy, department COM
mander. C. I. Kephart. Bureau of
Valuation, is judge advocate for
Arlington Post No. 139, Va.
Mrs. Bernice Heffner, Ira Y.
Baine and G.. Carroll Dimond,
members of the executive council
Of the Age, will be guests Sun
day afternoon at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Claude Babcock.
Although the Trades-Union News
Of Philadelphia is weekly
friendly to the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, it did not fail to
give the unaffiliated N.FF.E.
lead story" on Inauguration of
the 100000 merit system protec-
tion fund.