The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-15


ence at the time when the ClaS-
sificatiOn Act was passed"
The current bill, B bcock
charged, allows "evasions" of the
law by assigning pet employees to
fictitious new positions" thus
allowing them higher salaries
without official ''realloCation," "
banned frequently under imita-
ton of appropriations.
Among interesting events on tap
is the annual congressional recep-
ton of the Pennsylvania Demo
cratic Club. which is to take place
this evening at the Shoreham.
Senator Joseph F. Guffey will be
honored by the group in company
with Pennsylvania 81 Demo
cratic Representatives. Tickets,
at $1.1O, are obtainable at 225
Colorado Building.
Officers of the club are Joseph
F. Quinn, president, DR.. E. Chris
topher Meyer, Emily A. Bradshaw
and j. Jennings Boland, vice preSl-
dents: Thomas L. Mangan, Jr,
chairman of the executive COM
mittee; Lester J. Pollock, treas
urer Margaret HARRISON, record
ing secretary; Mrs Fred L. Miller,
executive secretary and John j.
Motley, chairman of the publicity
committee. 1t meets monthly at
the Willard Hotel.
Gradually replenishing itself in
the agencies where it expelled
lodges for "Subversive" activity at
the last national convention, the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees has set up new
lodge, No. 375, at the Railroad Re
tirement Board.
Previously a substitute lodge
had been organized in the Justice
Department to take the place of
the old Lodge No. 81, expelled for
depicting j. Edgar Hoover pub
licly in effigy.
Joseph L. Burke, president,
heads a list of temporary officers
working under a temporary GER
tificate OF affiuation. Other lead
ers are Ralph C. Barton and Mich
ael P. Connolly, vice presidents;
John M. Mcleod, secretary;
James H. Williams, treasurer. and
Henry P. Mccarthy, sergeant-at-
arms.
Meanwhile, as had been eX-
pected, establishment of the
lodge has produced strong pro-
test from the Railroad Retirement
Board Union, independent body
which formerly was a lodge itself
within the A. F. G.. E. Terming
itself real union" and the new
A. F. G. E. unit merely a com
pany union" the original group
has issued a statement:
There is another type of
union, which in private industry
is called a company union.
This type Of union is formed
and dominated by officials and
supervisors, and it has two pur-
poses: first, the supervisors who
control it are able to prevent
employees from effectively bring
ing forward their complaints;
second, it diScOurageS the
growth Of a genuine union.
"The new A, F. G. E. lodge
that is now being formed is
such a union because certain
supervisors that are aiding in
its formation are using the
prestige of their positions to CO.
cree employees into joining the
new lodge, and have made mis-
leading statements to prevent
employees from joining the Rail-
road Retirement Board Union"
'Tf the purpose of the organ
iZers of this lodge is, as they
state, to promote harmony and
unity why haven't they Joined
the functioning union? Why
are the conditions of their mem
berShip so wOrded as to exclude
any applicant if only three mem
berS blackball him? This prac-
tice is almost unheard of in
trade uniOns) Why has a con-
stitutiOn been adopted and Off
GERS elected in Secret?"
A rally meeting has been SEIZED
rled by the original group for 8
p. m. Saturday at the Railroad
Retirement Board cafeteria, and
all employees are invited to attend
and find out what it is all about.
TOday'S calendar Of entertain
ing events for Government folk:
Carlton Hotel - Labor Department
Lodge No. 12s. A. F. G. E.. annual spring
dance and social. $50 p. m.
Shoreham Neutrality-suspicious. Demo
cratic Club of Washington annual Con-
gressional reception.
Hayloft (rear 1926 Massachusetts, Ave
n. W)-Veterans Administration Lodge
A. +. G. E.. dance (old-fashioned square
type), benefit athletic committee of
union, 10 p. m.
Agriculture South Building. Room
2050-A-Public Roads Lodge, A. F. G.