The Washington times., 1937-02-11

folk interested in such photos. Or mem.
hers of Government organizations
torial room by s:15 p. M, Of phone d.
1000 branch 2lO.
The rambunctious A. F. G. E., at
this writing a luSty infant OF ap-
proximately five, will reenter the
headlines this weekend.
Members Of the A. F. G. E.'S eX-
ecutive council, all-poWerful trl-
bunal that made every front page
in the country last September via
the constitutional execution OF 300
alIegedly radical members. convene
in the Capital tomorrow morning.
The Hamilton Hotel, scene OF
many a hectic A. F. G. E. battle,
beginning with the time special
guards were placed to see that no
snoopers from the N. F. F. E. were
present at the first organization
convention. is to be the base OF
the Week-end's operations.
These operations, which carry
along with them very nice Vaca-
ton from routine for the council
members. will consist principally
of a conference on legislative PROB
lens of interest to the Man Who
Works for the Government. In
cluded in this category will be a
visit to the House Civil Service
Committee, now considering Chair
man Bob RamspeCkS merit Sys-
tenn bill, at which time those coun-
elites who wish to say something
pro or con may do so.
Other operations also loom.
With no observers whatever IN
the amphitheater, the council is to
operate on the corpSes of the five
ousted radical lodges, which are
still appealing for clemency.
They may force the corpseS to
trot back to their tomb6. but IN
some quarters it is felt that de
sire of A. F. of L. PreXy Green for
"harmony" will result in a re-
vivification process.
j. Edgar Hoover, whose troubles
with a handful of mllitant-minded
A. F. G. Els in the F. B. l. caused
most of the September Contlagra-
ton. has invited the council to ex-
anime his bureau Saturday after
noon, and that evening the all
highest body is to be feted at the
Hamilton with a banquet paid Tor
by the D. C. Department. Friendly
Senators and Congressman, offl-
cials of the A. F. of L., and all
three Civil Service Commissioners
are to attend.
Harmony" something to which
it is not accustomed. has kept the
AT. E. out of the spotlight lex
cept for the Koch caSe) for some
time. The reason has been that
Col. Charlie Stengle has insisted
upon it ever since they pushed him
into the hot spot vacated by
Claude Babcock. And the result
has been so pleasurabl for veteran
A. F. G. E.'S that those who cOnSld-
cred him a "one-year man" and a
stop gap" in '36 may find he has
erected stone walls instead of mere
political fences. come next Sep
tember.
Dedicated to the memory Of
President Lincoln, tomorroW's
meeting of the United Govern
ment Employees, colored group,
will see Representatives Virginia
F.. Jenckes, Of Indiana; OrVille
Zimmerman. of Missouri, and
Frank Dorsey, Of Pennsylvania,
discuss the proposed $500 mini
mum wage for Federal and District
employees, the organization an
nounced today.
The meeting slated for the Gar
net-PatterSon Junior High School,
at Tenth and U SITS. N. W., will
hear President Edgar G. Brown
read the Proclamation of Emanci-
patton, while Mother" Anna
Chase 90, is to describe her meet
ing with Lincoln at the White
House. Treasurer Elizabeth Nc
Duffie is to read the second inau-
gural address of President Lin
coin and Mrs. E. P Fleming will
likewise read his Gettysburg epic.
Belle A. TrOuland, outranked in
popularity by not one individual
at the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing. has been nominated pres
ident of Local No. 105, N. F. F. E.
Uomens union at the bureau, for
the fourteenth consecutive year.
With her were nominated Mignon
Miller for vice president and Ger
trude McNallv for corresponding
secretary, the latter having served
continuously since the local was
formed in 1909. Gertrude SChell-
horn was nominated for recording
secretary and Margaret Carry for
secretary-treasurer, with Minnie
Stevens and Leo Williams named
for guardian and guide. Election
of all is almost certain.
Mary Willard, Nora James,
Maude Miller and Misses Trou-
land, Mignon, Miller and Stevens
were named as delegates to the
D. C. Federation of the N. F. F. E.
and alternates will probably be
Mae Bergevin. Gertrude Schell-
horn. Violet Turner. Edna Terry,
Hazel Callene and Leo Williams
incidentally, it was revealed
that the N. F. F. E. has chartered
eight locals in the past week by
Matilda Lindsay, pretty organizer.
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