The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-08

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get the better seats. Watch
for the Lucky Rings around
your face!
six million dollars in addition to
present retirement expense, it is
estimated.
WPA'S organized employees to-
day were drawing up a petition
to be sent to the White House re-
questing attention for their four.
point program asking continuance
of their agency, extension of civil
service status to them, expansion
of research activities and eStab.
liShment Of more white collar
projects for clerical workers out
of jobs. Their delegation enjoyed
a two-hour talk with WPA Admin
iStrator Harry Hopkins recently,
but drew forth no definite prom
iSeS.
March retirements at the Blu
reau Of Engraving and Printing:
John R. Newman, principal time
clerk, 43 years OF service.
John A. Mooney, siderographer,
80 years of service,
Philip F. Milton, offset press
man, 80 years of service.
Benjamin F.. Reed, form clerk, 80
years of service.
James P. Radigan, plate printer,
Al years Of service.
"When the C. I. o. was
formed it was tacitly under
stood that one Of the major
aims was the organization of
the workers in the steel indus
try. Hence it is interesting to
note land perhaps q little sur.
priSing) that the conservative
University of Pittsburgh Blu
reau of Business Research has
publicly recommended the
same program as the Commit
tee for Industrial Organize
ton Is pursuing"
"These unbiased academic
investigators have advocated
N the organization of steel
workers into vertical unions
such as the C. /. o. is building
rather than craft organize
tiOnS; (2) that collective bar.
gaining be done on a national
rather than a plant basis; and
90 that democratic unions
rather than company unions
which do not adequately repre-
sent the workers"
-Aggie Lodge 81, A. F. G. E.
The Board of Representatives
OF Local No. 2, largest unit of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees, will meet Friday at ITO
Fourteenth ST. N. W., at 8 o. m.
Meetings at the same site were
held yesterday by the locals
finance committee and the War
Department Local, No. 261.
Federalisms: The District De-
partment of the A. F. G.. E. will
meet once again tomorrow night
at the Hamilton Hotel, and one of
the big items will be discussion Of
plans for a dinner to be rendered
collectors in Washington it is
not believed any more delegates
Will be denied seats, but as one per-
son at headquarters remarks, "you
never can tell" the I. C. C. Credit
Union began operation with seven
members and a capital of but ST
now it has 375 members and its
net assets would keep you COM
fortably for the rest Of your life
.. Mrs. Bessie Godbee Bruce, for
mer nurse with the medical unit
at st. Elizabeths Hospital, is now
with Interstate. weekend tricS
are the foremost pleasure Of Janet
Donnelly and Elsie Cook, friends
at Adjutant Generals Office OBJ
serve. more than 10000 persons
disabled via accident, illness or
other reasons, were vocationally
rehabilitated by the program Of
the Office of Education during
1895 Commissioner John w.
Studebaker estimates it costs not
over $500 to do the job for each
person West Virginia State So
ciety threw it's final dance of the
season last night at the Raleigh
John w. Smith and James
Moriarity arranged for the recep-
ton. and tonight, Treasury N.
F. F. E. Local, No. 262, celebrates
its fourteenth birthday with o