Evening star., 1938-02-14
j. s. WORKERS GET
c. |. 0. LITERATURE
Senator WheeIer's Daughter
and Marion Hepburn
Aid Distribution.

More than SO young men and
women, among them the daughter
Of Senator Wheeler of Montana and
the sister Of Katherine Hepburn, the
movie actress, today tnaugurated the
second big organization campaign Of
the United Federal Workers of
America, an affiliate of the. Committee
for Industrial Organization.
Mostly worker-members Of the
union. and with women in the ma
jority, they were posted from 7:30 am.
until 9 am. at entrances to number
Of Government departments.
They distributed. without interfer-
ence. thousands Of pamphlets adver-
tising a union meeting to be held
Thursday at 8:15 pm. in the Depart
mental Auditorium, at which five
members of Congress and c. I. o.
Director John Brophy will speak.
Begins Two-Day Drive.
Miss Frances Wheeler, 81. daughter
OF the Senator, employe of the indus
Of Labor Statistics, Labor Depart
ment, and Miss Marion Hepburn, l9,
sister Of the actress and secretary Of
the U. F. W. AS school for training
Federal workers here, were posted at
the main entrance to the Govern
ment Printing Office on North Capitol
street.
Five other young women covered
other entrances to the building. They
were Ann Gryder, "a, Labor Depart
ment; Helen Schneider. 26, Labor
Department. president of Local No.
IL of the U. F. w. A.; Jessica Buck,
%, Railroad Retirement Board; Ma
tilda Katz, %, Labor. and Miriam
Naigles, IS, w. P. A.
Today's distribution marked the
beginning Of a two-day drive in ad-
vance Of Thursday nights meeting.
The goal is to distribute $4,000 Of the
pamphlets inside or outside Federal
departments today and tomorrow.
Speakers Are Listed.
Branches covered today were the
G.. P. O., the old Post Office Building,
Navy Yard, War and Navy Depart
ments, General Accounting Office;
Agriculture, Justice, Interior and State
Departments; Veterans Administra-
ton. Farm Security Administration,
Farm Credit Administration, Gal
linger and ST. Elizabeth's Hospitals
and the Bureau Of Standards.
Tomorrow's schedule calls for PAM
phlet distributions at the Bureau of
Internal Revenue. Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, Commerce De-
partment, Federal Trade Commission
and tentatively the Treasury Depart
ment and the Home Owners Loan
Corp. At the last two places union
members hope to receive permission
to pass out the pamphlets inside.
Jacob Baker, president of the U. F.
w. A.. will preside over the meeting
Thursday night.
The speakers and their subjects
will be:
Representative Ramspeck of Geor-
Ria. chairman of the House Civil
Service Committee, Legislation and
the Government Worker; Senator
Logan of Kentucky, Government
Employment Standards: Representa-
tive Mccormack of Massachusetts,,
THE Five-Day Week; Mr.. Brophy,
"Uncle Sans Duty as Model En-
ployer"; Senator Schwellenbach Of
Washington, Higher Wages in the
Government" and Representative
Bigelow Of Ohio, "A Method for Ap-
peals."
The pamphlets distributed today
ended with the appeal, Join the
United Federal Workers of America.
The Union for the 100000"
o. F. w. A. leaders now claim q
membership of $4,000. including two
new locals, one at Gallinger Hospital,
the other for custodial workers at
the Capitol.