Montana labor news., 1949-05-12
Convention Report

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country. t%nnycnine in Chicago ior
the SIND Hotel and Restaurant En-
~ploycc, and nartcndcrs International
Union convention. last week en-
dor>cd a S5ON.WOO campaign To- erect
a wing at the City OF Hope, ma
tional medical enter at Duartc. IN
the name ri that organization.
Hugo Ernst. international prc>I-
dent Of the union, hailed the City
of Hope a. "a cause worthy ol the
support OF every responsible citizen
in America" Ernst said, Il have
personally visited the City OF Hope
and | have seen a lone-tcrm illness
unlike any other i'll the world, where
people without money are given the
finest medical care and are restored
to useful citizenship again. | am
only too happy to be able TO CON
tribute my share 10 the Embarrassing
campaign OF this great humanitar-
ian %sanatorium.'
\ $4,000 donation from the
national union was voted lmmcdi-
atcly at the convention for the med
zeal center. West Coast delegates
y. W. Van Hook OF MATTERS Local
No. II. Walter Cowan OF the Los
Angeles Culinary Joint Council and
MAY Stoncman OF Mattresses l.o-
cal No. 90 were present when the
resolution and pledged support OF
the campaign was announced. Each
OF the labor leader, heartily en-
dorScd the promise TO fulfill the
100000 goal.
1t was announced al the convention
that the New York local union
which had raised $4,000 at a tes-
timonial dinner To President Ernst
several months ago had presented
him with a scroll Tor his ready re
Spouse 10 humanitarian causes and
his untiring efforts OF behalf OF the
sick, the needy, and the helpless
Completion OF the wing in the
name OF the Hotel and Restaurant
Workers will add one more trade
union sponsored building TO the
many which have already been
erected on the grounds OF the lnstl
tuition, according to Samuel II. Col
ter, Executive Director OF the City
OF Hope. Golfer SAID that such
unions as the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union, the ANAL
gamatcd Clothing Workers Of Am
erica, and the Bakers and Coniec-
tioncry Workers, among others,
have constructed buildings i'll theil
names on the grounds OF the long
term illness hospital, where II,
paticn, pay, Tor care and keep
This third largest union in III,
NEL, comprising 425,OW members
passed the following resolution:
WHEREAS the Los Angelo
Sanatorium-Ciiy OF Hope has beer
providing ior the are Of need,
tuhcrculars ior some thirty 81,
years, and
WHEREAS this national hospita
operating on a free and non-sec
tartan basis, was founded by labor
minded people and has always mad,
is facilities available to trade un
~ionistS throughout the years, and
WHEREAS the Los Angelo.
Sanatorium-City OF Hope recent,
embarked on a building program t'
expand lis services SO that all long
term illnesses a be treated at thu
institution, and
WHEREAS the New York an,
Brooklyn locals OF the Hotel an,
Restaurant Employees and Barten
dcrs international Union rendered
a testimonial dinner to Presidcn
Ernst in January, l949, at which
time funds were raised for launch
ing an industry endowed wing a
the Los Angeles Sanatorium-Cit,
OF Hope
THEREFORE BE IT RESOL
WE'D that this convention so oi
record as endorsing the project in
lated by the New York and Brook
Ign locals and call upon all aiiil
latcd locals To cooperate i'll raisin.
The sum OF S3000,000 for the estab
lishmcnt OF a Hotel and Restauran
Hospital Wing at the Los Angelo
Sanatorium-City OF Hope, and be i
further
RESOLVED that the Hotel an,
Restaurant Employees and Bar
tenders international Union donat
S2S.tNO as It's contribution to thi
wing to serve as an inspiration t
all locals To give their iull-heartc,
cooperation to this national cam
paign.
AFT. CEAEARERC JINION