The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-02-04

sonic Temple.
Clarence " Eldridge, general ban
quet chairman, has announced that
an outstanding speaker has been Sc
cured and an overflow crowd is ex
pected.
With this being an election year
49, both Federal, State and County
- the banquet could very well be
springboard for the party's cam
paign in Washington County and |
advise you, if you haven't already
done so, to get your ticket right
away.
| was surprised, to say the least,
when / heard that my good friend,
Jimmy" Black, had been given the
interim appointment of Clerk of the
Court, pending the November cleo
tons, when the voters of Washington
County will elect the Clerk for the
next four years.
When Judge Mish, chief judge of
the Circuit Court, following the
death of Mr.. Weagley, temporarily
named Merlin Snyder, the deputy
clerk, to the post, l assumed he
would carry on pending the cleo
tons. However, although Judge Mish
urged that the temporary appoint
ment be given to career employee
of the court, his fellow judges, Mr.
Henderson and Mr.. Harris, both Re
publicans, chose to name Mr. Black
to the temporary post
The Republican Party in Wash
ington County has no finer member
than Jimmy Black, who has not only
served his party well for many years,
but was also for many years, one of
the best County Clerks that Wash
ington County has ever had. But
in my opinion and l can assure
you it is also the opinion of quite a
number of prominent Republicans
and Democrats in the County as well
1t would have been far better if
the two judges had named someone
for the temporary appointment who
definitely would not be a candidate
for the office in November, and thus
leave it to the voters to elect a per-
manent clerk, with both candidates
starting from scratch.
$3.50
AS was expected, the meeting of
representatives of the CLIO with the
Mayor and Council last Thursday
night, called at the request of the
union so that they could present their
reasons why they should be recogniz-
ed as the bargaining agent for the
classified and unclassified employees
of the city - with the exception of
the Police and Fire departments -
developed into nothing more or less
than a terrific argument between
the CLIO Representatives and the Of
ficials of the AFL, who were also
present to protect their interests as
bargaining agent for the employees
of the Light Department, whom
they have represented for the past
thirty years or more.
The main bone of contention dur
ing the debate, that lasted for near
ly two hours, was the light plant
employees.
Representatives of the AFL stated
that they were not interested in
representing all the employees of the
city, their only request being that
they continue to be the sole bar
gaining agent for the light plant
employees.
The CLIO, on the other hand, wants
to represent all the city employees,
including those employees of the
light plant, who are now, or might
be in the future, members of the
CLIO.
During the argument, the Clio rep
resentatives were careful to avoid
stating how many city employees
they represented, but the AFL did
state that they represented at least
81 per cent of the light plant en-
ployees. This statement was made
after the CLIO said: 1--WE have been in
formed that some AFL Union claims
to have approximately seven mem
bers among the city employees,
which is not sufficient representation
to claim bargaining rights"
During the two-hour argument,
the members of the Council just sat
and listened. When the debate was
over, Mayor Burhans asked if any
member of the Council had any ques-
tons to ask, but all five shook their
heads. The Union representatives
then left the Council chamber, after
which the Mayor and Council took
care of one or two routine matters
and then adjourned, without taking
any action on the CLOS request.
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