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: A. F. L. Will Launch'
•
i Organization Drive
• In Southeast
'f / * "‘'J.
Representatives of 10 ^
States to Meet in
Atlanta Thi» Week
St the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Feb. 24.—The Ameri
can Federation of Labor here next
week end will launch an organiza
tion drive in fields which heretofore
* have resisted unionization.
Headed by Federation President
4 William Gfeen, representatives of 10
l Southeastern States numbering 2,OOP
or more plan a three-day discus
sion of organization, legislative and
other problems affecting both em
ployes and employers.
a Mr. Green, who will deliver a
4 Nation-wide radio speech next
Saturday night, said at a Miami
a meeting earlier this month the
federation would place particular
« emphasis on the South and West in
membership activities.
* He estimated the drive would pro
duce 500,000 new members by Octo
ber. which he said would give the
*> federation more than 4,500,000 on its
t rolls.
The drive in the South will be
concentrated on textiles, retail trade,
“ marine workers, office and white col
lar workers. Government employes
and “miscellaneous industries,” he
6aid.
1* Meeting with the yarious State
boards here will be heads of the
A. F. of L.’s organization and legis
J lative departments.
“There is no fixed program,” said ;
* George Googe, Southern representa- i
tive of the A. F. of L., today, “but
organization discussions will pre
dominate. We also plan discussion
of existing labor legislation in the
Southeast, with the aim of bringing
about more uniformity in existing
laws.”
i Along with Mr. Green will come
from Washington Joseph A. Pad
way, chief counsel of the A. F. of L.
and chairman of the Legislative
Committee; Frank P. Fenton, di
rector of organization; George
Meany. secretary and treasurer; I.
M. Ornburn. secretary of the Union
Label Trades Department, and i
Others.
The 10 States to be represented
are Virginia. North and South Caro
lina. Georgia. Tennessee, Kentucky. I
Mississippi. Alabama, Louisiana and
Florida.
Arlington Camera Club
To Exhibit Prints
The Arlington <Va.) Camera Club
will place its prints, together with
the third annual travel salon of the
Photographic Society of America,
on exhibition in the National Mu
seum Saturday.
The public may see the exhibition j
until March 31 in the Natural His
tory Building of the National Mu
seum. Tenth street and Constitution
avenue N.W.
Judging the display will be three
prominent local photographers. Miss
Eleanor P. Custis. H. E. West and
D. R. Craig. Ten photographs of j
their own will be shown by the
Judges.
*'.» _ *
St. David's Society
Will Hold Reception
Persons of Welsh ancestry promi
nent in national and local affairs
will attend the reception and ban
quet of the St. David’s Society at
the Mayflower Friday, March 1, in
honor of the patron saint of Wales.
John L. Lewis, C. I. O. head:
Senators Davis of Pennsylvania and
Thomas of Idaho are among those
Invited. Others expected to attend
Include Representatives Jenkins,
Jones and Lewis of Ohio, Jarrett,
Fenton and Tibbott of Pennsyl
vania, Reese of Kansas and Gwynne
of Iowa.
A male chorus, under direction
Of Mr. Wildred Smith, will sing. 1
PHILADELPHIA—TRAFFIC TRAGEDY DRAWS TEARS—Po
liceman Thomas Chriswell wept yesterday as he told of two
school children being killed by an automobile as they crossed a
street under his protective eye. Mrs. Greta Zollikopf (right) of
suburban Ivyland, Pa., was held on a manslaughter charge as
the driver. ' —A. P. Wirephoto.
Porters' Auxiliary Unit
To Meet Wednesday
Mrs. Rosina C. Tucker, recently
elected international secretary
treasurer of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, will preside at a meeting
of the local unit of the auxiliary at j
8 p.m. Wednesday at 903 U
street N.W.
Mrs. Tucker was honored on
February 16 at a testimonial dinner
given by the auxiliary at the White
law Hotel. She organized the
auxiliary 14 years ago and assisted
in the formation of the local group.
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