tional movement that has proven its worth and stands today the only force between workers and degradation. No other movement on earth can compare with organized labor in the practical, direct benefits to the toilers. Let unionists proclaim the faith that is in them, and let them spread the gospel of trades unionism to their unorganized crafts men. The "Boys" of Six-Ninety-Nine L Satisfied with their situation? OCAL Union 699, of Pittsburgh, Pa., recently celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their fine organization and it is a pleasure to show herewith cut of the group from which it may be noted that either the coatless boys feared no zero weather, such as we have been having, or were so accustomed to the whims of the weather man, that they disregarded any attempt to abridge their costume by the fickle change in the weather. Seriously speaking, it looks as if the gang got together before a painted "drop", thinking that they might appear to have stood in the open weather. Any way, here are congratulations to 699, and looking forward to publishing the pictures of the same crowd, and many more, on their "Golden Jubilee". We should hope to say so! FAMILY'S DECENT LIVING CALLS FOR ANNUAL $2135 A family of father, mother and two children must have an annual income of $2,135.96 to maintain a minimum of health and decency. This figure was the median of 152 individual figures submitted by as many members of Miss Jessica Peixotto's class in the control of poverty, University of California. "The median is approximately the same as the average professional research worker reaches," said Dr. Peixotto. A spider in the Pacific Islands spins a web large and strong enough to be used as a fishing net. PEUS In Memoriam BROTHER B. Lustengarten Chas. H. La Berge S. Pessi Robert Brown Richard Keusch Kirk Young Walter Beechard Jacob Gleich John Dagnan Harris Kraemer Robert H. Main Geo. Young Virgil R. Strickland 121, Long Island City, N. Y.............. C. Smith 121, Long Island City, N. Y.. ..P. Cyrafas 128, Cleveland, O. 130, Houston, Tex. 134, San Francisco, Cal. 134, San Francisco, Cal. 137, St. Louis, Mo. 137, St. Louis, Mo. 139, Charleston, S. C. 147, Chicago, Ill. 147, Chicago, Ill. 147, Chicago, Ill. 165, E. Liverpool, O. 169, Jersey City, N. J. 180, Oak Park, Ill. 180, Oak Park, Ill. 180, Oak Park, Ill. 184, Chicago, Ill. 184, Chicago, Ill. 184, Chicago, Ill. 190, Bridgeport, Conn. 191, Chicago, Ill. 191, Chicago, Ill. 193, Atlanta, Ga. 194, Chicago, Ill. 194, Chicago, Ill. 194, Chicago, Ill. 195, Providence, R. I. 213, Paterson, N. J. 214, Sioux City, Ia. 226, Chattanooga, Tenn. 233, St. Petersburg, Fla.. 233, St. Petersburg, Fla. Louis Orinski J. A. Luippold Alois Mares Chas. M. Waterhouse L. Peary R. L. Sellers O. Ellefson Christian Voss LOCAL UNION 257, Springfield, Mass. 261, New York, N. Y.. 261, New York, N. Y. 265, Chicago, Ill. 270, Grand Junction, Colo.. 282, Pittsburgh, Pa. 341, St. Louis, Mo. 341, St. Louis, Mo. 349, Montreal, Que., Can.. 368, Washington, D. C. 368, Washington, D. C. 408, Hackensack, N. J. 447, Cedar Rapids, Ia. 474, Portsmouth, Va. 485, Shreveport, La. 488, Pittston, Pa. 490, New York, N. Y. 499, New York, N. Y. 499, New York, N. Y. 528, New York, N. Y. 538, St. Augustine, Fla. 538, St. Augustine, Fla. 543, Brooklyn, N. Y. 561, Marlboro, Mass. 637, Chicago, Ill. BROTHER I. N. Murphy Max Tabachoff Morris Karnal Wm. August Reuben E. Starr F. M. Jones Lee Ferguson Marshall Brodie R. C. Avelle John Klaman Hugh J. Robb Roland Russell Fred V. Kenyon A. F. Harrison C. W. Brown Frank Pierce Nathan Kaufman Al Farkas Paul Moertzsch Andrew Ivey Frank Hinkley Frank M. Dutcher Harry S. Huston John Glynn Thure Johnson Peter Desautell S. Agricoin J. L. Bradley Frank Shields ....... Herbert J. Thornton 646, Northampton, Mass. 703, Philadelphia, Pa. 712, Atlanta, Ga. 740, Portland, Ore. 776, Kansas City, Mo. 806, Miami, Fla. 843, Huntington, N. Y. 848, New York, N. Y. 857, Sioux Falls, S. D. 863, Highwood, Ill. 867, Cleveland, O. 867, Cleveland, O. 867, Cleveland, O. 892, New York, N. Y. 913, San Mateo, Cal. 917, Brooklyn, N. Y. 929, Fairmount, W. Va. 944, Enid, Okla. 973, Greenwood, Miss. 1087, New York, N. Y. 1092, Seaside, Ore. 1100, Norfolk, Va. 1110, Elmira, N. Y. 1138, Boston, Mass. 1175, Miami, Fla. 1176, Oakland, Cal. 1272, Arecibo, P. R. 1287, Melbourne, Fla. 1308, Hollywood, Fla. Chas. A. Roberts Ludwig Hedlund Alfred Umlauf Jos. Cannon Jas. Thompson Harry Pool John C. Lawrence Isadore Sleitz, John Wall Geo. W. Riding John M. O. Saude H. E. Crook J. M. Myers B. A. Galey Herman Glasser Geo. C. Reed Alan Butts L. B. Evans Geo. W. Jaurvin D. D. Hough H. H. Betts Edwardo Cardona D. E. Proper H. Bechtle BROTHER GOODMAN PASSES ON The sad news has reached General Headquarters of the death of Brother A. P. Goodman, who for a great many years was an honored, respected and aggressive member of Local Union 130, of Houston, Texas. In the demise of Brother Goodman, not only the Local has lost a valued friend and counsellor, but the International also is deprived of the cooperation and services of a loyal member whose standing, not only as a trades-unionist but also as a fine specimen of citizenship, was so greatly in evidence. To the family of Brother Goodman sincere sympathy is extended upon their bereavement. DUE BOOKS LOST Of Brother Irving Sacks, No. 51153. If found please return to Financial Secretary of L. U. 905, Max Bachman, 1150 Garrison Ave., Bronx, New York, N. Y. Of Brother Sam Allen, No. 34676. If found please return to the Financial Secretary of L. U. 905, Max Bachman, 1150 Garrison Ave., Bronx, New York, N. Y. Of Brother John Arend, No. 1421. If found please return to the Financial Secretary of L. U. 989, Wm. Haaf, 160 Brookside Ave., Irvington, N. J. Of Brother E. Siwic, No. 157715. If found please return to the Financial Secretary of L. U. 989, Wm. Haaf, 160 Brookside Ave., Irvington, N. J. STAY AWAY FROM THE CITIES LISTED ON PAGE 41.. THERE'S A REASON! EXPELLED Chas. Koenig, by D. C. No. 9. UNION ONLY REFUGE OF LABOR, Organization is the only temporal salvation for workers, declares Rev. J. Haas, in an article published in the Seaside Signal. The minister's opinion is as follows: "Because of the difficulties in securing legislation for labor and because the general welfare requires that the State should not do for its citizens what they should do for themselves, the working people must and should rely upon the trade-union and collective bargaining to attain the economic welfare of themselves and their families. Unless they are successful in this the result will be additional regulation of industry. The problem then is, how to organize the fourfifths of the working people in the United States who are not organized. "The large reserves of concentrated capital are drawn upon in various ways to prevent the spread of organization. The financing of under-cover men, card indexes and blacklists, the maintenance of propaganda bureaus, the creation of funds for legislation and litigation, and the establishment of paternalistic welfare schemes are some of the means used. "Court decisions restricting the labor movement tending to strengthen a belief that labor is out of harmony with American ideas of justice and the news and editorial columns of newspapers subtly or openly attacking the working people are doing incalculable harm. "The church is within her jurisdiction when she opposes this false and pernicious attitude. The churches and priests and ministers should reconstruct a sane attitude toward the dignity of labor." LOCAL UNIONS IN ARREARS Members, Watch Your Benefits-The National Law provides (see Section 15 of the Constitution) That With Locals Two Months in Arrears, the Members of Such Locals Shall Be Deprived of Their Benefits. The Only Exceptions Are When the Local Unions Are on Strike or Locked Out or When for Equally Sufficient Reasons an Extension of Time Is Given to Make Payments. Unions two months in arrears on closing accounts on December 31, 1927, follow: 60, 93, 120, 160, 164, 231, 315, 325, 330, 377, 503, 651, 697, 716, 755, 777, 798, 883, 917, 920, 995, 1026, 1049, 1051, 1055, 1081, 1087, 1090, 1120, 1132, 1137, 1154, 1158, 1221, 1231, 1251, 1280, 1307, 1312, 1316, 1322, 1329. FINANCIAL STATEMENT, NOVEMBER, 1927 The following shows all money received from October 31, 1927, to November 30, 1927. Each member from November 30, 1927, to December 31, 1927, will appear in next report. NOTE: The total receipts, less receipts from special funds 11.40 which are applied direct, from sale of supplies, which are 54.58 credited to the Supply Fund, making good protested checks, 11.45 which are credited to the General Fund, and Life members 10.80 (103) which are credited to Death and Disability Fund, are 12.00 divided among the remaining Funds, as follows: General 346.25 Fund, 12% per cent.; Journal Fund, 12 per cent.; Organiz- 20.40 ing Fund, 20 per cent.; Defense Fund, 15 per cent.; Death |