Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-06-07 | Page 13 | Engineers Pass Resolution on Revolving Fund

ENGINEERS PASS RESOLUTION ON REVOLVING FUND Convention Coet on Record at Favoring Smith-Mc-Nary Bill for Reclamation of Arid Land of Country A.loptlon of raolutlon Indoralnt tha Mnilih-McNHry bill. provU!ln fnr a iravolvlnt fund to bo loanrd In rclalm- Inl tha arlrt lanrta of tha Wt and i awama lamia nf tha Houlh markrd tha iflaal araalnna of tha annual convention of tha Amcrlran Axaoclatlon of Knl-fnaora. Knl-fnaora. which haa bran In progrraa at 1 ih Hotel l.'tah alma Monday. I'oplea of tha resolution wll ba aant to Hen-atora Hen-atora McNary. Hinoot. Mondrll. Hccr. Itury of tha Tntrrlor Fall and other Wawhlncton offlrlala. A raaolutlon favorlnn an anaotmant I of an act by roncrraa empowering, tha president and aerretnry of labor to Import unakilled labor to work In the ' Hawaiian ielanna waa nlan paaaed. Tha j reaolutlon la propoaed aa a mtana of rrilrf for projert work In tha lalandi retarded clili lly hr lack of unskll-ed t labor. j plrlted dlarueelona of mattera per- tafnlnir to rhanxfa In the constitution, I acalo fif dues and aeveral other Inter-inal Inter-inal uff.ilra marked tha morHins aea-jalon. aea-jalon. Ulacuaalan on tha piopox-d t (Continued on pane ENGINEERS PASS (Continued from page 1.) amendment changes to article No. ft af-j af-j fectlng dues paid to the national organisation or-ganisation drew heated retorts from delegates representing several section. The discussions occupied the entire morning end were continued this aft-ernon aft-ernon with several delegates holding for ft $ annual fee to the national organisation or-ganisation with each chapter regulating (it own dues. Others hvld for ft fiat Irate of $16 or 110 per member to take Icare of both the chapter fee and the fee to the national. j Officers to head the organisation next ' year will be announced by the eom-tmittee eom-tmittee having their selection In charge (at the banquet tonight. The commit . tea's report will be voted upon by the assembled delegates, The matter of 1 finally selecting the city In which to (bold the next convention will also be i taken up at the meeting tonight. -t Resolution adopted at yesterday's sessions urged higher salaries for federal fed-eral employes. Copies were telegraphed tele-graphed to members of the- subcommittee subcom-mittee of the eenata appropriations ; committee asking that the bill, H. K. ; 8928, be reported favorably to the senate. sen-ate. K. B. Miller, employment secretary , of the national organisation, who addressed ad-dressed the meotinff, sall thut the av jerajfe length of an engineering position t