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Show CITIZENSHIP FOR WOMEN ADVOCATED WASHINGTON. June 16. The International Interna-tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders, In convention In -this city, today adopted a resolution declaring that the best inter-i inter-i ests of labor require the admission of women to full citizenship. I Sympathy with the craft in San Francisco Fran-cisco was expressed and dues and assessments assess-ments of local unions in the stricken city from April 1 to July 1 next were remitted. remit-ted. An appeal will be made to the membership mem-bership of the Brotherhood for aid for the sufferers. By unanimous vote the convention adopted adop-ted a resolution "that the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders Indorse and commend for the early consideration by Congress the bill known as the Currier bill relating to copyrights, and especially that clause in the bill prohibiting the copyright of any foreign book or publication publica-tion unless the composition and binding are done in this country." An appropriation of $oOO was made for two bookbinders' unions now on strike in Des Moines, la. |