Show I PROPOSED I JN IN SUPREME LAWS Many Amendments Suggested to Constitution of Carpenters Carpenters' Carpenters Carpenters' Carpenters Carpenters' Carpen Carpen- Brotherhood SIMPLIFY ITS LANGUAGE Ah Attempts 1 to Lengthen Office Tenure of Local Officers Defeated The exclusion of ot members who rho are an engaged In selling liquor and the question of or clearance car cards s with other routine business s. s occupied the time Altho at Al tho Saturday morning session cession of or the tho convention of ot the Brotherhood of or Carpenters Car Car- penters entera and Joiners at ot Armory Armon nail hall Saturday Saturday was the last day on which resolutions resolution amendments to tho constitution constitution constitution or laws by-laws or minor m measures could be Introduced before the convention convention conven conven- iii tion Uon except by unanimous c consent and for tor forr that reason there thero were ato a n hundred o or r more moro minor sore amendments amendment to the conor constitution con con- bunched and turned over to tho the committee for tor consideration These many mony suggestions ns aro are for the t purpose urpo s se of at ins the language of ot tho con con- sUr so eo that all nil members may understand understand understand un un- It readily and without chance for tor misconstruction The rule of tho brotherhood that that no noman If It ho man can retAin hip hiE membership engages eng In tho the liquor business business In any anyway anyway I way wa was made golf oper IoU after atter tar a along along long and discussion n on tho the floor of tho the convention con This Thle clause In the constitution which has boon been In tn effect for ten years rays flays In ett effect ct that that No 0 member who engages cz in the tho sale le leof of ot Intoxicating drinks can be admitted or can bo be retained as a member o of ot the he brotherhood Liquor D Dealers lers ripened Expelled When hen the clause was adopted ten years ears ago It on was S the understanding that hat If it any member engaged ns In the liquor business he should be expelled e by his local union and notification should be bo sent to the general officers This at nn any rate was Wa what the cal cal- capen carpenters car ca- pen penters tel's wanted their constitution to mean and what they t thought ou ht It d did d mean until unto n a decision of or the cue courts called calle their attention to the tact fact that the tho clause was onas weak This court decision c when hen a member of ot tho the brotherhood who had taken aken a position as bartender was way InJured Injured In- In lured and applied for Indemnity It Ithen then hen developed eloped that he had not been expelled by his local union on engagIng Ing ng In the liquor business and th the Jeneral general general gen Jen eral officers had not been Informed of ot othis his ils chan change e of ot occupation The court ordered that the Indemnity be paid maid After the discussion lon on the floor of or oftie orthe the tie convention a substitute for tor this thiN clause lauso was offered which mak makes It tt self The Tho change will be mode by Inserting In tho the Initiation ritual a n. clause whereby the prospective prospective tive Ive mem member er agrees that If te at any future future fu- fu ture ure time he engages In the sale tale of or In- In t liquors he shall shan forfeit his membership and all rights In the brotherhood broth- broth o rb Discuss CI Clearance Cards Card The question of ot clearance cards was discussed at length and the committee on nn constitution has tea a a. change which In to all probability will be adopted Mon Mon- day This Is s to tho the effect that an any member taking a clearance card to another local organization shall shelI deposit the card a at the first regular meeting of tr the brotherhood utter after his arrival In t tho he now town tetra As a penalty it provides provides provides pro pro- vides that the member shall chan pa pay double dues duos for or all time elapsing between the time his clearance card Is la Issued and the time that ho presents presenta It to the n new w local union This change In tn the by lawn is Ie considered con con- considered con con- necessary by the carpenters as ns asa asa a n measure I to protect the members and 8 a from the eho om neglect of at the tho men taking out the clearance cards The 1 he constitution of ot the brotherhood I for tor the the Payment of death and disability claims and In cases where members have c been killed or disabled after taking out clearance cards and before presenting them to and the new often union there thero has been delay and often otten Inability to pay the thc claims to th the tho 3 heirs rs The credentials committee reported favorably on tho the case of David Kilo Kiley a delegate from Detroit who arrived In Salt Lake Friday night Longer Terms Tenn for lor Officers The question of ot longer tons terms for or of officers ot- ot of ot local unions was settled al at yesterdays yesterday's s session by the tho rejection of or ofa ora ofa a committee recommendation that that tho the terms be extended from tram six months to toone e me one ono year In tho debate on th the It was brought out ts that t the tho h e six months' months terms of or office were to bo be preferred for tor the reason that If It any any an lo local local lo- lo cal happened to elect a A. bad a one one he could bo ho thrown ena out In six months whereas an on undo undesirable or r dishonest an nan might do d. much harm In tn a year Those Tholo who advocated the theof continuance of or tine the six months months' terms made It plain place that there was nothing to prevent there the re election re-election of at an any officer and the year term amendment was th therefore r tore un un- un necessary ss ry I The Tho c convention adjourned from Saturday Sat Sat- Saturday urda noon until Monday Inda at nt 8 S a. a m. m and man many of tho the delegates went to during the afternoon remaining forthe for tor forthe the theo dance anc In the evening Last night there several meetings meetIngs meetIngs meet- meet Ings of ot committees and more mort are aro scheduled scheduled sched ached for Sunday Sunda The problem of or getting getting get get- Un ting through with the committee work has haf been a n serious one for tor the dele dele- crates eates as all of ot the tho men on the committees committees committees commit commit- tees are regular delegates lele ates and do not want to be absent from tho the regular sessions of the tho convention The delegates will attend services atthe at atthe atthe the First Congregational church this morning where COO on seats will be re reserve re- re serve served Rev Dr Elmer Eitner I I. I Go G Goshen Ghen hen will deliver a e. special sermon for tor tho the occa occa- sion I |