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Show Headquarters of Great Trade Union 1 M. MiM M 1 56 J.. One of the many fine and substan-4 tlttl headquarters buildings owned by organised labor In Chicago Is this home of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steam Fitters Fit-ters of the United States and Canada. The Journeymen plumbers and . ; steam fitters International organlza- '. Hon Is In an excellent flnnnclnl coodl- tlon, there being more than 11,000,000 In all funds. John Coefleld, active In the labor movement for 33 years, Is the general president He was business agent of the Baa Francisco Building Trades council when elected general president In 1918. lie had held every office from president down In Local Union No. 442 at 8a n Francisco. He was elected fraternal delegate to the British Trades Union congress at the recent Detroit convention of the American Amer-ican Federation of Labor. Thomas E. Burke has been the general gen-eral secretary-treasurer for a quarter of a century. lie has the general headquarters thoroughly organized on a strictly business basis, with everything every-thing moving along with clocklike precision. The thought often occurs that If the rank and file of the unions could only visualise the more than 100 national and International union headquarters In operation they would take far more Interest and pride In their membership. member-ship. . |