To Provide Shorter Hours for the Members of the Dist. of Columbia Fire Dept. and to Amend the Act Classifying the Officers & Members of Dist. of Columbia Fire Dept: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Police and Firemen...on H.R. 3314...and H.R. 1982.... |
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Page 21 - No member of the Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of any organization, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself, or any subordinate, component, or affiliated organization of which holds, claims, or uses the strike to enforce its demands. Upon sufficient proof to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia...
Page 16 - SCHULTE. Please come forward and give your name and state whom you represent. STATEMENT OF GEORGE J. RICHARDSON, SECRETARY-TREASURER, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is George J. Richardson, and I am secretary and treasurer of the International Association of Fire Fighters, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. On this bill to limit the hours of labor of firemen in the District of Columbia to 60, I want to go...
Page 27 - This unit was established in 1931 by the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture for research in health hazards of food constituents and contaminants, spray residues, and insecticides.
Page 24 - An Act to classify the officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes', approved June 20, 1906, and for other purposes", approved June 19, 1948 (62 Stat 498), as amended (sec.
Page 24 - ... Association of Fire Fighters, if they choose. The International Association of Fire Fighters was formed in 1918, with locals in 66 cities, and a membership of 4,500. Since that time the association has been extended to over 600 cities in the United States and Canada, with a membership of 44,000. At the time of the formation of the International Association of Fire Fighters, the members of the District of Columbia Fire Department were members of the association, because prior to the formation...
Page 26 - It shall be deemed inadvisable to strike or take active part in any sympathetic strick, * * *. It will be seen from this that from the very beginning the founders of the International Association of Fire Fighters realized that it would be unwise and inadvisable for fire fighters to engage in active or sympathetic strikes. It should be borne in mind, however, that the men who participated in the organizing of the association were, in the main, young men, and they were men who were inexperienced in...
Page 21 - Metropolitan police of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of any organization, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself, or any subordinate, component or affiliated organization of which holds, claims, or uses the strike to enforce its demands.
Page 35 - I am sure that I can say, without fear of contradiction, that these expressed objectives must merit the respect and consideration of all fair-minded persons.
Page 2 - ... bill to provide shorter hours of duty for members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and for other purposes. At the previous meeting we received the testimony of those who were in favor of the 60-hour week for firemen. Today we will hear the testimony of anyone who is opposed to tliis bill.
Page 26 - We shall not strike or take active part in any sympathetic strike, since the work of the fire fighters is different from that performed by any other workers, as we are employed to perform the duties of protecting the lives and property of communities in case of fire or other serious hazards.