McLaughlin Glass Company, Los Angeles, CA

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Visits to Los Angeles, Long Beach and San

Francisco, California.

Through the writer carrying out his duties as one of your representatives to the American Federation of Labor Convention, held at Portland, Oregon, last October, advantage was taken of the opportunity to visit Los Angeles and San Francisco branches, the glass plants in those cities and the firms operating them. To enter into a detailed description of our travels or recite the courtesy and general hospitality shown us would be superfluous. Suffice it to say, that California and the cities mentioned are so endowed by nature in resources, climate, topography and human energy as to back up any boast made by their citizens.

In Los Angeles there was a fine attendance at the meeting which I addressed. It was participated in by invitation from the Branch at Long Beach. Acting Executive Officer Hawkins at our invitation was present and also addressed the meeting. We were given a rising vote of thanks in appreciation of our visit and spoken words. The trade was in good condition in Los Angeles and Long Beach, all plants being operated. Our visit to them was for the purpose of paying our respects as there were no contentions worth speaking of to be adjusted.

There are four glass bottle plants in Los Angeles and one in Long Beach, within a short distance from Los Angeles, and easily reached by trolley. These are the Co-operative, in which quite a number of our members are financially interested, and where Mr. W. C. Blank is president and general manager; the McLaughlin Glass Company, of which Mr. William McLaughlin, long a member of the Association, is president and general manager;

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