. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ey were unable to be present. Chief of Welfare Bureau W. W. Woodexpressed pleasure that he had been ableto attend tKe meeting. He said thit hedesired to extend greetings to every manand woman in the room. He further saidthat all rail-nad men should be proud of their occupation. We have reason to beproud that we are members of this bigfamily, said Mr. Wood. The railroadsare an important industry. They are thebasic industry. If the railroads shut down,how long is it before all other businessesmust of necessity shut down also? Healso called attention to t


. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . ey were unable to be present. Chief of Welfare Bureau W. W. Woodexpressed pleasure that he had been ableto attend tKe meeting. He said thit hedesired to extend greetings to every manand woman in the room. He further saidthat all rail-nad men should be proud of their occupation. We have reason to beproud that we are members of this bigfamily, said Mr. Wood. The railroadsare an important industry. They are thebasic industry. If the railroads shut down,how long is it before all other businessesmust of necessity shut down also? Healso called attention to the fact that theethical iiiea of the railroad is service, andasked that the Veterans and their friendsand families do all they can to bring busi-ness to our rails. Harry Fletcher, Faimionl, chairman ofthe Board of V\>terans, said he did not cometo make a speech. In fact, his principalinterest seemed to be in the banquet whicliwas waiting in the room below. Mrs. Frank Howard, Newark, grandl>resident, Ladies Auxiliary, brought greet-. Cartoon ty Engine Watchman Clarence Keller,Willard, Ohio ings from the Ladies Auxiliaries of theWestern Lines and stressed the importanceof the ladies doing all they could to getting business for our Road. She alsoextended a cordial invitation to the Cum-berland Vfelerans to visit Newark. Mrs. .(Siarles W. Lewis, president,Qharles W. Galloway Ladies Auxiliar\-,s:ud that there are now 21 auxiliaries andthat shortly there will be 22. She explainedhow the meetings are conducted in Balti-more find said a warm welcome awaited theladies off Cumberland at their also stressed the importance of securingbusiness. Mrs. Waflburg,Lima, brought ptetftingsfrom her Auxiliary and invited the Cum-l)erland folk to visit them. Superintendent of Shops Jolm Howe, l9 who was given a warm welcome by every-one, said he did not care to make speechesbut that he was never afraid to say a fewwords to the Veterans. He said that rail-road people do no


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