Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14574862277)

Identifier: baltimoreohioemp04balt (find matches)
Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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ard cannot address our openingsession as had been anticipated. Youwill be glad to know, however, thatI had a telephone message from him thismorning in New York, saying that hewould surely l)e with us tomorrowmorning. The three hundred men and more whowere in the room greeted this announce-ment of the chairman with applause.Mr. Thompson makes an exceptionallyable presiding officer. His smile is in-fectious and there is a graciousness andsincerity in his delivery which is alto- I b usiness is booming,All records breaking, L ETS get together, t eam work you know.1 will, the watchword,Militant souls stirred. On TO THE FRONT RANK Rushing we go! e nter the fight hard, All IN THE VANGUARD, Nail every knocker,d own every lie. 0 urs be the victors song,Holding the lead long 1 nto the future,Onward! our cry. POSTER—PRINTED IN ROYAL BLIE AND REDAND HUNG IN CONVENTION HALL gether winning. After these felicitousoj)ening words, he paused for an instantand then resumed in subdued and .serioustone:
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16 TllK BALTLMOKK AND OHIO EMPLOVK.S MACIAZIM: 17 Pledging Support to theGovernment It is hard for us in these heautifulsurroundings and bent upon the peaeefuland constructive mission of the upbuild-ing of our business, to reahze that duringthe last two years in the Great Warwhich is convulsing the other half of theworld, three million men have beenkilled and seven million more injured andmaimed. The war spirit seems to beenveloping the earth, and the conflictspreading. In fact it looks now as ifbefore long we might become seriouslyinvolved in a struggle to maintain ournational integrity and honor. The dan-ger of this comes very close to us whenI tell you that six of the men whom weexpected at this meeting are unable to behere because they have been called toserve with the militia. It seems to me, therefore, that it ismost fitting at the beginning of thismeeting that we pledge our loyalty andsupport to the Government in the crisis.I would be very glad if every man in theroom would sig