Title: "Union Discusses Japanese Question," Seattle Times, 6/4/1914, (ddr-densho-56-252)
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UNION DISCUSSES JAPANESE QUESTION

Whether Japanese shall be admitted to membership was the question that gave rise to a spirited discussion in the regular weekly meeting of Laundry Workers' Local Union No. 24 last night. The admission of Japanese was favored by several members of the union on the ground that the Seattle Laundrymen's Association had admitted the Japanese employers to their organization to maintain their schedule of prices and otherwise control the laundry trade.

In these circumstances, it was contended, the laundry workers would be justified in taking similar action to maintain and improve their working conditions. The matter was laid over for further discussion at the next meeting of the union.