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Show 4 Page UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT 2 IN THE MAIL HE IS FOR UTAH LABOR NEWS NEWS AND COMMENT (Continued from preceding page) joyment to their lives and nave acquired a deeper understanding of nature and natures laws. Editor Utah Labor News: Here is my renewal subscription for the YOU KEEP Utah Labor News. Its the best A DIARY paper in Utah. It defends the rights of workers. I just cant get If you keep a dairy (properly) along without it. W. W. S., Salt it will keep you. But if you keep Lake City, a diary it will keep you busy. That is, it will if it is more than PLATFORM LIKES THE a rising and retiring time-cha- rt Editor Utah Labor News: Just and weather almanac. Of course a regularly kept diary finished reading the platform of do some' things more for you may tbe Labors League than keep you busy. It demands of Utah, which appeared in the and your best exprespunctuality Utah Labor News. Say I tell you of sion best thoughts. As such your best the it is political program ever offered the people of tnis it will be a soul soother later in state. I am for it, and will join as life as it reveals you at your best. Years ago Will Judy said, that a dues paying League member at the first opportunity. Enclosed is tilings worthy of being recorded my renewal subscription to the in a diary include: The meeting Utah Labor News. D. II., Provo. of persons of parts or of repute or both, and ones estimate of them, BOURBON SENATOR places of note visited, common things seen with uncommon eyes, Editor Utah Labor News: I see books read, victuals especially liked by the papers that our old reac- or new ones come upon or famtionary friend, Senator William H. iliar ones prepared with new taste, King, was in Salt Lake City be- hopes had, failures come upon, suctween trains, en route to Honolulu cesses had, fair women, abnormal at government expense. The Sen- men and other interesting things ator is a great faker. He no longer seen, old thoughts, beauty of every deceives anyone. L. A. B., Ogden. kind come upon, reflections upon life, and thoughts upon the foolishness of reflecting upon life too GLAD OF ENDORSEMENTS :eavily. Editor Utah Labor News: I was IMMEDIATE HURTS, glad to note the endorsements of FUTURE HELPS Senator Thomas and Congressmen Murdock and Robinson by the The builder of one of our great Labor's League. They are splendid defenders of the rights ridges recently admitted to a of the people and should be re- friend that in engineering class he turned to Congress by overwhelm- used to have a professor who goadOne ed him most unmercifully. ing majorities. H. D., Bingham. thing which hurt particularly was an expression You dont do as A REAL BRIGHT STAR I well as you can. Stung into n ever tried this man harder un-;- il read I Editor Utah Labor News: he has many Labor today surpassed Utah the interest with great News. It is without a doubt a real fellow students who merely nursed hurt feelings and did not turn bright star on the horizon of a new their the hornstinging into accelerated aceconomic era which is now a tion. our to and More your power ing. Sir T. Browne once said, And cause. I just got a little circular. I am sending it to you in hopes that to be true, and speak my soul, you will see in it that I am a stu- when I survey the occurrences of dent of the Utah Labor News. C. my life, and call into account the E., Buffalo, Wyoming. finger of God, I can perceive noth ing but an abyss and mass of merFirst Golfer Confound it, sir, cies, either in general to mankind, or in particular to myself; and you nearly hit my wife. Second Golfer Did I? Well, whether out of the prejudice of my have a shot at mine! affection, or an inverting and par Non-Partis- an an ac-io- ' desired by the they are stacked against new hour legislation of Conoverwhelming majority corners. bill and the had to be has turnover Deal gressmen, The New hands out of their forced abou a to by new Congressmen brought of the of the seats in the petition signed by two-thirHouse in the last three terms yet members of the House. The next crime against democs, who mosti acthese the perpetrated by the rules comracy reflect prevailing curately was its refusal to allow mittee wishes of the electorate, have little Congress to vote on the Walsh-Ileale- y committee representation. amendment, at a time when Nearly all the more important too selate for the majority to was it to committee assignments go win its way by the cumbersome nior Congressmen who were first as petition method. elected before such a thing of. New Deal was ever heird Committee chairmanships are the This is particularly true of the most The strategic positions in Conmost powerful committees. Yet nearly all of the House and the gress. rules committee ways and means committee have not a committees, and all of the more ones, have chairmen who single. member on them in his first important elected long, long before were first or second term. They aretwholly and the New the last depression Deal and strictly vintage. Deal. the this great system Through The only committee with a majority of Congressmen who won first-terchairman is, the comelectheir seats in the last three memorials! on mittee to closest which are tions on issues the voters hearts at the present time, are denied proportionate rep- Of Historical resentation in determining just Interest Only what legislation Congress as a Appropriately enough, one of the whole may vote upon. tig dailies followed its story on the F. L. councils expulsion of six A. and pre-NeHow the conservative C. I. 0. unions with a piece more control who Deal minority most of the committees can use about the Board of the American their power to defeat progressive Museum. The train of thought is legislation was most glaringly understandable. For the council is quite a mushown in the last Congress. seum piece itself. Its actions have to The rules committee refused on to vote House allow the wage(Continued on next page) two-thir- ds ds new-comer- A Curb Upon Democracy The outrageous behavior of the House rules committee in the last Congress has this much merit that it has finally attracted general attention to one of the most effective means whereby a reac tionary minority can thwart the will of a democratic majority. The wealthy and conservative classes in America have yielded only gradually and reluctantly to demands for democratic government. At every stage in our po litical history, they have been concerned with establishing checks and safeguards against the great masses of the common people having their way too readily. The committee system, as traditionally operated in Congress, is one of , such carefully - devised checks on the free-pla- y of democracy. An examination of the membership of the committees which have power over virtually all proposed legislation, shows that pre-Ne- w m w life-and-de- Constitutional Amendments tial conceit of His mercies, I know not; but those which others torn crosses, afflictions, judgments, misfortunes, to me who inquire farther into them than their visible effects, they both appear, and in event have ever proved, the secret and dissembled favors of His affection. And in the same vein of thought A. L. Waring wrote: Source of my life's refreshing springs, Whose presence in my heart sus- tains me, love ordains me pleasant things, Thy mercy orders all that pains Thy me. SENTENCE STIMULANTS I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1. Even Edison had to deal resolutely with Edison at times or else we would have had to wait for many comforts and conveniences. Constitutional Amendment No. 1 PROCEEDS OP LANDS AND OTHER PROPERTY-PERMANE- FUND-UNIFO- NT RM SCHOOL FUND A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION S, ARTICLE 10 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELAT ING TO THE PROCEEDS OF LANDS AND OTHER PROPERTY AND CREATING A PERMANENT FUND AND A UNIFORM SCHOOL FUND FOR THE COMMON AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Be it resolved by the Legislature e, the state of Utah, of al the members elected to each house -- two-thir- ds concurring therein: SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend section 3 of Article 10 of the Constitution of the state of Utah as amended by the vote of the electors at the general election of 1930 to rea as follows: . - Sec. 3. The proceeds of the sales of all lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the Unitec , States to this state, for the support of the common Bchools, and five per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of United States public lands lying within the state and Bold by the United States subsequent to the adWhen going from Bad to Worse mission of this state into the Union, be and remain a permanent fund, some persons appear to be trying shall to be called the State School Fund, out-do to the cities' fastest fire the interest of which only, shall be chief, whereas when going from expended for the support of the com Good to Better they appear to emu- mon schools. The interest on the State School Fund, the proceeds of all proplate the countrys slowest snail. erty that may accrue to the state by escheat or forfeiture, all unclaimed EASIER TO KEEP shares and dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws of EM CLEAN this state, the proceeds of the sales of timber, and the proceeds of the The people in Utah who support sale or other disposition of minerals churches, lodges, clubs and other or other property from school and character building organizations state lands, other than those granted believe that it is easier to keep for specific purposes, shall, with such revenues as the Legislature may young lives clean than to clean other from time to time allot thereto, conthem up after crime and sin have stitute a fund to be known as the Uniform School Fund, which Uniform gotten in their dirty work. The guardians of the welfare of School Fund shall be maintained and our community have also done used for the support of the common of the state and much to keep outside evil influence and public schools in such manner as the apportioned out. All civic minded persons will shall provide. The protake heart from' the following Legislature visions of Section 7, Article XIII of which we reprint with Maywood this Constitution shall be construed as a limitation on the rate of taxaSyndicate permission from the tion on tangible property for district August Rotarian: school purposes and not on the amount Civic apathy has no hold on of funds available therefor and, fur Key West, Florida. A virile pub- - therrnrmo7eallocatertothe Unl-li- c spirit fends it off. The chief form School Fund shall be considered stimulus to the citys enthusiasm is in fixing the rates of taxation speciin Section 7 of Article XIII. the new Overseas fiedSECTION 2. The secretary of state which connects it to the is directed to submit Highway this proposed Florida mainland. Its recent com- amendment to the electors of the state pletion, townsfolk believe, presages at the next general election in the provided bv law. a new era of prosperity for the manner SECTION 3. If adopted by the famous winter-reso- rt city. of the state, this amendment But the great bridge has also electors shall take effect the first day of - A Trial Subscription For Your Friend or Neighbor 25 Cents We will send the Utah Labor News to anywhere to new subscribers as a trial subscription for 13 weeks for 25 cents. Every reader of the Utah Lafyor News has friends who would enjoy receiving this publication. Here is your chance to see that they get it. List your subscriptions below send any number of subscriptions you wish. If there is not space enough in the blanks below, list the additional names on a separate piece of paper. Remit 25 cents for each name. This special offer is for NEW TRIAL subscriptions only! TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION BLANK The Utah Labor News, 28 Fourth East Str., Salt Lake City. Enclosed find $ to pay for the following list of subscrip tions at your special rate of 13 weeks for 25 cents. Name p. o Street ; State Name P. 0. Street State Name P O Street State Name P. O. Street State 4 ; ir Non-Partis- Seetion LAKE CITY, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 2, 1938 . brought a problem. Down the gleaming concrete ribbon have come many fine home-seekifamilies and vacationists. The town has welcomed them. But along with such folk have come others seeking to set up gaming tables and race tracks, with a eye on easy money. For these the city has no room, no welcome. It made that plain a few weeks ago in a Key West Declaration on the subject, sponsored by all civic organizations, among them the Key West Rotary Club. Rotarian Mayor Willard M. Albury drew up the statement to give representative groups a means of expression on the vital issue. The following excerpts make the fact eloquently clear that the voice of decency can be heard if enough decent people raise it: . . The problem before us is, (Continued on next page) ng January, 1939. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RATE OF TAXATION PURPOSES DISTRIBUTION A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7. ARTICLE XIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TO THE RATE UTAH, RELATING , OF TAXATION-- PURPOSES AND DISTRIBUTION Be it resolved by ike Legislature of the State of Utah, of all of the members elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend section 7 of Article 13 of the Constitution of the state of Utah, as amended by the vote of the electors at the general election of 1930 to read as follows: Sec. 7. The rate of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation, two and mills for general state purposes, of one mill for high school two-thir- ds which shall constitute the fund; said furd shall be apportioned in the manner the Legis- -' lature shall provide, to the schoo districts maintaining high schools, and such levy for district school purposes which together with such other funds as may be available for district school will raise annually an purposes, amount which equals $25 for each person of school age in the state as shown by the last preceding school census; the same to be distributed among the school districts according to the last preceding school census; and in addition an equalization fund which when added to other revenues irovided for this purpose by the Legis-atushall be $5 for each person of school age as shown by the last preceding school census; said equalization fund shall be apportioned to the school districts in such manner as the Legislature shall provide. Said rates shall not be increased unless a proposition to increase the same specifying the rate or rates proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors of the state, as in the year next preceding such election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the state, and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in such manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state in the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of Eurposes, re January, 1939. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 HOURS OF WORK ON PUBLIC WORKS A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION 6, ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UTAH, RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK ON ALL PUBLIC WORKS. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend section 6 of article 16 of the Constitution of the state of Utah. Sec. 6. The Legislature shall determine the hours that shall constitute a day's work on all works or undertakings carried on or aided by the state, county or municipal government; and the Legislature shall pass laws to provide for the health and safety of employees in factories, smelters, and mines and shall determine the number of maximum hours of service per day. SECTION 2. That the secretary of state is hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the banner provided by aw. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of this state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of two-thir- ds January, 1939. .1, E. E. Monson, Secretary of Stats f the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the 3 Constitutional Amendments proposed by the regular session of the legislature of 1937 as the same appears of record in my office. I further certify that they will appear on the official ballot at the general election November 8, 1938, under the number and title herein designated. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, this 26th day of August, 1938. four-tent- hs two-tent- hs 0 Secretary of State. |