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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 13, 1937. Mebeir (City CSireetts tlhe and Attend the Wasatch County Fair Rodeo August 27 and 28 FORWARD MARCH (Continued from Page 5) with the Committee for Industrial By KATE RICHARDS OHARE Organization. Recognition of the C. I. 0. as the sole collective bargaining agency, n The strike in congress has been settled. The increases Vk to 14 per wage terms of the settlement have not been made public, but the cent and many of other concessions decision seems to be a draw, with neither side assured of com- were gained by the workers. plete victory. The stupendous losses caused by the sabotage of The Flexible File company, emimportant pleasures become ' apparent as the legislative log- ploying G5 workers, also signed a C. I. O. contract. The C. I. O. now jams pile up in committees. has a total of five signed contracts Although the strike is over, the disruption of the na- in Fremont, covering approxition s legislative business still persists. A strange and myster- mately 1000 workers. sit-dow- ious epidemic that defies diagnosis by medical science, and which has reached plague proportions, has developed among UNION ACCUSES SILVER CO. OF BREAKING LAW the former strikers. A complete ' mental collapse which seems to be there is nothing to indicate the ravages of the mysterious malady. Now and again a wan or cadaverous individual like Nye in the senate or Grey in the house wanders in, and the observer is shocked until he remembers that they have To the casual observer there Is always been like that. Otherwise npthing to indicate the seriousness members look quite natural. Exof the situation. Your correspond- pansive front elevations, would ent has made a minute and ex- dewlaps, pink jelly jowls, dewy haustive survey of Capitol Hill, collar rolls, and shining bald spots and to all outward appearances it are as they have always been. is normal. The house and senate restaurants Offices Are Open still as crowded as usual. The are Congressional offices are open, clatter of dishes and the swish of secretaries peck at typewriters in is reassuring, proving that the usual way, lobbyists are much soup though the victims of the strange in evidence, and both the house disease are in a serious condition, and the senate hold sessions five still able to sit up, take are they days per week and sit in the legis- nourishment and draw their pay lative chambers the usual number checks. four-thirty of hours, from ndon to or five oclock. Malady Is Psychic From a seat in the galleries It is generally conceded that the While no malady is psychic. deterioration is physical apparent, WELCOME, LABOR the once virile strikers are pitiful wrecks. Shivering and disconsoBest Wishes to the Miners late, weary and depressed, the victims weep and wail: We want to Fill up at Please let us out go home. of this dread place! The nostalgia they express is the most striking W, L. DUKES ; symptom of the malady. Noted psychiatrists who have Sinclair been called into consultation are noncommital, but have been heard Service to whisper to each other escapist a sickness of the will that inhibits all effectual activity has followed the bitter strike struggles. The bewildering thing about the epidemic is that the disease leaves no outward marks of its ravages. psychcosis. The newspaper editors of HEBER CITY, UTAH great metropolitan press, always quick to respond to human suffering, have brought the full powers of publicity into play. They are sparing neither space nor ink In calling attention to the tragic fate Welcome and Best Wishes to Labor. Fill up at Arvs Peppy Service of patriots who serve democracies. Urge They have urged the of both sexes to ad lib to the limit on the viciousness of the hard-boilesuspicious attitude of the recalcitrant members of congress who bitterly resisted the strike, and who refuse to be moved by the overmastering longing of the stricken members to go home. The editors are shocked and grieved at the nasty spirit of carpThe ing criticism back home. crude, crass insistence of common, ordinary voters that a job is a job, and for $10,000 a year we want some service, and that only welchers and short sports lie down on a job before it is finished. The are doing noble work, their stories wring the hearts of the soulless corporations and make the very stones of Wall Street cry out in sympathy. So far the plague has affected the noble few only the who flew to the rescue of the emNone of battled supreme court. the New Dealers who stood with Sob-Siste- rs Specialized Lubrication sob-siste- rs d, Steam Heated Storage sit-do- It Pleases Us To Please You Arvil S. Conk, Mgr. Phone 134 Heber, Utah LABOR WELCOME, Andersons BILLIARDS SPORTING GOODS Union Made Beer on Tap Heber City, Utah Headquarters for Labor in Heber , sob-siste- rs rs, Best Wishes, Miners and Millmen WASATCH MEAT MARKET DEALERS IN FRESH, SALT AND SMOKED MEATS Friend of Labor Sylvan Smith Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Heber, Utah Phone No. 11 WELCOME TO ORANIZED LABOR When in Heber Phone 78 Prescriptions.. Its Palace Drug Co. THE REXALL STORE J. the L. HIATT, Mgr. Friend of Labor HEBER CITY The DENVER, Colo. (UNS) Sunshine Mining company of Kel-loIdaho, which make a profit of more than 33 cents on each ounce of silver it produces, under the Silver Purchasing Act passed during the present administration, is charged with unfair labor practices by the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers' Union of the Coeur dAlene district in Idaho. Locals Nos. 14 and 18 voted unanimously to work for an amendment to the Silver Purchase Act, requiring the government to stop buying silver from companies that violate the National Labor Relations law. The Sunshine Mining company which produces 1,000,000 ounces of silver a month, has refused to sign an agreement of any kind with the union, and has done everything possible to keep its employes from organizing. g, FREMONT, Ohio (UNS) Union polishers and buffers can now ask for a 100 per cent union made buff, as the Yerges Manufacturing com-pany has signed a closed IVKiimeirs Something Doing Every Minute. LABOR ON ITS MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC SWEEPS CAPITOL shop of elections held by the National Ryan Raid, are that at least three Labor Relations Board for crews or four members of the A. F, of L. of 70 large and small shipping Executive Council arc now eager for a settlement. companies. In fact, as time goes on, it Out of 199 men in the crews of seven vessels of the Black Diamond seems the A. F. of L. leaders may Line, 197 voted for the N. M. U. be more anxious for reunion than One vote was disqualified, and the the C. I. O., he predicted. What may facilitate the trend other was for the A. F. of L. union. Joseph Curran, N. M. U. leader, toward fusion again, he said, is the said results of the election confirms fact that many craft unions are the unions contention that Atlantic broadening their base to industrial and Gulf coast seamen will cast a form. This may, he said, wipe out behuge vote for the new union, vir- the presentA. sharp differences O. tween C. I. L. the F. and of tually eliminating the I. S. U. In the present steel strike. Father Ryan declared all blame BE WILL LABOR GROUPS rests Tom Girdler, head of Reon REUNITED EVENTUALLY, public Steel, and other executives SAYS MILITANT PRIEST of the defiant independent plants. Girdler first said he wouldnt The C. I. O. and A. F. of L. will I dont know just sign because that would lead to) a come together C. I. O. closed shop, Father Ryan when, and on what terms, but Im out. "Now, he changes his pointed sure theyll reunite. tune and savs the union isnt reA. John In these words, Msgr. Rvan, D. D., militant priest and sponsible. Hes simply looking for faculty member of the Catholic pretexts. Father Rvan contended that cerUniversity, Washington, D. C., an- tain Wall Street bankers are bescene. al vzed the labor hind the intransigeance of GirdThe C. I. O., A. F. of L. clash and other leaders of the strikeler was deplored by. Father Ryan. He bound plants. independent urged that antagonism and bitterThe scare red being raised ness between the two sides be kept O. C. ridiculed I. the was against some because to a minimum, day Father Ryan. People, he said, theyre going to come into one by fall for the red bogey any dont camp again. more. Theres no other course practiMeanhe said. cally possible, such should avoid sides both while, Welcome and Best Wishes to occurrences as one faction pickethas when the other a Labor plant ing won an agreement. Such civil war does not help labor. It aids only BLISS PHARMACY the enemies of labor. Each side should make use of Prescription Druggists the election device, as provided O. Bignall, Prop. Bliss act both under your state labor relalabor the national under and tions law. When the A. F. of L. wins such an election, the C. I. O. should Friend of Labor abide, and vice versa. That is deis It rule. It mocracy. majority HEBER, UTAH wins public opinion. Reports in Washington, Father agreement with the Textile Work ers Oranizing Committee. The Yerges companys product carries the union label. BEST WISHES TO LABOR HEBER MOTOR CO. BLACK DIAMOND CREWS GIVE A. F. OF L. ONE VOTE Storm McDonald, Prop. Chevrolet Ihilco Frigidaire HEBER CITY, UTAH PHONE 23 NEW YORK (UNS) The National Maritime Union, C. I. O. affiliate, won a crushing victory over the International Seamens union, A. F. of L., in the first of a series HEBER CITY COAL & COMMISSION CO. Coal Stokers, Gas, Oil, Tires, Warehousing. For Highest Quality Union Mined Coal. ..Dont Wait Phone 68 the President have been stricken. But always there is the fear that the epidemic may spread. People O. C. , Is it are asking themselves: contagious ? Can the germ be seg regated? Has anyone developed We cannot a protective serum? help but wonder what would be our fate if the malady should strike the President, members of the cabinet, Hopkins, Williams. Corcoran and Cohen? What will be the results if the disease spreads until it includes all government employees who keep the wheels of government turning. Epidemic May Spread History records manv incidents of mass psychosis. There is the classic example of the Childrens Crusade of the Middle Ages when a mad monk led legions of children to their death in the search for the Holy Grail. Our minds cannot picture the catastrophe should all federal employes be seized with the mad desire to adjourn and go HANSEN FRIEND OF LABOR WELCOME AND BEST WISHES TO LABOR MURDOCKS IDEAL THEATRE HEBER CITY, UTAH BEST WISHES TO WASATCH COUNTY MINERS HEBER HOSPITAL PHONE 102 OFFICE AT HOSPITAL HEBER, UTAH COME TO SCHNEITTERS HOT POTS WELCOME I WINTER SPORTS OPEN THE YEAR AROUND ENJOY A GOOD CHICKEN, STEAK AND TROUT DINNER OR SHORT ORDERS OF ANY KIND Swim in fine, dean, hot pools and enjoy our fine home cooking. Excellent dinModern, cozy rooms at reasonable prices. ing rooms and hotel in connection. Meals daily or Sunday. Take the Alpine Pass, Parley's or Provo Canyon road to this Switzerland of the U. S. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE home. There is also the danger that the epidemic may spread to nonfarmers governmental employes and transportation workers, doctors and ditch diggers, clergymen ail the and garbage gatherers motley array of work people who make civilized life possible. In times of panic the most civilized minds are invaded by stark fears inherited from bygone ages. Something out of the past whisIt may be Bert Wheelers pers: curse working. It might even be Burkes evil eye. Could it be that the gods are angry because irreverent ones have uttered criticisms of the Nine Old Beetles in the Temple God has not taken of Karnak? me into His confidence as Wheeler hints he has been honored, but I know that if God does not soon do something to cleanse us of this plague, we will have to tackle the job ourselves. 7 SCHNEITTERS HOT POTS HEBER 7 vz. BEST WISHES TO LABOR Heber City Exchange Co. 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