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Show ) UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. FEBRUARY 5, 1937. POLITICAL OUTLOOK UtaJ labor Jletoo A MEMBER OF THE Established 1929 This paper receives the American Federation of Labor News Service. 04 Entered as second-clas- s matter March 28, 1930, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Advertising rates by request. per annum $1.50 Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Published weekly at 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. THOMPSON L. M. THOMPSON M. Publisher Office Manager 1 WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A COOPERATIVE WAY (Continued from Page 1) case of strikes called by recognizee labor unions, ar.d would not apply if, in the opinion of the governor, a strike were hampering or tying up commodity production which is absolutely necessary for the welfare of the people of the state. The amendment is aimed at a situation in which a strike might threaten the supplies of food, fue or other commodities or services. Representative C. W. Spence of Salt Lake in speaking for the bil" lauded Governor Henry H. Blood, and explained that this bill is not aimed at the present Utah governor, who, he said, has a clean rec ord in labor disputes. Representative Bonacci said that bona fide labor unions do not de sire strikes, and that labor will go all the way to avoid strikes, and is willing to sit across the table with employers in effort to settle differences through conciliation and collective bargaining. Better Conditions and in' which all auto manufacturers participated. It is reported In Kentucky a petrified foot was this at was that a plan proposed found 32 feet under ground. Howto for entire the industry meeting ever, the roads in Kentucky are shut down January 15 if the diffi- better than they used to be. culty at General Motors persisted. Agreement to this proposal nat- A Best Wishes to Utah Labor urally had to be unanimous if 'it were to bo put through. That the ELIAS MORRIS & agreement did not go through is reason the of now, course, known; SONS CO. is said to be the dissension of Ford representatives always keen 21 West South Temple watchdogs of public opinion and labor movements. They reasoned Wasatch 8008 that for the entire industry to close its doors would place it in a Colored Tile Bath bad light with the public and might even incite a panic, with so Rooms many thrown out of work. Withthe out the cooperation of Ford In your new home, or your plan had to be junked. remodeling plans, TILE is Our an important factor. custom built tile renders Fully Appreciated It i?. sad to think, declaimed beauty in the home. the theatrical landlady as she preFirst Cost Last Cost sided over the dinner table, that this poor little lamb should be deOVER 70 YEARS OF stroyed just to cater to appetites. SERVICE The comedian saw his chance and took it. Its certainly tough! he said mournfully. J Municipal Music Without debate the house passed (Continued from page 1) operation brings about the know! Tuesday a bill by Representative than 5000 are retail store societies edge of the problems of the farm- Wilford M. Burton of Salt Lake, and gasoline and oil cooperatives. ers and city workers. They begin which would authorize cities and Cooperative business calls for to look for quality and to learn towns to make property tax levies an intelligent and persevering under what conditions the good3 for the support of municipal bands body of members and for scrupu- were manufactured and produced and orchestras. Cooperators are opposed to the lously honest and unselfish manmanand members Doth They desire to play sweatshop. agement. Bonacci Is First fair fellow workers. with their be motivated must by agement House Bill No. 1 was introduced Leaders of the farmers consumideals that look to the modest weBonacci of Carer business see in their program by Representative lfare of the many, rather than the the first measure and was it bon, enrichment of a few. Bargain a purpose to increase the aggre- to pass the lower house, and the and supersales- gate quantities of goods consum first to be transmitted to the senhunters, profiteers men are not welcome in coopera- ed. When people begin to act to ate for action. The senate has not tive circles. These standards are gether as consumers they begin acted on it yet. not easy to come by, but once ac- also to think as consumers. They The bill is an amendment to the begin to understand in the most state compensation laws and proquired they are valuable assets. matter of fact way imaginable vides increased A Tribute to Initiative compensation to that prices, wages and incomes are the families, and bases compensaconsumers Indeed, the fact that While only means to an end. cooperation has become a factor of higher prices and higher wrages tion on 240 days earnings, instead of the whole year. It is of major importance in other counobjectives of benefit to the coal miners. special tries and has made a healthy be- serve as immediate by farmers and by ginning in the United States, is a organization earners, wage only when those new a of to the magic Occupational Diseases tribute, not in increased quanti result gains S. B. 58 provides for increased formula, but to the initiative and ties consumed is the ndustrial of compensation payments industry of ordinary people and standardthings of all groups to- and includes of living to the competence and integrity of occupational diseases those who are content to be the gether raised to permanently high m the workmens! compensation er levels. "aw of the state. The bill is sponleaders of ordinary people. ' Both in city and country the sored by Senator Eldred M. Royle of Utah county. " 1 consumer movement springs from CREDIT UNION But regardless of, the bills benthe knowledge that shears with eficial cut OFFICERS blade ELECTS features to labor it has dont only .one anything, raised the ire of some labor leadThe level of material welfare among farmers and city workers is At a meeting of the Organized ers, who have joined industry in not measured only in prices or Oil Workers Credit union January opposing the measure. The' present compensation set-u- p wages received. It is determined, 26, at the Newhouse hotel, M. Vis-se- r, in Utah is antiquated and sorely a well, by what they need to pay ofpresident, and several other needs amending. The compensa-io- n for the gods they buy, and by the ficers were reelected. kind of goods they get for the benefits, by aR means, should George Phillips, vice president; )e raised from $16 per week to at Glen D. Gaddis, secretary-treasure- r; money they spend. John Olds and Orson Buhler, east $18. The most prevailing ocFarmers want parity a ratio of diseases should be con prices received to prices paid. And directors; James Kilgore, credit cupational so does labor. The question be- committee, and Thad Walton, sup- tained in the law. (Continued on page 3) tween them is whether they should ervisory committee, were reelected. pursue these ends in terms of price New officers elected are D. M. Pope rMC Sought Shut-Dow- n tags alone a pursuit that may and Fred Mangel. Other officers are S. L. Brown, cancel the gains of the one against Of All Auto Plants the gains of the other, or whether Georige Hardwick, Ross Musser and Reesor. Arnold in should a unite they program that measures results in terms of CLEVELAND (UNS) General Motors quantity and quality of goods con- LABOR LEADERS WILL Corporation, which has sumed. DISCUSS LEGISLATION een trying to arouse public sym stand by Humanitarian Movement athy for its anti-unio- n be will and Labor Legislation "amenting that wage earners have The cooperative movement is a round-tabl- e diseen thrown out of work by the humanitarian movement. The co the subject of a netcurrent strike, was itself anxious cussion over the of the entire work of the Columbia Broadcasting o cause a shut-dow- n A AMERICAN LINEN System on Saturday, February 13, auto indstry, according to a story n in Steel, 2:30 to 3:00 mountain time. trade journal. The full quotation from Steel, William Green, president; MatSUPPLY COMPANY thew Woll and George Harrison, anuary 18, 1937, is as follows: Cleanliness First! Cleanliness vice presidents of the American Details are coming out now of Last! Boost, Build and SupFederation of Labor; and I. M. the secret meeting held in Detroit of the recently under sponsorship of the port your State. Use AmerOmburn, secretary-treasurican continuous towels and A. F. of L. Union Label Trades De- automobile chamber of commerce all kinds of linens they furpartment, will be the speakers. nish. Support industries that The Union Label Trades Department urges all members of organsupport you. ized labor 'to notify their friends 33 East 6th South to listen in on this important Was. 2484-8- 5 broadcast. IT PAYS TO KEEP CLEAN The fellow who watches the clock is seldom up to the times. Best Wishes to Labor rj. 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