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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL Page 8 1 5. 1938. Edatiojrasil IPage ofi Tfine HJtialh ILiatooir PDTORIAIJ PRESSURE GROUPS (Continued from rage 1) DR. CTIARLES STELZLE j Executive Director, Good Neighbor League B ate wealth of the country. .They are directed by a handful of men, who have debauched the national economy by failure to 1 There is an ancient story that When King Saul desired to permit production of new wealth and have caused wholesale un-law the but and order law of talk only kfll employment. They David, he fled to the Cave of Adullam, outside the city, and of the will which that is anarchy protect they are interested in ere wag joined by "everyone that was in distress, and every Business. Big one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented. This is not the kind of society the founding fathers sought con8tjtuted one 0f the first "pressure groups" of which to establish here. They thought that feudalism had been over-w- e jave knowledge. They were eager for acts of violence. They thrown and democracy established, and that their job was urgCcj David to kill King Saul. Instead, David made friends merely to establish orderly routine for its adequate functioning, j with his neighbors, even winning Jonathan, the son of Saul. They did not see that there would arise a small number of ousi- 5HortIy afterward, David was himself crowned king of Israel, ness barons, to stand between the people and their government. There is scarcely a social movement or reform measure in This new feudalism, through the reactionary Republican America today but what has within it a body of men or women Deal Democrats, the United States chamber w10 are urgmg the expediency of "direct action. Let us take party, the anti-Neof commerce, the National Manufacturers association, the Lib- - ;t (Jr granted that the objectives to be attained are desirable, erty league, and Gannett s National League for Constitutional or even imperative. It then becomes merely a question of Government, is now waging war upon progressive political and method. Shall it consist of the use of force, or, in the long economic movements. This record marks them as the enemies run, is it wiser and more strategic to depend mainly upon edu of agriculture, labor and independent business. cational processes? and the is still same Business philosophy offering Big The revolutions in history which were based upon hatrec Pr,' force usually were followed by suppression that equallec gram it was giving from 1919 to 1929, when they virtually dic-atated the policies of state and national governments. or exceeded that which was the cause of the revolution. The Big Business has driven our people into a state of despair, most successful revolutions were those which were based upon and it now asks the farmer, the workers, the independent busi- - constructive idealism. Witness, for example, the situation in ness man, and the professional man for a vote of confidence- the countrie3 in Europe today which are in the control of die a vote of confidence so that it can go merrily on its way exploit- - tators Is there one of these countries in which American work ing our people and driving our country deeper and deeper into e wouId prefer to ivef rather than in the United States? n the valley of depression. Big Business is nve Soln8 8ow j every one of these countries the right of free speech, free press, us the way out of that valley. The people themselves mustancj free asgembly is prohibited. Just now America has become find that road. the haven of the refugees who are fleeing from the countries The picture presents a challenge to all democracy-lovin- g nominated by the dictators. liberals. Great peaceful revolutions have sometimes been wrough . . n The Labors League should be, and is, the by jU8t one man a man wjth an jdea ancj a SUpreme purpose. rallying point for united action at the ballot box and for an ulti- - Wilberforce abolished slavery in England. Voltaire awakened mate adjustment of the mess we are m today. the world to the need for free speech. Jesus "turned the world upside down." Every man, no matter how humble, who has high LOBBY ideals for making the world a better place for mankind, may be TELEGRAPH TIIE gin to advocate it within the circle of his own friends and ac The telegraph companies were swamped, the congressmen quaintances. And like the ripple created by throwing a pebble suffocated by the deluge of messages against the into the midst of a pond, which goes on and on until it reaches were well-nig- h Government Reorganization bill. You would suppose the peo- - the shore, so his efforts will extend to the utmostreaches of his pie were frantic with fear, but they are not. Behind the uproar little world. And others, inspired by his ideal, may start move- s within their own circles, through which his influence will is a Washington lobby. Just a plain lobby, of the kind I be wider than he dares dream. As a matter of fact, this is how gress has to investigate every once in a while, which is merely worth-whil- e all world the movements began. using telegraph to exert pressure on the legislature. The Reorganization bill is the fourth Administration measure subejeted to this kind of fight. The other three were NEWS AND COMMENT Labor Board order directing the of union strikers the World Court proposal, the Supreme Court bill, and the President Rooseto have appealed Public Utility Holding Company bill. (Continued from Page 7) velt to help them out of their diApparently the telegraph is more than an isoated phe- remind us of One who said, Ex- lemma. They are innocent victims, nomenon; it will be used whenever the time seems ripe and cept you become as little children. they claim. How about the innocent victims as long as it pays dividends to one per cent of the people who One who has learned to smile at of their scabbing ? in and life in hours of penury days own 59 per cent of the wealth of this nation. flock friends when of plenty; No one can argue that the people who are telegraphing around and when they withdraw; Hoover Hints He May Run their congressmen are doing wrong personally. The Constitu- in hours of approval and in mo Again headline. tion guarantees them the right to petition the legislature. ments of rebuff ; in days of success In the spring a young mans But congress, and the people at large, must recognize the and nights of failure has found the fancy turns to thoughts of love and that of an old man to power. fundamental sham in these messages against the Reorganiza- secret of poise which comes from much communion with the spirit of tion bill. No doubt they were sent by persons whose names are peace. Things to smile about and SENTENCE signed to them. Nevertheless, they are a spurious representa- things to be angry about seefn to STIMULANTS tion of public opinion. They were artificially provoked by a multiply in proportion to the little group of professional Roosevelt haters and their hired thought we give them. A wise man will hear, and will hands. increase learnings; and a man of HE WILL DISAPPEAR understanding shall attain unto Frank E. Gannett, New York publisher, is one, who calls counsels. Proverb 1:5. wise himself the National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Gov- The Big Shots who put up the ernment. And, by the way, the Utah Labor News office alone dough A real man doesnt mind hard has received from Gannett news matter, personal letters and Employing labor spies, so long as he has tough mushills WOfk ArTe, forms cles. pSJ nPnn?P telegraph during the past three months that perhaps cost more than $ 00 to produce. These found their way into the j Investigation brings to light When two minds, fully harmonwaste basket and ultimately into the furnace. Multiply this ized, begin to work on a problem $ 00 with more than 0,000 newspapers in the country and you they attract ideas that more than will grasp an idea of how must Gannett spent on this lobby. double the contribution of either. Dr. Edward A. Rumely is another Gannett man the same Thou wilt not leave my soul m Dr. Rumely who was sent to prison for failing to reveal that Acts 2:27. hell. funds with which he bought the New York Mail, daily newspaper, in 1915 were advanced by the German government. If you make those about you Charles G. Dunwoody, nervous or afraid your manners expert from is a third the are no better than those of the ''coordinator" of the veriest bore. "7 lobby. Father Coughlin joined the forces and Nothing like a nest egg to hatch is responsible for a large proportion of the telegrams. But the out courage and confidence. National Catholic Welfare Conference has significantly stated that in evaluating any protests from Catholic sources, it would THE EUROPEAN be well to investigate whether these protests have been proSITUATION voked by about the bill." The European situation has grown President Roosevelt pointed out in his statement that he (The Brewery Worker) more himself had received comparatively few messages about the Re-- 1 tangled than ever. This colPresident Green, in an article ap umn could be extended to ten times organization bill. The pros and cons were about equally divid- - Paring in certain newspapers, con- its without providing space length ed. Yet suddenly congress was overwhelmed by antagonistic 5? A ciaiP P for adequately explaining the plots messages. Can it be supposed that this represents a spontane- - could not have b4en caused by and counterplots underlying the reous expression of public opinion? It obviously does not. difference of opinion on industrial cent acts of the great powers. The Reorganization bill is a sound and constructive pro unionism because the A. F. L. is Hitlers armed conquest of Austria, and the rout of the posal. It is not a dictatorship bill; it is not even primarily a nT government, has created rable I fight against the Breweiy Workers new panic. Furthermore, it has purposes. It should give President Roosevelt the power to must be only a nightmare, strained previously cordial us. order the of relations. out bring Mussolini, existing executive anarchy in the governall his for is really ment. And it should discourage the lobbyists of the future from Rand strikebreakers, threatened trying to stave off war, knowing attempting the telegram racket to bulldoze congress. with the loss of their jobs by a his own countrys resources are in I I J w nj News adequate. He prefers bluff to action. Hitler seems bent on going ahead, come what may, and that ( has Italy worried. Most important of all, Hitlers move into Austria has put England on the spot. The Chamberlain government can hardly go ahead with its plans for a rapproachment with Germany without openly countenancing ruthless aggression. And no one believes the English people would stand for that. Everyone feels that Hitler is now looking toward conquest of Czech- If oslovakia. he tries that, armed conflict seems certain. Russia has mobilized troops at her frontier to throw to the aid of the Czechs in case Germany makes the expected move. And France is preparing for trouble. TRUST THOU - THY LOVE Trust thou thy Love: if she be proud, is she not sweet? Trust thou thy Love: if she be mute, is she not pure? Lay thou thy soul full in her hands, low at her feet; Fail, Sun and Breath! yet, for thy peace, She shall endure. John Ruskin. Union made brands have a good show on the market if unionists become acquainted with them. 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