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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SEPTEMBER 25. 1936. form which is entirely opposite to that of the Democratic Our Candidates For President plat-- 1 NEWS AND COMMENT The Democrat platform stands for humanity, while the Re-- 1 (publican platform advocates the return to rugged individualism (Continued from Fage 2) Workers were among the international unions holding conventions this month, about whose members opposition to the A. F. of there is L. councils heresy-hun- t little doubt. The American Federation of Government Employes, and the fire Fighters were also confronted by the issue. Even such conven-Detions as those of the Bricklayers, lr" Workers, Machinists, and form. Radio For Vice President cv S K . Q Vl r- iH it'llty v fh P For Governor 4 1 al outspoken Cfoes 'of the C.LOhavc found that a large Dart of the rank and file are horrified at the Grounds for Optimism But while protest against the A. F. of L. councils splitting of la- krs ranks is the most conspicuous StXr mcet'inm ttere'5 another and more cheerful note. Organized labor, despite the antics of some of the council autocrats, has solid grounds for optimism in this closing of the month of many labor meetings. Union membership is increasing rapidly and a real beginning has been made in the organization of the unorganized mass industries. The greatest organization cam- I d paign in labor history is now der way in the steel industry, pro CANT TAKE IT JOHN N. GARNER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT iT rl. Dlooa. 'enry if you desire the New here is no question about that. Therefore, to function properly in Utah it is your duty to vote for its friend Henry H. Blood. You and I are for the New Deal, then it is for us to work together with our might to defeat the Republican candidate, an enemy of the New Deal, and elect the Democrat candidate, Henry H. Blood, who is in accord with President Roosevelt. The only candidate who has a chance to defeat the Republican candidate is Governor Blood. As a friend of the New Deal do not give your votes to the Republican candidate by voting for an independent. Common .enie teache. us that if we are going to continue in cooperation with the national administration it must be done through its friends. Lets use common sense on November 3. I .' . There are folks, this includes politicians, who are ready to criticize and talk about the other fellow but when the tables are turned and they are criticized, they cant take it. Very frequently we hear some folks talk about harmony good will but at the same time they throw jibes at the very feilow they want to cooperate with and when the other fellow gives jibe for jibe, they can t take it. Those who cant take it should learn to hold their mouths. There is one thing certain that if they continue to criticize the other fellow, sooner or later the other fellow will come back at them. Remember that those who live in glass houses better not engage in rock throwing. When harmony is desired it must come from both sides of the controversy. It must be a 50-5- 0 proposition. Always practice: Do unto others as you would have them binetheyrin dependent unionsTnto For Supreme Court Justice MARTIN M. LARSON un-an- For Secretary of State jA E. E. MONSON For Attorney General JOSEPH CHEZ 's (f 1 - ,, - For Treasurer REESE M. REESE i v I For Auditor JOHN W. GUY VA' do unto you." organization that has more than doubled its membership in the I DEFICIT BEGINNING TO DISAPPEAR fotfomeTdominStrln ?he industry. Those who have been worrying about Uncle Sams un-- 1 Organized radio workers through balanced budget will find comfort in the Treasury statement for combination into an industrial For Superintendent of Public Instruction CHARLES H. SKIDMORE . SisWnuLnism' in'therelt July. Expenditures have been cut almost 50 per cent as com- pared with the same month a year ago, and the dehcit has drop- For Congressman First District . one , - ABE MURDOCK from $448,000,000 in July, July, 1936. For Congressman Second Distric J. W. ROBINSON mass-producti- plants of their on 1935, to $123,000,000. in dustry. in-p- ed And nearly all of this actual and busi- - gff q! fo thfvery 'Inions whfch Nothing mysterious about the explanation. Improved ness has increased receipts from taxes and reduced expenditures council has ordered out of the A. for the relief of banks, insurance companies, railroads and other F. of L. In addition, some of those who Big Business institutions. ROOSEVELTS CODE IS LABORS CODE Cowards Earmark were borrowing from the government a year ago are beginning now and then, I receive Every to repay their loans. letters unsigned by their writers. Some of these letters take issue all demonstrates that if recovery continues the Treasury 4. Insurance against involuntary unemployment because I on I our political stand. Some of some debt the and of the will be soon out people red, public nf trhnrtlrcriVnl rKanoM S like now aandde0 5. aYe been worrying about will begin to disappear Security in old age. sun. a make threats that if you dont do 6. Elimination of child labor which depresses wage stand-- 1 keore July to if found the be means case be so will and so, we are going to fix you at put certainly ards and is detrimental to the physical and moral standards of so and so. decent the at back on of wages. job unemployed lfh? miIho?8 the growing generation. , We consider these types of letills. our Labor. economic Jobs are the real cure for 7. ters as so much nonsense. Their Opportunity for education and training of youth. 8. Comfortable housing at moderate cost for all. authors are cowardly and spineless. TEN MILLION DOLLARS WASTED 9. Sufficient planned utilization of natural economy so Anyone who is afraid to sign his that coal, oil, timber, and other resources that belong to the true name to a letter, regardless , Carefully prepared estimates are that the country is wast American people of this and future generations shall be prolike It that ill ling health. look, ten billion dollars annually on . tected from predatory interests a to to be warrant good, conspicuous tends to stand upon. enough wastage 10. Institution of democracy in our industrial and mer- - ought cantile life to replace the autocracy of financial and managerial place in a Presidential election. A good chance, it ought to be, do These types of unsigned letters not bother us at all. for some party to feature as its major promise to the country groups. 11. Maintenance of such democratic institutions as free the elimination of this waste. Jly. We do not go behind anyones . . or it arrived billion is Ur the billion dollars ten lost, belief eight and say under pretensions speech, free criticism, free conscience, and the democratic in advancing progress through orderly changes of law, both civil at on the basis of loss of employment, directly or indirectly due and disguise. I We admire peoples opinions to illness. Think what it would mean were this eight billion and constitutional. heb j thy are honest and open, saved to industry. While one must give due credit to the medical fraternity for its promotion of health, another fact can-- 1 Tndcritks hoaS vj DO NOT MAKE A SERIOUS MISTAKE not be overIooked, viz., the interest of insuran?e companies in afraid to speak their minds in the health. Here one is reminded of many of the indirect benefits open and give their true names in To you who are for the New Deal and for the selection communications. Through union influence, for example, their organized labor These cowards are merely wastof President Roosevelt, and at the same time are planning to practically e every state has passed some form of employe corn-vot- ing stationery and postage. A for an independent candidate for governor, we will say time due to accidents incurred in. line of wastebasket is the place in our pensation for loss that you are making a sad mistake. duty. strictly resisted such legislation. Nevertheless, office for unsigned free advice and Your vote for an independent candidate means a vote when itIndustry became a law, what happened? Industry took out in- criticism. for the Republican nominee, no more and no less. surance for protection. Insurance companies as well as indusYour voting for an independent candidate may mean the try itself became interested in preventing accidents. Such laws election of a Republican governor, an enemy of the New Deal. are a primary factor not only in the application of safety deRemember this: If we are to have a governor who is in vices but in the promotion of health and health conditions News , sympathy with President Roosevelt, it must be one who has among the workers. as y endorsed the national Democratic platform, But organized labor did not claim all the credit. EducaIs the real peoples well as the Utah State Democratic platform and that man is tion and social social service, certain philanthropic foundations Governor Henry H. Blood. have done much toward the as well as church of the paper. An independent candidates election to the governorship elimination of disease and country accidents. Atlanta Journal of Labor. It is eagerly read by in this year of our Lord, 1936, is just as impossible as a camel thousands of Utah crawling through an eye of a needle. Your vote for an independent candidate, regardless how Send $1.50 for a One Years Subscription citizens from all New the he is be for a to a vote Deal, Republican, friendly may to the Utah Labor News walks of life. an avowed enemy of the New Deal. The Republican candidate for governor stands on a platHENRY II. BLOOD , . , , . lf The Utah Labor whole-heartedl- |