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Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-12 | Page 4 | At the Crossroads

Type issue
Date 1934-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title At the Crossroads
Type article
Date 1934-04-12
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 4
OCR Text AT THE CROSSROADS LABOR I ABOR arrived at the crossroads at a parlous LA hour appears likely to take the wrong road It has two choices It seems to be persuaded per per- that one route is a shortcut to a destination des des- it has long hoped it might reach and it would employ the Va Wagner er labor disputes disputes dis- dis bill to speed its travel The longer road I is logged by section Ja of the national recovery cry ery a adt t. t If congress weighing the several interest interests in in- terest of the nati nations nation's ns n.'s taxpayers a and d rs of business and industry Iab labor r o or and unorganized puts the tho national welfare ahead of politics and self interest it will see the wagner bill winch which may not be dared at t a a. a critical time when so many many balances must be achieved Business and industry are laced faced with the us regulation and sel d dInand mand Inand d b. b by codes and trade associations With the of N R A. A by Johnson absolute te c compliance with the abor section of the recovery act and the fair practices practices tices requirements become mandatory mandator The enforcement program s signalizes hc disappearance disappearance dis- dis appearance of the word c isel r front irom the curren current vocabulary Phe he labor section particularly in view of the be presidents president's admirably clear interpretation recently issued puts labor in a pl place ce of adv advantage ad- ad v vantage it never has held before It is assured prote protection tion from all coercion the r right to bargain bargain bar bar- gain collectively with and employers many other guarantees for organized labor Jabor has fought unsuccessfully fo for half a century Senator Wagners Wagner's measure however would go still It would make of organized or or- labor a quasi public body and would impose terms upon business and industry 1 impossible im- im possible to meet It would destroy lion Hon a amicable relations and anil mutual confidence all of which are arc possible if if industry and lb air U tji middle of the road under N R A provisions and anel with their instrumentalities It of course follo follows s that should the Wag ag ncr bill lC he enacted the unequal ad es labor Jabor would gain could only be temporary business and commerce tied hogtied by unconscionable restraints would demand or of congress new legislation to free it from op- op e bonds under which it sur- sur vive iye The only alternative would be bc nationalization nationalization national national- of an all enterprise That means Russian ism collectivism and nothing else For this Amer lea ica will vill not stand The retreat of th the depression has begun Insane warfare between the elements clements of our social and life can only plunge the country back into chaos worse than any we have passed through To triumphant front from this era of idle factories povertY strick en Cli farmers unbearable cost of government jobless men InCH and women hungry children and paral siR or oC trade demands sanity and peace front from one end of the nation to the thc other K say dia employers au d say never workers are arc out the picture today There is no place in scheme for ted t- t ed labor Jabor for overlong hours into intolerable working condition ald a mere subsistence wage By BJ the same token the business turn ture of tile the country must be permitted to operate op- op crate erate at a reasonable profit if it is to continue to exist consume our raw materials carry carryon on world trade and furnish Without With With- out intelligent cooperation our national econ econ- omy will disappear and we ie shall go back to jungle law Ever Every reasonable man is committed to working out n. n plan lJ by peaceful evolution which will accord to workers their just dues ducs to industry that which is due it to the end that our democracy a and its institutions m may r bc served ered If that is not done we have but bitt to look to Russia Germany and other lands which could not be endured by br Americans where all have been dragged down to a common com coin mon level That win will be our rot lot if we we fail to join hands in tile the common purpose to lift jn aU all upward fo a place compatible with our national national na na- Y Vc c simply cannot work this I thing out as a dog fight dog fight because it would have I to be a fight to a finish and the whipped dog would be of no further use At the thc crossroads as we are we must choose the W way that leads to enduring productive and profitable indus indus- industrial I trial peace peace for employer and I I and a living wage based upon American standards standards stand stand- ards for both
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