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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT The Perfidy of Damron of Mill Workers. Moffat said: “This is a dispute solely between the governmental agencies concerned and Utah Copper mill employees, and not between the Company and its men. | “The Company thinks the 25c per day increase is fully warranted* and joined with the Association in requesting the Nonferrous Metals Commission of the War Labor Board at Denver to grant the increase.” Mr. Damron, while attempting to cook up a semblance of opposition to the Copper Company for public consumption and to confuse his Association members, Mmadvertently admitted the same thing. He said: “Members of the Association have voted to strike because they feel they have been given the run-around by the National Labor Relations Board.” And with reference to the joint application of the Association and the Copper Company before the Nonferrous the War Labor Board, 2nd: Metals Commission of Damron said on April “The threat to strike has not been removed and the strike may be carried out next week if the Association doesn’t get some favorable action from the Charles man of ron, was said: Board.” and an less snaky and secretive ‘The forthright strike in his comment. sideration of our cases not our STRIKE We by for Copper Dam- em- stand for the BALLOT recognition that should be given all organizations in this country and the privilege to vote for and elect men to represent us in any capacity. We want all unsettled disputes carried thru to conclusion. Such as, 12'%c per hour increase in pay; 5% increase for afternoon shift; 10% increase for graveyard shift; two weeks vacation for men with one year service or more; and sick leave for day pay men as contained in our ber 1, 1942. FOR Ee hase negotiations, denied, VOTE X Septem- AGAINST ae Ll But day to while Damron was talkine a dollar a Association members, and passed a hodge-podge resolution to the same effect, and even while he was concocting the seeond paragraph of the above ballot, he was already signed to a joint application with Moffat for a Yoe raise. He al- ready had sold his Association members out to Doug for the two-bits while he was inducing them to vote on a strike for a dollar. He Damron a strike for rights agent In the strike ballot and the resolution put out by the Association the emphasis was put on 12%e an hour, or a dollar a day increase in pay and revision of working rules as set out in the second paragraph of the strike ballot. We reproduce the strike ballot: would vote was but to maintain chair- individual than a bargaining In other words, he was pretending. | former publicity Association**, more money, Labor R. Brooks, the somewhat War ation as ployees. to recognize the Associ- knew not consider (Continued all the a wage on time that increase following Moffat of a dollar page) for con- proper agen- Ces But the representations made by Damron to the Association members were wholly different. There was less stress put on the idea of striking against a Government agency to “Doug Moffat’s two-bit complex again. “<Brooks was fired as editor of the “Spotlight”, and thrown out of the Snipe Hunt’s inner circle. Damron was afraid him aside and take over. Hunt’s forgotten man. Brooks would push Brooks is now the Snipe a tion force the Government Neel Were we to judge by Moffat-Damron_inspired news items and publicity we would have said unhesitatingly that the Copper strike vote, of unsavory memory was based on efforts of the pair to force the Government to extend bargaining rights to the ‘‘Independent’’ Associa- |