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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT 11 mer Red Scare artist, is also included in this class of members. Wire served predatory outfits like the News, the Tribune, the utilities, What's Back ot Gus (Continued from preceding page) directed by remote control York and New England. largely and certain mining interests with diligence in from New More than any other groups, Salt Lake banks and daily newspapers eontribute to the permanency owned—of of corporation Utah’s economy ZCMI—EGGMON DS A and control—absentee- and polities. MEMBERS clique of vicious union-busting concerns individuals like ZCMI, Milk White Kge- monds, Adrian Pembroke, J. E. Jones of Western Newspaper Union, Utah-Idaho Sugar, and others not heretofore enumerated account for another 27 memberships in the Chamber. ACMI pays for 4 seats—or forces its representatives to pay for them. The inclinations far beyond of those members the normal predatory take them limits set by the Mining-Smelting-Rail groups, who recognize that even native Utahns can’t be pushed too far without striking back. If the ZCMI-Egemonds type were to prevail there would ‘be little democracy, no collective bargaining, and the prevailing wage in Utah would of families. be around $60 a month for heads That group constitutes the ‘‘luna- tic fringe’’ of black reaction in the Chamber. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS A few lawyers, public officials, physicians, school officials, and other professional men hold memberships in the Chamber. For the most part they afhliate with the Chamber in order to obtain business and political support. However, that group includes Stan Stephenson, Clix Wright, Louie Callister, and Gus Backman, all well paid servants of organized privilege and predatory interests. Also included are his father, Stephen Lynn S. Richards and L. Richards, lawyers, who support re-actionism because of a congenital fondness for it. Lynn Richards—although pledged to friendship for labor in the recent Legislature—emerged as the aggressive leader for the ZCMI-Egemonds bills. Lester Wire, Salt Lake detective and for- the pre-war era. The Searchlight exposed his activities—bought and paid for by vested interests—in several artieles about two years ago. Altogether, this group numbers 42. About half of them are in appropriate surroundings. Like a good hang-man they take pride in their work. The others are guileless enough to hope for political benefits, or profitable bus- iness to flow ber. isn’t from membership Their hopes are in vain. organized to help them. in the ChamThe Chamber RECAPITULATION A recapitulation of members who control the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, discloses the following: Number Classification of Memberships Electric and Utility Members ........... 45 IVETIAD Gb MINCIOIAD. . onde oy oe ce D1 PAS ort de... eR OR A ee 64 PESieeataCe * Game RR i et 22 CIN Catone PE eI ae LS Smaller Absentee-Owned Corporations (CU) ae i oe Re i 54 WU ING WO bes. uc. 2 ks ae odk os ok 10 Banks-and Financial Houses .....:...... 30 ZCMI—Eggmonds Members ............. at Professional and Employee Members ... .42 inver Circle “Membership. ..o7e92.3. . . 360 Less approximately 25 unwilling and unenthusiastic participants ........ 25 Net effective concert membership to Control the that acts in Chamber ... .335 Editor’s note: The foregoing is the first in a series of articles about the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Articles to follow will include: political intrigue; contre! of service clubs and civic agencies; invasion of the Statehouse; po‘itical corruption; attacks on collective bargaining; subversion of democracy; and other subjects. It is suggested that you retain this copy of the Searchlight in your files because frequent reference will be made in subsequent articles to the makeup of the Chamber. | |