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Show In 625 days Herbert B. Gus P. Backman will private life The Maw and retire to gS Published A 72 A Specialist in Neglected Truth VOL. III, No. 26. T Dial alternate 5-3989 Friday $2.00 Utah a year ———— SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 16, 1943 - every F. L. Jensen, Publisher Street, Salt Lake City, 10c PER COPY ——— + What's Back of Gus Have peek you into ever had an irresistible the back-stage workings Lake Chamber of Commerce urge of the to Salt to find out what makes the thing tick, and if its claims of performance in the public interest are bona fide? Have you ever been curious as to why Gus P. Backman has neglected to publish a certified audit of the Chamber’s receipts and expenditures and special assessments while he was ealling so loudly for financial accountings by la- unions? ‘bor Have you ever wondered why a deluge of ‘‘uniform’’ legislative bills reaches the Utah Legislature every two years through the Cham- ber? Do you know where they originate. and why the Chamber moves heaven and earth to have them enacted into law? And (Continued {he meantime I desire tions that might to make certain observa- have a bearing on the discus- this or newspaper (the was with wrong “The your that only any other News) to don’t we resort name for that the just impose be specific, not meaningless instance, explain in this to calling. is general, “Preserved labor’s right to organize, bargain collectively through representatives of its own choosing, and its right to strike and peaceably picket.” are not vou do not explain specific. You how make or why. You an _ all-inclusive own analysis of HB 168 gives results exactly opposite to those vou indicate. Instead of pre- and Please say, have But that and bill would explainit.” assertion and expect the public and me to acecept your interpretations without question. My abstractions don’t 8) what 168.” condition explanation you HB column page to the same standards of eandor and forthrightness that you demand of me. For instance, in your challenge you make the unequivocal statement that HB 168 would have, In the tollowing language vou extended an invitation to me, or to some other union official designated by me, use legis- Your invitation is accepted with the following reservation: that you (the News) conform s10n. “to on gered collective bargaining without ing how it would have endangered receipt of your Open Letter to me published in the April 14th issue of the Deseret News. I am obliged to defer responding to your invitation to make a statement relative to HB 168 until a later date. In when Deseret News Dave: This will acknowledge been perturbed lators in whom you had implicit confidence turned up in the enemy’s camp? And why others have been recorded as ‘‘absent and not voting’’ on crucial measures, when you had every reason to believe they had courage enough to stand and be counted? If those teasers have ‘bothered you, and have caused you misgivings, then you are in the same boat as the editor of the Searchlight. And you may be interested in scrutinizing the To the Editor o Dear have you endan- serving those rights, HB 168 would have weakened those rights—weakened them seriously. (Continued on following page) |