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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 20, 1937. POOR PICKERS largest room in the world is the room for improvement. In a little book by William E Doughty, Christ and the Work Today, we read: The analysis of income tax fig ures for 1935 given out by the gov' ernment shows that 3,992,027 peo UNITED STATES NEWS EDITORIALS (Continued from page 1) ically sabotaged and knifed the President and the New Deal measures. This was proven by the sen- GOOD FARMERS ate vote to recommit the Pres- BUILD CITIES pie filed income tax returns in that idents supreme court bill. Of the Democratic senators, all of whom p A farmer may be a year. Of these only 480,999 of our e hold their jobs because they pledgThat statement population had incomes of $5001 man. ed themselves to support their and how it links up with the above or over. Among them 322,779 hat Chief Executive and the New Deal title has significance w hen thought incomes of $5000 to $10,000 a year, program, 53 of them betrayed their of in connection with the follow- which leaves only 158,220 with incomes of $10,000 a year or more promises and voted to ing: that is, only one and one-ha- lf Gakill per the measure which, more than According to the Arkansas , cent of the total population. of other E. Shannon Craigbill, separated the sheep zette, John any Among these in the higher from the goats, the liberals from head county is a tenant farmer the reactionaries, the progressives who makes it pay. In a competi- brackets, were 41 with incomes of from the obstructionists. Only tive race with 4000 others he took from one to four and a half mil 18 Democrats had the guts to first prize. His farm has always lion dollars each, a total of $73, stand the gaff and vote to restore produced practically all food for 811,000. In 1929 there were 513 in to congress and the Chief Execu- himself, his wife and his six chil- that group. In 1935 in addition to tive the powers usurped by the su- dren. Moreover, he has laid by the 41 with incomes of a million or more there were 109 others with enough money to send them to incomes preme court. of from half a million to have is Since his to Branded policy Indelibly college. The senators are definitely and a large potato patch and other gar- a million dollars each. At the same time that this den stuff sufficient for his table indelibly branded, but no roll-ca- ll small group was receiving these he vote on a basic measure has been summer and winter, the money recorded in the house, and it is receives fiom his main crop (cot- enormous incomes it is estimated doubtful if one can be forced by ton) can be used for clothing, fur- that 71 per cent of our families were below the $2500-a-yelevel the progressives during the ses- niture, luxuries, etc. and were there that 11,000,000 sion. For, believe it or not, there Mr. Shannon says that the reaare two out and out reactionaries son many tenant farmers have no wage earners in America with in in the house to one progressive. money for these things is that they comes of less than $700 a year each. With that condition existing, and a are folks. They are We have the highest standard of folks because they do not reactionary speaker presiding, it is of any nation on earth. Howroll-caliving ll almost impossible to secure a raise the bulk of what they eat. in our prosperous Amereven ever, vote on any vital legislation. reason the the same for And, ican household, the largest room is By being recorded as voting lib- farmer who raises the bulk of his the room for improvement. eral on a few unimportant liberal food helps to build the small town roll-call on and city because of his diversified measures, and dodging Dont hide from prosperity by basic measures, a slippery con- buying. keeping your business a secret. Adgressman can keep his record fairin the Utah Labor News. vertise ly clean, and keep his constituents THE LARGEST back home from knowing that he. ROOM knifed the President, sabotaged LABOR ON ITS New Deal legislation, and made Driving through the industrial FORWARD MARCH kindling wood out of the Demo- towns of northeastern lennsylcratic platform. vania the' writer was recently imA Long Way Off d (Continued from page 4) pressed by the numbers of You are a long way off, but I men sitting on front porchterborough Rapid Transit Co., sit in the galleries every day and es with apparently nothing to do. which won wage increases of $60,-00- 0 watch the men you sent there to That nignt the radio announced week for the 15,000 employa carry out the mandate you gave the names of local mines that were es. It went into effect July 16. the President betray you. But they working and those that were not. have covered their records and All of which is a reminder that THUGS ATTACK TIMBER they will be coming home soon, while conditions are gradually get- WORKERS OFFICIAL exuding pious virtue, and in the ting better for the working man, next election, they will be the first the old saying is still true: The WESTWOOD, Cahf. (UNS) to climb on the Roosevelt bandbelieved to be employed by Thugs wagon. They will come back, too, Meadow the Valley Lumber Co. a be I will after until I am firmly to do the trick all over again unFlat, Grays Calif., attacked ant and California daisies the less the Sovereign Voting King planted Clifford Willet severely injured are over head. next to himself, and demands growing my gets of Woodworkers Loca president Eternal Honor a clear roll-ca- ll record on basic No. C. O. first I. 38, chartered To Roosevelts eternal honor, he issues, and definite proof that pre election promises have been faith- has done his best to prod the trait- union in the Northwest lumber in fully kept. The vitally important ors out into the open so the folks dustry. was set upon by a gang of w'ork next year must be done in the back home could luiow just wThere 20 He one evening when he was men primaries. The general election they stand. Progressive members home with his wife anc returning of will take care of itself. congress have done their utmost and beaten with sticks baby, badly to in all the but help An editor recently wrote me: good work, a fists and hammer, suffering You are more efficient than Huey efforts here will be futile unless concussion of the brain possible memin hide improve the you average off your batting Long taking and internal injuries besides bers of congress. May be so, but in picking candidates. You want merous cuts and bruises. what I want to go on record as insisting: you voted for, but the the assault the company After One-thir- d smoothies in congress have bilked Not all congressmen! all members of the ' discharged Better are so bad the devil himself you, good and plenty. A union. has been filet complaint check-up on your cond are make a real couldnt do worse, the with Labor Board ir Regional acid d gressman. If he stands the smoothies, and San Francisco, and criminal ant he send If him back. proves civil are the salt of the earth. test, charges are being pressed in When this session ends and I go to be only a ready promiser, keep the courts by the union. home, possibly with my lifes pub- him at home. to lic work finished, I will have an Its up you to see that only RUBBER UNION GROWS honor roll of members of congress the men and women come to con- FROM 25,000 TO that its been a joy and a matter gress who will stand the gaff, who 73,000 IN A YEAR of pride to have worked with in will not welch nor squirm, who my modest capacity. Yes, and Ill will not fail you in a crisis nor sell By Robert L. Cruden have an S. 0. B. list whose scalps you down the river. AKRON, O. (UNS) Booming membership, new agreements and successful strikes are reported by the United Rubber Workers as inDONT LET OPPORTUNITY ternational union officials make CATCH YOU NAPPING preparations for the organizations I second annual convention here, Those who failed to read and acquaint themselves with the entire story and September - one-cro- one-stor- pre-electi- on ar one-sto- one-sto- re re - able-bodie- President S. II. Dalrymple. The United Rubber Workers Union is making its way surely, but in no spectacular manner, he said. The papers are not interested in that, of coyrse, for it Is not news, but it is of vital importance to the American people when the lives of tens of thousands of people are made happier through higher and more steady wages, better conditions, and protection of employment. A Typical Contract Dalrymple pointed to an agreement concluded between the U. It. W. A. and the Baldwin Rubber Co., of Pontiac, Mich., as typical of the work being done by the union. The agreement provides for sole collec tive bargaining rights, a general wage increase, . and minimum wages of 75 cents an hour for men and CO cents for women. There are to be no wage reduc tions without union approval. The long strike at the Climax Rubber Co., in New York, was won with union recognition and other concessions. The employer rehe had precontract a pudiated viously made with A. F. of L. leaders which had never been accepted by the employes. Stedfast Rubber Co. workers at North Easton and Mattapan, Mass., returned to w'ork when the company signed an agreement granting union recognition, an immediate wage increase of 124 per cent and a week. 40-ho- ur SONG OF THE C. I. O. ON VICIROLA RECORD NEW YORK (UNS) The song of the C. I. O., sung by the New York Chorus of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and conducted by Lazar Weiner, has been recorded for the victrola and can now be purchased for one dollar. The words and music are by lom Morrow, an assumed name which cloaks the identity of a well known composer. The United Automobile Workers has bought a hundred records of the song to be used in teaching it produced on a Dccca victrola record. 12-in- C. I. O. ch js SHOE UNION WINS LAN DSLI DE ELECTION IN 77 N. Y. PLANTS NEW YORK (UNS) Elections conducted in 79 shoe plants in which approximately 7500 workers voted resulted in a landslide victory for the United Shoe Workers of America, C. I. O, union, in all but two small plants. According to the figures given out by the National Labor Relations Board which conducted the election, the C. I. O. union received 6802 votes, and the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, A. F. of L. affiliate, received 690. The election was held June 28. The two companies carried by the A. F. of L. unions were the A. Cooper & Sons Corporation, where the vote was 24 to 4 for the Boot & Shoe Workers, and the Federal Slipper Corporation, where it was 28 to 20. The election was the first one in which the workers in an entire industry in a region voted at ihe same time for a collective bargaining agency. The companies whose workers took part in the election are members of the Shoe Manufacturers Board of Trade, the New York Slipper Manufacturers Association, the New York Wood Heel Manufacturers Association and the Stichdown Manufacturers Asso- ciation. As a result of the overwhelming victory for the C. I. O., the United Shoe Workers .will replace ,the A. F. of L. union as the collective bargaining agency in the New York Shoe industry. According to the agreement made between the two unions and the companies involved, unexpired contracts with the Boot and Shoe Workers will be enforced by the union chosen as the collective bargaining agency in the election and new agreements will be made with the winning union. Employers of the companies on page 6) pre-electi- on par-continu- ed Union Pacific Stages announces arrival of ten new Highway Cruisers, to be placed in daily service between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. . . . Youll revise every conception of travel pleasure with your first trip in one of Union Pacifics new cruisers no increase in fares . . . the smartest, smoothest ride in America. ... FAST THROUGH SCHEDULES one-thir- ng 12-1- 8. a early possibilities of Rio Tinto Copper (now Mountain City Copper) laughed to $17,000.00. fortune right out of their lives, when $50.00 could have grown FROM 5 CENTS A SHARE TO $17.00 A SHARE thats the record of' Rio Tinto (now Mountain City Copper) This company financed the early development of Rio Tinto, through recommending its shares at 5 cents. Our Mr. Ogden C, Chase, who organized the Rio Tinto and managed its early development, predicted $10.00 a share for the stock. The shares have since sold up to $17.00 and are listed on the Salt Lake Stock Exchange, San Francisco Curb and New York Curb. Secretary-Treasur- UNION PACIFIC STAGES West South Temple SALT LAKE CITY; UTAH 77 Wasatch 1366 Best Wishes to Labor ARE THEY PROTECTED? Frank Grillo er reports that membership now exceeds 73,000, nearly three times the total of 25,000 reported at last Jar convention. Locals in good now number more than standing 135, compared to 37 a year ago, ' More than 75 per cent of the total membership is covered by years written agreements, according to Best Wishes to Labor i SOONER OR LATER ANOTHER WINNER WILL COME ALONG But, unless you are prepared to grasp it, you may miss the ONE BIG CHANCE in your life. CAN YOU AFFORD TO MISS ANOTHER WINNER IF IT COMES? 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