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Show THE lJTE SENTINEL, MIDVALE, UTAH THE UTE SENTINEL PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY WOODRUFF PRINTING CO. HOWARD C. BARROWS THE POCKETBOOK of KNOWLEDCE r~s WASHINGTON SNAPSHOTS ... Entered as Second Class Matter at the post office at Midvale, Utah, under Act of March 3, 1879. Friday. September 9. 1938 By JAMES PRESTON Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Four months before the new One Year ····························································································-··- ,1.50 Congress meets - in fact two Advertising Rates Given on Request. months before it ;is even electedattention here is sharply focused . on one of the most important is•sues it will have to settle. That issue arising appropriately enough around Labor Day, is whether the Wagner Labor Act will be amended to correct its glaring faults or whether it will remain a thorn in Voters of this district should exercise the new the side of good industrtal relafranchise granted them under the new direct primary tions. election law when the first of these candidate-selecObservers here are convinced tion sessions takes place-Tuesday, September 13. the sheer weight of public opinion Use of the ballot for selecting candidates and ofwill force some sort of amend- ' ficials is the proper representative way of conduct- ments through the next Congress. I ing governmental affairs; it is a practice which is not The American Federation of 1 exercised by as many people as should be taking Labor, original sponsor of the Act, direct part in their own governmental affairs. Good has long since turned against it, citizenry demands that the individuals should parti- charging that in its present form it is being used to foster the sel- l cipate actively in· the selection of their candidates fish interests of one group against and officials. Such a practice will result in majority the Interests of worker~ generally. 1 rule and that should bring about results that will real- Indeed, the A. F. of L. stands in the forefront of those determined 1 ly be benefical to society as a whole. Be a good citizen--cast that vote on Tuesday, to make the act workable through amendments. September 13. ' resenting employees accept legal responsibility for the acts of their officers and agents. • What form the expected amendments to the Act will ultimately take nG one can say. But one of : the most encouraging factors in modern employer-employee relations is the possibility of amend- ment to an act that is in general public disrepute with virtually all elements of society. A four-acre Fantasy Village, where Mother Goose rhymes and all the age-old fairy tales will come to life, is planned at the 1939 World's Fair of the West. EVERYONE VOTE a dime could buy more ... or a I Fcigarette taste better ••. it would be a SENSATION. And that's exacrly what it is! As you'll discovert when you try this thrifty, thrilling cigarette. 6!!£H FO!lND -ro BE cosrJNG "Trlc GoveRHMENTji66', 76o I'E~ lJNITI -· eytAW,OtUY 1'l\OSE OF ROYitL BLOOP, COULl> WEAR CERTAIIJ l<lt-19!' OF FURS IN MEP 18/Al i:1Ji!i)pf\l .... FIJI?S WER~ SUCJ/ A lditJRY IN TAAT TIME 71/AT Tile WeARING OF "QICM Bf' LAYMEN WAS , As amendmen of the act beCoMMUioJISf5 IN iHE U.<;., MAKIN6~50u comes more and more certain, obA WEEK ARE ASS5>ED~S2lli yEARLY OLD AGE MADE EASIER {)lieS, l't.IIS·#i2.t.!.!"OR EV£RY fotO~ servers point out that even the -4BOVGj; ~ou/ The Social Security Board has been g1vmg a Act's most ardent champions can good deal of publicity to the progress that has been scarcely claim that it has lived up made under the law to furnish security to old people. to the purpose slated in its official factory relations between employtitle, i.e., "an act to diminish the ers and employees were cried Chairman Altmeyer shows that the states and federal cause of labor disputes." statis- down in the beginning as opposigovernment are actively cooperating in making ticians point out that even if any tion from "the interests". But steady headway in providing pensions for old peo- such claim were made, a glance observers here are pointing out ple. This is a very comforting condition for millions at the record would soon disclose that the amendments proposed of people who are approaching the western slopes, . the irony of that title. After the when the act was first under conWagner Act was upheld l}y the sideration are pretty much the with no idea of what lays b eyon d to k eep t h em f rom supreme court in April, 1 9 37, for same amendments being discussed poverty in their old age. instance, strikes for that year rose by other groups today. More than 30 million men and women are build- to a figure 100 per cent above To correct the biased adminising up insurance against old age, and 25,500,000 1936. tration of the Act employers have workers have earned some credit toward insurance m a d e three recommendations. in the event of unemployment. Many employers who sympathiz· . ed thoroughly with the avowed These are that the NLRB be reAt the present time nearly 1,700,000 aged per- . destination but opposed the vehicle quired to act upon requests by emsons are receiving monthly cash allowances from because of its glaring weaknesses ployers for elections to determine federal and state funds. Hundreds of thousands of have been vindicated by the !at- bargaining agents; provision that children are being cared for. est developments. The amendments they proposed to make the Social Security is here to stay. It is a constructive Act truly an instrument for satis- j· step, and there can be no turning back. 1 Rt:STRICTCP ~TRIIItiENTLA , the board not favor any particular union or form of employee organizations; and a division of the functions Of the board as a factfinding body, prosecutor and judge. To correct the one-sided character of the Act itself manufacturers have recODlDlended: 1. That intimidation or coercion of employees from any source be prohibited. 2. Denial of the benefit of rights listed in the Act to organizations which have collusive agreements with employers or which make political campaign contributions. 3. That labor organizations rep- Constitutional Amendments NOTICE I OF SPECIAL ELECTION BOND . consbtubona · · Amendment No. 1 Cl"'' of Midvale, Salt Lake County, PROCEEDS OF LANDS AND OTHER 'J PROPERTY-PERMANENT FUNDMr. Roosevelt may succeed in defeating SenatState of utah. UNIFORM SCHOOL FUND A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING ors George and Tydings, and Representative O'Con- , NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ro AMEND sECTIONs, ARTICLE -the three congressmen who head the Adminis· that on Tuesday, the 20th day _of to OF THE CONSTITUTION OF nor September, A. D. 1938, a special , THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATII I ' t...• t THE PROCEEDS OF t rat 10n s ' ' purge }'ISt . Bu t even 1'f h e d oes oillS rou bles I bond. el_ection will ~e held :witbiin • ING LANDSTOAND OTHER PROPERTY Will not be over by any meanS the hmltS of the Clty of Midvale, ; AND CREATING A PERMANENT · , , , · Salt Lake County, State of Utah, : FUND AND A UNIFORM SCHOOL That is the gist of political opm10n on the Pres1- , for the purpose of submitting to FUND FOR THE COMMON AND qualified electors of said PUBLIC SCHOOLS. d ent ' S recen t t OUL R eason: If th ese an d 0 th er more • such c·t as h II ha a'd a rop rty Be it resolved by the LegillatKre of 1 Y ' N D 1 D -t b t 't ' 1 1 s a ve P 1 P e the atate of Utah two-thirds of all l t Or ess an I- ew ea emocra S are ea en, 1 Wl tax therein in the year next prethe members elected to each houae be credited to White House intervention. Their thous- . ceding_such election, the following concurring therein:. propos1bon: SECTION 1. That 1t is proposed to ands of followers will be bitter at the Roosevelt lead"Shall the negotiable coupon amen~ se_ction 8 of Article 10 of the ' Th · } b h h 1 f b onds 0 f the C't1 y 0 f M'd Constitution of the state of Utah as 1 va1e, I amended ersh lp. ey Wll e eager to c ange t e contro 0 by the vote of the electors . t Salt Lake County, State of · at the general election of 1930 to read t h e1r par y. Utah, in the sum of Thirty-eight aa follows: Furthermore there is a growing feeling of res- ' Thousand Five Hundred Dollars Sec. 8. The proceeds of the aalea , ' , . ! ( $38,500), bearing interest at of all lands that have been or J?lay hveness among COngressmen, 1nclud1ng SOme of the rate of not to exceed four hereafter be. granted by the Umted . States to th1s state, for the support those who have been 100 per cent New Dea1I b eper centum (4%) per annum of the common schools, and five per 't H d' t t' . and due and payable within not centum of the net proceeds of the cause 0 f W h at t h ey regar d as Wh 1 e OUSe lC a lOll. to exceed twenty years from sa~ea o~ ~nited States public lands The prospect is tha,the President will have plenty of the date of their issue, be issu- lyl!!g Wlthm the state and sold by the . . , . . · ed and sold for the purpose of U!!'t.ed States. subseq~ent to the .adtrouble gettmg his egislahve program through next . d f . the expense o.f ac- shall miSSIOn of thiS s~ate mto the Umon, e rayt.ng be and remam a permanent fund session, irrespective of what happens in the elec- . quiring and constructing a pub- to be called the State School Fund: lie building in the City of Mid- the interp;;t of which only, shall be tions. vale, Salt Lake County, State expended for ~he _support of the comof Utah to be known as a City mon schools. 'Ihe mterest on the State • . School Fund, the proceeds of all prop1 Hall for the purpose of trans- erty that may accrue to the state by AN OMINOUS WARNING acting the business of said City, escheat or forfeiture, all unclaimed which said public building shall shares and dividends of any corpora• Latest example of the trend toward arbitrary be owned and controlled by said tion incorporated under the laws of centralization of government in the United States municii?ality?". ~~i\~b~~: ~~d Pf~~ee::oc~!d!h~r{i:! 'n the "li'fe and death" power over the At said electwn the form of sale or other disposition of minerals may be found l ballot shall be substantially as or other property from school and follows: state lands, other than those granted P rivate electric industry which congress has vested For the Issue of Thirtyfor specific purposes, shal_l, with such in the Secretary of the Interior. . E .....ht Thousand Five Hunother r.evenues !lS the Legislature may '"' from t1me to t1me allot thereto, con· The secretary, as Public Works Administrator, dred Dollars ($38,500) Yes ( ) stitute a fund to be known as the ' City Hall Bonds No ( ) Uniform School Fund, which Uniform is authorized to make grants ( give 4 5 per Cent 0 f t h e If the voter desires to vote in School Fund shall be maintained and ro)'ect COSt as an outright donation) and loans of favor of the issue of City Hall : used for .the support of the common P bonds he shall place an X in , and Pl;lbhc s~hools of the state and federal funds to municipalities wishing to undertake the space after the word "Yes". i,~~f:i~~::ed ~hallsu~~ovld~~neh:• P~~~ the construction of public projects. Morever, in cases If be desires to vote against the visions of Section 7, Article XIII of issue of City Hall bonds, he this Constitution shall be construed W h ere Construction 0 f SUCh projects WOU ld resu l t in shall place an X in the space af- a.s a limitati?n on the rate of .ta:x;a· destructive competition with existing private electric ter the word "N~"· !~h~ol~u~;o~~:~1 ~--.tfJ'otioe{: !h~ ~:::~~~~ 'l't' h 1 · · th th 't t d t • On the reverse Slde of said bal- of funds available therefor and furU t 1 1 leS, e a One lS g1ven e au Ofl Y 0 e ermine lot shall be the following: ther, no moneys allocated to the' Unithe price at which the private utilities "must" sell "Official ballot for City of Mid- . ~or~ ~chool Fund shall be ~onsidere.d ' ' b f Salt Lake County Utah m f1xmg the rates of taxat10n specl· th elr properties or e aced with d up l'ICation an d f e d - II vale Speclal Bond Election Septem~ fied in Section 7 of Article XIII. 1 'd' d • • • SECTION 2. The secretary of state erall y su b Sl rze competition. I ber 20th, 1938: . is directed to submit this pro,posed The new program is under way and the savi'ngs (Facsimtle Signature) amendment to the electors <!f th~ state . "City Recorder at the next general elect10n m the and jobs of investors and workers in private utilities "City of Midvale Utah." manner provided by law. • At 'd 1 t' th 1'1 hall SECTION 3. If adopted by the In twenty-one citieS are almost COmpletely at the Sal e ec lOll e pO S S electors of the state, this amendment be opened at the hour of 7:00 shall take effect the first day of mercy of a single government official in washing- o'clock a. m. and closed at the January, 1939. ton! Already a total of more than $9 500 000 of the hour of 7 :~o o'clock p. m. Cons"'~1•tut1'on_a_I_A_m_endment , ' ' The pollmg place for all quailtaxpayers money has been allotted to destroy the fied electors of the City of MidNo. 2 private utility properties in these twenty-one cities, ~ale, shall_be ~t the office of u;e RATE OF TAXATION-PURPOSES · h h h " h u b Ute Sentmel, 136 North Mam -DISTRIBUTION e1t er t roug S otgun argaining or CUt-throat Street, in sald City, and the A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING J d f I t' h 11 b Tb AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, COmpetition u ges 0 e ec lOll s a e omas ARTICLE XIII OF THE CONSTI. , , Forman, Eli Mitchell and Martin TUTJON OF THE STATE OF All of th1s may not seem to stnke very close to Thomas. UTAH, RELATING TO THE RATE home as far as you are concerned unless you hapDATED at Midvale City, salt oF TAXATION, PURPOSES AND ' , Lake County, Utah, this 18th day DISTRIBUTION pen to be one of the unfortunates directly affected. of August, 1938, BY ORDER OF Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all But suppose congress empowered one man to sit in THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE of the m embers elected to each house · d h d d CITY OF MIDVALE CITY, concuni n[J therein: W ash 1ngton an an out money to estray your couNTY of SALT LAKE, STATE SECTION 1. That it is proposed to ' ' b ' t UTAH amend section 7 of Article 13 of the b USl;ness, your ]0 Or your savmgs- ax money that, OF (Si ed) J. HOLLIS AYLETT, ; Constitution of the state of Utah, as irorucally, you had sweated to help pay? gn Mayor. ' amended by the vote of the electors at the general election of 1930 to read Unless this spreading evil is halted, it will soon- ATTEST: as follows: (Signed) SOPIDE K. BATEMAN, Sec. 7. The rate of taxation on er Or I ater tOUCh the lives of everyone. The publicActing City Recorder. tangible property shall not exceed on versus-private-ownership controversy of the electric <SEAL) ~:~th~ 0~ufs O:O;~~:!~~i\~t~ ~~~f~s~~~ Utilities iS an OminOUS forewarn1'ng. First publication, August 19• 1938· ~wo-tenths of one mill for high school Last publication, Sept. 16, 1938. I 1 I ! I 1 1 I 1 purposes, which shall constitute the high school fund; said fur<' shall be apportioned in the m~nner the Legislature shall provide. to the schoo districts maintaining high schools, and such levy for district school purposes which together with such other funds as may be available for district school purposes, will raise annu~lly an amount which equals $25 for each person of school age in the state as shown by the last preceding school census; the same to be distributed among the school districts according to the last preceding school census; and in addition an equalization fund which when added to other revenues provided for this purpose by the Legislature shall be $5 for each person of school age as shown by the last preceding school census ; said equalization fund shall be apportioned to the school districts in such manner as the Legislature shall provide. Said rates shall not be increased unless a provosition to increase the same specifying the rate or rates proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors of the 1tate, as in the year next preceding IUc:h election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the state, and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in such manner a~ may be provided by law. SECTION 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state in the next general election in the mannel' provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this llmendment shall take effect the first day of January, 1939. 1 --------~------------------ Constitutional Amendment No.3 HOURS OF WORK ON PUBLIC WORKS A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION 6, ARTICLE 16 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UTAH, RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK ON ALL PUBLIC WORKS. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the atat• of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: SECTION 1. Check the lamp sockets in your home. 'Most every home has empty sockets and improper size bulbs in some places. Buy a carton of assorted sizes • • • fill up empty sockets • • • keep spares on hand. You'll like this handy carton of six, which also contains a sched· ule of the proper size bulbs for every use. So pick up « ~arton today. That it is proposed to amend section 6 of article 16 of the Constitution of the state of Utah. Sec. 6. The Legislature shall de· termine the hours that shall constitute a day's work on all works or undertakings carried on or aided b7 the state, county or municipal government; and the Legislature shall pasa laws to provide for the health and safety of employees in factori-, smelte.-s, and mines and shall determine the number of maximum houn of service per day. SECTION 2. That the secreta1'7 of state is hereby directed to submi' this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided b7 law. SECTION 3. If adopted by tbe electors of this state, this amendmeat shall take effect the first da7 fill January, 1939. ----- 1, E. E. Monson, Secretary of Sta• of the State of Utah, do hereby ce~ that the foregoing is a full, true ana correct copy of the 8 Constitutional Amendments proposed by the regulu session of the legislature of 1937 u the same appears of record in lll7 office. I further certify that they wUl appear on tho official ballot at the general election November 8, 193S. under the number and title herem designated. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, thla 26th day of August, 1938. r SAVE SIGHT with CJuuiP LIGHT Take Advantage of low-cost Electricity I :, SEE YOUR MAZDA LAMP DEALER ·.:.OR UTAH POWER &. LIGHT CO. ;·. . -~ .. 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