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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT The Dix Appointment No one will question the personal qualifications of Bill Dix for the office of State Senator. group tried to defeat Mr. Fullmer H. Latter for On his own steam Bill has risen to a responsible tion of Labor. position in the Utah Labor movement. Bill has capacity and fighting qualities. His votes in the special session of the Senate can be counted on to be in line with accepted progressive standards. But circumstances surrounding Bill’s appoint- minority group. ment to the State Senate by His Excellency, at the instigation of Henry McGean, have brought a storm of indignation in the AFL and the CIO. Regardless of the merit of the appointment there is widespread conviction that Mr. McGean once again has imposed his own choice on labor instead of letting labor choose for itself. And it doesn’t set well. Certainly the entire CIO, and a majority of the AFL were given scant consideration by the Governor and his chief political aid. Those groups recommended other candidates who were as well or even better qualified than is Mr. Dix. They did not recommend Dix. Apparently, lature are made strengthen Legislature, ofice who ized labor the appointments to do double reelection to the presidency of the State FederaMcGean is said to be irked at the stout independence of the Latter group in the AFL, and with similar elements in the CIO. It thwarts his desire to control both organizations and use them as stepping stones to tighter political organiza- tion in the interest of Mr. McGean and his Democratic allies, including the Governor. The appointment throws cold water on that unless candidates first make their peace with McGean, and promise to obey his political whims, that they will lose “organization” support in the primaries . Resentment They Beans! Why entire AFL-CIO labor movement. The McGean preference seems to be an outgrowth of the con- The CIO largest contributors Cross through its Fund. hand, beans? at Price, when is one of the Nation’s Beans! is it that with an abundant supply of about all the We used restaurants serve is string to like “em, but we've been beaned to death this winter. labor GIVE Beans! Utah and California vegetables on the market, and with a large variety of canned vegetables on he strives to place his key men in control of the Democrats and a minority and His county chairman. The Dix appointment also appears to be another move in Mr. McGean’s chess game wherein “Organization” methods getting renominated and re-elected. Already an organization revolt is under way to elect a new tion”, and to His Excellency. convention at McGean’s Excellency’s approval of such tactics, may add to the difficulty the Governor may encounter in to the Legis- the hold of the “organization” on the and they avoid placing labor men in might be more responsive to organthan to the Democratic “Organiza- test in the last AFL the expectation of labor groups that they might gain Democratic organization support for their own freely chosen candidates for legislative posts in the 1944 election. The belief is gaining ground | duty. Mr. Dix is aligned with the AFL 10 THE to the Red Relief War RED CROSS The ACP. of (1. .too, througp its War Relief Fund, ranks as one most generous of the Nation's givers. But individual contributions to the Red Cross in Utah are behind quota. The schedule Our State must not let the Red Cross down. It is the friend and benetactor must be met. of our fighting men. There is no ceiling on giving—SUPPORT THE RED CROSS. |