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Show r UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 5, 1935. RAISE A $50,000 BRIBE FUND, REPORTED NEW IDEAL WINS LEADS IN VOTING MAIN STREET GANG Labor Tabloids (Continued from Page 1) old parties, with the result that these he mentioned the ethical whichever old party is successful, professional lobby. lie said that they can place their men to con- he learned three days after the legtrol the state senate as well atf islature adjourned, from an ethical other state officers, from the gov- professional man who had contributed to this lobby, that a sum of ernor down. Cause Revolt $500 was raised to influence the If Utah had a direct primary lower house to vote favorably on election laW, the Main street a certain ethical senate bill. Thi3 member of the lower bouse gang would lose its grip on public officials, because the people would said that as far as he know?, no do their own nominating, within member of the lower house re ceived a dollar of this bribe func their respective political parties. It is because of the failure of unless it was only one member. the senate to consider the direct People Aroused This prominent member of the primary election law that there is a political revolt in Utah. Reports lower house opined that the func from all .sections of the state sig- raised by the ethical professional1 nify that the people, regardless of men went, perhaps, to enrich the past or present political affiliation, pockets of those who had raised it, are ready to join a new movement because he was sure that members that would result in a new politi- of the lower house did not ge cal party and a full set of candi- any of it. dates to be voted on in the 1936 Nevertheless, the reports tha election. are common about lobby funds The new movement is gaining raised and bribes offered, etc., are ground daily and its aim, as one enough to make a book concernmember of the lower house put it, ing the various interests in this is not a new deal, nor a square state. It is enough to arouse the peo deal, but a NEW IDEAL. The Ethical Lobby pie to busy themselves in behalf o A prominent member of the a new political movement which lower house said that besides the will have upon its banner the Main street gang lobby, there New Ideal of the people, by the were other smaller lobbies. Among people, and for the people. That the New Ideal program is gaining favor with the people of reThe A. F. of L. News service United States is evidenced in the ports that the use of industrial the election results of the municispies is one of the common devices palities and state legislative disdeveloped by subversive employ- tricts in various sections of, the ers to prevent working men and United States. women from exercising their legal EPIC Leads in L. A. right to organize in bona fide trade The city council candidates backunions and carry on usual union ed by Upton Sinclair, were leading work. The extent to which this in Tuesdays municipal primary is applied was emphasized by William Green, president of the A. F. of L. in his statement before the committee on education and labor of the U. S. senate, urging the prompt enactment of the Wagner Labor Relations act, which undertakes to establish beyond a doubt the right of the workers to organize in genuine unions without interference from employers. The recent biennial convention of the International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphide, and Paper Mill Workers of the United States and Canada, held in Buffalo, N. Y., endorsed the American Federation of Labor's program for the e week, pensions, and uneminsurance. ployment 30-ho- ur old-ag- A strong endorsement of the Wagner Labor Relations bill was presented to the senate committee on education and labor by three outstanding leaders of the relief and welfare departments of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish charge of relief operations. The re OUTRAGEOUS ports occasioned considerable unZINC CODE rest among congressmen, a number faiths. of whom have acquired a dislike The National Industrial Recovery board has approved a code for the zinc industry. It will become effective April 8. It is an outrageous one, to say the least. The code provides a basic maximum week, averaging over a period, the minimum wages falling between 30 and 47 W cents an hour. The code is to be administered by a code authority of six voting members, five to be selected from the members of the executive com mittee of the American Zinc Insti tute, Inc., and one elected by members of the industry, not members of the institute. No provision is made for labor members on the code authority. There are about 12,800 people employed in the industry, about two-thirof them underground. The mine production of recoverable zinc declined from 7,075,000 tons in 1926 to 2,008,500 in 1932. In the same period world production declined from 1,768,000 tons to tons. 40-ho- ur . ds Roosevelt Orders Firm NRA Code Agreement The National In- Washington. dustrial Recovery board, through Donald R. Richberg, acting chairman, informed President Roosevelt that because of the mistaken belief that the Recovery Act will not be extended and the conviction that the government will not vigorously enforce code requirements, violations of the wage and hours provisions of the codes have been Increasing in some industries. President Roosevelt met the issue by asking the Department of Justice to give every assistance m maintaining compliance with the codes and in advising the district attorneys throughout the country to take prompt and vigorous action to prevent or to punish such violations. The President also urged the NIRB to present the facts about increasing violations of code wages and hours provisions to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives. The Presidents action was taken shortly after Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers of America, was made a member of the NIRB jn addition to Sydney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, thus giving representatives of organized labor equal representation with industry on the , board. for some of Mr. Hopkins methods The White House spokesman also stated that Mr. Roosevelt would be chairman of the allotment commit tee, which will determine the specific projects undertaken in the broad groups of public works set forth in the act. It was added that field marshals in carrying the works program into effect would include Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the interior; Rexford G. Tugwell, under 8A!7 Christian It was announced Washington. bv the White House that President Roosevelt would superintend spending the $4,800,000,000 work relief fund appropriated by congress. Reports had previously been published that Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator would have di- SHOP CRAFTS HOLD CONVENTION The second annual convention of the Federated Shop. Crafts of the D. & R. G. W. system was held in Pueblo, Colorado, last week. The reports of the officers showed that the employes of the D. & R. G. W. system were 90 per cent organized in bona fide labor unions. The Federation comprises the employes belonging to the machinists, the boiler makers, the electrical workers, the carmen, the sheet metal workers, and the blacksmiths. , Each general chairman of the organization reported good gains In membership and a general spirit of optimism prevailed. The officers are looking to perfect a 100 per cent organization within a short while. Officers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: Cody Quinn, Denver, president; James A. Caldwell, first vice pres- ident; H. A. Ogaard, Salt Lake W. C. City, secretary-treasure- r; Hull, Pueblo, and C. L. Crowton, Salt Lake City, members of the executive board. The next annual meeting of the Federation will be held in March, 1936, the place to be designated at a later date by the executive board. It has been said that all progress is due to laziness. Booth ff An alliance' by the Aluminum Company of America and the town THE EXPECTED officials of Elcoa, Tennessee, to HAS HAPPENED browbeat the employees of the Aluminum Company plant in case of a strike was reported to the As was expected, Hugh B, central labor union by delegates of Brown, Salt Lake attorney, was the Elcoa local of the Aluminum named chairman of the Utah liqWorkers union. uor board, Tuesday, by Governor Blood. The of Brown Fourteen students of the senior was not a designation has been it for surprise, class of Mayfield High School in commonly rumored that he hat Scranton, Pa., struck because the been selected for the chairmanship examinations given them by the even before the legislature passet sesupervising principal were too the bill. liquor vere and unreasonable. The schoo' The members of the liquor other to take board ordered the students Adam board are: Patterson. Jr., of teacher. tests from another Ogden, and George M. Whitmore J. E. Lewis, president and leg- of Nephi. islative representative of the Iowa State Federation of Labor UTgec Reappointed The reappointment of Roscoe E. the legislative committees of the Trade Union movement to enlist Hammond and G. Will Knight, as the support of senators and repre- full and part time members respec sentatives of the legislature for 17 tively, of the road commission for nils which the state federation periods of four years each, was anfavors. nounced Tuesday by Governor Free college education for Blood. d unem-jloye- youths was advocated in an in Philadelphia by Dr. N. state James Rule, superintendent of education of Pennsylvania, le said that the 3,500,000 jobless youths between the ages of 18 and 25 are social and economical dynamite. address Typo Auxiliary Auxiliary No. 16 to Typographical Union No. 115 will meet Monday, April 8, at 2 p. m., at the home of Miss Fannie Burgess, 1764 South Sixth East street. All members are requested to attend as election of officers and will be amendment to the by-labusiness the of the of day. part ws Declaring that the Black bill a compulsory week in industries is the solution or the business depression, the senate interstate commerce com-mitasked the senate to enact the measure into law without delay. f1he report, written by Senator tfeely, of W. Va., estimated that 5,000,000 idle would be provided with jobs by the shorter work week which the bill makes mandatory or all industries whose products enter interstate commerce. 30-ho- ur ee Naughty! Naughty! A story is going round of an In Utah! II. B. 191 passed the Utah legislature and became a law March 25. review of this important Cooperative law will in The Utah Labor appear News next week. A self-hel- p Subsribe to The Utah Labor News today and keep up with the important issues of the day in Utah. . Know the truth as the truth is. AVERT COAL MINERS STRIKE Through the cooperation of organized labor the new deal administration has been able to stave off serious labor walkouts for the time being. Bituminous coal miners will continue at work until June 16, wnen new authorities are confident agreements on wages and hours can be perfected with operators. A strike may occur in the rubber industry, but it will affect only one or two plants. One or two automobile plants may be forced to close by strikes, will not cripple but the walk-othe entire industry. Labor has no confidence In the ability of the administration to enforce Section A of the NRA under the present setup, and is therefore throwing its full weight behind the Wagner bill, which makes the principle of collective bargaining a law of the land and creates an independent board which would serve as a supreme court to labor. ut 7-- Union Label League The Salt Lake City Federation of Labor will provide the entertainment program for the meeting of the Union Label League on Monday. April 15. The regular business meeting of the league Monday night was well attended. To California AND DENVER FURNITURE MOVED By Bonded Experts No Crating Necessary, Call or Write MOLLERUP MOVING CO. 155 So. West Temple Was. 1562 en- counter between two well known actresses. Said the first: I have just been to a beauty parlor. And was it closed, dearie? asked the other, sweetly. GIVE A THOUGHT TO YOUR Just Jogging Along Speedy Driver (to guest rider) Thats an attractive village we are coming to, wasnt it. Z.C.M.I. . Roosevelt Will Rule ' Big Work Relief Fund J. Peoples, rector of the procurement division of the treasury. election in Los Angeles. The returns indicated that the followers of the EPIC program would have candidates for most of the other offices in the run-o. election. The new Progressive party came out winner in the elections throughout Wisconsin. The Wisconsin election returns were con elusive that the Progressive party which was sent into office last fal, under the leadership of Governor Philip La Follette, was adding strength to the New Ideal movement. In Zion, III, William M. Edwards, the peoples independen candidate, was elected mayor over Volivas candidate, John M. Bales by a big majority. As a result the election is expected to end the fan atical religious rule of the city by Wilbur Glenn Voliva, the dictator i of Zion. Edward J. 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