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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE 7, 1935. THOUSANDS ATTEND COAL MINERS PICNIC IN PRICE CITY PARK SUNDAY An estimated crowd of 5.000 people attended the United Mine of America picnic and the Price City park Sun- at outing 1 the trutT about workers and work-- in conditions. No member of ganized labor in Utah should be without the Utah Labor News, the I day- speaker said. The speaking program opened at State Senator George M. Miller 1 p. m., when rrank Bonacci, Utah I of Carbon county cave a review board member of District 22, in-- 1 of the labor legislation and of the troduced E. B. Kelsey, vice presi- - attempts made to get II. B. No. 4, dent of the Utah State Federa-- 1 the compensation law amendments, tion of Labor, as master of cere- - through the senate. The senator monies of the program, followed by called a spade a spade, and named Mayor B. W. Dalton of Price, who I the senators who supported the welcomed the workers to the Car-- 1 bill, and also named the senators bon county seat. who opposed it and who held back President M. I. Thompson, of the this bill in the sifting committee Utah State Federation of Labor, so that it was allowed to come to was the first speaker of the day. a vote only during the closing He made comparison of the days hours of the legislative session. He not so long ago when Carbon gave a brief resume of the labor county coal miners were not or- - and social legislation he had spon ganized, and of the conditions that sored and supported during his exist today as a result of collective career as a legislator from Carbon bargaining through union organ- - county. He pointed with pride to ization. He congratulated the min-- 1 a constitutional amendment he for the militant organization I troduced in the lower house when o they have effected during the last j he served his first term in the years. He urged them to con- - islature some 30 years ago. steadfastly in their organ-- 1 cause of this constitutional amend-izatioand assist in organizing ment, it was possible to establish all classes of workers, men and wo-- 1 in Utah a high school system which men, in Carbon county and in has become the pride of the He declared that, NRA or pie of this state, no NRA, labor unions are the most At the close of the speaking pro. essential need of the wage earn-- 1 gram, several visitors were intro' era and that justified minimum duced, among whom were Secre' wages can be brought about only tary Crose, of the State Federation through collective bargaining. 0f Labor, and Secretary Virgil Mrs. E. B. Kelsey of Salt Lake I Wright, of District No. 22, U. M City, president of the Central w. of A Council of Labor Union Womens A Busy Day auxiliaries, told about the necesThe days celebration opened sity of womens auxiliaries, and with a childrens parade at 11 a. counCarbon women of the urged followed a m., picnic dinner at by ty to organize into strong auxili noon. the After program of bemen when She said that aries. races for children! foot I speeches, come union members, they are only nd a horseshoepitch- wolf the until organized, ,n tournament and a baseball men folk organize and become in- between teams representing of union fam,e terested in the spending from Mohrland and un,ons l?ca earned money for union made pro-- 1 I Consumers were held. . . Green Urges Unions To Resist Wage Cuts long hours were being made by from employers following the destruc Washington. many sources reaching the Amer tion of fair practice codes by the ican Federation of Labor indicated supreme courts decision holding beyond doubt that wholesale at the NRA unconstitutional. William Green, president of the tempts to reduce wages and impose American Federation of Labor, said that messages from Detroit, Mine New Orleans, Atlanta, and other him that State Fed cities Committee Meets erationsadvised of Labor and local trade unions were fearful of results The central committee of Dis- which appeared imminent with the trict 22, U. M. of A., Utah brapch, destruction of the NRA controls met Monday night in Price, to over minimum wages and maxi transact regular routine business, mum hours for millions of workand tq hear brief addresses from ers who came under the jurisdicMrs. E. B. Kelsey, President tion of codes of fair practice. Thompson, Secretary Crose, Vice To all these inquiries, he said, President Kelsey, of the Utah I replied that the unions were to State Federation of Labor, and Al- mobilize their economic strength board and to resist the bert Roberts, lowering of wage member, Rock Springs, Wyoming. and hour standards and the efforts Jack Forrester, of Standardville, again to introduce child labor in acted as chairman of the meeting, their industries. and Orvel Peterson, of Columbia, Mr. Green pointed out that the was the secretary. received revealed a distinct reports The meeting took action to urge breakdown of code in more strict coal mining inspection, the service industriesprovisions the over all and also adopted resolutions con- United States, including departdemning the persecution of coal ment stores, hotels and restaurants miners in Gallup, N. M. y and other establishments. The week was being scrapped. an hour, and that he believed The fact is, he continued that Truba misjudged the highway. No conditions are already swinging other cars were near at the time back to longer hours, lower wages, of the accident. and disregard of other conditions The car crossed over to the left embodied in the codes. side of the road and dropped 15 A number of the reports declarfeet into the creek bed which was ed that and long-howalled up with rock on the road employers in the garment trades side. Alvarez was able to free him- in New York, Pennsylvania and self and summon aid from nearby Chicago and in the hat, cap and When rescuers reached millinery trades of New York and houses. him, Truba was dead. western cities were making efforts to break away from code standThe power development the coun- ards. In every case, Mr. Green said, try needs most is purchasing pow- the A. F. of L. advised its repreto make a stand er. Buying union label goods will sentatives was an interesting) breakdown of the pro. Af Lambert Speaks the than it faster against building produce eat.ure m the sports program. The dams. tection given by the codes. George Lambert, vice president won over Co- of District No. 22, of U. M. W. of fprmg Canyon team vent-wain t,hls A., made a rousing address in the The miners from Castle-d- o can Lambert that only George th championship of the it. He lauded President Roose- kate.wo" horseshoe the in day pitching the of behalf in his stand velt for st- - The ball game was won by earners and farmers of e Blue Blaze team, of Consum-o- f America, and urged the members over the King Coal nine, of all unions to use their powers ' Mohrland. the in a demand for laws that give rt on The committee general benefits of the NRA. He urged sup- of Frank consisted rangements of union leaders, and that workers join 100 per cent in union Bonacci, L!.yd Evans, W. H. White, and Slim) movements. Lambert urged all vv 1.I1.iaJna habit the to in Utah workers get At 5 p. m. Mrs. Kelsey met with of reading the Utah Labor News and took steps to and remarked that it is the only women folks auxiliaries among womens in Utah that will give Ufnize women from the various locals throughout the county. She explained the program of the womens auxiliaries. And as a result, leaders were named for 10 local unions and it is expected that within a short time 10 locals of wo- mens auxiliaries will be formed in Carbon county. President Thomp-- 1 son and Vice President Kelsey also COLO addressed the ladies briefly. By A. F. of L. News Service Reports Workers sub-distri- 3 Street Carmens Auxiliary predation of her services to the Ladies Auxiliary to Street Car, auxiliary. About 45 members were mens union, Division 3K2, met present. Thursday at the Moose hall. Lunch was served at 1:30 p. m. The hosRead the ads in The Utah Labor tesses were Mrs. L. C. Ruff, Mrs. News. C. P. Hansen, Mrs. Earl Barnes, and Mrs. Joseph Starbuck. 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