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Show ttrin'rr o, of ..Current News and Comment By M. 1. T. Labor' Duty It is the duty of all wage work- ers, and organized labor in particular, to rally in support of the of President "Roosevelt. No president in the history of the United States has tried to do as much for the workers of the country as has IVesident Itoose T1 EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE Price: PEOPLES PAPER 5 Cents Per Copy Nominators and Friends Join in Monster' Rallies Saturday Night, June 27 More Than 25,000 Expected to Attend S. L. Meet i Liberty Park Is the Place For Salt Lake Roosevelt Meeting man; A. M. Scott, George Crowder, Robert Penrose, Joseph Hennesy, Marjorie Ward, Lawrence Nelson, and Tommy Williams. Nominators tickets G. O. Bishop, chairman; Walter P. Mon-soJr., assistant chairman; Mrs. Louise Hell, secretary; Dent Chamberlin, Junius Fisher, Mrs. David Athay, Oscar Smith, Dick Reed, Sam Dowse, Gilbert Mecham, E. C. Dittman, William Eustace, Max Stange, and L. E. Iverson. n, Presiden Program Begins 6:30 P. M. With Band Concert Be Roosevelt Will Heard at 7 OCIock, Mountain Time, From the Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Over the Facilities . Hook-u- p : of Nation-Wid- e Loud Speakers Will Amplify Lorus Pratt, chairIublicity the President's Address In Salt Lake Rally. man; Merrill Iiennion, M. I. Political Outlook U In Utah and U. S. Compiled From Reports of Observers Evans. '33s THE SALT LAKE C'TY, UTAH. JUNE 19. 1936. VOL VI: NO. 50. velt. The workers of the nation, no doubt, realize the situation during this campaign, and will rally unit edly in support of the President. Chairman Harrison of the Labor Division of the National Democratic committee reports more than nominators labor 500,000 for Roosevelt. This number is apt to be more than doubled on June 27 when President Itoosevelt delivers his address at Philadelphia. This is good news. Herp in Utah labor has its shoulders to the wheel boosting the Itoosevelt cause. The reports from the Allied Printing Trades, the United Mine Workers of America, railroad organizations and others indicate that organized labor in Utah is up on its toes to see to it that Utah will do its part for Itoosevelt. Each thinking member of organized labor is in line with the Roosevelt Nominators Rally slogan, I Want Roosevelt Again. (Continued on page 2) District Judiciary The delegates to the Third Judicial District convention in Salt Lake City Saturday are receiving congratulations from the public in general for renominating the present presiding judges and district attorney on the Democratic ticket. The citizens of the Third district should be proud of their district judges and district attorney. They are liberal and administer their duties according to the law. The judges nominated by acclamation are Herbert M. Schiller, Oscar W. McConkie, Roger I. McG. Donough, Allen Thurman, James W. McKinney and P. C. Events 1 1 Want Roosevelt Again Is The Rally Slogan of Millions Thompson, and Henry Hamilton. Auditing George Zolintakis, chairman; Ed Burnett, Ferrell Adams, and John Guy. AU Join Hands Chairman Nelson reports that all Democratic and nonpartisan organizations in Salt Lake county joining in unison to make June Salt Lake County Nominators' Committee Is Headed By Law are 27 a red letter day in the history rence Nelson Headquarters at Newhouse Hotel a Busy of Democracy in Salt Lake county. Place --Thousands Sign Enrollment Roster, Which Will Be Among the organizations taking Presented To President Roosevelt Members Receive Cer an active part in the promotion of the Roosevelt Nominators rally tificate as Original Nominators. are the Jackson Democratic league, Sagebrush Democratic club, Young One of the biggest events in the political history of Amer Democrats league, Womens Demica will be the Roosevelt Nominators' Rallies throughout the ocratic league, Trade Union Demo-cratn League of Utah, nation Saturday, June 27. Democratic club, and ' More than 50,000 nominators will join in Utah to back various nonpartisan and labor orthe President. ganizations. Union Music The biggest celebration in the intermountain country wil Chairman Thompson reported nombe in Salt Lake county, when more than 25,000 Roosevelt that a band made up of members conin inators meet Liberty park at 6:30 p. m. to hear a band of Salt Lake City local No. 104, American Federation of Musicians, cert, and the address of the President at 7 p. m. will provide music for the rally. Tentative Program Chairman Bishop reports that will as be The tentative program for the Liberty park rally the demand for the Roosevelt nomfollows: inators certificates has swamped 6:30 p.m. Band concert. the headquarters at the Newhouse -6i40.pvirL Shortaddr-b- y- Hon. Calvin W Rawlings, hoteLv,. Calls- - for -- the tickets have come from all sections of the counchairman Utah State Democratic committee. ty. It is expected that 25,000 cer6:45 p. m. Band concert. tificates will be out before the date 7 :00 p. m. Address by Franklin Delano Roosevelt over of the rally. Those securing the nominator certificates are presentthe nationwide hookup from Franklin field, Philadelphia, buttons with the slogan, I Following the Presidents address there will be selections ed Want Roosevelt Again, said Mr. sy the band, entertainment numbers, and a short talk, speaker Bishop. to be announced later. Chairman Pratt of the publicity The Committee committee reports that his comThe committees in charge of the big event in Liberty park mittee is busy and before the weekend every man, woman and child are leaving no stone unturned in order to make it a hugs success, n Salt Lake county will know be will and from all indications it M. I. Thompson, about the big Nelson, chairman; rally at Liberty the largest congregation of people assistant chairman; Franklin D and will he impressed with park, ever met at Liberty park. Richards, Nick Jerefos, Charlie the slogan, I Want Roosevelt that have The personnel of the committees Sniurthwaite, Mrs. Junius Fisher, Again. is as follows: and Mrs. Scott I. Stewart; J. WalBroke a Precedent Executive Committee do Parry, secretary. In 1932 Nominee Franklin D. Lawrence Rally M. I. Thompson, chair Roosevelt broke a precedent by goGeneral executive ing before the Democratic national convention at Chicago to receive the notification of his nomination :or President the day it was made, and to respond from the convention platform with his speech of ic German-America- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT the judicial district committee. The committeemen elected are: Marion G. Romney, Joseph S. Jones and Judge A. H. Ellett, Salt Lake county; A. G. Gowans, Tooele county; L. Leslie Boyden, Summit county. Lawrence A. Johnson, chief dep- Calvin W. Rawlings, incumbent Third district attorney, was nomi- uty county assessor of Salt Lake nated by acclamation. county and former assistant Attorney Henry D. Moyle of Salt tary of the committee, was chosen Lake was reelected chairman of. as. secretary of .the.cQmmitteeJIe THE NEW DEAL AN ANSWER TO REACTIONARY CRITICS (Continued from last week) There are a few, mighty few, who claim Utah is a doubtful state. In 1932 they did not admit that much. Right up to election they claimed Utah as doomed and destined to be in the Hoover column. We all know what happened in 1932. The people of Utah marched up to the polls and registered their faith in Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When the votes were counted the Democratic candidate for president had a majority of more than 30,000. We are not so blind a partisan as to insist that all who voted in Utah four years ago were enrolled in the Democratic party. No; in Utah, as in other states, progressive Republicans and independents and liberals, who had only the slightest tie with other political parties, joined forces not only because the nominee was a Democrat, but because they saw in him the only failure heralded the gruesome inhope there was to get away from telligence. The banks toppled and a regime that had demonstrated its fell at the rate of 30 to 40 a week. utter incompetence to deal with the At the end of June, 1932, one huge terrific problems incident to de- institution in Chicago, presided pression. over by an of the Hoover Failed sent its demand to FRC, midnight The Republican party had been for a $90,000,000 loan. in power for 12 long years, during Washington to Prevent Nothing nearly all of which time they had Most of you remember the date. not only the president but both Those of you who were in attendhouses of congress. They could ance at the Democratic national have put through any sort of legconvention in Chicago can recall islation they wished. They could were have done all the things that Pres- that the streets of Chicago blocked multitudes the that by ident Roosevelt has done if their on the banks. runs were making president had had the courage, the The present administration is still desire for service to the general to collect that loan. trying public, and the ability to perceive There was nothing to prevent what was bound to come. Hoover from taking the President The reader must agree with uS same that President Roosesteps when we say that it would have on took the very day of his velt been a very much easier job to inauguration. have prevented the Hoover panic But, reasoned the administration than it was to check it and turn then ir. Secretary the tide after that great disaster of the power, including Mills, to Ogden Treasury was upon us in full force. shut up the banks, while the good A Single Instance were separated from the bad, Take a single instance: Does would have precipitated the panic. anybody believe that if the former Suppose that to be true ? Letting president had grappled with the bankrupt banks remain open only banking situation as firmly and as deferred the inevitable day, and intelligently as the present Presi- practically every 24 hours saw one dent did, the economic disaster or more of the depositories folding would have been as acute as it up, and taking to destruction business firms and individuals whose was? The stock market crash that in- funds were entrusted in their keepaugurated the panic was in the fall ing. Checked the Panic of 1929. That shook the banks. Would it not have been infiniteTempted by opportunities, hundreds of banks had rushed their ly better to have faced the situaany time during those 2 depositors money to Wall Street, tion at with courage, resolution, to be loaned to brokers carrying years, and for care the interests of the stocks or. margin. It should not than to have permitted depositors, have taken two and a half years to to while some of our drift things learn that many of the banks were great financiers, themselves perin a desperate state. As a matter fectly cognizant of what was bound of fact it did not. Failure after (Continued on page 3) succeeds John D. Rice, deputy state attorney general. The Third district candidates for reelection stand on their record, The ticket speaks for itself. The Salt Lake Tribune in a lead on the ing editorial commenting Third district convention choice, among other complimentary things had this to say: of . sexvida ancLby general standing in the1, legal profession, the nominees on the judicial ticket are well known ant command and respect public throughout the district. Each anc every one of them may point with pride to his record in the public service, which has been conscientious and industrious. The Democratic party is to be congratulated on the wisdom displayed in the de cision to stand on the record of the Third district, under this administration. Whether they are successful at the polls or not, these nominees will require no apologies on the part of the party chieftains or the delegates. -Ji- By-reasoa. Democratic Convention Utah delegates to the Democratic national convention are heading for Philadelphia to be on hand when the convention meets June 23. $01of R. Michelsen, who will serve on the resolutions and platform committee, left for the convention city Monday morning in order to be there ahead of time and get lineup on resolutions and platform planks. Mr. Michelsen is strong for the planks offered by the American Federation of Labor and organized agriculture. He expects to meet with President William Green of the A. F, of L., in Philadelphia and discuss the labor proposals for the platform. National committeeman-elec- t, A. leaving this (Friday) evening to join the Utah delegation in the convention city. He is taking a personal message to President Roosevelt from Utah trade the union Democrats, assuring d President of support in the campaign for reelection. Mrs. J. R. Rawlins, national S. Brown, is whole-hearte- Labor Goes Into Action Raising Campaign Funds Special to Utah Labor News WASHINGTON. Listening in to activities of Chairman George larrison at the Roosevelt campaign headquarters, labor division: We are going to raise a half million dollars as labors share of the Democratic National Committees campaign fund. Hello, Chicago. Yes, were shipping you ten thousand tickets toGood luck day. Yes, by express. and make it a sellout. Hello, Cincinnati. Is your committee in action? Thats fine. How many? Ten thousand? Fine; they will be shipped today. Here are reports from all over s, the United States, explaining demandordering tickets, ing the Presidents relection. Reaching Goal Were marching on toward our goal of a half million labor dollars said for Roosevelt reelection, he M. as plunged Harrison, George into this weeks campaign work. oper-ration- has also gone to the convention. The Utah delegates, besides Mr. Michelsen, who departed this week for Philadelphia, are: Sophus of Sanpete, Mrs. Anna T. Harrison, president of the RailPiercey of Salt Lake, Silas Rowley on way and Steamship Clerks and A.. (Continued page 4) F. of L. vice president, is .chairman of the Labor Finance Division Auto Mechanics of the Democratic National Committee. Union Ogden Under his direction, from his offices at 606 Carpenters Building, International repre- Washington, Chairman Harrison is OGDEN. sentative A. P. Kohlenburg of the appointing local labor chairmen all International Association of Ma- over the United States. In his ofchinists reports the organization of fice there hangs a great map, on a strong local union of automobile which pins show where chairman The map mechanics in Ogden. have been appointed. President II. O. Flemming of seems to be mostly pins. the Ogden Trades and Labor AsFrom each point marked by a sembly assisted Mr. Kohlenburg in Din reports come of committees bethe formation of the new union. ing organized, with orders for tick committeewoman-elec- t, Ber-telso- n in acceptance. lii 1936 President Franklin D. toosevelt will break another precedent when, on receiving notification on his renomination by the Democratic national convention at hiladelphia, he will deliver his address of acceptance in the open air at Franklin Field before the convention itself and a gigantic rally of Democrats. He would appear jefore 15,000 delegates and spectators if he spoke in Convention (Continued on page 3) ets following. Harrisons organization is rallying labor attendance for the great series of mass rallies to be held throughout the Umted States the night of June 27, when President Roosevelt accepts nomination fon reelection. In most cases the mass meetings are being arranged by the local Democratic committees. Labor Tickets Labors tickets are distinctive in color and will admit the purchas- - j ers to ANY MEETING IN THE FIIA DOES GOOD UNITED STATES the night of BUSINESS IN UTAH June 27. All labor tickets must be procured by local chairmen from Chairman Harrison. Under the modernization credit The original pile of half a mil- plan of the Federal Housing Adlion tickets, weighing two and a ministration, loans numbering half tons. have involving $1,795,952.91 Indicative of Ihe sweeping popu. been made by private lending agenlarity of the movement is Chica- cies and insured by the Federal gos order for 10,000 tickets. Sell- Housing Administration in Utah ing at $1 each, these tickets are through April 30, 1936, according regarded by Chairman Harrison as to a report received by Allen T. the most democratic financing Sanford, state director for Utah, method yet evolved. National Emergency Council. In addition to that, said ChairThe report also showed that man Harrison, Labors distinctive mortgages for new construction tickets deposited at each meeting and the refinancing of existing will indicate something of labors mortgages accepted for insurance strength and live interest in each throughout the state, to April 1, case. That is important for labor 1936. numbered 783 and amounted to consider everywhere. That is one to $2,404,565. reason why labor has its own tickOf these totals, Salt Lake counets, printed for labor hv the Demo- ty had insurance accepted for 2561 modernization loans, amounting to cratic National Committee. Attached to each ticket is a cer- $787,099; and 442 mortgage loans, tificate, showing that the owner is amounting to $1,433,230. Forty-tw- o an Original Roosevelt . Nominaprivate financial inUtah have cooperated tor. This is to be detached by the stitutions in purchaser and it may he framed with the Federal Housing Administration in lending money under as a permanent record and i this plan. 2, |