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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT Page 8 BOTOGSDAL LAKE CITY, UTAH. JUNE 1 7. 1938. cessful operation of the economic system. It should in the future be the object of business not to obstruct government intervention at any cost but to see to it that the intervening government is enlightened HOW LABOR WILL WIN (Continued from rage 1) cornea barren while the mary in whose hands this wealth would bear fruit in renewed general prosperity, are driven to unemployment and starvation. So each period of too great prosperity for the few carries in it the seeds of the next general depression. The Utah Copper has resisted bona fide labor union organization in its workings. It has sponsored company unions and goon squads. . . . It has opposed bona fide unions because the chief frce operating to break this vicious circle, or at least to mitigate its is the aggressive type of unionism represented by the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, a C. 1. O. affiliate. .. . . The present closing down of the mining industry has all the earmarks of vicious punishment of the employes in the min- ing industry for union activities, and defiance of the United States government in endeavoring to enforce the National Labor By DU. CHARLES STEJJLZLE Executive Director, Good Neighbor League in economic No organization can keep alive the interest of its members without a great purpose. The perfunctory meeting and the platitudinous address never win out. This is just as true of the labor union as it is of the church or any other movement. The .social aspect of an, organizations life is important, but oyster LUpper9t vaudeville shows, smokers, and all the rest of it never matters." UTAH LEADS WITH MILLIONAIRE CRGF According to a financial statement released by Boyds, Inc., New York City, Utah leads the intermountain area in millionaires. Utah has 39 millionaires among s, its 500,000 men, women and chilbeld together a company of earnest men who were Idaho has 6even millionaires, posedjy Landed together for the purpose of really doing things. dren. and Nevada two. Wyoming When an organization is compelled to resort to such fea- - There is afive, of 12,461 in the total tures in order to hold its members, it is an indication that some- - nation. Utah has 321 persons worth where there a fauing downt either in leadership or in purpose, or more. Idaho has 170, $100,000 s de,tined to fail. and I 101, and Nevada 63. Wyoming , movement can long remain a force when all men speak of it There is danger in too much commendation. Always a ,r ,av W11 there be a letting go when prosperity and flattery enter, and atin8 . . MOORES The case of the Utah Copper and other tyrannical mining alm09t invariably it m&y be said that the man who is always Butcher and Store Supply should be a plain case for thorough investigation by doesnt count for much as a real power, everybody by proved I Scales, Slicers, Choppers, the Senate Civil Liberties committee. The man or the movement which lives and moves is bound Cube Steak MaFixtures, Copies of this series of editorials are going to President LQ make mistakes. He who never makes mistakes, never makes Butchers chines, Counters, Roosevelt, and to Senators La FoIIette and Elbert D. Thomas, anything ejs call to Come and suffer has always ap The Supplies - a, ..... chairman and vice chairman of the Senate Civil Liberties committC!L - . sup-effect- 1 -- Ljj Their response to this call has been the in the of success secret greatest movements in the worlds his- jory No movemnt can maintain its place in social and indus trial life unless it is based upon a moral principle. In this day and generation might does not long continue to make right, either on the side of the boss or the workman. It may seem Hke g)od poIicy to force an issue because one has the whip handf but no questipn is ever settled until it is settled right, More and more men are insisting that social questions must be dealt with in absolute fairness. There can be no other way. In vjew Df this, it is an easy matter to prophecy who is going to win ouj j jbe end pealed to true men. he continuance of the heartless tactics mining companies is a standing disgrace to our American industrial system. I hese tactics should be ended promptly. As a step toward this achievement, a 00 per cent orgamz- ation of workers in the mining industry is absolutely necessary. The victories of the C. I. O. in winning higher wages postponed the coming of this present depression by increasing the purchas- mg power of the many; its resistance to wage cuts now is a check on the deepening of the depression. The workers of Utahare facing a serious condition m this year of our Lord. I93o. I he special interests will spend time, money and effort to elect a legislature that will repeal every law that has been passed for the benefit of the working man. These interests will urge the defeat of Senator Thomas and Congress- NEWS AND COMMENT men Murdock and Robinson. . (Continued from rage b) his year the workers and all other democracy-lovin- g . pected that some ministers didnt men and women must unite economically and politically to re- - give an honest week of the best sist the heartless onslaught of fascist-minde- d industrial leaders they could give in sermon prepara- Ulf and their hired lawyers ti0Tv,fv-and office boys. . . foundation . t i i .i D n Labor 8 League the progressive people preachers and teachers and mer-o- f Utah have a political arm for the protection of the interests I chants and bankers and workers of the people of this state. Every liberty-lovin- g man and woman ad industrialists and all others should become an active member of this organization of the lay, in honest values will determine the speed and surety with people in a fight for democracy and decency in Utah. which confidence and lasting prosperity will return. 1 1 I I T-i Welcome, Labor Plenty of , ' Shade In Salt Lake City Stop At 50 Modem Cabins. NELSONS CAMP The Tourists Paradise Trout Trailer Campsites a - Fishijng Complete Auto Service and Cafe preserved, it declares, it is dent that private enterprise must admit to its affairs, as representative of the people, a government profoundly concerned with the suc- - 2965 So. State Street E. Phone Hyland 8512 Official AAA Member BEST WISHES TO LABOR I Nn-artisa- CEDAR DISTRIBUTING CO. I A Trial Subscription For Your Friend or Neighbor 25 Cents Guaranteed Service Work 106 W. 2nd So. Was. 1417 RICHFIELD DISTRIBUTING CO. ELY DISTRIBUTING CO. FORTUNE MAGAZINE SCORES BUSINESS WYOMING DISTRIBUTING CO. 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