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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY Established A MEMBER OF THE 1929 This paper receives the American Federation of Labor News Service. 0-Entered as 4 ss $1.50 Advertising rates by request per annum s. Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Published weekly M. at 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. - Publisher Office Manager I THOMPSON.. L. M. At its meeting Thursday night, the Salt Lake Meat Cutters union No. 537, elected officers for the ensuing term. President R. N. Burk-harand Recording Secretary Charles Wentworth were reelected for their fourth consecutive term. The union also reelected E. M. Trimble, treasurer, and Charles Other officers Robinson, guard. elected were C. P. Nelson, vice president; J. K. McDougal, guide, and W. H. Wilson, sergeant-at-armdt second-clamatter March 28, 1930, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription derided-twee- n mittee, as a body, could isEwing and Brown, if the Chairman that and sue were raised, decide Farley had no authority to . . . two disputants. between the Committeeman Ewing, National during the committee luncheon at the White House, was congratulated by President Roosevelt on the telegram he had sent to the Ogden and Jackson Day banquet. . . . Mr. J resithe attended Mrs. Ewing dent's reception to the national committee at the White House, following attendance at the dinner nagiven by the secretary of the tional committee. MEAT CUTTERS UNION ELECTS Utaf) labor J&toS THOMPSON.. 1 Trustees for the term are Henry Kramer, Roy Reese, and Joe was Berger. F, A. Weyersberg chosen financial secretary ' and business agent. President Burkhardt stated that local No. 537 is in a more healthy condition than ever before in its history. The markets displaying the union house card are more nu- merous than ever before. All citizens are urged to pat ronize union markets. fair-mind- ed THEY ARE IMPORTANT POSTS The Democrats met Monday night and elected district chairmen and committeemen in all of the districts in Salt Lake and Weber counties. There was greater interest manifested in these district meetings this year than ever before. TTiis is a mighty healthy sign The district leaders in the party are highly important in fact, they are more important than the average member of the party realizes. Much depends upon the district leadership as to the partys success in this years election. An honest and wide awake leadership in the various districts will mean also honest and alert leadership in the ward and precinct organizations, ns well as in the country organizations and in the state that posperity is with us, and what have the remaining 124,982,-00of us to complain about? 0 Top-Ileav- Prestige y 1936 Convention City The Democratic national committee has chosen Philadelphia as the 1936 convention city, and the date of the convention is June 23. Phil. . . The business leaders of $200,000 down adelphia plunked in order to secure the Bourbon convention forthe Quaker city. . . . Selection of Philadelphia was made unanimous on motion of Senator In goWilliam Gibbs McAdoo. love," of the to brotherly city ing to nominate the Democratic standard bearers for 1936, the Democratic leaders expect to convert to Democracy, Republican PennsylIn stressing to members vania. that Democrats have a hard fight ahead, James Farlev attacked nancial gangsters whose extortions for were so largely responsible bringing on the Hoover panic.1 Farley made it plain that the new deal would again seek support from and other the Farmer-Laboritfactions of independent voters, Our adversaries are trying to rep-lin-g resent the party, conflict as a tie between the business interests of the country and a mythical group bent on substituting a socialistic-thcommunistic system for the econ-ma- y omic processes that have made I ... ... 7, 1936. this nation the greatest, wealthiest commonwealth in the world," said Farley. . . . It is a ridiculous A great perversion of the facts. and commercial our of proportion industrial leaders are with the president as sincerely as they were when they rallied to his support in 1932," concluded the chairman of the national committee. FREE ADULT MUSIC CLASSES ... District Organization The elections of district chairmen and other officials were held by Democrats in Salt Lake and Weber counties Monday night. . . . In Salt Lake county, meetings were held and officials elected in 198 districts. . . . This marked the real beginning of the organization of the party in the 1938 campaign. . . . The ward and precinct organ ization meetings will be held Mon day night, January 20, and county committee officials will be electet Monday; January 27. . . . State Chairman Olof R. Michelsen has announced that the state committee shall meet in April to reor ganize and to fix dates for the two the first, to state conventions choose delegates to the national convention in Philadelphia, June 23, and to elect a national com mitteeman; the second convention will be held to nominate state and congressional tickets. . . . This second convention may be held in August or September. . . . Naturally, with all these meetings bringing Democrats together, through out the two most populous counties in the state, there is considerable talk about the candidates to be nominated in this years convention. . . . Several are being mentioned for the gubernatorial honors. . . . Among these are the incumbent, Henry II. Blood, Senator Herbert B. Maw, Mayor Ilar-- ( Continued on page 4) One of the most popular courses offered In the free adult night schools is music, which is taught in various aspects at the different schools each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings. At the Irving high school at 7 p. m. there is a class in piano instruction. The fundamentals of harmony and music appreciation are also given. The second school period, beginning at 8 oclock, is occupied by voice training and choral singing. At the Bryant high school vari-ousstri- schools. The class in poetry writing and poetry appreciation meets every Friday afternoon from 2 to 9, in public library. Read the ads in The Utah Labor News. There are folks in political par-- 1 in labor organizations, in churches, in lodges, and perhaps in all organizations, who are seeking additional laurels. They apparently are not satis- fied with the offices they are hold- organization. First of all, the district leadership should see to it that the ing, but they are seeking addition- w'ard, county, and state organizations will be manned with men ant al offices with a view to control- women who are in full accord and in hearty sympathy with the na additional fields with added tiona administration. We would like to see every unit of the Democratic party mannet These seekers for supposed add- with men and women who are active supporters of President Roose ed glory evidently do not realize velt and his liberal program. the prestige they are seeking become with lawyers and sooner Heretofore, the organization has been .. and office holders. For the good of the party, the Democrats must or later topple with a crash. We and secure have about balanced a noted are that there within blend the change party organHELP US BY ASKING THOSE ficeholders in political parties FLLiulnlfivr JlUjvUS ization. We have nothing .against lawyers, nor office holders, but WITH WHOM YOU SPEND it does not benefit the party to have the party organization over who even seek to control mere OGDEN UNIONS YOUR loaded with them. MONEY TO REQUEST district offices, ward offices, and With a i and liberalized Democratic party, it will county offices of their parties. delO. OGDEN. II. Flemming, mean an overwhelming success in the November election. Again we have noted that of- om the Musicians union Again we say that the great responsibility rests with 'the dis- ficials of the State Federation of bee el,ected Prsldet not Labor satisfied Jas, trict organizations. And therefore, men and women who make up seemingly are UNION MADE and or Tfasce the district organizations should exercise their best judgment in be' with the office the delegates gave ?d!n Trades term. the r y ensuing them at the annual half of the party members. This is necessary, if we are to have convention, 3. Boyd, delegate from a truly liberal Democratic party, that will bring about benefits to but in addition to that, they are J?eda ?. That the people of Utah. from the , 0N THEIR PRINTED MATTER central bodies . Work?nf. and local departmental councils. electd V1fc Pre.s'denLt- IS LAUGHABLE Dad ud Granddad Drank To the man up a tree, from union, is kinds of tactics, it looks as ifl?,r- It is really laughable to read about the whining and crying of these seekers desire to. place them- Arthur Johnson the subversive interests. These special interests, when they had ev- selves as dictators of all of the of the Meat Cutters union, retiring of of us. But, if experience vice presidents, and T. E. Myers, erything to say about government affairs, were nappy, but now that rest last similar activities is a criter-o- of 90 per cent of the people of America have moved closer to the-- gov Electrical Workers union, re- success does for not spell it emment and are taking an interest in it, the Wall Street interests were elected as tiring the individual nor for an organ- trusteessecretary, are yelling. for the of the Assembly When anything is done by a public official in behalf of the people, ization. term. ensuing After all, Experience is the annual election, Mr. My- you immediately hear the big business interests yelling that that iest teacher, but school fees are ers,At the official is playing politics. It wasnt 'politics under administrations too retiring secretary, read his anhigh. and officials who played into the hands of big business. nual report. It showed much ac- If any legislation has been passed for the benefit of the people The member- , tivity during 1935. it is unconstitutional, according to the lawyers receiving retaining POLITICAL OUTLOOK ship of the labor movement in Og fees from corporations. But in former years, when legislation was den showed a healthy increase. Several new local unions had been passed in behalf of big business, nothing was said about it. Evidently ' (Continued from Page 1) formed and the already establish- -' it was constitutional. all its action would ed unions had reported probability, Under this hew and cry of big business and its hired press, it increases behooves the people to wear their thinking caps, and continue to sup- not be sustained by the national in membership. to a vote. . . port the administration that has given more benefits to the average committee if forced wing, having neither died nor citizen than any other administration in American history. these experts on procedure BEST WISHES TO LABOR By all means, do your own thinking. leld that there was no vacancy on national committee which the thousand dollars a year the COMMENT is Fifteen NEWS state convention could fill and that PAY! We BUY! a lot of money to get, and to create a vacancy their attempt people are a lot of people. The went too As they did not (Continued from page 1) United States government an- lave the far. to create a vacanpower comparing November, 1932, with nounced that there were about cy, it was held they could not exthat many people who received pect the national committee to virNovember, 1935: is Index of stockmarket prices, salaries of at least that sum in the tually permit them to elect a new then 45.4, now 90; bond prices, year just passed, and that news national committeeman to an office METAL! RAGS! then C9.2, now 100 plus; industrial means something. not vacant. It was generally It is mighty elevating to learn agreed that only the national com- production, then 65, now 90; emHIDES! ployment, then 61, now 83; factory that Mae West received salary The fight is on between subversive interests and the to checks the tune of $339,165.65 now then 42, 75; departpayrolls, -Nment store sales, then 63, now 85; for her contribution to American SCRAP We are going to carry in people. American democracy is at stake. Where do you automobile production, then 25, culture and elegance in 1935. While 1936 the largest variety of stand ? , William Randolph Hearst came up now 111.3. Union Label Merchandise we In 1932, American farmers had to see Maes salary check, and tophave carried in the past 20 President Roosevelt says: A government can be no a cash income of 3.5 billion dol- ped it, receiving $500,000 in salyears lars. This year their income will ary checks from his employer, a better than public opinion. Co. fellow named Hearst. be about 6.8 billion dollars. ficomSome of these salaries are And how fared the nations Was. 1419 379 W. 7th So. If you believe in democracy and good 59 East 2nd South nancial institutions when Mr. ical as well as fantastic. To read government utiliHoovers sound policies prevailed? that Henry L. Doherty, the you should be a reader of the Utah Labor News. In ties magnate got $100,000 a year, In 1930, 1352 banks closed. 1931, 2294 more, and in 1932, an- and that Bing Crosby crooned to The Utah Labor News is an independent publication other 1456. And on March 4, the tune of $104,449 is to realize and for that reason a splendid periodical for the home. Its 1933, the day Mr. Hoover and Mr. that the big brainy business men at are down Roosevelt rode their contents place are unsurpassed in scope and authority. proper finding together its avenue and Mr. last, and why not? Did you ever Pennsylvania thought-provokin- g editorials Roosevelt rode back alone, all the hear Mr. Doherty croon? The list inspire as well as interpret. Exclusive material gathered by a staff of writers who of just a few of the $15, rest of the banks had closed. The files could furnish more ma- salaries filling three columns of know their economiqs, politics and terial but, Mr. Hoover and other small type in a daily paper is humanity appears the weekly. Special features that appeal to all. "new deal critics do not want to only part of the picture, for speak too long. Their great unseen Fords, Hearsts, Dohertys, and all audience might wither and yawn. the rest received many times as The features: News and Comment, Comment on much income as indicated by their American News, Comment on Foreign News, Political salaries. Evidently, there were Are You On the List? Are you among those who re- dividend checks besides salary Outlook for 1936, Editorials, International Labor Press ceived a salary of $15,000 or more checks. of America, American Federation of Labor News All this is very nice, and shows in 1935? Service, (INCORPORATED) es, es bat-prestig- e. at top-hea- top-hea- well-balanc- vy ed The MASTER SALESMAN -- - iSTiJSX The RM BreT IT thIVyd n, in and 18,-0- 00 ... ASDfl ... PELTS! MAS Check Order Money or Currency We and receive the Utah Labor News from the date your order received until the November, 1936, election. 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Vocal training, choral work and community singing are also taught at the Jordan, and Roosevelt Lincoln high |
