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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, FEBRUARY 26. 1937 SAVE YOUR 3 ing are a greater hazard than ac- - this connection, we pledge our LEGISLATIVE NOTES cidents, and for this reason it is selves to a study of the tubcrcuio-ver- y VISION WEEK important that the Hoyle bill Isis situation in Utah and to the en (Continued from Page 1) (Continued from page 2) should become a law. It is a party jactment of such measures as may 21 be Facts 27 to has been se are presented on the im- measure. If the Democratic party possible to prevent its spread. February Joint Committee members of the legislature have II. B. II by representative Sel-vi- n apart as save your vision week portance of the tourist industry We stand committed to the polhas been referred to joint conby the American Optometric asso flowing competition for visit- any concern about their party ciation to make the public aware ors dollar; examples of successful pledges the bill should be passed icy of providing a more direct se- ference committee, because senate both houses by an almost unani-rival- s. lection of party candidates. of its eyes and the need of care of campaigns to promote tourist ar-l- y refused to recede from amending mous vote. them at all times. Perfect vision the bill. The members of the comWe stand for the division of the mittee are Senator The portfolio, consisting of ten is one of the greatest assets, espe Scraps Platform Plank Royle, lioi.w.i counties of the state into and Snow; Representatives includes populous dally to the working man whose typewritten pages, such senate Democrats Eleven Iett, joined , r livelihood is dependent on seeing. I'oulsen and Winder. the lone Republican in voting legislative districts. Investigations lead to the conUtc?8 Tilunst Industry' Lgainst S. 11. 58. The bill in Our scenic wonderland as a revclusion that defective vision is House Passes Exemptions these attractive ing with the Democratic party year enue recreational in 50 and House factor producer, of cent contributing per passed aesthetic asset, is now fully dem- Tuesday the representatives of motor accidents, and yet in the homestead exemption onstrated. We propose to develop bill, calling for a full exemption of majority of cases the driver does 1 llv VUlC W QJ U1 ov ilSi liiai this asset by fostering wide, dust- $2000 on homes and $300 on pernot know his vision is defective. vnliiA a 9 bvesoclc on the against, 10 for, and one absent, Herein lies a real menace on the raniTAs trails, san- gonal property, by a vote of 51 to nore than Those Democrats who f orgot less roads, m.aT exced dnnhio uniform U6 camps, itary highway C. The bill is now in the lap of coal highways. their party platform plank were: and advertising, the senate. markings, display U Many accidents in the home, on eoSal r t inn i Ihin ItHlings, Frischknecht, Holbrook, and the coordination of the street, and in public buildings groups now the Lamoreaux, m.,L0reiooen Huggins, Lindstrom, of in these wonders engaged bringing are due to faulty vision. Seeing is Car Limit Bill production! Peterson, Stevens, Sirs. Stewart, in reach ,F,tah our of and the one of the most important factors illnn' people Thornton Maw. Griffin, lone world. and Senate ll,ne.arly ,the Tuesday afternoon by a of in safety. A true, clear-seein- g m Republican. 13 to 8 defeated S. B. 18, eye vote of is a delight to an intelligent mind. Utah in 193G! Those who believed in redeemlimit train bill. ImIn conclusion we pledge the the Maw gave noSenator nd voted ing party pledge for the Democratic to continue to mediately of reconsideration tice of the bill MINE WORKERS npmilrnr Me,areH IMM- - bill were: Raker, Farr, Grover, foster those party principles of govern on the .k!?nU platform , I Holme., following legislative Nelson, . Ilopkin, day. k l'arratt, ment and institutions of state preference in Royle, Snow; and Tanner! CONDEMN GREEN u The division on the bill was as which contribute to the general Absent, Mrs. Lund. !$ UNJUST welfare and to select for appointive follows: Against Baker, Billings, Frisch(Continued from page 2) office as well as elective office One of the most important plat-or' knecht, Holbrook, Holmes, Lund, in a to Platform union which I have those persons who shall devote bership Pledges pledges is the provision to Peterson, Snow, jjtevens, Stewart, been devoted all my life. the Democratic Among some extent for industrial diseases. , platform their energies to the well being of and Maw. Thornton Tanner, I should oppose giving up memare p the S. B. 58 by Senator Royle would people. f.ei8 fljowins: For Grover, Farr, Ilopkin, Hugage and social security. bership I hold in the U. M. W. of redeem the party pledge in this Parratt Lamoreaux, Nelson, gins, the A. and would vigorously oppose it, respect. sale of light Liberalizing The Direct I'rimary Diseases listed under and Royle. as I have committed no act that schedule A are: lead vast majority of the people i poisoning, Absent Griffin and Lindstrom. 4ia principles of The would warrant such treatment. eec zinc poisoning, mercury poisoning, L Utah desire a direct primary ari7 Mr. Green said he was a boy of phosphorous conservation and dom- election law but they are opposed poisoning, arsenic 14 when he first went to work in Liquor Bill Passes improve to a complicated measure. The and debili-e C1iot,T. poisoning by 801 house The the coal mines in Ohio beside his poisoning passed Tuesday S. B. parity people want a primary that is as fumes or gases. 71 for cultural pnces father. They were both members tating liquor boosting prices and improducts. simple as it is posssible to make it. Under schedule are the lung ban a on public strict of the old Miners Progressive diseases, such as pneumoconiosis, S. R. 1 in its original form is too posing 46 to 8, vote was The 3 dec.enf standard complicated and expensive. It can drinking. Union, and when the United Mine silicosis and anthracosis. fieVi TheLf 6 absent. with our-4- 0 labor Workers of America was formec measure calls .for be made into a good law by delecompensation of i! The bill as passed does not allow the son was one of the first to join. tion of complicated provisions and cent of the wages of occu- - fffeV? rig?d e.nfo.rcement per He has maintained a continuous pational disease victims up to a iv0f .aws areay m our statutes, simplifying it and making it more sale of liquor by drink. membership ever since in Local 379 maximum of $12 per week, plus ,bel,ev in security against un-fi- adaptable to the needs of the 3nd at Coshocton, Ohio, holding office Clothing Workers per cent increase for each min- people of Utah. in his local, advancing to district or dependent child. Maximum total ?Lent inJl?8tna disease. WASHINGTON The agreement The of the bill for a measures looking to the runoff provisionsare useless offices and finally becoming, about would be $5000. and an reported as negotiated by the primary of the 1919, secretary-treasurThe Royle bill was advanced to added expense. The most progres- Amalgamated Clothing Workers of en43;. United Mine Workers. He served third reading calendar in the tb.e nalonal sive states in the union have no America with a committee of mens to labor the right to g in that capacity until 1924, then ate Tuesday with only six dissent- - P runoff primaries. clothing manufacturers, said to he succeeded the late Samuel votes. Those who cast nega- - ctlv? bargaining and organizing, Section 17, providing for the represent 85 per cent of the nationGompers as head of the American tive votes were: Frischknecht, IIol- - rree r?rP mterference of employ-broo- k, challenge of candidates, should be al industry, providing a 12 per cent r8 :a"d Federation of Labor. ,the Ininiraum waKe ar!d eliminated altogether. Any group wage increase and continuing the Huggins, Stevens. Mrs. his card from his union Pr0visi0ns therein with ulterior motives can blackmail rs Taking week, was commended by Stewart, and Thornton-- All his noted Mr. Green that pocket, crats. a timid and unselfish candidate William Green, president of the dues were paid up to date. who files. Even though he may American Federation of Labor, at Industrial diseases in metal min- We deplore the practice of a hi3 name back on the ballot a press conference here. Mr. Green who take advantage get a counter under-ther- e employers use of in the on basis a firm spite C. I. O. UNION by petition, as long as said that so far as he could women and children other and - it was a. and of labor spies by Chrysler is a petition filed against him 'stand by press reports unreasonably it will be a black spot against his very commendable settlement. WINS VICTORY attempts to corrupt union leaders employes byandpaying we point with pride that were disclosed recently at to wages, and he will be hurt in the The contract was reported to run minimum law enactet name, the wage Com of Follette La the for three years, with the wage in- hearings from campaign. Page 1) (Continued our Democratic state by legislature The filing fees should be made crease amounting to about $30,-a- s tion introduced in congress by Sen- mittee in Washington, of 1933. This law, however, has 000,000 annually. calllight as possible. ator Neely of West Virginia, become ineffective because of a reSteel state Campaign Helps committee, county Party ing for a sweeping investigation cent of the supreme cour; Some not too unfortunate people ward and precinct com and PITTSBURGH (UNS) Two im- - of theruling committee, into G. M.s financial set-u- p in United States which held, over their troubles so long brood have should be chosen mittees by given developments Jal portant labor policies. effccf a law which State that prea This that unionization pencil and paper enumera- -' The probability of judicial re- the steel compaign a, scribes a minimum wage for adult lot at the primary election, their blessings i3 their only of tion soon to we and new is hope impetus democracy. form along the lines outlined by of to be saving themselves from behope have open also ready President Roosevelt may 5 iming fit food for the sauirrels. Imperfect plumbers condemn indicated to company officials that which leaves in doubt the right of folks better be hunting up These think You can electricians! General Motors could not forever enact a minimum wage perfect the" SteeT materials. Nuts in Workers7 Nuf their week. one a wrriting for of man about that If Organdefy the New Deal labor laws. Dechildren. for . scarce last fall. woods were the sed! committee. in izing The conference continued The two developments are: troit between Governor Murphy We recognize the importance of 1. The great victory scored by and the two parties to the controin this state. We believe mining Automobile Workers, versy, and the settlement followed. the United which,V like the steel union, is an jat with mine owners and opera- p t n 3 Raises Pay Chrysler !buin hf tbe 2. The net profit, of $141,000,000 w A 10 per DETROIT (UNS) se 6Hi til of the mines c&n i cent wage increase was announced nadH inrr2iQmdmS StCe compan cured. This entails fair wages and here by the Chrysler Corporation proper working conditions for mine as negotiations in the General Is the only weekly labor and social-econom- ic ftir tap. t. the state. 'ttrlnled'TnufomobSl-a were ly Motors strike approaching in Utah. victorious conclusion for the union, glass, rubber, coal and many publication stated smaller industries, Murray and less than two weeks after the gram contemplating the removal of And, contrary to tlie libellous statements a" United Automobile Workers had Unionism is rapidly being to such place or the penitentiary self-seeke- rs received 85 per cent of the votes lished in the steel industry. There pjaces an(j jn such un;ts as will and peddlers spleen by published now. in works council elections in is nothing that can stop us possible an intelligent, scien- area steel the entire in monthly circulars, the Utah Labor here. Throughout jtific, humane Chrysler plants segregation of pris enthuand immediate was an of there value Another proof of the oners for their possible rehabilita News is endorsed by organized labor, and it is the attitude of siastic reaction to the vmtory Ljon and restoration to honorable organization, It in Chrysler employes who have bene- scored by the auto workers. p lias done more for tlie upbuilding of tlie fited again and again from their proved to steel workers that indus-- 1 Last fall the U. A. W. try is ready to recognize and deal union. bona fide labor movement in this state than We favor intensified effort to senI with To caused the reinstatement and control disease. . w.Tuai0.ns, all other publications combined. We intend to use that great vie- - I prevent we solicit the cooperation en(j iority rights of thousands of 1 cam-to our m Detroit push car-pai0 aj wage earners in the Chrysler tory to pe0pe 0f the state in Tlie Utah Labor News refuses to be dicMur-- 1 quick completion, orders out and the Dodge plants. requests ryng The union has been established ray delcared. 0f the state board of health. In tated to by erratic misleaders and self-seeker- s, POLITICAL OUTLOOK ; a8e I self-guidi- ng "H 1 fourth I 70-c- ar J I S H Sntda?. m PjSran, d rn!f T ve r5 er sen-r?a(.r- m col-in- 36-ho- demo-rJwhou- ur ofI 1 1 I .fr I Luj-pnch- gn 1 and reactionary Republican labor poli- ticians. Tlie Utah Labor News is free to preach the gospel of education, organization and cooperation, which is so necessary to the workers of Utah. It stands for progress and cooperation, which js so necessary to the workers of Utah. It stands for progress and a new deal in politics, and for the Committee for Industrial Organization in the labor vancement. It is outspoken ad- it does not straddle the issues. Read the Utah Labor News and patronize its advertisers. |