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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, JUNE 4. 1937. TIIE C. I. 0. AND WHITE-COLLA- R WORKERS 7 President Asks Minimum Wage; Maximum Hour Legislation and. Professional workers everywhere have been excited by .he 90IJlrmtte for Industrial Organization in organizing fS? SrMPsradmiMH indUu-rLe"whn are Yu going to do something i i every C L organizer has heard from white-collthese workers. President Roosevelt, in a special message, has asked con1 have aIreadV 5 ?. organizing office gress to enact a law to fix minimum wages and maximum worksPecJlve industries. Dut the recent acceptance into crr!r m He proand the Federation of Archi-C.n- ft ing hours of labor in industries in interstate commerce. Pti!rE,?lp!oyes Pnplni Technicians is a more definite reminder poses that standards be set up in general terms as follows: 1. A general maximum working week. definitely launchinS into the organization of the 2. A minimum wage. The C. I. 0. has never taken the attitude of some old-lin- e A. F. of 3. No child labor. 4. No goods produced by concerns whose employers .. A so-call- ed ar tun ? whfte-colia?ed- 1S paper Guild, in what was supposed to be one of the most individualistic of white-collar occupations. The Paralyzing defeatism of the old A. F..of L. leadership has not been confined to the of course. The same attitude was taken toward the big unorganized industries, until the L. I. O. went out and actually organized them. Tbc white-collorganizations which have managed to survive the discouragements placed in their way by the A. F. of L. are nearly all moving m the direction of the C. I. 0. at the present time. The call to a national convention of A. F. of L. Federal unions office workers m I hiladelphia May 30 declared that the wave of organi-of zation caused by the C. I. 0. campaigns has also found its response among the white-collworkers." Unusual opportunities for organization now exist, it says, but are being dissipated due to the absence of organizational program and central direction" in fjoundlyconceyed the A. r. of L. The complaint is made that the A. F. of L. has consistently ignored all demands of the office workers for an international union of their own. This complaint can be matched a hundred times over nearly everywhere else that the A. F. of L. has established federal locals. So can the complaint of the A. F. of L. office workers that per capita tax has not resulted m any tangible assistance from thetheir A. F. of L " In place of active assistance, obstructions and hindrances have been placed in the path of unions' attempts at organization, the convention call continued. Desire to organize the unorganized is an even more motive than dissatisfaction with A. F. of L. treatment, in theimpelling present general union drift to the C. I. O. tbe Philadelphia convention was therefore declared to iThe,objec-o- f be the of an international union which can lead the successful organization of the millions of white-collworkers coming within our range. would necessarily seek affiliation with the body which is taking the lead in organizing the unorganized, the only C. I. 0 the call concluded. white-collare- d, mass-producti- on ar ar deny the right of collective bargaining to their employes, We propose, the President said, that only goods which have been produced under conditions which meet the minimum standards of free labor shall be admitted to interstate commerce." In compliance with the recommendations of the President, bills were introduced in both houses of congress. While there was much talk of establishing a minimum wage of forty cents to forty hours, an hour and a maximum work week of thirty-fiv- e the bills did not mention these figures but left these matters to The bills be determined by committees and the congress. the would create a commission to carry proposed law into effect. Economic Highlights Happenings That Affect the Dinner Fails, Dividend Checks and Tax NaHills of Every Individual tional and International Problems Inseparable from Local Welfare. Recent business news has been quietly favorable, with prices apparently stabilizing in some important fields, and with industrial output at excellent levels. The astounding automobile in- duStry continues to produce units and sell them at an almost un- believable rate, now that it is at least temporarily free of major whose epic strikes. Chevrolet battle with Ford for dominance of equalize the difference in costs be- the lowest-price- d THE COPPER class continues tween United States and foreign is its capacity to unabated raising TARIFF STATUS mines as caused by the better con- 7,000 cars daily. Ford is also exditions for workmen prevailing in panding. The congress .of the United this country. Residential construction has noThe continuation of the excise States placed in the Revenue bill of tably improved, leads all other kinds 1932 an excise tax of 4 cents per tax on copper is essential to the of construction in volume, accordpound on foreign produced copper. welfare of all United States citi- ing to F. W. Dodge reports. This, This act would have automatically zens 'since countless employes in says Business Week, is happy news expired in June, 1934, if it had not many industries in all states are to manufacturers of furniture, to been extended for one year by the directly dependent upon the oper- whom new homes mean new busiNational Recovery Act. Then, in ation of the copper mines and many ness. Furniture is production 1935, the same tax was written times more are indirectly depend- around 50 last of ahead cent per into the Revenue bill of 1935, ent. This not alone applies to the at this time. which automatically expires in enormous direct purchases of ma- year is making more money Business June, 1937, and which is now in terials, supplies, and equipment by as well as producing more goods, mining companies, but, even more process of being rewritten. a National City Bank to according purchases of food, The reason that copper protec 270 of corporations. First survey tion was written into the Revenue clothing, and other necessities by quarter earnings of these represenbill rather than enacted directly as those directly and indirectly em- tative concerns were 53.5 per cent a tariff is that no tariff bill has ployed. The influence of copper ahead of the 1936 first quarter, been written since 1930, at which mining extends to every state in for a net of more than $352,000,000. time the need of copper protection the union. were The United .States copper indus- Leaders in improving profits was not as evident as it was later. merand steel, railway equipment The tariff situation is now being try has recovered from the effects chandising industries. handled under the reciprocal tariff of foreign competition prior to policies of the administration, 1932 and is now on the threshold hence there is no immediate likeli- of becoming a healthy and endur- LABOR ON ITS hood of including copper as a ing industry, employing many FORWARD MARCH tariff. Copper must be protected thousands of men, doing millions of in dollars business with other by means of excise taxes in the (Continued from page 6) revenue bills, which means that industries, contributing a greater of years standing, of to the the railroads company tonnage two freight done work has to be every most E. Thomas other than and Jr., receiver Murray, industries, such until time as permanent years a letter of sent R. I. millions of T., the dollars for to the paying tariff legislation is enacted. statto the federal union, coun government, states, congratulation The conditions which caused ento recogmunicipalities, and school dis ing that he was ready actment of the copper tariff of ties, union Workers tricts. the nize Transport 1932 still exist today and will confor sole the agent bargaining The reenactment of the copper as The tinue to exist indefinitely. in included of units all employes United States copper industry can- excise, tax in the Revenue bill o:f the referendum. is 1937 of importance to the peonot compete with the foreign copof every one of the forty-eigple of because survive and Maine Shoe Workers per industry Electhe low cost of production abroad states, as it is for the preservation AUBURN, Me. (UNS) of a basic and necessary industry Labor National the held resulting from higher grade ores, of tions by the country. enormous ore reserves, employRelations Board for three of the 19 ment of indentured or peon labor, Lewiston-Aubur- n shoe factories on She Knew own of their end of March industry the since subsidizing strike Looking around the drawing showed returns of 540 to 172 m by foreign countries as necessary to their own national defense pro- room, Mrs. Hostess realized that favor of the C. I. O. United Shoe gram, the production of copper as many of her guests dresses were Workers. in foreign countries, extremely revealing. a Results of the election at which She turned to the clergyman on and many other factors. I am The continued protection of the the settee beside her: BEST PLACE TO BUY United States copper industry is afraid, she said, that some of the decoare rather necessary if the United States cop- ladies dresses llete. to maintain are mines FURNITURE going per the wage scales and standard of ' Oh, I dont mind a bit, was the been 10 years living to which United States citi- reply. You see, Ive the No more in Africa among heathen, you zens are accustomed. DIXON TAYLOR is being asked than sufficient to know. ar far-reachin- g, ht ct THE UTAH LABOR NEWS RUSSELL CO. Is the Only Labor and Social Economic Publication in Utah Published Regularly Every Week. The Home Furnishers It reaches the best paid workers in Utah and therefore it is the best advertising medium. Central, Southern and Eastern Utah employes of the Highland, Morphy and Prospect Shoe Companies voted were announced by Dr. A. Howard Meyers, N. L. II. D. regional director for New England. Dr. Myers has ordered hearings to be held to determine if elections should be held in 14 of the striking In the meantime shoe factories. conferences are scheduled to begin with the three companies whose ALLEN II. BURT TAKEN BY DEATH Allen Hilton Burt, aged 58, a widely known labor leader, passed away early Friday morning at his home in Salt Lake City, after a short illness. He was one of the charter members of Division 382 of the Amal- gamated Association of Street, Electric and Motor Coach Operators of America. He served the local division in several responsible offices, and since 1913 he served his international organization as a member of the executive board. In this position he travelled most of the time on the business of the international union from one end of the country to the other, and sometimes in Canada. Whenever he came home he took great delight in taking his old run on the Sugar-hous- e line, Nos. 5 and 10. The deceased began his career on trolleys at the age of 15 in 1894 as conductor for the old Utah Light and Railway company, now the Utah Light & Traction company, and served continuously until his death. His last official act for the international union was when he helped to negotiate a recent working agreement between the Utah Light & Traction company and local division 382 of the Amalgamat- ed. Mr. Burt was torn January 14, 1879, in Salt Lake City, the son of John and Janet Hilton Burt. He is survived by his widow, and two daughters, Alice Marion and workers voted for the United Shoe Hazel Dawn, both at home, and a Workers as their collective barsister, Mrs. W. E. Shurtliff of Salt gaining agency. The union is de- Lake City. in- manding a , 15 per , , cent wagea 40- cl sed shop and Change There our v'eeK- Gladys I'm so thrilled, dear. tomorrow that Reginald will Its Asks for conduct you to the altar. BOSTON (UNS) Congressman Muriel Yes, darling, and right William P. Connery, Jr., of Massaa there Reginald will stop being chusetts, chairman of the House conductor brake-ma- n a and start being Committee on Labor, has asked the and porter. Department of Justice to send into Maine to determine whether manufacturers and state Welcome, Labor authorities are in a conspiracy to defeat the rights of labor, accordGARAGE ing to word received by the New fa' G-M- en G-m- en Phillips England Textile Workers Organizing Committee. In reply to a request for assistance, Congressman Connery replied that he had conferred in Washington with Peter Walsh, counsel for the United Shoe Workers and with Brien McMahon, director of the criminal division of the U. S. Department of Justice. McMahon said that he would take the matter up Homer with Attorney General GENERAL GARAGE WORK Tires and Accessories Gas - Oil - Repairs SPRINGVILLE, UTAH Cummings. 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