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Show 5 UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, AUGUST 6, 1937. WHOS KIDDING WHOM? threats from vigilantes and (Continued from page!) mobi- this campaign is launched in the lization of police and troops. The highly - priced publicity period of C. I. O.s greatest ex- - pansion. It is precisely the sweeping successes of the C. I. 0. that have called into being this effort to stop A movement that its progress. was slipping could be ignored or even patted on the back by former enemies, as now happens to the A. F. of L. But the C. I. 0. is experiencing the biggest membership boom in New unions are labor history. being chartered bv the score each week. New contracts are won daily. Plant elections, with few exceptions, go overwhelmingly for C. I. 0. Headquarters and organizing staff cannot be added too rapidly enough to keep pace with the increasing demand for their services. So the fear grows in reactionary circles that if advancing labor unionism is not stopped now, it will be too late, that every new day makes the C. I. 0. a more formidable antagonist. The resistance of the steel independents takes on all the viciousness of a last-ditc- h stand. Strikebreaking Objectives The immediate objectives of the anti-C- . I. O. campaign are of course strikebreaking in character. Big money has been put behind it, because its sponsors hoDe to 'save money through the destruction of unionism and a correspondingly smaller wage bill. The organization methods which strikebreaking accompanyarethe the propaganda movements, the vigilante committees, and the suborning of authorities to use violence against back-to-wo- rk strikers. All observers of current movements in steel have commented on their d character. Nothing has been left to chance. High - pressure propaganda has been coordinated with visits to workers homes, leaflet distribution, full-paads, back-to-wo- rk highly-organize- ge firms have been engaged to promote these movements, in Johnstown and a dozen other cities, and many indications point to national coordination of the whole campaign. Cutting Out the Kidding But while strikebreaking may be condoned by employers in the interests of higher profits, there is now some fear abroad that the propaganda may go beyond its original objective and even deceive its creators. It may be all right to kid the public, but why kid ourselves? is the general thought in a number of business organs. The Annalist, for instance, carries an article by A. T. Shurick which debunks by implication the idea that the present carefully-promote- d and highly - financed mass - suggestion propaganda is public opinion. Rather the writer speaks of the subtle infiltration of with the public consciousness various thoughts, which features the propaganda. Shurick concedes that during the past half year, when C. I. 0. has been the moving labor factor, the labor cause has been advanced as much, if not more . . . than in al its modern eventful history. He shows tha; statistically wages account for a relatively small part of commodity costs. Anticipating a general increase in American wage levels when C. I. 0. attains its organizing objectives, the writer says that even a 50 per cent boost would mean an increase of but 10 per cent of the cost o: manufactured products. Finally Shurick reassures employers who are scared of their own crude bogeys, by quoting some of the actual utterances of John L. Lewis, which are in such sharp contrast to the propaganda lies used against him. He stresses the C. I. 0. leaders conciliatory and cooperative spirit, in regard to economic issues. back-to-wo- rk at the Highland Park plant testiLABOR ON ITS fied that he resigned after he was FORWARD MARCH forced to fire three of his bes1 workers because they had joinec (Continued from page 4) assault charges involve specifically the beating of William Merri-weathwho is in a plaster cast with two broken vertebrae. Twenty or more other union workers were also slugged and kicked during an attack made on them May 26 by Ford service men. Concluding hearings before the National Labor Relations Board brought out further evidence of spying and intimidation of Ford employes suspected of union membership or sympathy. A foreman er the union. Three Best Men Fired Joe Bailey, John Cwikiel, a Ford worker for 26 years; anc Fred Gulliksen with a service record of 22 years, were dismissed, Stanley Ziek, the foreman testified, on orders from higher up because they had joined the Unitec Automobile Workers. In a time study made in his department, Ziek said, the efficiency expert hac named the three workers as the best men he had. Ziek resigned in disgust after he was ordered to discharge the men. Best Wishes to Labor Sfoltol-S- alf Lake, Inc. The Worlds Greatest Stoker Beautiful, Silent, Automatic. Hydraulic Transmission enand trouble. Call us tirely eliminates shear-pi- n for dealers in your Locality Exclusive Dis- trihutors for Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada. Wasatch 412 1 Continental Bank Building BEST WISHES TO LABOR He is now an organizer for the automobile workers union. Cwikiel and Gulliksen went to the employment department to try to get their jobs back but received no action until they threatened to go to the National Labor Board with their troubles. Then they were told they would be taken back, but instead of being returned to their former jobs, they were offered hard, dirty work unloading in the stock department, whicn they refused. Ziek testified the superintendent said, Let them break their backs. They can do all the talking about the union they want out there. Joe Galuski, a Ford employe since 1928, testified that he was fired when he refused to sign a company-inspire- d petition, and F. Manseau, with a perfect employment record of 17 years, told of his dismissal after a service department spy had obtained the address of the union from him by intimating that he wanted to join. NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR C. I. 0. Rapid expansion of the Committee for Industrial Organization has necessitated another move to much larger headquarters. After July 28, the National Offices of the C. 1. 0. will be located at 1106 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. UNITED ICE WORKERS HEAR A SPEAKER The United Ice and Refrigeration Workers local union No. 410 of the C. I. 0. held a rousing meeting Monday night at 168 South West Temple street, with Vice President Savage presiding. The speaker of the evening was M. I. Thompson, editor of the Utah Labor News. He congratulated membership for the step they have taken to organize the industry under the Committee for Industrial He said the trade Organization. union movement stands for economic, social and political betterment of the workers. We must not be individualistic and selfish, but we must do our utmost to organize all the unorganized workers in all industries, and stand as one brotherhood for humanity, the speaker urged. . Local 410 plans to have a 100 per cent organization of the ice industry in Salt Lake City and vicinity. The next meeting of the union will be Monday night, August 16, at 168 South West Temple C. I. 0. Regional Director street. James Morgan will address the union. The charter and officers of the union will be installed at that time, and a number of new members will be obligated. 0. Muir & Company INCORPORATED Organized labor in Carbon county is making preparations for the biggest Labor Day celebration ever held in Utah. The celebration this year will be held ,at Helper, and all surrounding territory will ioin to make it a success. Among the speakers will be Governor Henry H. Blood, Congressman Abe Murdock, and John M. Ross, president District 22, United Mine Workers of America. A. F. OF L. IS MYOPIC The Brewery Worker The A. F. of L. executive council, in granting the Teamsters the privilege of a label which is almost an exact duplicate of the Brewery Workers label, except for the fact that it has the wrong end of a Telephones: Wasatch Extending Best Wishes For a Abstracts of title in any County of the State Fruits and Vegetables THOMAS HOMER 404 South State St. Salt Lake City, Utah tinue to use it, they will do so at their own peril. The story of the circuit courts decision quotes from the Oregon statutes on infringements, and there is no denying the fact that labels are pretty well protected in that state. It is shameful that the A. F. of L. executive council should be so oblivious to its own prestige and honor as to become party to an affair that is full of deceit and chicanery. Maybe it is true that the executive councils collective eyesight has been so weakened by the (Continued on page 6) Labor, Your Account . Invited by the is Axelrad Furniture Company Royal Cleaners Norge Refrigerators You Can Always Shop to Advantage at AXELRADS 255 South State Our Best Wishes For a Successful Convention UNITED IRON WORKS Boilers of all sizes, Smokestacks, Air and Water Tanks Made to Order WELDING ELECTRIC AND GAS Phone Hyland 7685 1374 South State GRAY-CANN- LUMBER CO. ON WHOLESALE LUMBER Mine Props Mine Timbers - Shingles - Hardwood Yard Stocks Fruit and Vegetable Crates Berry Cups -116 Pierpont St. Baskets - Barrels Salt Lake City Wasatch 1936 Best Wishes to the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Convention ESTABLISHED 1898 CHILD, BARCLAY & COMPANY Send for Information on Local Mining Stocks BROKERS- - STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING Members: Salt Lake Stock Exchange Stock Exchange Building Telephone: Wasatch 4153 Salt Lake City, Utah Tely. SLK 366 The University of Utah Announcing the Opening of the Fall Quarter 1937-193- 8 English Placement Test and Psychological Examination, September 22. Regular class work begins September 28 For Mining Phone Was. 5692 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH horse in the center where the mashtub ought to be, did not note the similarity of the two, or so at least President William Green says. A trip to the occulist is suggested for all the members of the executive council for it is most evident that every last one of them is suffering from a form of myopia which is deadly in people who are supposed to go forward they can trip so easily and fall. But the courts of law, on the'oth-e- r hand, have better eyesight. The question brought to the attention of the circuit court in Oregon immediately elicited the decision from the bench that the Teamsters label is an infringement of the Brewery Workers label. While the judge, not conversant with the four years of anguished conflict with the myopic members of the A. F. of L. executive council, refused to issue an immediate restraining order, his declaration that in law the executive councils action constitutes an infringement and that the Brewery Workers are the sole owners of their label and have a vested right in it, leaves the teamsters and the brewers using the counterfeit label open to dire consequences. If they elect to con Registration of all others, September 27. to the Miners and Smeltermen UTAHS LARGEST CAR LOT SHIPPERS OF 136 PACIFIC AVENUE good will. The boss inspires fear. The leader inspires enthusiasm. The leader says WE.M The boss says I. The boss assign the work. The leader set the pace. The boss says get here on time. The leader arrive first. The boss fixe blame for breakdowns. The leader fixe the breakdowns. The boss know how to do it. The leader show how. By L. A. Johnson. Registration for Freshmen, September 23 and 24. Registration of Sophomores, September 25. s 3510-351- 1 The boss drive his men. The leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority. The leader depends on CARBON COUNTY WORKERS PREPARE FOR A GRAND LABOR DAY FETE Successful 1937 Convention E. WHICH WOULD YOU BE? Application for admission and transcripts of credit should be filed with the Registrar immediately. A copy of the new catalog will be sent free upon request. Address, The PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Salt Lake City |