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Show Page UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 17, 1937. 2. Utaf) labor LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH Jletosi Established 1929 A MEMBER OF TEE This paper receives Union News Service, a C. 1. 0. affiliate. 04 Entered as second-clas- s matter March 28, 1930, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Advertising rates by request. $1.50 per annum Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. !' Published weekly at 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. M. I. THOMPSON L. M. THOMPSON Office Manager stands for and We stand for what the Constitution domestic tranquility,' the establishment of justice, the promotion of the general welfare. UTAH LABOR NEWS. WHERE DO WE CO FROM HERE? By KATE RICHARDS 0IIARE (Continued from page 1) there is organized, disciplined and well financed support for liberals and progressives, driving towards a better social system. There is always a certain percentage of elected officials who will yield where pressure is strongest, and we were weak where we should have been strong. We blundered first in choosing Two-thirof the candidates. Democrats elected to the house and the senate are conservative, and that is putting it mildly. They are in control of the inner machinery of congress and they see to it that only reactionaries are placed on the important committees. The liberals, whether Demoor Progrescrats, Farmer-Labosive, are placed on useless committees where they will be ineffectual. It follows that since the real work of congress is done in committees, the reactionaries run things pretty much their owrn way. What Are You Doing 7 And what have we been doing? We, the great mass of Democrat voters who gave the President, who, to his eternal credit, is keepand ing faith, and the weak-knee- d reactionary members of congress our votes. What have we been doing? Nothing! How do I know? Havent I been sitting here for months watching the show? Do I not know the slick, suave, polished lobbyists, and do I not see the old grey wolves and the smug old smoothies doing their bidding in committees and on the floor? But where, oh where, are the lobbyists for the masses of Democrat voters? There just are none, thats all. With relief a matter of life and death to millions, only one local union ever asked for consideration for the unemployed, apd no farm, liberal, radical or religious organization even so much as peeped. If a hundredth part of the money, energy, and noise that is being expended in the family squabble between the C. I. 0. and the A. F. of L. had been directed towards supporting a decent wages and hours bill, it would now be a ds r, law. ' on the job when all but fifty of the representatives whom you elected to represent you voted, on vote, to earmark a non roll-ca- ll d of the pitifully inadequate relief fund, so they could continue to get the lions share, but the only lobbyists on the job for the unemployed were a shabby, weary group of women, sponsored by the Workers Alliance. The only workers organization that seems to have had a man here to speak for the jobless is the V. I. A. of Oklahoma. Where were the rest of you? When President Roosevelt marshalled all of his forces to compel traitorous Democrats to save the one and a half billion dollar relief appropriation about 92 per cent of the Republicans, and 85 per cent of the Democrats opposed it on the grounds that it was too liberal, until they were forced to go on record one-thir- by a roll-cal- l. They Spit on You There is no denying that we common people took a terrible beating this session of congress. We wrere knocked down, spat upon and kicked all over Capitol Hill. Maybe we did not deserve it this time, but if we do not do something about it we will get worse next session, and deserve it. My car is parked at the curb, the last grip is packed, and we are just starting to drive back across the country to meet you folks back home, to do our best to find out how you feel, and what you are go- ing to do about it. Well be seeing you! A Job To Do And dont forget, you have a job of house cleaning to do between now and 1938. If your congressman stood the gaff, back him up to the limit Dont leave him alone to fight your battles without help. ' If he betrayed you make it so hot for him that he will crawl into a hole to hide, and pull the hole in after, him. There is no better place from which to start pushing in the right direction than where you are now, and no better time than right now! Signs of the Times A hatter stuck the following noIf the farfers had known what tice in his window: they wrant, and had gone after it, Our felt hats fit so wrell that they would have had something they are not felt. better than the sickly measures Not to be outdone, the man. that have been inflicted on them. across the way produced the fol- Magnates on the Job lowing gem: The cement, steel, and building Our carpets are sold the material magnates had their men yard, but are not worn by thebyfoot. (Continued from page 1) institution or industry where men and women are employed. Is a Success Is the industrial form of union a success or an experiment? Answer: It is a success. Among the strongest and most successful labor unions in America are those that have been organized as industrial unions. Among these the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, the largest in the United States, has existed as an industrial union for more than 40 years Among other outstanding and successful industrial unions might be Lamentioned the International dies Garment Workers, Amalga Oil mated Clothing Workers, Smel Workers, and Mine, Mill and ter Workers. Will the employer recognize in dustrial union? Answer: Yes. Any intelligent employer would rather deal with representatives of one industrial union than with a number of different representatives of separate craft unions. Prefers Industrial Union The success of the industrial form of union has been proven beyond any shadow of doubt. The Amalgamated Steel Workers union was affiliated with the A. F. of L. for more than 40 years. When this union joined the C. I. 0. in August, 1936, it had less than 10,000 dues paying members. On September 1 of this year it had more than 500,000 dues paying members. It has collective bargain agreements with 375 steel corporations, among these is the United Steel Corporation, largest of them all, employing more than 200,000 men. And, by the way, the working agreements were secured by the C. I. 0. from the United States Steel without a strike or lockout. This should prove beyond any doubt that an employer, especially a large employer, is willing to deal with representatives of one its bargaining agency within be can Similar examples plants. cited in other industries, such as automobile, rubber, clothing, textile, oil, mining, etc. The Red Herring Are John L. Lewis, Charles P. Howard, Sidney Hillman, and other C. I. 0. leaders communists? Answer: Absolutely not. Among the most militant and outspoken opponents of communism among the American labor leaders have been John L. Lewis, president of the U. M. W. of A., and chairman of the C. I. 0.; Mr. Howard. president of the International Typographical union, and secretary of the C. I. 0.; Mr. Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and vice C. I. 0. The same of the president can be said in defense of all other C. I. 0. officials and leaders. A cry of communism against the C. I. 0. leaders is the same old red herring that has been coined by subversive interests against all Americans who have ever made an effort to do something for the people of this nation. This charge has been made against President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, and hundreds of others who have upheld American democracy and true principles of the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution. Remarkable Growth The C. I. 0. was formed about 18 months ago by representatives of 10 international unions with a membership of one million. Today the dues paying members of the C. I. 0. affiliated international unions and directly chartered local To unions exceed four ' million. contrast this with the A I. 50 Exchange Place - With a membership grown in little more than a year from 30,000 The C. I. 0., or the industrial to close to 400,000, and a treasury form of labor union, is here to on hand of approximately $430,000, stay, regardless of the unfounded (Continued on page 3) charges and twisting of facts. Long live the industrial form of labor union! lead you. AUTO WORKERS TO RAISE $100,000 WAR CHEST MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UNS) A war chest of $400,000 for a campaign to organize the Ford Motor AMERICAN LINEN SUPPLY COMPANY Cleanliness First! Cleanliness Last! Boost, Build and Support your State. Use American continuous towels and all kinds of linens they furnish. 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