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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. DECEMBER 3. 1937 Page 8 BITORIAIi. BE CONTENT WITH YOUR WAGES (Continued from Fage 1) By DR. CHARLES STELZLE Battle of the Books and Gullivers Travels, especially the latter. Though a man of sadness, discouraged with humanity, he was the source of great merriment to others. Addison called him The most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age." Many do not know that he was the originator of the following Bread is the homely sayings: staff of life," A penny for your thoughts," The sight of you is good for sore eyes. He was buried in the same coffin with Stella in St. Patricks cathedral, Dublin, of which he had been deah. His epitaph tells much: Here lies the body of Jonathan Swift, D.D., dean of this cathedral, where burning indignation can no longer tear his heart. Go, traveler, and imitate if you can a man who was an undaunted champion of lib- now accuse them of being. For in doing so they will not only Executive Director, Good Neighbor League welfare in but their own further labors place progress, impede jeopardy. None of the industries which has signed agree-- 1 Men twist the Scriptures so as The preacher answered, Exac ments with them will wait one moment longer than the repeal to produce all sorts of economic no more than the law demands" of the Wagner Act before it uses the very same tactics their Finally came the soldiers often . absurdities, warping out of the ployed in forcing recognition of the craft unions, to smash these true meaning the greatest and the brutal representatives a of the of nost beneficent teachings foreign govern policemen very same organizations. who were following the men ment; . or-affiliated Labor of the and The American Federation I' or example, they nave taken examples of their superiors by i i ganizations bent on destroying the Labor Board must remem- the text .l)e cortcnt with your robbing the working people. And what shall we do. ber that they have been handsome beneficiaries of the Wagner wages," to mean that workingmen they asked. law have no to strike for better right Act, and that most of the gains they have made since the And John the Baptist answered .us 00JC or a P3 was applied have been due to the protection the law provides. ment Do violence to no man; neither under the at circumstances No one needs be a very good prophet to fortell that most of which the wordg wcre gpokcn and accuse any falsely: and be conten these gains would be quickly annulled, were the Wagner Act I the persons to whom they were with your wages. I dressed. It was not intended to teach that third The found in is the workingmen in every generation story Sniping at the Labor Board as a sport may be a form of should be content, with their innocent indulgences without serious consequences to labor. has nothing to do with It wages. But to go after the Board with homicidal intent is a form of suiworkingmens wages. It was intended to teach that these brutal, erty." cide for labor. The A. F. of L. and the craft unions disappointed in the the reigning monarch for his sin conscienceless soldiers should not from the masses of the THE WORLD. ALL DOORS, Boards adherence. to majority rule and democratic procedure I tude that had come out to hear demand people, upon pain of bodily injury, ALL OPPORTUNITIES must realize that it is much better to lose an election now and that which did not rightfully be the then than the whole movement. burden was his vengeful jhe of . I have found the world to Recognizing long to the soldiers, in older that message I summed word in the be had who up they might add this money to the be, as Emerson says, all doors, all mood of the industrial overlords, single to bludgeoned Life itself is wages received from the govern- opportunities. into. union recognition, elimination of the law which is the work-- 1 ,eJ,efvancerepentance had as - ment. . crowded with particuunexpected occasions ers mam safeguard of their rights, would bring on the most lar rcference t0 sin3 committed The words, Be content with and choices. It is impossible to I vicious attack organized labor ever had to meet. against men. As the preacher your wages" must be viewed in plan for them accurately in adBut evidently the welfare of the labor movement in gen-- 1 proceeded the people began to ask, the light of the spirit of the entire vance. The greatest opportunities address. No one can successfully come suddenly, out of a clear sky. eral seems of little concern to some of the A. F. of L. affiliates I What shall we do then?" that the preacher was mak- When I was young, I worried deny who would rather destroy labors strongest-defensethan give C0J him thS ing a fight for the poor and the about the long future, so clouded up one worker who could be made to pay dues, they are hath none: and he that hath meat, oppressed. with uncertainty, but I found in J let him do likewise. And so, instead of degrading ime that it was futile. So I would blind to the fact that they would lose that worker anyway. Then came the publicans the government the toiler, this injunction is ac- say now to youth: Go forward tually a plea for fair treatment for with the work in hand, the plain' TIIE C. I. 0. AND TIIE CHURCHES I I I n' 1 1 Wpfo s sTtta,VaSr.w we do?" practical efforts to bring about a greater degree of social justice here on earth, the organized labor movement has every reason to expect support from the churches. Its ideals NEl S AND COMMENT and aims are fully compatible with those of all religious teach I (Continued from Page 7) ing. Yet the powers of wealth and reaction exert their influ- - miracles of modem surgery, ence on the churches as well as on more mundane institutions, I The same principle is working in safety in industry, justice and in the recent highly financed campaign of propaganda I against the Committee for Industrial Organization special cf- torts have been made to mislead religious people as to its truelserve. In its aims. It is therefore encouraging to note how many religious! WORLD MOVEMENTS leaders have had the courage to withstand such pressures and I ; . . to out for labor, in praise of its worthy aims. per goes to the chareh periE' 1 he following statements by rrotestant, Homan Catholic, I for material, but we feel that we and Jewish leaders are culled from a new leaflet issued by thel should pass along the following in- C. I. O. and entitled, Thq Church Speaks Out for Labor." teresting item which we clippec "Every sincere religious person in the United States move How msny wishes the C. 1. p success, lhe evils the C. I. O. fights nreljgjj jiave takensignificant their place on deadly evils sapping the corporate strength of our nation and the worlds horizon! The effort for a federated religion, the methods it uses are legitimate and praiseworthy." is definitely W0Jld Protestantism Rev. Father Charles O. Rice. . and is full of promise. . . way, It is the moral and religious duty of a worker to join a The peace movement is steadily labor union. It is because of the concern of religion for justice becoming more practical and, and social welfare that church bodies have for 30 years official- - therefore, more promising. The Iy declared for the right of employes as well as employers to or- - Presidents evident trend toward larger cooperation with the peace Rev. James Myers, Federal Council of Churches. ganize. loving nations of the world Modern Judaism takes the stand that the worker has an America definitely nearer to brings right in the industry in which he works, a right which bership in a League of Nations, is equal to that of the investors, that he has a right to organize in kr,ror and utter futility of unio", of hi, own choice, and to bargain collectively."Rabbi womeS Barnett R. Brickner. The spirit for missionary, ad"By enormous effort, the C. I. O. is lifting labor from its vance is unquestionably growing, It is the duty of working people to join a bona fide and will grow more rapidly as the lethargy. labor union for mutual protection and progress. They must or- TnTTumaintefst ganize tor their own sake and for the welfare of their families, turns back to the grace of God; their community, and their nation. The C. I O. has taken a but missionary gains are already long step in that direction." Most Reverend Robt. E. Lucey, a ac t n most if not all of the great denominations D. D., Bishop of Amarillo, Tex. Such recognition of the constructive efforts and high aims Lf vitS Christo book? comfng of organized labor is in welcome contrast to the misrepresenta- - steadily from the presses of the tions and attacks which have come from some pulpits to soothe wrld. America is evidently nast the the ears of the rich and reactionary. of her of lawless- spk I I mem-inviolab- fa SSS le - ... SEASONS GREETINGS Walker IBank & Trust Company peak experience ness in connection with economic struggle. Whether the A. F. of L. and the C. I. 0. get together or not. better and sounder labor leadership can be expected in the future. The commemoration of the experience of John Wesley will of necessity accentuate the new direction in religious interest. It will not and must not make men unconscious of their obligation to achieve social reform. But it will and should show men that social reform is an empty pretense except as it is undergird ed by vital spiritual experience. TRY THIS ONE ON YOUR FRIENDS Three artists were trying to see who had painted the most realistic nioture. Why, I painted a nicture of Abraham Lincoln which was so the man who was powerless to sist oppression. duties and obligations immediately ahead, seek accurate knowledge, strive for the widest possible out-oo- k life-lik- e on life, fear no evil, establish that I had to shave it of fairness and mercy, seek labits the first artist. every day, said o understand others through symsaid the Oh, thats nothing, I once painted a picture pathy rather than hatred, waste second. of a piece of marble which was so 10 time over mistakes that cannot like one that when I threw it in ie remedied, and march onward some water it splashed like real with firm confidence that one so marble and sank. , equipped in spirit and mind cannot Well, now, said the third, II fail to find gateways to labor and painted a picture of a hen, and, reward worth while and. to endurCharles A. thinking it no good, threw it into ing satisfactions. the waste basket, and it laid Beard in The Rotarian. The Way. there. re- LOOK FOR BEST IN EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING My barber, past 77 reputedly the oldest in New York is a without active, healthy, happy, grudge against anybody or anything, without a grudge against life. When I sought to ascertain his philosophy which had produced such a long and satisfactory life, he replied: I have always looked for the best in everybody and everything. And I have rarely been disappointed. I enjoy my work I get upat 5:30 every morning. I enjoy my quiet familv life.-- I have a good appetite. I sleep like a child. 1 envy nobody. I wonder how many ultra-bus- y business men have as satisfactory philosophy, how many of them get as much out of life, how many of them will reach such an age lealthy in body, contented in mind, B. C. envying nobodys lot? Forbes, Forbes Magazine. 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