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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FEBRUARY 4, 1938 Page 6 Utah ORGANIZE County-Pro- vo TO COMBAT BOYCOTT and Springville Other Labor and Greet Steel Workers READ THE ADS ON THIS RAGE AGAINST LABOR ON ITS SILK FORWARD MARCH points in his address, especially at the point where he demanded that no action be taken which would destroy this splendid solidarity of our organization in Pennsylvania. He was cheered when he further stated that the principle of industrial unionism has been fully substantiated by recent events in the organization progress made in the industries. We have probably a million more members in Pennsylvania than we had three years ago. And, after all, that is the test, he said. tively to struggle with all our strength for the preservation of peace and to prevent war in our country and throughout the world; 2nd. That we will fully cooperate with all other organizations and people who are working for the same cause; 3rd. That we call upon our government to take its rightful place in the family of nations as the great peace-lovin- g democracy by championing the cause of peace; by formulating a definite peace policy and openly declaring it to all nations and peoples of the world; 4th. That it is our firm conviction that the present neutrality law of the United States is, in its operation, not a neutrality law at ail; but on the contrary, is a law which favors the criminal aggressor nations and injures the guiltless attacked ones. That it does not express the true spirit of America or the will of the great mas3 of American people; and, therefore, that the law should be repealed; 5th. That the government of the United States should declare openly to all nations and peoples (Continued on page 7) (Continued from page 5) dising and related industries. (Continued from page 1) C. I. O. unions. from Help American Industry undertaking, is a signal of the - Governor Thomas Lieutenant silk a Continuous agitation for soundness of our purpose and the who is also secretary-treasurand Kennedy, a is para disruptive, essential importance of it to all boycott of United Mine the time the when influence at a lyzing America. Green criticized am for his labor American Workers, of vast efforts of The basis for the cooperation tactics. a toward be directed should disruptive capital C. unions I. L. A. both and F. 0. Million New Members was laid last October when both revival and strengthening of our in Pennsylvania if Labor own The does movement, economy. the A. F. L. convention at Denver in would not result need he told a damagsuccessful, Atguardianship, and the C. I. 0. conference at at an comAmerican and the is It industry ing delegates. entirely lantic City purposely exempted raw materials from their boycott the same time give tremendous petent to conduct its own affairs WORKERS CONGRESS He was FOR WORLD PEACE resolutions. Iloth the A. F. L. and long range impetus to Japanese in labor and for labor. mills and applauded the C. I. 0. fixed their course de and other vigorously at many which American liberately to avoid any possible factories against to the Utah Labor News embarrassment to the government workers and employers cannot Colts Fire Arms, which makes all Special PROVO The class in parliamencompete on anything like even the machine guns used by the of the United States in its peace terms. army tary law and practice, department and navy, has jumped 35 per cent of workers education of the WPA policy, and neither labor convention We level no charges against was willing to tolerate a boycott are promoting the silk in price. And, as usual, the Streets adult school here is studying how that would add to American unem- those whoWe enthusiasm for. war securities has to prepare, introduce, consider and say only that it apployment and to the trade balance boycott.to be directed into the'shares of the cop- dispose of resolutions, and to make by persons spread pears problem of our own government. who and lead producers, be- the work somewhat realistic has nickel per, either have not given suffiOur program is specifically in accause the essential position of resolved itself into congress. The of doto what they are cordance with the official conven- cient thought these materials in war. who are or subjects generally are proposed serving purposes tion action of both the A. F. L. ing Wall Streets Strike indusand the original drafts made by not wholesome American to and the C. I. 0. and among other Even have been fat class members, while the resoluthere though American and broad labor the try, things we shall challenge the mis- national economy of the American profits in this gambling on the tions as passed is the work of the representation of this action by the preparations for warfare, the re- entire class. people. boycotters. The aim is to select subjects of sulting partial appeasement of the Ilig Labor Stake vital the Streets interest especially to the for big money craving The American silk industry deWALL STREET has been in of small and the purpose is to exworkers, proportions pends for its existence upon raw relation to its lusty appetite for tend the work beyond the class silk which is produced in Japan, (Continued from Page 1) Welcome, Labor China, Italy and to a lesser extent ness of this industry is directly in full exploitation of the national room, and to make it of practical The well as is as theoretical value. that economy. Our point in other foreign countries. giving See and Drive the New military orders, thus making these the financiers a budding frustratE. A. Mitchell is the teacher of interest in this raw product begins companies immediately responsive the class. 1938 STUDEBAKER ion complex is that their with its arrival in the United to an increase in war appropria"The following resolution is the extort sweepto States to be manufactured into tions. campaign During 1937 the sales of the ing concessions from the New Deal result of earnest research, study finished goods in American mills Geo. Maycock airplane and engine manufacturers, on the strength of their own Wall and discussion on the part of the by American workers. which a of represented majority imenbeen Sreet made depression has Last year the United States individuals, committees and the Motor Co. amounted to barren of even if tire class. The resolutions . are results, positive ported approximately $90,000,000 military equipment, the for $115,000,000, any it did have the negative success of signed by Benjamin F. Roper, preslargest worth of raw silk from Japan. Dealers This raw silk was converted into year on record and comparing with stalemating the entire special ses- ident, and Aretta D. Mitchell, sec1936. And in $76,000,000 profits finished goods, with a retail sales sion of congress. 33 No. 3rd W. retary, and read as follows: Phone 404 value of approximately $580,000,-00- doubled to about $12,000,000 from Inasmuch as the big capitalists In view of the enormous preIn the American industries 1936. At the moment, moreover, lad entertained high hopes of im- parations for war by all the great . PROVO, UTAH which use silk there is an invest- the unfilled orders of the aviation mediately overturning the progres- nations of the world and the loss, ment of more than five hundred manufacturers amount to sive trend of affairs through ag- suffering and distruction being thus assuring an even gravating the depression, million dollars of American capithe boys caused by war in Spain and China, tal. Their industries employ more more profitable year in 1938. in the Street are very considerably we, the members of the Provo Best Wishes to Labor than a quarter of a million Ameri- These orders represent principally disheartened that their minority Workers Congress, look with horemcan workers and give indirect the increased contracts placed by program has not yet been thrust ror upon this awful menace and ployment to perhaps a quarter of the United States army and navy. upon the shoulders of the majority. scourge and firmly resolv? as fola million more engaged in trans- And the intensification of war They are realizing that they have lows: portation, distributing, merchan rumors recently has convinced been outsmarted 1st. That we do hereby pledge by the Roosevel-tia- n Wall Street that still larger mili of ourselves which withdrawal, individually and collec strategy tary orders are in the offing. lured them into their overplaying Translated into stock - marke hand and Best Wishes to Our Friends their maximum exerting an caused Who Labor terms, this situation has Welcome, Labor before the battle was fulstrength increase of about 100 per cent in ly under way. This does not mean, Main Office: Provo, Utah the market price of aviation stocks under Holland Furnace DUKES MARKET any circumstances, that since the low point last fall. Dur- Wall Street will abandon its efPhone 547 Fresh Meat, GrocerCompany ing the same period the stock mar- forts to liquidate the New Deal, ket as a whole has shown almost but it may mean that the maxiA. M. Stephens, Mgr. Factory: Provo, Utah Fruit and no advance in price since the bot- mum ies, of has threat that danger We Serve, Repair and tom of the recent market panic. been passed for the time being. Vegetables Vacuum Clean All Types and Although the aviation stocks Nevertheless, if Big Business can DELIVERY most SERVICE the Packers of been Makes of Heating Plants have spectacular continue even to block further pronow in boom the war Friends of Labor performers rhone 417 471 W. 1st So. gressive legislation in congress, Blue Bunny Sunny Garden progressing in the Street, they this in itself would be tantamount 695 E. 3rd So. Phone 200 Hillcrest Tomatoes and have not monopolized the favors to a substantial victory for the PROVO, UTAH of the PROVO, UTAH fraternity. forces of reaction since it would Tomato Products The Roosevelt administrations mean that an administration reutilization of the Panay bombing elected by the largest landslide in to further its big-naprogram history has been unable to enact a PROVO HIDE & was the signal for large scale single important segment of its speculation in issues which pre- program. FUR CO . BEST WISHES TO UTAH LABOR sumably would profit from addiIt should be apparent by now tional navy orders. Electric Boat, that positive, progressive action is Buyers of which has a monopoly on subma required to check the course of the Hides, Pelts, Furs, Wool and Junk rine production for the navy, and prevailing depression. There can be New York Shipbuilding, which no blinking the fact that the Sam Perlmann, Manager have both tripled alarming decrease in production, makes Friend of Labor Even payrolls and employment is not in market price recently. Used Auto Parts for AU Bethlehem Steel, which is suffer- purely and simply a white rabbit Makes of Cars ing from a severe depression in that Big Business has pulled out of most of its steel manufacturing its hat. Although Big Business 148 West 6th South has risen 40 per cent in mar has attempted to gain maximum lines, Phone 367 Provo, Utah ket price on the strength of its political advantage out of the presposition as a battleship producer. ent crisis at the cost of heightening its severity, the fact remains that the administration iself played an important part in producing the crisis by its policy of sharp reducBest Wishes to Labor tions in government expenditures without seeing to it that corresponding increases in public purchasing power were provided. er mass-producti- 1 alien-owne- on d' high-power- ed 0. $125,-000,00- 0, E.W. Jacobs Canning Co. stock-gambli- ng vy wrar-ship- s, General Contractors Reynolds & Ely Construction Company General Offices Springville, Utah Welcome, Labor Clean Hats Now ERNEST A. STRONG Phone 174 JOSEPH W. GRANT Phone 141 We get many compliments on the quality of our hat .work. Your hat will be returned looking new . . . cleaned thru-ou- t, by factory methods, new life added to ed the felt. SPRINGVILLE, UTAH PROVO CLEANING & DYEING CO. Phone 46 77 No. 1st West Friends of Labor |