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Show Page 8 UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MARCH 4, 1938 era committed the IDITORIAL right of (Continued from Page 1) damnable crime" of denying them their who has the faith to preach the I eolf Nod pastor And if this has not been as suicidal for the labor move- - Hammer and the tavern owner is ment as Furuseth predicted, it is chiefly because the healthi Murphy Myers. ' Rev. Summer explains that in C8t ,and most vigorous unions refused to heed the claims of the craft kader8 tbat workers who did not want their type of ch the gospal in Marquand, union belonged to them; and because, through the C.'I. was no available church there 0jbut mese unions presented to millions of unorganized the oppor-1 property in which he might carry industrial organization which they sought. unty heard of Tavern Owner I is the Rev I cups attached to receive the flow at the bottom of the chipped tree. Child workers empty the heavy wooden buckets into a barrel set alongside a forest trail. Because operator - dominated turpentine communities consider it part of the system that a youngster should begin Myers work in the woods at about the age of 10, and remain in his Rev. Bremmers objective and his enforced calling throughout life, child exploitation is almost inA meeting was arproblem. evitable under present conditions. ranged and Myers offer of the tavern as a tabernacle for a service Deprived of education or contact with the outside world, By DR. CTARLES STELZLE each evening was promptly acthe children are made victims of an industry whose slogan is, Executive Director, Good Neighbor League cepted. Start em young, work em hard, and keep em at home." And so at 7:30 each evening now a sign goes up in the tavern read- "Nothing short of federal intervention in this mad rush for .5amuel Gompers repeatedly said to the delegates attend- - ing, Church of the Nazarene. profits by a greedy industry will stop the continuance of such tbe annual conventions of the American Federation of Labor nuS?8lS SSm! ?g exploitation," concluded Sidels report. a workers of America go out to shoot Huiet and The passage of the Wages and Hours bill in congress , Wlll,tbe attentivC( and Rev wn "fj.erfagam in other lands in order to satisfy the Bremmer launches into his gospel would be a step toward elimination of these shameful condi- ambitions of their rulers, no matter who they may be." And no program. The results have become tions in America with tha" Any member of cogre who i, oppoeed to wage, SneVby hours legislation and elimination of sweated child labor should his the in dream, ,, preacher Tkn came k World war w,th its challenge to save the . Murphy Myers now is making not be a fit person to sit in the law making body of a supposed- n world for democracy, rew of us resisted this appeal. Gompers plans to enlarge his tavern to take ly civilized country. himself did his "bit in that conflict. Organized Labor as a care of the crowds which become I I J fr J WAR AND DEMOCRACY , H Sglr fil I LABOR OPPOSED TO VIOLENCE our country was threatened by any other power, the workers by a dream and the people in the wnnM an.in .nm. i. ,1 J t if-- . . f .1 it J x, I I . If the union Vancouver, Washington, Union. Days Mr. Koss: uniwtwtjr, me lasi great war broui men rounded up in Portland are guilty of the crimes charged worst dictatorships in history. I B another war should arise, all the nations ' they should be punished to the full extent of the law." engaging in it I would be All right thinking union members will agree to that. in the hands of dictators, large. immediately placed . . , in Violence has never accomplished anything in organized an 8n?a our own LJ51 of in Yen country. Democracy, many labor. You cannot convert a man to your way of thinking by I our relationships and privileges, would vanish. And after the thing. Every time they follow beating him up, any member of organized labor who takes itlwar ,s.ovr shreds of it may slowly reappear. In some of the Becks lead they get a punch in the jaw. The latest Beck disciple, upon himself --or any group of men who take such illegal action COUntnes involved it would vanish completely. I Seattle Star, got nicked for that the are giving all organized labor a black eye. possible object attained by such a war might Lawlessness on the part of a few individuals will be mag- - Prov t0 b.e orth the sacrifice of our democracy, but it is a I lokeoJt command!" aBcks whether nified by the 9uestion any nation which engaged in the World war press and used as an indictment against j all labor unionism. That is why intelligent union members are won Particular or any permanent advantages. Four men run the A. F. L. anxious that such guilty ones be punished. Every union member we However, So are about starts the second of a series the of thinking subject , democracy d in he is forced to wear the stigma of the actions of labor racketeers, articles during and after war. That which Americans cherish!0 matter how Feacefd and his unbn may he. liberty woVld receive paat needed to run'iUnto me Pretty hard jolts. Iherefore, Labor unions are voluntary organizations. They should we commit ourselves the ground! be free from forceful action by any of its members. The any war Jets c.ount the cost. Not simply in the terms proper , ?Yar and only sensible trade union policy is education and cooperalves The modem man without a fnc money. but in the loss of democracy. Let s admit that some wars in the past have won democ-- heme. Williarn Green. US CnS.id" wbte question in J The a. F. L. executive council, in the light ot the political and economic situation throughout the singling out the three unions for world today. There never was such a time. And then lets look expulsion, must have selected them back over the last twenty years. It doesnt look so the o, by eeny. meeny, niiny, for good method. The charges against them democracy, and we may be sure that war will not improve it. could with equal justification have made against any of the other Andrew Furuseth, the veteran seamens union leader who NEWS AND COMMENT cheaper second hand particularly been C. I. 0. suspended unions. harsh experiences. has recently passed away, was given to expressing himself freely and pointedly. (Continued from Page 7) Some people dont do much to. uaL-hel- p 11UU1 One of the last speeches he made before the A. F. L. con- - atsV d introspective harmony the world along, but we know ern Shore uuuuiuuwtiic Hubbards, (Maryland) vention wa, on the subject of industrial unionism in the mass- oTy Ipinta those who do less, who promise j never forgets a story or a face. production industries at the 1934 convention in San Fran-- J values! cidentally, hes the champion story I - I anti-lab- I or Scripps-Howar- law-abidi- J ng Xnf 'w 1 I I PT In-mo- re Mr. Hub- , teller of all that region. "All who read, understand anc PREACIIING GOSPEL is bard Some of the smug, swivel-chai- r responsible for the follow- leaders who are now sing- - apply this philosophy will be bet-in- g IN TAVERN-CHURCling: Furuseths praises and claiming him for their Yed to attrac.aj1(1 enJy A minister sent a telegram to his , occasion! miles For rem'mb" hU in around Missouri a j bishop: w'd My wife died yesterday-ha-mlet people are flocking down Friday. Please send a substitute they are: nied to all except those who are into Marquand to hear a preacher for over the week end. Dpeakmg of the new industries that have come into being, ready for them. and warning that company unions would control the workers you think yu are beaten, you CISC0 H Z IT i to if labor did not allow them the type of unions they needed !f youthmk you dare not, Furuseth said: you For the labor movement to oppose in any way 'the kind If you like to win, but think you ot organization necessary for these men who can manufacture . these new appliances would be nothing short of suicidal for the s almost certain you w'ont. labor movement. If we should commit the damnable crime of robbing them of their and freedom' we are nothing better. than a new tyranny taking the place of the old. I have heard many times in the labor movement the term, these are my men. A delegate or a labor council or a 8ent out to organize says, you are my men. ma"TL I? Who the devil is he? That is the way the master talked for centuries of the slaves. It was the same thing for centuries with the serfs tied to the soil and belonging to the land owners. But Furuseths warning was not heeded. The workers in the new industries were not allowed the kind of industrial unions they needed. The A. F. L craft Iead- - Telephone and I&now BEFORE YOU on mass-producti- SURE . - on . . You like to read Utahs most fearless, inde- pendent weekly newspaper. Become a regular subscriber. Turn to page 4 and read the Magazine Bargains. This will solve your reading Take adproblems for your whole family. vantage of the generous offer NOW! Without medical examination, a new life benefit certificate is now offered to men, women and children from 1 to 65 years of age. This certificate provides up to $1CM0 for natural or accidental death, or total and permanent disability, as specified, based on age. Benefits are free from restrictions as to residence, travel or change of occupation, available on individual or group plans. 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