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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 5. 1938 LABOR ON ITS eaulted by company thugs and on his way they were thugs FORWARD MARCH home from work at another steel plant. He held up for the spectators' from (Continued Page 6) eyes a bloody undergarment, acFirst witnesses called by the quired when the Republic armed committee as it opend the hearings guards aimed their sawed-of- f shotwere Charles M. White, a Repub- guns at him. and pumped an estilic and a number of mated 400 slugs into his body. workers. Blazer was forced to spend 18 Girdlera Record Exposed days in the hospital, and was later White, flanked by a bevy of cor- forced to give up his job because poration lawyers, monotonously of physical disabilities. reeled off statements concerning Altogether, the days shooting the companys lofty motives, its re- cost the company $8971.99, which fusal to be browbeaten by profes- it paid to 15 gun victims to avoid even costlier law suits. sional" unionists and outsiders. . Other testimony, however, revealed how Girdler had broken off C. I. O. WINS 81 longstanding contractual relations PER CENT OF POLLS with the Amalgamated Assn, of BEFORE LABOR BOARD Iron, Steel & Tin Workers in 1933, while the organization was still an The WASHINGTON, (UNS) AFL affiliate. His excuse, that Committee for Industrial Organithe union was dominated by Com- zation has won 81 per cent of the munists an assertion denied by its labor board elections in which it was has participated since October, secretary, Louis Leonard coupled with a warning, contained 1935, a survey released by the in a speech to the steel industry Natl. Labor Relations Board rein New York, that the corporation vealed recently. executives should steer clear of all The C. I. 0. it found, was on the ballot in 557 polls, and gained 455 professional unions." The Girdler talk, as read into the victories. record by Senator La Follette, conIn 966 elections sponsored by the trasted sharply with a prepared NLRB, bona fide labor unions were statement which victorious in 74.8 per cent of the White delivered. The company cases of this number, the C. I. 0. spoke of the firms pol- led with 47.1 per cent, followed by icy of fair dealing with the men" the A. F. L. with 26.3 per cent and and its willingness to bargain col- independent unions with 1.4 per lectively" at all times with groups cent. C. I. 0. affiliates polled an averrepresenting the men in the shop. age of 66.7 per cent of the votes in Berger 1933 Strike The type of bargaining referred election which they won, the board to b White seemed entirely lack- report showed. Only 208 of the 966 contests ining from the situation during a strike at the Berger Manufacturing volved rivalry between A. F. L. and Co. of Canton, Ohio, in 1935. The C. I. 0. unions. The C. I. 0. was Berger outfit is a Republic subsid- victorious in 160 of these almost 75 per cent. iary. The C. I. 0. was involved in At the time of the strike, White was general manager of the Berger larger concerns than the A. F. L. the figures indicated. An average plant. It was on May 27, the commit- of 527 persons figured in C. I. 0. tee heard, that Republic guards, voting tests, while polls in which armed with tear gas, revolvers and the A. F. L. was represented avershot-gun- s sawed-of- f ran amok into aged only 297. a crowd of peaceful pickets, sendAltogether, 81.1 per cent of the votes cast in the elections favored more a than dozen to them of ing trade unions, with 13.6 per cent the hospital. From Darrell Smith a business going to company unions and 5.3 agent of the milk drivers union; per cent for no unions. at the time who had come to the strike scene to watch the picketing, TWO WEST COAST UNIONS the committee heard a gory story JOIN C. I. 0. SHIP WORKERS of innocent men and women being Two SAN FRANCISCO (UNS gassed and beaten, of children beto forced flee into a of unions ing nearby independent shipyard restaurant to escape the tear gas workers in this city, formerly affumes, and of private property be- filiated to the A. F. L., have voted ing destroyed by the company overwhelmingly to join the Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuildthugs. Beaten, Car Destroyed ing Workers, C. I. O. It was almost beyond descripThe Shipwrights, Joiners & tion just about the bloodiest Boatbuilders Uipon, formerly Loscene in peaceful cal 1149 of the Brotherhood of Carimaginable America, Smith said. penters, A. F. L., and the Shipyard Although he was in no wTay con- Laborers, Ribbers & Dockmens nected with the strike, he was bad- Union, formerly affiliated with the ly beaten around the head and A. F. L. Hod Carriers union, dearms, and required four stitches at cided upon affiliation with the C. the Mercy Hospital. His car, park- I. 0. union at a joint meeting. ed nearby was completely demolBoth unions are members of the ished. Maritime Federation of the Pacific. Herbert- E. Blazer, another wit- -' They applied for and were granted ness, described how he had been as- -, a joint charter by the IUMSW as a millionaire in loss than ten years time and made an impress for good in right human relations that will (Continued from Page 1) never be forgotten. He proved be substance to young people, When yond doubt that at any period a approaching a parting of the ways, life, that fully harmonizes with decide before turning,' .but DE- practical and spiritual laws, can NEWS AND COMMENT EVEN A FAILURE CAN RISE vice-preside- sugar-and-hon- ey vice-preside- nt - WELCOME, LABOR TAYLOR PHARMACY CO. Free Delivery Complete Drug Store Service 780 S. W. Temple St. Salt Lake City, Utah Prescriptions Was. 1892 rise. CIDE." x LOVE LIITEI) ME" Page that to this day, when he is in the fervor of exposition, his bodjr takes on the slight rythmic rocking of the Talmudic student. Rhapsodists have called him the Moses of Labor. I asked him if in boyhoods large dreams Moses had figured as a model. 'Not particularly, he said. You see, the rabbis in our family were not outstanding, but the rank and file kind that are called upon more to help than to lead. Concern in the everyday problems of working people was their job, so I took it for granted it had to be mine, just as I might have taken for granted I had to be a bricklayer or carpenter had my people been in the building trades. (Continued on page 8) The above line from a rousing revivalist hymn refers to the power of Gods love as revealed in Christ to lift people from the soggy ditches of sin and again set them on the firm highway of happiness and maximum usefulness. bilities of being. However it might well be applied Therefore we say that if it is in other definite and worthwhile not within range of possibility for ways. common human beings to at someFor instance, from the timo as your when your mother picked you up time bpcome perfect Father in heaven is perfect," Jesus when you stumbled and bumped Christ would not have set up per- your nose to that moment of keen When Your fection as a goal to that group disappointment or heartache when imwhom some were very among you sought the shelter of her wise Car Goes and comforting counsel, there were perfect people. We sometimes deplore the depth ever so many times when you could to which people sink. But there truly. say, Love lifted me." Your Costs Come would be no depth were there not In the lives of some there have with of human heights been moments when they felt so possibility which to compare them. low that they would have to Despite the depths we realize reach up to touch bottom. Just that there is a spirit in man able then someone who cared came to contact some source of spiritual along; someone who knew their power enabling it to rise to new strength as well as their weakness. heights. This someone encouraged and helpUp on the grease rack is Thousands have demonstrated ed them so that in reminiscence where dollars can be chopthis possibility, morally and spirit- they could say, Love lifted me. ually. Possibly there have been times ped off your operating Likewise there have been thou- in your life, in the days of your costs for 80 of all sands of men like the late Arthur youth or Riter, when you couldnt Nash who considered themselvs have continued in school or busirepair bills are due to financial and example failures ness had not someone cared enough for many years who have finally to give you that lift just in time faulty lubrication. It takes Goldrisen to the heights. Arthur that set everything right. Specialized Lubrication en Rule Nash was, until nearlj How true it is not an honest e not just an slapfifty, practically a financial fail- man or women within Utah tut can ure. Moreover he had failed to go back over memorys highways to give dash grease job make the impression on his age, and byways and mark with crosses your car sure production for good, that he early in life hoped the spots where they can say with to make. After fifty he became sincerity, Love lifted me." against excessive wear And, beautiful to relate, men and and needless expense. Local 30, with jurisdiction over women who have exercised their waterfront ship repairmen in the love in varied forms of human Drive in for Specialized San Francisco Bay area. helpfulness realize .that by that Lubrication at regular invery exercise they have been made RUBBER WORKERS TAKE strong to lift themselves from the tervals, and let us make WAGE CUT FIGIIT TO feel of the futility of life to the WHITE HOUSE FOR AID worth of living and have been things easier for your car forced to recognize their own im. . . and your pocketbook! An ap- portance in the great scheme of AKRON, Ohio (UNS) peal to President Roosevelt to in- things. tervene to save the jobs of 1700 These can also truly say, LOVE a LIFTED ME." d Goodyear workers series of dramatic moves by Goodyear Local of the United Rubber SIDNEY HILLMAN A Workers to make the company LABOR LEADER until an postpone the lay-ofagreement is signed with the (By Joseph Gollomb in Atlantic union. Monthly Portrait.) The appeal was made by a comAs a boy he studied for the mittee of local executive board rabbinate simply because all the Stations Everywhere members who called at the White men in his family, with the excepHouse and left their petition with tion of his father, a small merin Utah and Idaho a secretary to the President, who chant, were rabbis. He gave himtour self over to it with such intensity had left on his cross-countbefore the committee arrived. The delegation also called upon Best Wishes to the Miners Labor Relations the National C. A. A. C. Selby, Selby, Jr., Secy. J. V. Sadler, Pres. Board to ask it to speed up the cases pending against the company UNION ASSAY OFFICE, Inc. for refusing to bargain collectively with the union, although the union ASSAYERS ANI) CHEMISTS has been certified the sole bargain152 So. W. Temple Phone Was. 1199 Salt Lake City ing agency by the board. The Department of Labor sent a representative to Akron at the workers request, and WPA offiBest Wishes to Miners, Millmen and Smelter Workers cials announced they would order expansion of WPA projects in Summit county. The union delegation had asked that WPA be exASSAYER panded to take care of mounting 160 South West Temple Was. 4114 unemployment in Akron. In Akron the union embarked on a series of special meetings for its members, and fleeted committees to meet with ministers and other Best Wishes to Miners and Smeltermen community leaders to put pressure on the company to postpone the WESTERN MACHINERY COMPANY layoffs. Support of the C. I. 0. to the DEPENDABLE USED MACHINERY rubber workers was voiced by MINING AND INDUSTRIAL John Brophy, C. I. 0. Director, fol208-21- 0 South West Temple lowing a session with the union executives. SALT LAKE CITY Phone Wasatch 3907 UNION PETITION SECURES LABOR BOARD ELECTION AT JOHN HANCOCK CO. BEST WISHES BOSTON (UNS) The campaign of the C. I. 0. to organize industrial insurance agents took another step forward as the Massachusetts State Labor Relations Board this week announced it would soon set a date for a poll of the 600 agents employed by the John Hancock Mutual Life InsurMANUFACTURERS OF ance company. The petition for the vote was High Grade Cinder and Concrete Blocks, filed with the SLRB by Local 41 of the United Office and ProfesSewer, Culvert, Irrigation and Drain Pipe, sional Workers. Posts and Joists, Water System Pipe. The 600 employes, who work out of the 11 Greater Boston ofBranch Main Office Was. 6909 Branch fices of the company, constitute 10 per cent of the firms industrial So. 925 6th Lake Salt W., Provo, Utah Brigham City City insurance agents throughout the country. To some rather unimportant human beings Jesus Christ once said, None but a fool Be ye perfect. would have the audacity to say that the Son of God would kid people about the facts and possi- 110 U ... old-tim- high-lighte- fs ry V.-Pre- s. C. S. COWAN . Best Wishes to MINE, MILL & SMELTER WORKERS Christensen Machine Co. 1975 South 2nd West Hyland 2570 Best Wishes to Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers JJ. Wo (GATES Representing Stephens - Adamson Mfg. Co. Conveying Machinery Sauerman Bros., Inc. Power Drag Scrapers RICHARDSON Automatic Scales Dooly Bldg., Salt Lake City Was. 1890 7 UttaBn (SomcFeite (Soffiffljpaiffly Mjpe |