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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL iZ Page tigatlon. Wi tat) Hatjor A MEMBER OF THE Established 1923 This paper receive Union News Service, a C. 1. 0. affiliate. Shame of States While the nation is watching the progress of legislation in Wash ington, too little attention is being paid the action of state legisla tures. A summary shows them to be far behind Congress in adopting laws beneficial to workers. 37 legislatures During 1938-3were in session. Twelve have al ready adjourned and several more will have done so when this ap pears in print. Very few labor laws have been passed by any of them. No legislature, for example, has law, to yet passed any wage-hou- r conform to the national act. And no state has passed a labor rela tions law this year, though they were introduced in a number of legislatures. On the other hand, several bills designed to restrict labor activities have been introduced with a good chance of passing. There is need for closer attention to the doings of the state representatives in the various state capitals if the gains are to be consolidated and new attacks warded off. The quality of representation at state capitals must be improved in 1940 elections. second-clas- s : Sabacrlption Advertisinf rates by request. $1.50 per annam Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, 28 South 4 th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Published weekly at 28 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. .Publisber M. I. THOMPSON-L- . Office Manager IL THOMPSON- - W & standi for what the Constitution stands for "domestic tranquility," the "establishment of justice," and the "promotion of the general welfare." UTAH LABOR NEWS. turn out to be than disease. BETWEEN THE LINES (Continued from Page 1) aliens for all the serious problems confronting the nation, fill the Vin- dicators pagerf. Nothing much is said about mocracy, of course. If the Vindide- cators really take out after dandemagogues, gerously their own Feuhrer should be the first object of their attention. more disastrous A Strange Request Chairman Dies of the can Committee suddenly popped up with an extraordinary request. He urged the House to demand that Attorney General Frank Murphy supply it with the information the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been accumulating on Bund ac tivities in this country. This is a strange request from a chairman of a committee specially constituted to perform this very function. Tweedledee Dies evidently was too busy staging a build-u- p for himself to bother about the Nazi un-Am- eri A Wiley Crew Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, invited those in Congress who believe that menace. reducing expenditures would stimulate business, to act on their conExcitement by Gangsters victions. They have the majority Amidst the excitement created he told them, and can carry out international gangsters, the their program whenever they by to continued life of the threat the wished. ComLa Civil Follette Liberties In his view, reducing expenses at two which for has mittee, years Ecthis time would be fatal, Mr. been unearthing and publicizing but cles told the Congressmen, insince they appear to have other acts of aggression of our own aldustrial has been gangsters, ideas, they should have the courage of their convictions and not wait on most entirely overlooked. During its existence the La Folany lead from the White House. lette Committee has done more for Anti-NeDeal leaders in Coninternal peace by ferreting out the They gress are a wiley crew. which fomept and agencies private would like to cut the appropriain industrial conflicts participate tions to meet the urgent demands than other body. any government time same the of business. At The Committee now stands ready like duck to would also any to disband because .they Congress thus responsibility should the remedy far has failed to appropriate more money for its indispensable activiA Yes, Trimble Hats Have ties. The most interesting chapters of the Union Label! employers aggressions are still to written. Some of thetop-uotc- h SKIDS HAT SHOP be agencies like the, National Manufacturers Association may escape 250 South Main with complete immunity unless Z7 funds are provided for their inves- . w You SAVE, hen you buj BRIGS' Congressmans Arrogance Congressman E. E. Cox Georgia did a very foolish thing a few days back. He had no better answer to a representative of the unemployed of his State than a slap in the face. The man who got slapped was seeking Coxs promise to vote for restoration of the cut from the original WPA appropriations. Congressmen are much disturbed over Coxs inexcusable arrogance. They fear that the unemployed, who have suffered severe provocamantion in the most ner, may follow Cox's example and start doipg a little slapping around on their own account. They recognize that those in auwhen they thority are resort to physical violence in response to unemployed who act on their right to petition. $150,-000,0- law-abidi- el S. W. Have higher resale value Are insurable at lower rates New Spring Suits, Hats, Shirts and Shoes. All Union Labeled. Union Clerks to Serve You nOSENDLUHS 59 East 2pd South : A DEATH OF A PIONEER TRADE UNION WORKER ng ; .n 1 Restricted Have you much room in your flat? 7 Perfectly Pasteurized Grade A Fredi MilkkrPirticuIsrPetjsIe Peter S. Petersen, age 75 years, of 334 Emery street, a pioneer trade unionist of Salt Lake City, died at noon Friday March 31, in a Salt Lake hospital from complication of causes following injuracciies received in automobile dents during the past two years. He was bom in Denmark on August 24, 1863, and in 1888 came to Utah and here he followed his calling as a waiter in cafes and restaurants. He was a believer in union of labor. He was a member of the old Western Federation of Miners, and later helped to organize Culinary Alliance No. 815, mrm EASTER GREETINGS INCORPORATED For Economical Transportation Buttermilk churned fresh daily. - Delicious Cottage Cheese. Order Today SUPERIOR DAIRY Hy. 3280 1865 So. State !7 A 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. Support industries that support you. 33 East 6th South Was. 2484-8- 5 IT PAYS TO KEEP CLEAN V I a Utahs oldest and larcost UNION Printinc Plant Commercial Printers NEW 1939 if Last longer Catering to local ana firms and Union-mad- e desire who organizations Union Printing. Paper and 100 out-of-to- jj . t INTERSTATE BRICK CO. Phone: Hyland 630 Just received law-maker- and P. 0. Box 68 Salt Lake City, Utah er Resent the Antics Hundreds of thousands of American citizens visit the Capital each Welcome, Fellows year and sit in the Congressional First Aid Equipment, Safety galleries watching their representatives in action. Because of the Supplies and Clothing present trend on the part of the UNIVERSAL SAFETY more talkative Congressmen to APPLIANCE CO. wallow in demagoguery, these visJACK COOMBS, Mgr. itors leave with a very poor im69 E. 4th So. Was. 1629 VA1 s. pression of their Many of the more earnest and astute members of both Houses re- T sent the antics of the mountebanks among their number, who not only HIDVEST DISTRIBUTING COMPANY cheapen the standing of the entire Congressional delegation before the ALEXANDER MARK, Manager eyes of the people, but undermine the faith in democratic govern132 SOUTH 2ND WEST WAS. 4619 WAS. 4919 ment. House Those members of the Distributors of Four of Americas Finest Union-Mad- e Beers and Senate who on the slightest in the wildest provocation indulge SCHLITZ WALTERS ACME PABST overstatements and appeals to exprejudice may think they are cellent politicians, the critics maintain, but they are fooling themselves very badly. The citizens of the country are paying them to conduct the business of the country as efficiently as possible, not to waste time on school boy orations far removed from the important problems of the nation. A Depreciate more slowly Look better 11th East Wil- Heavens, no. My kitchen and dining room are so small that I have to live on condensed milk and shortbread. Cost less to keep up 3180 So. Lieutenant-Colon- which organization he served in several official capacities, and at the time of his death was the recording secretary of this local. His wife, Mrs. Mary Louise Petersen, died many years ago. Survivors are two brothers, George Petersen of Salt Lake City and James Petersen of San Francisco. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at 125 North Main street, with the union officers in charge. The rites were according to the impressive ritualistic ceremonies of the union. The speakers were the Rev. George J. Weber, pastor of the First Congregational church, and Lester J. Larson, secretary-treasurof Culinary Alliance No. 815. - Rev. Webers text was the 19th Psalm, which very fittingly applied to the lifes work of the deceased. The interment was in the union plot in the City cemetery. 00 ed new Brick Structures OPPORTUNITY FOR ENLISTMENT liams, commanding officer of the Army hospital at Fort Douglas, announced this week he had three vacancies in his command to bo filled by enlistment of suitably qualified men. These vacancies offer an excellent opportunity for enlistment in the U. S. Army medical corps to any young man who meets Army standard enlistment requirements, and who is either a high school graduate or possesses clerical ability. Training during the term of enlistment full three-yea- r is assured in many subjects including nursing, ward duty, first aid, sanitation, and clerical and military correspondence in conection Apwith administrative duties. U. the made be at should plication S. Army recruiting office, 223 Ness building, Salt Lake City, or, in case of young men residing in other sections of the state, application may be made at the Ogden or Richfield Army recruiting offices. The local Army recruiting headquarters reports only two vacancies remaining for the medical corps at Letterman general hospital, San Francisco. These will be closed on April 5 and will probably be replaced by other enlistof ment quotas. 9, matter Ifarch 23, 1930, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 8, 1879. 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