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Show ) Review t n ECAJE JUf. 1'Jr ofi Giuurireinifc Ejremuto ORGANIZE" c COOPERATE VOL XiNO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JUNE V 51 F. L. Members Find They Were Sold Down the River Utah Dy A. Their Chosen Leaders Special to the Utah Labor News PROVO At last some of the A. F. L local unions in Provo and other towns in Utah have discovered that the A. F. L labor movement in this state was deliberately delivered to the private utility interests in the 1938 Utah State Federation of Labor convention held here. Since the Provo convention of the Federation many things have happened which conclusively reuphold the common expression that assumed a neutral stand with a the A. F. L. in Utah is merely a spect to the erection of municipalcomcompany union setup for private power plant in Provo. The utility interests." Protest Actions The latest demonstration of dissatisfaction of the State Federation heads actions comes from eight local union presidents in Provo when in a signed communication they wished to have it known that they BETWEEN THE LINES By CECIL OWEN Gas is a dangerous heating for public buildings, and therefore utmost care must be taken to see to it that there are no leakages in the pipes and that the heating apparatus is in first class condition. Two years ago a New London, Texas, school, converted into a huge bomb by leaking gases, exploded and killed over 450 pupils and teachers. Last month, memory of this worst school disaster in the nations history flashed across the minds of residents of Barberton, Ohio, as they raced to the blasted wreck of an old frame building that had housed more than 100 of the towns grade-schopupils. As in the Texas tragedy, the Barberton school was a twisted ruin. And again gas leakage had apparently caused the terrific exBut apparently because plosion. the collapsed second floor had formed a toboggan slide to safety for children in the upper story, only two pupils were critically injured. Fifty other ' children and four teachers were hurt. The Barberton explosion again brought forcibly to the nations attention the whole problem of unsafe heating apparatus for schools and other public buildings. The problem is a serious one. . uiu Enemies of collective bargaining are WASHINGTON still having their day in court at Wagner Act amendment hear ings before the Senate and House Labor committees. uWith ... stand, the committee for the first time has been able to obtain that not amendment but outright repeal of the Wag- ner act is the aim. Quoting from Steel Facts, a trade organ, Senator Ellender read this. The measure is not a bill whose vicious features been the attitude of the steel industry throughout toward the Wagner act. Before the witness could answer, Tory Senator Burke came to his defense with a long theoretical argument upholding' anyones right to resist a law. Burkes babblings occupy page after page of the rec ord and neatly saved the witness from having to give direct answers. Finally, the witness was required to give some kind of response and admitted opposition to the law at the time of enactment and since, saying their worst fears had been fully justified. It was then pointed out by Chairman Thomas that resistance to the law had resulted in spending $500,000 a year by some corporations for labor spies. The open intervention of Senator Burke in the role of a defense atwitnesses is torney for anti-laba striking feature of these hearings. Burke always steps in when a witness faces an embarrassing question and tries to deflect the haircommitee by He enjoys a splitting arguments. committee a as position preferred member and can ramble at will. By M. I. 5 Cents Per Copy at the Capital By A. I. HARRIS SCHOOLS League Non-Partis- an Price: Trespassing COST LIVES IN ol munication was presented to the Provo city commission Saturday. We have notj The letter stated: at any time granted Paul M. Peterson, president of the State Federation of Labor, or any other agency the right to voice our sentiments in behalf of this important issue. (Continued on page 3) Publicity Director, Labors GAS EXPLOSIONS cowi-modi- ty STATE FEDERATION IS MERELY A MOUTHPIECE FOR STATES PRIVATE UTILITY INTERESTS, IS CLAIMED i $ J T. IS HOUSE MAJORITY WORKING FOR UNCLE SAM OR TRUSTS? WASHINGTON A few newspapermen, including ourselves, were sitting at a luncheon table with a few congressmen, sometimes about nonsensical things, somejust chatting times about rather serious matters. The congressmen were all of that class which might be termed liberal. One of the congressmen, a veteran who still possesses the old fight, said: I can t remember a house since the war days that was so damn lousy (meaning reactionary) as the present one. Everybody assented. This writer hasnt come in contact with every House since the war days," but if there was one that was worse than this one, then the American people hadnt had a carrying their heads very high thing to do with their government these days. Buckler is the only libthe Wall Street boys owned ev- eral left. Last week the House got to work erything except the statues and the street signs. mauling up the relief bill. They We were naive enough to ask: put their own ideas into it, substiWhy is it that we have such a tuting them for the ideas of men terrible House? That was leading trained by lifetime for technical with our chin. A reporter, smil- tasks. And they tore the heart out of the TVA, which, unless overlike cracking a joke ingly You can answer that come in some way will limit its drawled: one. What did your state send usefulness in the future. It was an-ac- us? swer. The question required no Minnesota liberals are not an- of friends of the power trust, (Continued on page 4) Figures Prove Business Better When Government Acts For All the People For some strange reason, writes Jay Franklin in his syndicated the Tories rage and the Wall Streeters gnash their fangs, whenever there are disclosures that they are making pots more money iJ2S&sJS2$MUh9-HM- e A payment on subscription to the Quoted recent statistics of increased net earnings from Hearst finan- I Utah Labor News is always timely cia editors and the Associated Press, Franklin vouches for the and welcome. Those who send or stantial accuracy of figures contained in a report by the economist, Remember in early 1932, says bring in subscription cash or checks Ejrlc Muehlberger, of New York. realize that it takes money to run I Frnnldin, it was far frorn sure politically that President Hoover would not be reelected. Big business then expressed confidence the a. publication. A subscriber from Salt Lake City White House could pump into the market, there was no SEC or wages I atiH Vmivrc A M I? .... o1 column, - sub-admissi- it. . . j.i .ii..-- . j.. na q fi fr ol a f inn a on MctGr Muehlberger pay all my arrearages and at least fident big business and Mr. Roosevelts discouraged big business for ThX a year in advance. Here is a five- - the first quarter of 1932 as compared with the first quarter of 1939: The figures show that in the sixth year business is more than 50 Hll. is Iron & Steel Insti- - J dollar a11 cent Thanlc ar better than in the third year of Hoover and they show up bet- Per yu!two Paid inUP tute cave7 resDect to the law ter and advance, rearaes during the second than in the first quarter of 1939. This data, years Eleven of these romnanies hired I A remittance came in the mail Franklin reminds, are taken for a period when Roosevelt was acting from Ogden to cover a subscrip- - for the country as a whole. tion, together with a letter, saying Under Hoover, 1932 Under Roosevelt, 1?39 Commodity Buried Report like I News. Labor the Keep up stock (ave.) A years intensive work by 90 prices $81.20 $100.61 the good work you have been do- - Bond prices (ave.) 74.29 8578 experts of the Federal Trade Past 1fye?.1 Yo!Lfre Monetary gold stock 15.801.000.- 000.00 mission that cost the government Ung.f.or 4,345,000,000.00 the P.ePles They Federal Reserve credit .... 2.572.000.- 000.00 1,859,000,000.00 $150,000 is represented by 20 un- - ,g ,?g work by Currency your circulation hou.Jd appreciate 000.00 5,548,000,000.00 6.915.000.opened volumes piled up in a House - 379.16.662.00 committee roornT It is the report bombarding you with the sub647.443.175.00 the necessary 3 1 of the FTC's inquiry into the auto scription dollars to keep up the good ammunition 11,261.00 4,174.00 industry. 1.124.851.00 This is one of the most thorough 2.235.209.00 realize the trials and tnbula- 4.329.830.00 9.506.594.00 jobs the commission has done on a liberal editor, writes a pig iron output 3.757.196.00 Extensive tl0s 8.315.927.00 any major industry. It takes Automobile' production .... data on profits, costs, wages, sales, subscriber from Provo. 376,665.00 1.055.576.00 74.677.796.00 293.703.797.00 etc., is contained in the report. a lot of gnt to stand up for the Building permits is my contribution. Petroleum output (bbls.).. 36.936.900.00 57.175.850.00 Unions, students, and the govern- right. Here Please credit my subscription. I am Bituminous coal (tons) 102.455.000.- 00 ment have here a glimpse into 111,650,000.00 with you. Electric current (k.w.h.) .. 26,094,970,000.00 37.893.658.000.- 00 many secrets of the industry. It is letters and remittances Tike U. S. raw cotton consumed 1,374,010 bales Yet this valuable report may 1,803,521 bales 57.600.000 lbs. never be seen by more than a mere the above that will keep the home U. S. wool consumption .... 97.400.000 lbs. for the liberal! Rayon yam consumption.. 39.800.000 lbs. handful of persons. There are no fires burning 102.400.000 lbs cause. U. S. exports $461,000,000.00 $699,821,000.00 plans to print it. The House InterYour letters and subscription U. S. imports ' 526,652,000.00 398.000.- 000.00 to state Commerce Committee which it was sent has not even payments will be appreciated. They Railway earnings (51 and welcome. They will 66.045.525.00 84.998.333.00 roads) opened the report. The Congress-- 1 are timely to continue the fight Sears, Roebuck sales ......... us . man who sponsored it, Representa- encourage 59.793.251.00 125,428,094.00 86.5 141.8 tive Withrow, Wisconsin, was de- - 111 behalf of the rights of the Moodys commodity index Freedom of the Press? feated last fall and no one else masses and against the special Dterests. It took page after page of testi- iscerns interested. Once before the FTC had a sim- mony because of dodging by the witness and Burkes confusing in- ilar experience. It spent $300,000 CONTINUE PROTECTION terruptions to nail down the fact and nearly two years at Congres- OF AMERICAN COPPER that the Iron and Steel Institute sional request inquiring into the A two-yeextension of the four had financed George E. Sokolsky, subject of farm income and why cents excise tax on copa pound newspaper writer, to write anti- farmers get so little while city voted this week! was per imports Sokoldwellers pay so much. Its report union stuff in his columns. House the of Representatives sky, a columnist for the New York was full of dynamite. When it got by Herald Tribune Syndicate, got to Capitol Hill it was pigeonholed. in Washington as it passed and sent the new revenue bill to the $28,599.47 from the Institute while Only after repeated demands and Senate. at the same time drawing pay from protests was it printed. The protection laws for copper is Cost of printing these reports his newspaper clients. His columns were filled with anti-labbut a fraction of the cost of mak- is expected to pass the Senate ing the inquiry. The real reason for reluctance to print is not cost Munitions purchases for use but pressure from the special in- tax is collected expires June 30. The only objection to the excis labor by corporations terests who prefer that this factual against tax has come from the minin whose officers sit on the Iron & data about their operations remain totaled unknown. Steel Institutes board (Continued on page 2) $234,016 from 1933 to 1937, Sena- (Continued on page 2) f P , or long-wind- ed ar or t |
