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Show rcts- K a fc UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SEPTEMBER 17, 1937. Page Eight :edtc3dai (Continued from Page 1) closed shop contracts with it in some cases. The idea is that a tame A. F. of L. union is the next best thing to an outright company union, and that it will hot insist on such high wages as would the C. I. O. union of the employes choice. ) This tactic was adopted by the Consolidated Edison com pany in New York after the A. F. of L. local there had gone over to the C. I. O. in a body and after the United Electrical & Radio Workers of the C. I. O. had begun an organizing drive, The company immediately signed an agreement with the A. F. of L. union, despite the fact that it had only a handful of mem DOMINATED WITH PICTURE LANGUAGE SHORTER HOURS INCREASES PAY Next Friday is the birth anni- versary of John Marshall who was bom in 1755. Becoming chief justice of the supreme court January Iiy DR. CHARLES STELZLE 31, 1801, he proceeded to make the Executive Director, Good Neighbor League provisions of the Constitution clear to all by the liberal use of picture language. There are still some employers of labor who insist that the Like the Master of Men he made I what he was talking shorter work-day- , giving workers more leisure, will simply re-- 1 people see When aka suit in these workers spending more time in saloons or such J uf Sif f other places as may have taken the place of the old saloon. It earthly8' things he didnt is declared that the shorter work-da- y will just make morej say, Im a very poor man, in J o, he i'oxes have cal & Radio Workers had nearly 1000 members out of a total If this were true, it would be perfectly logical to assume Inhere to'lajr'hirhead."011 of 1600 employes at the time when the company suddenly de- - that the It was said of John Marshall, leisure class must be a disreputable lot. cided to sign a closed shop contract with the A. F. of L. union. This, of course, they would deny. ?ou? reslve the most com- A local of the A. F. of L union had not even been organized The fact is, it was long hours of labor that drove men into prindS acould present when the company signed an agreement with it, nor could it of saloons in the old days, in order to find relief from the strain any case in so many forms and course present any valid claims to represent a majority of the I and fatigue of a twelve-hou- r work-dacolors as to make his decisions ir-workers. Without mentioning particular trades and occupations, it refutaUe. of instances The n coercion and intimidation of employes is a fact that the shorter work-dacompletely FEDERATION TO were almost identical with those used m the case of outright! changed the workers in these industries from boozers to so-- 1 STATE MEET IN BRIGHAM CITY d company unions. Foremen threatened workers with loss of ber, men, who worked more steadily and more I their jobs if they didnt join the A. F. of L. instead of the C. 1. efficiently. ' The Utah State Federation of eets jn annual convention O. union. On two occasions, the board reports, the power was! kaor workers! A study made some time ago of several thousand shut off and employes were called together to listen to speeches engaged in various occupations as to how they spent their leis- r 20 iUs said that when Attor-b- y officials urging membership in the A. F. of L. union, all in ure time indicated that those who worked the LONGEST hours ney Paul M. Peterson calls the I the presence of foremen. the MOST time and in Those who meeting to order there will be spent money drinking places. The company did not gain the advantages contemplated worked short hours spent their leisure time legitimately and fwer delegates than there were in convention of 1935 and 1936. from trying to force its workers into the union they did not profitably. want. On the contrary, its troubles have since become almost Normal living always decreases immorality and abnormal cipacirL of unions, such asthe I Its I. O. union practices. proverbial. employes went on strike for the C. j United Mine Workers of America Therefore, the fight for the shorter work-daand against the A.' F. of L. union which the company was try- - organized labor is a distinct moral issue. To the worker, it by International Union of is an(I Workers Smelter foist them. to Efforts L. F. M?e the A. scabs of to put ing even more important than securing higher wages. upon and, by in the plant failed miserably and the C. I. O. workers had final-- 1 This is true because there is a level of living below which Brigham city convention3. ly to be taken back. Court action was then taken by the A. F. labor cannot be driven. The average employer will ordinarily In the Eureka convention last f L. to enforce its closed shop contract and the workers y a living wage," no matter what may be the number of year and the convention in Price pealed to the Labor Board, which has now upheld their right to hours worked. And, usually that is all that he will pay, any- - in 1935 the miners delegates had cent of t?e vot have a union of their own choice and ordered an election. way. Thus, a reduction in hours automatically results in an ett(T thaiJ,60 Employers may learn from the plight of this.company that increase of pay per hour, and ordinarily it equals the pay re- News heldlLTinmS honest acceptance of collective bargaining with the union de- - ceived for the longer period worked, sired by their workers is the best policy. And workers may take courage from the knowledge that the law prohibits employer- - NEWS AND COMMENT a republic, 1792. 22 Nathan Hale imposed company unionism in whatever guise it comes, September as a spy, 1776. hanged (Continued from page 1) Time To Fause September 23 First day of au- TIIE BAD BOYS IN UTAH Teacher Dont you know that tumn. PATRIOTS I so-call- ed je y. well-know- y clear-heade- 1 I J y ap-lpa- Lb' Marshall, punctuation means pause, Willie? Willie Of course I do; an auto jurist, bom 1755. Although we have some bad boys in Utah, the Editor driver 25 punctuated his tire in front Balboa takes September Both the patriots and pay-trotof the Utah Labor News has not heard of many of their evil house Sunday and paused ur of of Pacific for Spanwill be heard during the possession I for half an hour. Labor. 1513. doings. iards, .commemoration of the 150th an- . . ... if However, it is to be hoped that those who are bad may be niversary of the Constitution 0 made good and those who are good may be helped to be better I the United States. without resort to methods reported to be used in Powhattan, J The spokesmen for each group will interpret the Constitution in Ohio. to suit their own In that coal mining village of 2500, bad boys are bent over their..own ends peculiar a barr.ll and AND PAY-TROT- September 24 S ! John s I. whipped in the town square While Powhattan. officer, .tate that their boy. are 60 cent better under the treatment we are still not for it. In the Independence, in congress, first place public lashings are illegal in Ohio and the ofN 1W6. The patriot stands July for parents the youths could make considerable trouble for the village mar- - what the Constitution stands for estab- shal who administers the punishments, if they so desired. Jro We are not for it on the ground that anyone kept in Ii JI,Shent the welfare. general solely through fear is only good while being watched. FurtherThe spokesmen for the defend property rights, ex more, the resentment growing out of the public humiliation is going to break down the spirit of a future citizen or make him cessive profits, open shop, small wages for the workers, poverty for seek revenge in some direct or indirect form. farmers, rule by a favored few, There are rare occasions when fear and forceful conse theThe corporation lawyers, and quences alone will suffice to keep some in line who have not there are many of them in the had the right youthful training, but public humiliation should be legal fraternity, are the spokesmen for the avoided. They are with their very prominent ureIus said, A man should be upright not kept otic duties in defense of theirpatrimasupright. ters. On all occasions when Our greatest single difficulty in Utah as elsewhere in patriotism is in question they are America, in making youth respect ethical standards, is the lack on hand to defend the Constitution of interest on the part of adults in those movements and insti- in their particular way to suit the bosses who pay tutions whose business it is to promote high standards of con- callings of their their salaries and fees. They wrap duct. Adult actions sometimes speak so loud that youth cannot themselves in Old Glory and pose hear words which are contrary to them. By their example the only defenders of the Conmany as stitution and those who really unmen shout: These things aren t of much importance. is often a man that has left something un- derstand that great document and wrong-doe- r correctly interpret the laws based done, not always he that has done something. upon the Constitution. It is up to the American people to choose between the patriots The Utah Labor News Is Dedicated to Democracy pJrfSSM tTecr The Utah Labor News invites all friends of Democracy to unite in support of President Roosevelt and Democracy. This is absolutely necessary in order to win the battle of the ages for the people. This paper will do its part. Will you do yours ? Si!Vc pay-tro- ts 4 t Next Week pay-trot- s. WINTER GARDEN FAST MOVING State and 2nd South Opening Tonight FRIDAY And Every Night Except Sunday DANCING S?srreovoume and FLOOR SHOW A new amusement idea comes to pay-trot- s. NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY Salt Lake City with the opening September 19 Washingtons of the Winter Garden. A fast 1796. Farewell Address issued, moving floor show headed by And Other Novelties Thelma Bowan, who comes here JOHNNY ROSELL after three years at the Greenwich Village Theater in New York, And His Change-Pacer- s will be presented nightly. AssistSLAP THELMA rv ing Miss Bowan will be Paul HAPPY BOWAN ) ' Y Clark, well known vaudeville faREVUE M. C. vorite. Cover, Admission 80c Per Couple Johnny Rosell and his change-paceIncludes Everything will furnish the music for Light Refreshments the dancing. A real novelty will Call Was. 9447 be the game room. Shuffle board, ping pong, miniature golf and rs September 20 Upton Sinclair, author and reformer, bom 1878. September 21 France declared other games will be played. It will be clean-cfun. Manager Bowan and Miss Bowan are members of the Actors Equity Association, a bona fide union for the theatrical ut fraternity. Give the Winter Garden a visit. Opening is tonight. . Of course you want the facts The Utah Labor News will give you the truth in next weeks issue and all the issues following will contain editorials, special articles and features specially written by writers who know their economics, politics and the needs of the people. 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