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Show 1938. UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JULY 8, Page 2 President Roosevelts Gettysburg Address Utaf) lafcor Jetog THE MEMBER OF Establish'd 1929 This paper receive of 1936) to demonstrate that the New Deal is losing ground among A Union News President Roosevelt dedicated C. affiliate. I.O. a Service, Sunday a monument to American Peace Eternal" at Gettysburg 2P4 where many fought and died in matter March 28, 1930, at the post office Civil war 75 years ago. The adEntered as second-clas- s at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. dress was delivered on the spot where Abraham Lincoln delivem his famous Gettysburg address. $1.50 per annum Subscription President Roosevelts address Advertising rates by request. wa3 heard by a throng of 25,000; Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, among whom were Civil war vet28 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. erans in blue and grey. The address follows: Lake Immortal deeds and immortal South East 4th Salt 28 Published weekly at City, Street, words have created here a shrine Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. of American patriotism. We are the last full M. I. THOMPSON. by encompassed of many devotion of measure .. Office Manager L. M. THOMPSON.. men and by the words in which Abraham Lincoln expressed the simple faith for which they died. It seldom helps to wonder how a We stand for what the Constitution stands for statesman of one generation would surmount the crisis of another. domestic tranquility, the establishment of justice, and A statesman deals with concrete the promotion of the general welfare. with things which difficulties be done must from day to day. UTAH LABOR NEWS. Not often can he frame conscious future. patterns for the far-o- ff Rut the fullness of the stature of Lincolns nature and the fundaANOTHER MILE POST events conflict which mental forced upon his presidency invite us ever to turn to him for help. (Continued from Page 1) which he restated In the early issue the Utah Labor News pledged to fight for on For the issue the spot 75 years ago will be the following program: the continuing issue before this To carry a message of organization from one end of the nation so long as we cling to the state to the other. Minimum wage law for women. Ratification of the Child Labor amendment to the Con stitution of the United States. Prison labor for institutional use only. Laws to prevent the issuance of injunctions in labor disputes. Oppose the proposed industrial conscription. Improved child labor laws for the protection of boys and off all of them together, But tbe challenge is always eirls of Utah . , whether each generation, same Urganize t.ic unorganized. facing its own circumstances, can Such was the first fighting program of the Utah Labor summon the practical devotion to News. The remarkable thing is that the entire program has be- - attack and retain that greatest come a reality with the exception of only one pledge. The 9d tor the greatest ratification of the Child Labor amendment to the United States Constitution is still open. But Utah is among the 26 states that have ratified the amendment. The Utah Labor News has witnessed the growth of the Labor Movement in Utah from a mere handful in 1929 to almost 40,000 in 1938. In looking back for more than nine years we have seen the ment spared by time. They are Labor Movement of Utah forge ahead, and we note with pride brought here by the memorials of that the Utah Labor News has been in the forefront at all time, 0,d divided loyalties, tat they meet pointing the way for the unorganized to join the ranks of Organized Labor. In the advancement of the Labor Movement in this state, the Utah Labor News has played an important part. No truthful person can deny this fact. At the beginning of its tenth year, the Utah Labor News is well established. The circulation has grown to where it is chief in this battle; he wanted second to none in the state. Among our readers are many of ?bve all things to be of the new peace. He un- those who subscribed for it at the beginning. derstood that battle there must We express our appreciation to the many local unions and be; that when a challenge to and friends who have been our supporters during stituted government is thrown these years. We are thankful for this splendid cooperation, and down, the people must fense take it up; that the fight we hope for its continuance. must be fought through to a deciIt is through cooperative and collective action, in economic sion so clear that it is accepted and political endeavors, intelligently applied that workers have as being beyond recall, that any hope of freeing themselves. In this advocacy of cooperation ' But Lincoln also understood a such decision a after democracy and organization the Utah Labor News has led in the past and should seek peace through a new will continue tt do so in the future. unity. For a democracy can keep alive only if the settlement of old I I I I the years may be live by the wis dom and the humanity of the heart of Abraham Lincoln. WALL STREET (Continued from Page 1) til the labor movement is emascu lated. (The fact that the relative prosperity of 1937 coincided with the most militant phase of the la bor movement is, of course, com pletely overlooked in the argu ment.) Next on Wall Streets agenda would be further reform" of the tax structure to make easier the accumulation of great fortunes, and to throw even a greater share of the cost of government onto the shoulders of the working majority of the population. This would be over and above the important strides in this direction already made by the recent Congress, thanks to the alliance of right-win- g Democrats with Republican reactionaries. Third would be drastic curtailment of relief, with substitution of an outright dole at less than subsistence levels for the present work-reliprogram, which at least ct maintenance of some permits for the jobless by employing some of them on projects of definite social value. Fourth would be to eliminate all government competition with private business, particularly utilities, and thus to hamstring the governmental activities which have helped where private enterprise" has failed, and which have breed the private utilities to suspend at least part of their customary program of gouging the public. These are the reasons why Wall Street is priming the pressure pump with an anxious eye on next November, and why a unified campaign by all progressive groups is of utmost importance. Actually, a united front by the progressives would easily sweep the nation next fall. The results of the primary elections, as well as the testimony of the most dependable private polls, all demonstrate that the great majority of the people still support the basic policies of the New Deal. If anything were needed to prove this point, it is clinched by the almost unanimous campaign by the kept press (95 per cent of which you'll remember, supported Landon in the Roosevelt landslide ef self-respe- the voters. Unity (it is as simple as that) is all that is required to prove that the Westbrook Ieglers, Walter Lippmans, Dorothy Thompsons and Frank R.' Kents are just as wrong about political conditions today as they were in 1936. But what Wall Street is counting on, and striving its utmost to accomplish, is a lack of peoples unity in the November elections. A split progressive vote would be the answer to Wall Streets prayer. (Phil La Follette, take notice.) Just as the split in the New Deals strength in the past Congress has been right up Wall Streets alley throughout the session. The desertion of New Deal principles by the reactionary Democrats has, in fact, turned the Roosevelt-landslid- e Congress into a Wall Street Congress, at least in negative fashion, and the moguls hope to preserve and improve upon this condition in the next Congress. This last Congress was no more representative of the people who elected it than is the subsidized editorial page a reflection of the sentiments of its readers. Troubles With Wives A Southern editor said that a man out West got himself into trouble by marrying two wives. A Western editor replied that a good many men in the South have done the same thing by marrying N one. A Northern editor reports that quite a number of his acquaint- ances found trouble by merely promising to marry, without going any further. Congratulations To the Utah Labor News on its anniver sary. Sincerely yours , John W. Guy State Auditor CONGRATULATIONS TO UTAH LABOR NEWS ON ITS NINTH ANNIVERSARY I in-chi- ef con-memb- HAROLD E. WALLACE Salt Lake County Attorney I difficulties clears the ground and transfers energies to face new responsibilities. Never can it have as much ability and purpose as it needs in that striving; the endof battle doesi not end the infinity of ' those needs. comThis is why Lincoln Z7 mander of a people as well as an army asked that this battle end with malice toward none, with charity for all." To the hurt of those who came after him, Lincolns plea was long denied. A generation passed before the new unity became accept- ROCKY MOUNTAIN ROOFING COMPANY Licensed Roofing Contractor Authorized Application Company for Pioneer Flintkote Products. ROOF REPAIRING FLAT ROOFS OUR SPECIALTY Wm. II. Robinson, Mgr. Friend of Labor 812 West 14th North Phone Was. 2489 A GREETINGS TO LABOR DRAPER Quality Feeds mean... 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