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Show QJ v rynsimir .um, Review flews and Comment By M. I. T. Current uxz isi Eventri siair EDUCATE ORGANIZE The Blundered poor Edwin Markham, the author of The Man With the Hoe, in an address before a recent mass meeting of working men and women in New York City, read from his poems the following entitled The Third Wonqua-trai- of 1336 COOPERATE n, Price: SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MAY 15. 1936. VOL Vf; NO. 45. 5 Cents Per Copy der": 'Two things, said Kent, 'fill me with breathless awe: The starry heaven and the moral law. But I know a thing more awful and secure The long, long patience of the plundered poor." The patience mentioned by Mr. Markham has characterized mil lions of unemployed men and women in the United States who have been plundered of their right to work and consigned against their will to the jobless army and kept Tation for there on year after year, many of them compelled to see their children suf- Women Worlraardest Hit From Abolition problem. Business men in the past have allowed the Government to deal with it by giving work relie:' at relief wages. If this policy is continued with refusal to lace the problem, it wil be well to remember that millions of American citizens will not in definitely submit to enforced pov erty and public support in an agewhen industry is equipped to supthem with a comfort level o:' fer the pangs of malnutrition. fdy Of course this patience can be Edwin Markham evidently hac exhausted. This possibility was same idea in mind when, in his the William President suggested by Green of the American Federation poem, The Right to Work, he of Labor in his last statement on said: unemployment which showed that And the right of a man to labor, and his right to labor in joy, d at least 12,184,000 adults are still without jobs in in- Not all your laws can strangle that right nor the gates of Ilel' dustry. Stressing the .absolute social necessity of finding a way to destroy; For it came with the making o:' put these millions to work producman and kneaded into his bones. dea need for the goods they ing And it will stand at the last o:' cent living, Mr. Green said: (Continued on page 2) America cannot dodge this ! near-starvati- of HRA Code Standards Communists Dictate Terms Edict of U. S. High Court Lowers Living Standards Of Farmer-Labo-r Party Plan Red Are Organizing Political Party According to Their Own Employer Have Increased Average Work Week Three Hour Term I Revealed by Communist Speaker In Salt Lake and Frequently Cut Wage During Past Year Seventy-Hou- r FedLake Salt a to John Week In Cotton Industry A Shirt Factory Pays as Barton, Delegate City Meeting Low as 10 Cents an Hour Wage- - Work Standards for eration of Libor From the Barber Union, Preside Over IntellecWomen Have Been Lowered. the Gathering of Some 150 Utah Communist Activities tual Woman Leader Ue Alia in Red Think Herself Superior to Others and Calls Rank and By A. F. of L. News Service File Member Mug. WASHINGTON, D. C. The edict of the United States supreme court holding unconstitutional the National Industrial Recovery Act Robert Minor, executive committee member of the com- under which NKA code standards were established in industry hit womunist party, U. S. A., with headquarters in New York City, addressed men workers harder than any other group, William Green, president of a meeting of about 150 Utah communists in Salt Lake City at 68 Post the American Federation of Labor, declared in addressing the convention of the National Womens Trade Union League of America here. Office place. He also presented reliable data for example, and in the silk textile The presiding officer of the red gathering was John II. Barton, a member of the Salt Lake City Earbers local union, and a delegate showing that the return of child industry, where the code standards of home were wiped out soon after the infrom that union to the Salt Lake Federation of Labor. Mr. Barton is labor and resumption also a member of the organizing and visiting committee of the Salt work since the end of the NRA validation of the NKA, many woLake Federation of Labor. To this position he was appointed by Pres. have been most extensive and more men workers have suffered not responsible in depressing only a drastic reduction in their ident Harold G. Crose of the Feder and M. P. Bales, former active directly labor standards throughout indus- weekly wages, but at the same ation, following an illegal election leaders of Utah communists. time have been forced to work as try. Barton the introduced at the officers and installation of speaker and On hours the as 60 and 70 hours a week. of long subject and paid him a tribute for his acFederation meeting January 24. In the hosiery industry, where abolition of the wages following radical tivities leader a as the of Leader Is a a large number of additional dethe NRA codes, Mr. Green Baid: It is reported that Mr. Barton nation. AN ANSWER TO REACTIONARY CRITICS inin The hours of lengthening partures from code standards are The speaker, Mr. Minor, after has been interested in the advanceNRA when since 1935, May, reported this spring, intolerable dustry ment of communism in Utah for being introduced by Mr. Barton, was resulted in the in- work loads together with lengthinvalidated, in a discourse started his has He several presided by telling years. crease of the average work week ened hours and reduced wages have Let us not forget that the records speak more truthfully than the look into numerous communist gatherings, it joke about A1 Smith seeing Presi- in the course of seven months by been reported. ranting and raving political opponents of Roosevelt. Let us acted in the ca- dent Roosevelt climbing the flag three hours. Most of this addiIn the textile industry generalthe Public Works Administration. It brings us close to our own homes is said, and he has man and leader staff at the White House with a tional work has contact of waterof pacity with- ly, we find that even in those The PWA has made possible construction added approximately 2,000 been works and related projects in cit- auditoriums, courthouses, city halls, in activities to give the reds red flag in his hand. He referm out the corresponding wage com- plants where wage minima have has ies and towns of every state in the swimming pools, power plants, and more freedom in the A. F. of L. to this joke as being what we pensation and often while hours been maintained, the speed-u- p unions in Salt Lake City and Utah, would perhaps hear in the forth were increased were cut. been Buch as to make many woUnited States. It devoted 25 per so m. wages fie is an experienced propagandist. coming election. Thus the departure from code men workers physically incapable cent of its program to Health Safeguarded y He is of Oscar Larson (Continued on page 4) meant not only longer of handling the load. standards this form of public improvement This PWA outlay of public inWork Standards Lowered hours First. To reduce unemployment vestment for the workers but also a in waterworks improveIn both in the community and in ment in the loss. the retail trades, where woMore drastic than that, wage aided in Scott Presides second the lengthening of hours made it men workers constitute a major heavy industries the twofold uni- insuring communities place against repPolitical Outlook versal PWA objective. At Labor-Democrimpossible for the industry to ab- portion of the employes, code Second. To furnish pure water etitions of thee, experience of an sorb in the process of current re- standards have been almost univerOhio 1920 when 25 citizens city in Meet to promote public health those who are now among sally abandoned. covery Thursday Utah and U. S. sitIn looking at the Third. To reduce fire insurance died and 86 others suffered the torthe unemployed. before tures of typhoid fever it uation a be would not as meet-n- g Week it in rates and hazards. Cotton From whole, in M. Industry A. the Reports Compiled Scott presided discovered seepage from a In many of the industries in an exaggeration to say that women Fourth. To provide for comma was of Observers DemocratUnion the of Trade sewer into flowed pipe drinking and which the NRA labor standards workers have been hardest hit by nity growth and expansion valwater through an ancient defective ic League of Utah Thursday night have almost completely collapsed the abandonment of the code standthus strengthen real property C. E. n the absence of President of a gravity main. Democratic remained in ues to broaden the base for future section women constitute the majority of ards. Those who have Day vice first is Mr. Scott Dittman. Another illustration of the dan- ' havehours taxation. their the employment Democraemployes is xf the leagues Majr,23,"' ger ofnegleet'was found In a lit- (resident held on page 3) cotton "In the (Continued Satisfactory Water Systems oi! industry, tic This 1C8V& in garment South the date West is Utah. was at day Now nearly all communities in tle town in South Dakota when a the convention elect delegates 0 chlorination plant, after not being Temple street. a member of Ma to the Democraictj naional the United States of more than convenFrank 5 Supp, inspected for years, failed to population have satisfactory function dis tion in Philadelphia. There will be No. union chinists local 106, and citizens a of number water systems; a majority of more ill and some died. Numer- cussed the present political situa 16 delegates elected, and each wil than 5,000 have similar systems became lf vote. ous other illustrations might be tion in Utah. He predicted another have due to this PWA transformation. i3 expected that Utah deleIt Democratic for the party cited. victory This transition in American wat in the 1936 elections. He said that gates will be instructed for RooseEmployment Furnished erworks was first inspired in June, velt. labor knows politically inPWA This organized of public outlay 1933, when Public. Works Adminisanc The convention will also elect a Seven-Hou- r have it when they Day Granted Present Wage Scale Is to Be Maintration instilled confidence by of- vestment in waterworks improve- good thing national committeeman and to are sup in well as naturally as going other they ment, departThe in the tained Stabilization Commission Is Established way encouragement fering port Roosevelt who has done so of loans and grants to villages, ments of its program, in the third much I Two Pact for Year. A. For national committeeman for labor. closely to the cities, counties, and states, to in- place, adhered double Labor will not fall for the pro S. Brown of Salt Lake City apmajor objeccrease and purify water supplies. pears to be in the lead, and in fact By A. F. of L. News Service 2. The contract will Last for two paganda spread by New Deal foes he Throughout every state in the tive: is the only avowed candidate movelabor the and without within in To to men First. work NEW YORK, N. Y. The strike years. Originally the operators deput Union there developed comparalocal communities. ment, said Mr. Supp. Intelligent who has announced himself and of over 100,000 anthracite miners manded a contract. tively quickly a multitude of new reabor knows that Roosevelt anc whose friends throughout the state was definitely averted when off! 3. The operators agreed to a maximum Second. To furnish renovated filtration plants, softenforwarding his qualifications. cials of the United Mine Workers more complete check off system employment possible within the the Democratic party are its best areMr. ing plants, reservoirs, distribution Brown is an ardent Roose of America obtained definite con- of collecting union dues and assessfriends. industries. elheavy dams, intakes, systems, piping A buffet luncheon was enjoyec velt supporter. He leaves no oppor cessions from mine operators In ments. The construction program was of evated tower storage tanks, sewage those present at the close olf tunity to tell about the New Deal. the vast hard coal fields of eastern 4. The union demanded a because made it by systems, disposal plants, power great advantage He, perhaps more than any other Pennsylvania. the work week. The new agreeand contractors for meeting. possible useful and like enterprises plants, person in Utah, has delivered more their supervisory staffs. It per The new agreement was reached ment provides the seven-hou- r day up to the erection and installation mitted speeches expounding the principles after a three months conference to become effective during the secthe utilization of construc- Hornibrook Returns water of complete of the New Deal and advanced the which failed to harmonize the dif- ond year of the contract, contintion equipment which would other systems. renomination of President Roose- ferences up to May 1, when as the gent upon the elimination of the wise have continued loss with idle, To Salt Lake City velt. Utah Cities Benefit It is safe to say that at this result of the deadlock a strike was bootleg coal racket which it was es to to the owners due of deprecia waterworks Exact segregation time Mr. Brown is the leading can- scheduled to take place. Negotia- alleged costs the coal operators tion and also charges. It owner oJ William H. projects from other PWA projects furnished carrying tions were renewed at the request $4,000,000 annuallv. work for manufacturers the Salt Lake Hornibrook, who re didate for the national post. is difficult, but the Bureau of City Times, For national committeewoman of Secretary of Labor Frances PerIt was stated that the agreement Economics and Statistics of PWA of equipment and supplies; and it signed his post as United States Mrs. J. R. Rawlins is the only an- kins, and finally a compromise also provides for some form of estimates as a basis of calculation xrtstered activity in the engineer- minister to Persia and Afghanistan nounced candidate, and the outlook agreement was reached. equalizing work. The miners held ing and architectural professions. because the 1936 allotment, totaling Mrs. Hornibrooks It was written in ordinary agree- health, andofso that he might assist is that she will be elected with Following is a summary of the that this would bring about the rewere made for the- conor no opposition. new agreement: employment of 40,000 men. struction of strictly related water- ments between PWA and the com- in reeelcting President Roosevelt little More The new contract also included than a thousand Democrats 1. Present wage rates will be la90 cent of the per works projects, this figure includ- munity that and other Democratic candidates in will be in on the convention continued for two years. Original-- y a provision for the establishment bor Ogden should be unemdone the is by both loans and It grants. ing Utah, returned to Salt Lake City date. Eight hundred of these will the miners asked a substantial of a joint commission of operators estimated by PWA's engineering ployed from the relief rolls within last week. be delegates. The convention will increase in wages while the oper- and miners for the stabilization of division that the total amount of the jurisdiction of the applicant exMr. Hornibrook has made a very attract the anthracite industry. partv leaders as well ators demanded a reduction. construction thus made possible, cept by special exemption. unusual record in the service of his as those many who are planning to throw In this manner on 496,483 furnished men, share the was by including government, and the President i OVER $5,000,000 NON- the community's financing efforts, an average, were given employ- reluctant to accept his resignation. their hats in the ring for nomina- day night. May 1(7. ment FEDERAL PROJECTS on PWA sites during 1934 He settled some of the most diffi- tion to sate offices in convention to It is a well known fact that reached the sum of $247,000,000. clubs have For example in Utah, 53 water- and 284,297 during 1935, a total of cult near Eastern problems while )e held some time in August. The Ogden convention will be a jeen organized throughout the Public Works allotments in Utah to the end there. works projects received a total al- 10,707,311 the to meet for with good place party mass and projects totaled the lotment of $1,966,737. This means of January 1935, including waterstate, conference Saturday night He had a from all sections of the meeting is under the auspices of $5,242,501 to April 1, according to something in pure water to our works and all other types of PWA with President Roosevelt May 1, workers To these workers the day before he left Washington, state. A good place to feel the these clubs. Senator Maw will be a report received from Washingpopulation. It means health, be- construction. He is ex- ton by Allen T. Sanford, State Dipulse. sides construction of these projects went $852,324,699 in wages. the principal speaker. with whom he discussed the near After the Ogden convention it is pected to outline the needs of the rector, National Emergency CounFor every dollar spent on the Eastern problem, and also matters furnished employment to the thou sands of Utah unemployed. site, however, PWA statisticians pertaining to the 1936 election in expected that the various prospec- state and bring forth the issues cil. tive candidates for nominations he stands upon as a candidate for These allotments were for 89 New Community Life estimate that approximately $2.20 the United States. will out into and come having a total estimated-cosThis PWA outlay of public in- was spent behind the lines. get projects busy In governor. Mr. Hornibrook said that he will vestment in waterworks improve other words, the work on the fed- heartily support the Democratic the open. In other words the May Those who are sponsoring the ed. of $9,377,866, the report showments and other worth-whil- e activ- eral project at Fort Peck dam in nominees in Utah in this years 23 meeting will open the season for meeting say that Senator Maw will For Salt Lake county the tabuin ities the first place remedied a Montana, was done by workmen in election. It is to the Democrats Democrat candidates for state of- be asked several dealing most lamentable condition. Tn the that vicinity; but great quantities to nominate theupstrongest and best fices. After that it will be open with patronage, questions, social security lation listed $395,975 for public Imlatter twenties and the early thir- of heavy equipment were brought ticket, and the candidates should be season until the date of the nom- legislation, and the liquor situa- provements estimated to cost forward-thinkin- g convention in August. ties mayors, to the dam from distant points. d in tion, particularly with reference to sympathy with inating To February 1, 1936 in Salt Lake In cities such as Chicago and the Roosevelt councilmen, and civic leaders, were he also beer licenses. Another important program, there had been $129,940 excounty cold stopped by the inescapable Pittsb rgh, other additional work- stated. Gubernatorial Race question that will perhaps be made pended for labor, materials and fact that private capital was un- men were added to the pay rolls to I am not a candidate for any an issue is the enforcement of the miscellaneous The race for the expenses. fabricate great scoops, shovels, political office, elective or appoint- nomination is warminggovernorship willing to invest in minimum womens and law. will wage up The report further showed that government projects, hence no concrete - dropping buckets, and ive, Hornibrook declared. I am 3e in full swing within a few davs. Utah has one of the best mini- to the Public February similar equipment. Up to March 1, going to take a deserved vacation waterworks improvements. Governor Henrv H. Blood has his mum ivage laws in the nation. It Works in Utah had reCommunities attracted by the $1,240,229,337 was spent for ma- before I make program the has anbeen for endorsed of voters lat alreadv in the arena. He by the any plans sulted in expenditures of $907,994 promise of 30 per cent grant under terials and $129,916,127 for other immediate future. I have just pur- nounced his candidacy for 80 per cent of them n the state for labor; $2,382,419 for materials, the original program and 45 per purposes, the largest part of the chased a car and am leaving with the but made been law has never week. last and $101,502 miscellaneous costs cent grant under the subsequent first amount going into the pocket my family for a The governor's strongest oppon- effective, and, as a result, the ex- on 64 trip through Yelone entered 22,000 applications of the wage earner who either lowstone projects. women nomUtah workers of ploited ent Democrat park. vieing for the without pressure entirely of their makes available the raw material He will decide his future course ination. no doubt, will be Senator have lost hundreds of thousands of machinery to enforce the women's own volition for all types of or fabricates it. More than 60 per after return from the vacation. He Terbert B. Maw. He is expected to dollars. The state has had money wage law. projects, including not only cent of the Public Works money may get back into the newspaper announce himself at a mass meet, to spend for almost everything else There are those who blame the waterworks but sewers, schools, . (Continued on page 3) game. ing at the Newhouse hotel Satur but none for the starting of the (Continued on page 2.) able-bodie- On May 7 THE NEW DEAL - non-feder- al palsy-wals- at post-NR- A 70-IIo- - The-mcet-n- 10,-00- Anthracite Miners Reach an Agreement in Wage Dispute one-ha- five-ye- ar six-da- y, 30-ho- ur 0, $169,-631,82- - or man-mont- hs non-feder- al po-Ttic- al t whole-hearte- non-feder- al 6 . renom-inaHo- non-feder- al |