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Show 8 UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. JULY 17. 1936.' Editorial IPage of TUne Otalh. ILiaTbor Mews general opposition to the relatively uncontrolled financial and economic the squabbles in the Federation family circles have, as a rule, come profiteering in the last war. The Democratic party approved of currency stabilization but not from the Carpenters international necessarily on a gold standard. The party went on record for a man- union sources. It is hoped that for the good of aged currency so as to prevent ide fluctuations in value and to have a currency base which will permit full utilization 'of the country's the cause this scrap will end withFor President resources. This principle in the platform sets the Demoratic party out too much hard feeling and in- For Vice President on the course of managing currency in the domestic field rather than jury. '00 There is one thing about it and placing the emphasis on international stabilization. 1 tto'A v Civil liberties, including freedom of speech, press, radio, religion that is that the international offM ' " and assembly, would be guaranteed by the Democratic platform. Spe- icials, as well as those in the local cific mention is made of opposition to the despotism of communism unions must learn to put principles above personal feelings and deand the menace of concealed fascism." The lhiladelphia platform omits mention of the World Court, the sires. Oi League of Nations, control of the munitions industry and, except for The cause is too great to be sacthe statement that the Democratic party is in favor of a national de- rificed for personal ambitions of ' .i fense system only to resist aggression against ourselves, the plat- any one in the movement. "ir7 form makes no mention of armament limitation. In several points, Railroad Week however, the platform is received by peace groups as decidedly more While Railroad week is being satisfactory than the Republican proposals. The Democratic party program is distinctly in a different tone than the negative, destructive celebrated the human side of the foreign policy of simply opposing the World Court and the League of affair should not be overlooked nor Nations, advocated by the Republican platform. forgotten. The outstanding point in the Democratic platform is the harmony In the history of the winning of between the social security program and the peace program. Time I the west, in which railroading took and again the necessity for having an adequate peace program as ala. prominent place, we should for the social security principles of the administration had I aider the men who toiled in the been emphasized to Democratic leaders. Liberals and peace leaders I blazing sun in the construction of pointed out that in the event of war any program of social security I the road beds and laying of the would be worthless due to the fascistic program necessary to win the I steel, the humble section men who conflict. On the other hand, absence of a planned social security pro-- 1 keep the roads safe for travel, the gram would be a stumbling block to keeping the United States out of I train crews, the shopmen, and all war. Recognition in a constructive fashion of this need will undoubt- - others who make up the human JOHN N. GARNER liberals who may disagree on the eco-- 1 i(i of our great railroad systems, edly sway many FRANKLIN I). KOOSEVELT nomic program of President Roosevelt, but who are united in opposi-- 1 They have been, and still are, a tion to war into the Democratic fold in November. Recent indications I necessary and a very important lave shown that President Roosevelt has become increasingly aware of I Part of railroading. In the STEEL BARONS LIGHT A LOSING BATTLE pressure from all groups regarding his peace program. I tion of the citizenship they should be the first consideration. Confronted with the Reaction is at bay in the steel industry. Besides being the important links for safety of the travelers, POLITICAL CANDIDATES biggest organizing drive in American labor history, steel barons who a principle have thrown down the gauntlet have made carriage of freight and moving of to labor. the necessities of life the railroad This is the season of the year when there are political candidates are of the Organized themselves in one big union of employers they have and near candidates aspiring for nominations for the various offices ityPlife of part reached given every indication of preparing bitter resistance to organization to be named every locality at the party conventions. of their employes. rail. They are important pa- by There is no fault to find with this. It is all m the cards under our trons of the stores Their resistance may become all the more desperate as the and the shops of government. if system battle. a Or, of their cities and towns. losing knowledge grows upon them that theirs is But there find to with those who begin calling the rival is fault I doff my hat to the brave men, they are wiser, they may yield sooner rather than later to historic candidates names and think that only those whom they favor are right I without whom the railroads could necessity. I interests that dominate in I and have the only privilege as office seekers. This should not be. not operate. They deserve the first Great as is the power of theanti-labo- r I I All the of have their well as as honors and consideration whenever ones. one bad another. aspirants good points steel, they have lost fight after day prevailed in the steel in- - Those who have been in office and seek reelection can be gauged by a railroad is mentioned, Only a few years ago, the This can be done in a friendly manner with When demanded labor shorter hours, the employers fought I their past performances. dustry. as if their very existence depended on the day. That, they out resorting to spleen and bad feeling. 52 Weeks Pay a Year The Democrats have three gentlemen seeking the nomination for said, was the only way to run their industry. For awhile their re-- 1 I L. Nunn, president of the Henry governor. They are honorable and w'orthy men. All three of them Nunn-Bus- h sistance seemed successful. But eventually they had to surrender. Shoe company at Mil- The same steel barons fought against workmen's compensation j havebeen in public life. Their past official activities are well known, declared that the com- Jwaukee, v Govemor Henry H. Blood during his first term as chief executive panys plan for and every form of labor and social legislation that has been enacted. guaranteeing its I of the other all the and iron coal and to state, we believe, has done well, considering the situation fairly I employes wages every week in the retain their police fought They attributes of their feudal rule. But step by step they have had to and honestly from all phases. He went into office at the most critical year was a success. There are 672 I I retreat. period in the state s history There is no doubt about this, employes on the company's pay If the Governors record is unfolded day by day from January 1, roll. The steel barons thought they had defeated labor unionism once and for all in 1892, the year of the Homestead massacre. They 1933, up to date, we feel sure that all honest persons will have to I The underlying principles of the time I admit that they could not have done any better under the circum-- 1 each But 1920 strike. in steel same the the after thought great plan, according to Mr. Nunn are next time, I stances and with the tools he had to work with. labor has retreated only to come back more strongly the the workers are entitled to a (that As laymen let us be reasonable and give credit where credit is due. fair share of the selling price of and each time steel feudalism has lost more ground. j This year sees the greatest union wave of all. It sees the steel all the sboeg tbat tiey pr0(luce barons shaken by political defeats in their own bailiwicks and forced and that they should be paid an- iTW"r in aad time, came back really to make one concession after another. It sees labor determination IN L, W 3 AINU rOMMFNT stronger in the incomes instead of hourly nuaI after the rank end, to unionize steel along modern and intelligent lines reach a new I I wa?es file and had woke and finally up f Continued from page 1) Nunn said that the wage of the peak through the Committee for Industrial Organization. It sees the issued a few orders themselves. coal industry, on one flank of steel, almost 100 per cent organized. at this time is to carry out its This extended from the companys employes is 19 down per top threats to expel the 12 interna- to local unions. cent larger than during the year tional unions banded together in In many respects organized la- - ended July 3, 1935. At the pres-bo- r the Committee for. Industrial Or is a good deal like the Demo- - ent rate, he added, our workers, ganization. Among these interna cratic party. They would rather about half of whom are girls, retionals are some of the largest in fight among themselves and each ceive an average yearly income of membership in the Federation, other, than to fight the common $1,199, or $23.06 a week. More than a million members ex- enemy. pelled from the Federation, even Check and Double Check temporarily, would create a lot o: A Personal Matter When Marion Zioncheck entered havoc and ail kinds of trouble. The present division in the Chicago his every movement had order a by ranks of organifized labor is more been checked Naturally, suspension by two railroad ofthe council would be good only un-- I of a personal matter than ficers. But when he arrived at the til final action by the Federation thing else. At least, that is anythe West 63d street station The Democratic party platform submitted at Philadelphia on June convention in Tampa, Fla., next way it appears to me. Of course I policemen boarded the train several to 25 carries a vastly different set of proposals than that advocated by the November, right after the there were conditions which arose keep track of him. Special helph I dential campaign is over, brought another angle into tives were assigned to accompany party at Cleveland. Constructive proposals on international I However, during the suspension the picture. I him about the city. Thats once cooperation, neutrality, trade barriers, national defense, war profits these internationals would have no and civil liberties were incorporated in the party program. John L. Lewis, president of the when Zioncheck was checked and The Philadelphia meeting endorsed the Good Neighbor policy riRrits in the Federation, would be United Mine Workers of America, double checked, of President Roosevelt, affirmed its opposition to war as an instru- - exempt from paying per capita, is an aggressive fighter and dominment of national policy and declared that disputes between nations an? as. at least have no represen-shoul- ant person. He had to be, or he Going Nowhere be settled by peaceful means. In the phrasing of this plank Ration m the convention until the could not have held his organizaA sign could have been hung be settled, tion together and brought the Democrats accepted the principle of the Kellogg-Brian- d pact and lssue wuld v" nto I around the necks of many Fourth- to American themselves continue in such pledged foreign principles .V ZI' PM" joyriders, relations. nfeVn0 On tariffs and trade the Democratic party endorsed the principles o of the administrations reciprocal trade agreements program without d bodies they may same organization as Lewis. In the have found mentioning the program by name. The convention showed a clear untoo early themselves event United Mine Workers is a for derstanding of the need for mutual agreements seeking to lower trade proper reception anywhere from the Federation Green in barriers between nations. The platform, in this regard, accepts the particular as the author of will be out also. economic principle that you can sell abroad only by buying abroad. Bound would indicate. The International Typographical IfOutwardcould In so doing the party specifically pledged itself to continue adequate they speak to us they Union would the affect suspension protection for agriculture and industry against dumping or unfair we place along that urge might veteran secretary-treasurof the all roads competition from abroad in the American market. signs like that one in Frank Morrison. Federation, d Intelligent comprehension of the need for a complete and In the event of the suspension Dennison Park, Corning, N. Y. It . reads: This road does not lead to foreign policy is shown by the inclusion of the national defense program within the foreign policy plank endorsed bv the party. Utah TtwouldTeaveonly a corpor-Thi- of the 12 great international anywhere very rapidly. If you are unions under would ban it also is the first time in recent years that a national political party al.g with the state federa-ha- s mean that a number of interna- in a hurry you are on the wrong admitted that national defense is but one phase of a nations for- - tion, guard and gome of the city central tional unions in sympathy with the road. Drive slowly. eign policy. Under the Democratic platform our national defense sys- - bodies would be unable to function C. I. O. would withdraw from the tem would be simply that needed to resist aggression against ourLabor Official Dies Federation. Among these would be selves. This clearly shows an emphasis upon protection against invaH. Rouse, for nearly 20 Leon all of the Allied Printing Trades sion rather than on defense of American economic interests over the of New York Is Unfortunate It president years a unions. and Workers, Brewery world. is indeed unfortunate that score of others, comprising by far Typographical union No.- 6, popuIt Contrary to the silence of the Republican party, the Philadelphia such a in labor circles should the majority of the Federations larly known throughout the counconvention went on record for a neutrality policy to guard against come atfight this critical time. try as Big 6 of the Internationper capita paying membership. being drawn by political commitments, international banking, or priBut there is nothing particularly the most dominant craft al Typographical union, died of Among vate trading into any war which may develop anywhere. Recognition new in this difference of opinion union representatives in the A. F. pneumonia at his home in Jersey of the need for a positive neutrality policy to guard against the prac- and a desire to dominate. In my of L. council have been the City, N. J., on July 7. He was 68 prestices revealed by the Nve committee in its investigation of banking experience the 40 years as ident and secretary of the Brother- years old and had been in poor during and private wartime trade shows that the Democratic party is aware a member of labor I hood of Carpenters. They have health for several months. of the united interest of the country in a program for keeping out of have witnessed organized for been in and out of the building many struggles war. Control of war profits bv a taxing program is also pledged bv control or dominance, even to the trades The courts may halt us on our department of the Federthe Philadelphia platform. The war profits plank undoubtedly re- extent of seeing several wrecks. ation because of their desire to way, but Union Label buying is flects the findings and recommendations of the Nye committee and Though they were all worked out dictate to the department. Most of the way out! Our Candidates f fc'id - V J hk non-partis- estima-tremendo- us anti-unionis- m 12-ho- ur I 12-ho- ur 1 1 I presi-Republic- an detec-whic- I I d I S I sSnns I site auto-crashe- iflS suc-pend- ed er well-rounde- I s - |