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Show tlflUKT Review ofi Current Hews and Comment D 7 M. I. T. Teach Temperance It should be the duty of the state authorities to take a lead in teaching temperance, instead of trying to push the sales of hard liquor. Anyone who knows anything at all about light wines arid beer knows that they are tempo re nre drinks. Their consumption shouic be encouraged, and not discouraged. According to my way of think ing, the state liquor commission has done as much as is possible to discourage the sale of light wines and beer. It is certain that the less of the lighter alcoholic beverages that are consumed, the greater will be the o; demand for, and consumption strong alcoholic drinks. Because of this situation, it would seem that the liquor commission would do its utmost to make the light wines am beer more accessible to those who desire them. Especially, 3.2 beer should be at lowed to be sold without undue re strictions. It is a health-givin- g beverage and, as such, the regular tions of its sale should be modified accordingly. Too many donts and not enough do is a dangerous situation in Utah. The way the liquor business is conducted and the undue restrictions on the beer sales are driving many, even temperate ones, to drink bad booze. This should not be. By all means, the beer sales should be liberalized. Rumors of Wars Wars and rumors of wars in Euare Indications rope and Asia. that it wont be long until the world starts out on its second mission to make the world safe for democracy. It seems that the only way out for dictators and monarchs is war. Mussolinis That accounts for fracas in Ethiopia, and that is why Hitler is willing to plunge Europe into another shambles. And that is the reason the military swine of Japan are driving their country to the brink of na- tional suicide. This whole thing is the logical plus development of capitalism, murder. (Continued on page 2.) COMMENT ON AMERICAN NEWS Create Opportunities Because man has not been con tent to sit down at any one stage of progress and say The greatest - goud is- - now gained - civilization has ever moved upward and onward. Here and there old men get tired and dont want to try anything new. So it happens that in busi ness and politics their places are filled with younger, more envisioned, more, courageous and more energetic men. Even the best of the old men are constantly on the lookout for these new men who will enliven r and purify the times. I will Abraham Lincoln said, prepare myself and my chance - will come. So said Theodore Roosevelt in practice. So said Alfred E. Smith. So said Franklin Roosevelt and William Borah and many others. Our difficulty today is not in a derth of trained, capable men. Our difficulty is to choose among other days when edsj many.wasInfor the few, a leader ucation stood out like a giant redwood would in an eastern forest of oaks. Today we have a forest of men of redwood size and so no one is particularly conspicuous. There are hundreds of men public life today as capable by na ture and better trained men than of our honom were fathers who signed the Declara tion of Independence. These men trained in college class rooms and on the gruelling g debating platform have served apprenticeships in law offices and in business before being entrusted with responsibilities. With average people the country over better trained in questions oi the day we can hardly go wrong in selecting leaders of capacity anc character to take the places in offices, large and small, of those with whom we may at any time be come dissatisfied. Young men can still look forward to some period of public service since human dissatisfactions create opportunities. -- three-fourt- hs man-testin- May Be Proud Women the country over' may well be proud of the place one of their sex has filled in political life of our times. Mrs. Hattie Wyatt Caraway, whom the late Huey Long helped to make U. S. senator from Arkansas by sending radio trucks over the state at the last minute, has proven her metal. She has filled the chair of the upper chamber. More recently she headed a committee considering a stream pollution abatement bill. I.yj rxasitr of vimt THE PEOPLE'S PATER EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE VOL SALT VI: NO. 37. Workers Alliance LA srCTJ Proposrf TY. UTAH, stsrrr Milton II. Welling, Utah secre by tary of state, was acquittedEvans Cents Per Copy RED ORGANIZERS Coal Act Is Deifcnded MEET WITH FAILURE IN UTAH Before Supreme Court The Plans to Organize WPA Workers Under Communist Ban ncr Have Been This Fearless Third District Judge I. C. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson Upholds Power of Con of a charge of presenting a fraud gress to Authorize Price Fixing and Establishment of ulent claim upon the state treas Minimum Wages and Maximum Hours. ury. Concluding Wellings third tria of the charge. Judge Evans hel A. F. of L. News Service. right of the coal miners to organ that Mrs. Golda Richards, wife of ByWASHINGTON, D. C. ize and select representatives for After a motor vehicle inspector in Wei exhaustive arguments for and collective bargaining without in lings office, performed services and their of the tcrference the by employers constitutionality beneficial to the state for which against coal stabilization act, the the act provides that when igents, Guffty comshe might reasonably expect States supreme court took ever maximum hours of labor are and for which she shoult United Eensation a claim. the case under advisement with agreed upon in any contract or the probability that the decision contracts between producers of Judge Evans held Mrs. Richards more than of the annot be handed down for will did not have a contract of em- number of weeks. nual national tonnage and repreployment with the state nor lf In addition to guaranteeing the sentatives of more than claim which, if denied, could be of the employes, such maximum The established in a court of law. hours shall be accepted by all code state board of examiners, he held SAGEBRUSH CLUB members. There is a similar two-thir- one-ha- n its discretion could have allowed compensation for her services with out being guilty of intent to defraud the state. 5 Boycott Against Utah Labor News PEEVED BECAUSE MILTON WELLING IS NOT GUILTY HEARS A TALK ON NEW DEAL The secretary, who is not i trained accountant or business ex eutive, sought unconventional ways of accomplishing a purpose in a manner not contemplated by l?w, the court found. vision pro- that wage agreements made in any district or group of districts by the same proportions of the producers and employes shall be accepted as the minimum wages by all code members in such dis trict or group of districts. The act includes the levy of a 15 per cent tax on the sale price II. L. Mulliner, Salt Lake City attorney and a prominent Democratic leader, was the principal speaker at the monthly meeting of the Sagebrush Democratic club of bituminous coal at the mine, though commend- Monday evening at the Newhouse with the Generosity, provision that 90 per cent able as a private virtue, Judge hotel. of it shall be returned to operators vans declared, may become a vice, Mr. Mulliner declared that 99 who abide by the provisions of in the handling and disbursement persons out of every 100 in Utah the code. of public funds. are better off under the new deal Labor Conditions He held it was not established than they were under the Hoover The on both sides rearguments the administration. eyond a reasonable doubt that lated to the power of congress to state was actually defrauded or 'The people of Utah are far betbituminus coal minthe regulate beof was were ter off now than they that the defendant guilty its power, conunder ing industry ntent to defraud. He cautioned, fore. They have more money, they ferred to regthe Constitution, by official a that and more if public lave they ulate commerce opportunities, lowever, states. the among would protect himself he must ex- have more hope, declared the The government contended that ercise the most scrupulous care, in speaker. extending over a long perMr. Mulliner said that there are events complying strictly with statutory iod had demonstrated the interhis in a and re and few leaders keeping Republican requirements state character of collective baroffice accounts. actionary Democrats who make an The idea that an innocent man attempt to broadcast that Presi- gaining in the bituminous coal inshould be made to suffer is abhor- dent Roosevelt has not fulfilled his dustry and its relation to interrent to our finer instincts, Judge 1932 party platform promises. He state competition. The government vans said. It jvould be a regret- read the platform, section by sec- also pointed out that disputes over table tragedy if we should wake tion, and pointed out that the party wages, hours and the principle of up at some future date when pre had adhered to the campaign collective bargaining have often disturbances Mr, Mulliner engendered Jpbor judice shall have subsided. 1q fine promises Jin- detail the defendant had been made the called particular attention to the which seriously obstruct interstate circum preamble which urged drastic commerce, and therefore constituvictim of unfortunate tionally come under the control of in and economic stances or of prejudice." governchange congress. He mental policies. convincingly of facts in proved that the Roosevelt admin- itsFrom the abundance dethe government possession all redeemed the has of istration Political Outlook conto seemed clared proper pledges made in the national plat- clude it that in this industry the form of 1932. We have dedicated, and must scale of pay and the hours of work, Utah For 1936 continue to dedicate, ourselves to and refusal to recognize the right diCompiled From Reports the ideal of honest, efficient, pa- of collective bargaining, have a efof Observers triotic service. Unless we maintain rect, immediate and substantial to that ideal we dont deserve to be fect upon interstate commerce a degree not found in industry in office, said Mr. Mulliner. A Reminder Mrs. Frank W. Penrose, asso- generally. Orderly Processes As a reminder we call your at- ciate chairman of the state comtention that during the last presi- mittee, made a short address and In closing the argument for the dential campaign Senator Reec recited early history of the Demo- government, Assistant Attorney General John Dickinson said the Smoot and Congressman Don Co- cratic party in Utah. oi lton were telling the voters J. R. Rawlins, president of the legislation included in the Guffey (Continued on Page 2) Utah that if F. D. Roosevelt should club, had charge of the meeting. be elected president every sugar factory in Utah and Idaho would DAY - be closed. But somehow the sugar' industry has been getting better and better ever since Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover. Another reminder we desire to give, especially to the Republican bankers, is the condition the banks were in as Hoover was counted out in the fall of 1932. The country was in real danger at that time, and if it had not been for the ac tion of President Roosevelt in March, 1933, this nation, no doubt, would have experienced the greatest financial panic in the worlds Price: MARCH 20. 1936. J" Publication-Orig- inal Exposed by Aims Were for a Government Project Workers Strike April 1 to Be Directed by Leaders of Some of the 57 Varieties of Communist Fractional Organizations. IT IS AMUSING In a report from the Workers Alliance fraction meeting held this week, it was proposed that a committee from the Alliance visit M. I. Thompson and protest red scare articles appearing in the Utah Labor News and to boycott the paper. The meeting was of the opinion that M. I. Thompsons Utah Labor News is financed by the chamber of commerce. Evidently, the organizers and leaders of the red movement are peeved because the Utah Labor News exposed the activities of this organization in its February 28 issue under caption The 57 Varieties of Communist Organization. The Labor News article showed that communist leaders are. back of the project union movement under several names and that they were planning for a government project workers strike April 1. The article also quoted from a booklet by Herbert Benjamin, communist leader, giving plans for mass action against government relief work programs. Because of these exposures, it is reported that the organizers have met with failure in the localities they have visited. The amusing part of the fraction meetings proposal to boycott the Utah Labor News is the fact that communists and their sympathizers had never supported this paper. The Utah Labor News has exposed communist activities in Utah from time to time and because of this we never have expected the communist support and we never expect to receive it. The Utah Labor News is an American institution. It believes in the principles of the American Federation of Labor and its advancement. The communist movement is not in harmony with the A. F. of L. It desires reds to get into the A. F. of L. under cover and then bore from within. We have opposed these plans and will continue to do so. Another absurdity that the fractional meeting brought out is the one that the Utah Labor News is financed by the chamber of commerce. Yes, the chamber of commerce has financed the Utah Labor News to the extent of one yearly subscription to the paper going to the chamber of commerce at the rate of $1.50 per year. It seems that the organizers and leaders of the workers alliance in their desperation are willing to resort to all kinds of subterfuges in efforts to gain sympathy from the citizens of Utah. In this we believe they lave met with failure. Fraction Meeting that an effort be made by fraction A report from a Workers Alli- for C8 Post Office Place to be used ance fraction meeting held at 319 as an alliance meeting place inOwens Place, apartment 6, Mon- stead of the Odd Fellows hall. (Continued on page 4) day night, is that it was proposed -- PROGRAM FOR FETE AT HELPER IS ANNOUNCED 8-IIO- Wednesday, April 1, Is the Date of the Big Event Sponsorec by the United Mine Workers of America District President John Ross Among the Speakers Plenty of Sports for the Children Grand Ball at Night. LETS LOOK AT THE RECORD With the hammerings of the reactionary Republicans, the Liberty (libertine) league, U. S. chamber of commerce, the national manu facturers association, the du Fonts, Mellons, et cetera, et cetera, at the Roosevelt administration, you cer tainly have not forgotten Hoover administration and his rugged in- erty and the profits of property. In 1932 American industrial production was 63 per cent of normal. In 1935 it was 88 per cent. In 1932 employment in America was 64 per cent of normal. In 1935 it was 82 per cent. In 1932 payrolls in America were 46 per cent of normal. In 1935 in government dividualism af they were 70 per cent of normal. fairs. Thee onsumption of Records speak louder than rant-ing- s increased from less thanelectricity0 of big business howlers. to more than 13,000,000,-00- 0 kilowatt-hour- s May we point to a few records from 1932 to of the present Roosevelt adminis 1935. tration? These are results that The number of passengers travtne average man and woman can eling on airplanes increased from point to with just pride. 540,000 in 1932 to 825,000 in 1935, The laws passed during tne and the amount of freight thus Roosevelt administration have been transported increased from 1,600,-00- 0 helpful in our struggle toward repounds to 4,500,000 pounds. The net income of the class I covery. They have been uesful in not only helping us out of the ditch, railroads in the United States for but also in abolishing the probabil- 1935 was the highest since 1931, ity of similar ditches in the future. and the prospects for still further The Record advancement are acknowledged on Let us take a look at the record: every hand. Farm income in the past three Inland water-born- e commerce increased from 32,000,000 tons m years increased by $3,000,000,000. declined from 1932 to 57,000,000 tons in 1935. Unemployment fourteen millions to nine millions. Registration of passenger motor Two million homes, in town and cars increased from 20,800,000 in country, were saved to other own- 1932 to more than 25,000,000 in ers. 1935. , The value of securities issued for The value of industrial producnew and refinancing purposes in- tion has increased from 0 creased from $1,732,000,000 in 1932 in 1932 to more than 12,000,-000,00- John M. Ross, the district presiwill speak at the meeting on at celebration dent, Helper, day was a Salt Lake visitor this week. the day, or in the event that He said, All labor, civic, and social he cant come, he will authorize organizations, are invited to par- someone else to speak for him. of Spratling Mayor George ticipate. There will be good speakers and plenty of entertainment Helper will give the address of welhistory. Yes, Roosevelt not alone saved and sports for both young and old come. A. M. Scott of Salt Lake the banks, but he avoided, perhaps, The celebration is sponsored by City has also been invited to speak to $3,526,000,000 in 1935. in 1935. a bloody revolution. the United Mine Workers of Dis at the celebration. The aggregate annual jncome of imIncreased Profits Mr. Bonacci stated to the Utah There are many things trict 22 in Utah and commemorates Now let us give a few instances law granted to the Labor News that city officials and the American people increased portant things that the voters of i;he first in 1932 to of this increased prosperity which this nation must not forget. miners. The following is the pro- business men of Helper are coop- from $39,000,000,000 $54,000,000,000 in 1935; an increase the nation is experiencing under gram announced by Chairman Bo- erating to make this event a grand the policies of the Roosevelt adminThe Chiselers success. It is expected that it will of $15,000,000,000. nacci : The value of securities listed on istration: F. D. R. speaks frankly. This is 1 :30 p. m. Speaking at Helper be one of the largest celebrations the New York Stock Exchange has The net profits of the American ever held in Helper. admitted even by the biggest busi- city park. on Telephone & Telegraph company increased from within $54,000,000,000 located is ness men of this nation. m. Childrens 3:00 p. sports Helper uniquely coma short distance from some of the December 31, 1932, to $86,000,000,-D0- for 1935 were $132,794,782, A score of big business men who with prizes to be awarded. on the same date in 1935; an pared with $111,167,554 in 1934. are members of the business ad4:00 p. m. Ladies sports, plen- largest coal mining camps in CarThe number of telephones in use bon county and because of this increase of $32,000,000,000 in three visory council went to the White ty of prizes. in the United States increased in House recently to tell the president Mens horseshoe many of the miners working in the years. 5:00 p. m. Commercial failures in the Unit- the past two years by 650,000. what they thought the government pitching contest for prizes. nearby camps reside in Helper. Walter S. Gifford, president of should do about various economic It is expected that good fellow- ed States have dropped from 31, 6:00 p. m. Soft ball tournament 822 with liabilities of will the $928,000,000 and financial problems. a company, recently stated tb his and spirit worthwhile cooperative for ship prizes. One point on which they laid 9:00 p. m. Grand ball at Rain- be created by holding the big April in 1932, to 12,185 with liabilities stockholders and to the public that the forces of depression are on great stress was the necessity of bow Garden. Music will be fur- 1 celebration in Helper and in Sep- of $264,000,000 in 1935. constructhe wane. There is every reason cutting federal expenditures and nished by Rudy & Dennys Rhythm tember the Labor Day celebration tionContracts for residence increased from $250,000,000 in to expect that a widening demand balancing the budget. Kings. All are urged to attend the at Price, thus working together all Roosevelt listened good natured-l- dance. The admission will be 50 the towns and citizens of the coun 1933 to $550,000,000 in 1935; and for telephone service will be experg permits increased ienced in the future. The fact that and silently until they had cents for gentlemen, and ladies tv will be working together for from 27,000 in 1932 to 40,000 in there have been substantial net their mutual interests. Then, for 30 minutes, he free. 1935. gains in the number of telephones gave them a straight-from-th- e The debt has in service during the past two shoulder reply that left them gaspdeclined from $21,000,000,000 in years is impressive evidence on You can send the Utah Labor News to your friends ing. 1931 to $18,000,000,000 in 1935. this score. Government spending to relieve each for three months for only 25 cents for subscription. Wealth Has Increased In 1932 the Bethelehem Steel conwill he said, unemployment, to access the Boost progressive cause and give your friends tinue. It will continue as long as , The total wealth of the nation company had a deficit of $19,404,-43has increased by more than the facts other papers dare not print, by using the trial subwhile for 1935 its net profit such aid is necessary. You might since the advent of the was $4,291,253, a gain of more as well make up your minds to scription blank for new readers, elsewhere in this paper. ' Roosevelt administration, in spite than $23,600,000. that. Do it now! of the false claim of its enemies In 1932 the Anaconda Copper I know some of you gentlemen that it is seeking to destroy prop (Continued on page 3) (Continued on Page 2) Frank Bonacci, chairman of the $31,000,-000,00- 00 0 y fin-she- d. home-buildin- urban-home-lo- an 1, An Honorable Son Charles Evans Hughes the third, was honored recently by being elected to Phi Beta Kappa at (Continued on page 3) |