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Show era xt r ut Review Hews and Comment By M. I. T. Self-Hel- p Coops 14& ci COOPERATE SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. APRIL 24. 1936. self-hel- Red THE NEW DEAL self-hel- AN ANSWER TO REACTIONARY CRITICS state funds have been spent in organization work, salaries and traveling expenses" p board Chaiman of the ls Dr Hmrh M Woodward state senator, I'rovo educator, and' chair- man of the Utah county Demo-- 1 cratic central committee. Manager of the board is Heber Bennion, Jr., member of the state house of representatives from Daggett county Neither of these gentlemen have replied to Kiefers open letter,which also questioned the propricty of legislators on the board. A. Walton, director of self- board, said any investigation - Current Events EDUCATE ORGANIZE State Representative Sam F. Kiefer of Salt Lake county wrote a letter to Governor Henry H. Wood. In this letter Mr. Kiefer points out that all is not well with p the Utah cooperative board. Mr. Kiefer says: It would be interesting: to know where the $50,-00- 0 of state and federal funds alleged to have been spent by the p board have gone to; what cooperatives have been helped; how many people have been provided with work; what goods have been . . . produced, and how much of Communist Propaganda Tactics By A. F. of L. News Service A tabloid picture of communist propaganda methods was recently given by Raymond H. Reiss, president of the International Tailoring company, in an address in New York City before the New York Chapter of the National Catholic Alumni Federation. In all their writings and Mr. Reiss said, the speeches, communist workers insist upon the necessity of a revolution. This can best be accomplished through con- Price: 5 Cents Per Copy Federation of Womens Auxiliaries of Labor Conference Convened by Union Label Trades Department of A. F. of L. Mobilizes 2,000,000 Members Large Buying Power of Women Is Explained A Coordinating Some of ts reactionary critics call it a What 8 the new dea raw deal." Others, more friendly, say that it is the only real deathat the people have had in more than a generation, We will endeavor to give the readers of the Utah Labor News in WASHINGTON. ment to unite the general activi(AFLNS) simple terms a picture of something that Is not simple at all. You deal new the of that Representatives of the women's ties of the individual womens auxcourse, know, banks, until in 20 or more states auxiliaries of the national and in- iliary units officially recognized by is a term used to cover the unusual the banks had been tempoparily ternational labor unions met in their respective national and intermeasures for the country which closed. People were making runs were proposed by President Frank- on them for their money, for their Washington, D. C., on April 10th national labor unions. and 11th, and formed an internalin D. Roosevelt and his advisors. deposits, and the banks had to be stant Matthey Woll, president of the sabotage, by tearing down tional auxiliary to be known as the Union Label Trades The presidents advisors were closed to conserve the resources ot existing institutions, by finding American Federation of Womens acted as chairman of Department, not limited to members of congress the institutions. the conferfault with federal, state and local Auxiliaries of Labor. It will start ence and outlined or heads of the various depart-D- . of the Now let us remember that we purposes He assem-hel- p .are still on Pennsylvania avenue on governments; by defaming the le out with a membership of over the meeting as set forth in a rements of government. labor gitimate two million members of the recog- solution passed at the bled about him a group of men and inauguration day. Mr. Roosevelt their leaders asunions, by reviling betrayers of the nized womens auxiliaries of the eighth annual convention twenty, of the would be welcomed. He also claim- women who were selected because has been president for scarcely two working man; by condemning entire American labor movyrnent, Union Labe Trades Department, special or particular-self-hel- hours; he has left the reviewing ed that Kiefer once applied for a of their wages and working conditions re which includes the national and in- held last year at Atlantic City. I. job but asked too much knowledge of the things which stand and, bctrnd the stand, is in gardless of whether they are good ternational unions of the American M. secretary-treasurhandle. o: were called to of Ornburn, upon conference with the secretary they salary. inciting to riot and Federation of Labor and the Rail- the Department, will act as tempNew In New Deal the treasury, and the secretary of or poor; by Mr. Kiefer emphatically denies industrial discord. way Labor Brotherhoods. orary secretary until the regular that he ever has applied for a job,- Here we had the first thing that state, and others. The subject of fomenting Mr. Reiss said the communist A Coordinating Movement convention of the AFWAL, when Hands in new the new deal. the conference was the advisability and opined that Mr. Walton is try- was were well trained and called the The conference was agitators the went in the by horror pres-tioPresiat in president, vice president, all of issue banks the becloud holy the up to quesclosing by ing I idents thoroughly disciplined In workers Union Label Trades Department ary-treasurer and board of dicreating of what was soon dential proclamation. The rough schools established in every im- of the American Federation of La- rectors will be elected from the The annual to be dubbed the brain trust." outlines of the proclamation were Mr. Walton says: city of the country, ex- bor with the approval of the A. F. membership. The conference app coop- - Now, as a matter of fact, away approved. Secietary of theTreas portant report of the state from New York to San of L. Executive Council and the pointed committees to draw up a tending e erative board will be submitted to back in the time of the Roman ury Woodin got busy immediately, Francisco, adding: womens auxiliaries of the Railway constitution and to be subis the the and pire, great senator, Cato, by telephone telegraph, with governor immediately after In every factory of the coun- Labor Unions. It was clearly un- mitted at the next The meeting. end of the fiscal year, June 3. heard suggesting a collegia, or the leading bankers of the country, will find these agitators derstood that the American Fed- sentiment of the women represenShould the governor desire any school for senators. The affairs of calling upon them to have local try you their cancerous doctrine; eration of Womens Auxiliaries of tatives in attendance was unaniconferences all over the country spreading special report or information be- - the Roman empire, which covered in groups of unemployed, in the Labor is not a new womens organ- mous and enthusiastic for the wo-d entire-glaknown were be the then will board and back wire irn ( to world, the the fore immediately, date, PWA, in the CCC camps, in the ization but a coordinating move Continued on page 4) to submit it." ly beyond any individuals ability mediately to Washington. ofThe result was the proclamation army, in the navy, in the post Mr. Bennion, in his statement, to grasp, hence the suggestion for mines and farms in on the the fice, n to men as of which a we his have referred. The declared he had accepted posi- assembling group Kansas governor will have to of President stated a3 his warrant for this platform of communism is to- COURT ORDERS in good faith, but would be cialists in the government throw him off, "or feel Ilearsts the before workers. eing put the first to take steps to correct Romes provinces and to propose that extraordinary proclamation in the ribs? gun White urges ACT WELLING TO the Trading With the Enemy Act the situation when and if proper measures and advise with the Landon to get busy at once, but shall determine it to man lawmakers, of 1917. Thus the President ininformed observers do not expect Let us get acquainted with the voked a wartime measure for a be illegal. The slate supreme court Mon- any response. Political Outlook The attorney generals office is characteristics, or the cast of coun crisis that was of wartime seriousday ordered Secretary of State In now working on an opinion which tenance, so to speak, of the new ness. Milton II. Welling to act upon an The Proclamation will answer the question raised by deal. Utah and U. . of the Volunteer Citi- KIEFER MAKES application You know there are plenty of Mr. Kiefer regarding members of What was the heart of that committee zens that would invoke SECOND REQUEST Compiled From Reports the legislature holding official po- - people who say that the titles of proclamation? What was it intendthe state initiative and referendum Observers of I an new the created deal make measures board the with do? to sitions by Its purpose was to close ed law or to show cause within five State Representative Sam F. a legislature of which they are alphabetical juggle; that if many the banks for a few days so as to days why he should not do so. Kiefer more measures had to be given ti- - give time for congress to pass a has made a second request members. The order was contained in an Convention Date to Governor Mr. Bennion also claimed that ties we would have to pass out of measure to cover the situation. isHenry H. Blood, mandamus of writ The Utah state Democratic ex- alternative R. N. an accounting of the funds asking him the English alphabet altogether, You can easily see that if this had Mr. Kiefer had approached allotsued after Mabey, attorney p on two different occasions and Here we might say that we dont not been done, the rush of depos ecutive committee in its meeting at for the committee, appeared be- ted for the state cooperative board. definitely solicited a position on know of any instance in which the itors for their deposits, together the Newhouse hotel Saturday night fore the court. p boards staff with English alphabet has been put to a with the drain of money from this set May 23 as the date for the Kiefer's first request was conthe Should Mr. Welling show cause, better use than giving titles for country abroad, would have left state convention to elect delegates further arguments will be contin- - tained in a letter submitted last compensation. week to- tho governor.--Thi- s .... letter-"'Mr. Kiefer stated, that he never these, measures., the --banks flat- upon --their- backs, to the Democratic- national conven-j aerTbeftfrethe court May 1 f dead in resulted an has applied for a position with the Just to mention a few of the stateas door nails. We do not like tion and to choose a national com of exchange The secretary recently refused board and evidently those jor measures parsed by the Presi-- ( ments, the last of which was Is(Continued on page 3) and a national to act upon an application by the sued mitteeman Continued on page 2.) Roosevelt adminDemocratic dent diIt also renamed Lyle committee for petition copies, rectorbyof D.theA. Walton, acting istration to aid agriculture, fi board. cooperative ini in the first the invoking step Nicholes PLAN state TO COLLECT the secretary of Mr. Walton said the board would nance, industry, and for providing tiative and referendum. The com not committee. relief for instance, there is the have a report ready before h SECURITY TAX The place of the state conven- mittee proposed to place June 30, unless a special request National Recovery Act, passed by reform before tax legislation tion will be Ogden. The executive ing was made by the governor. congress and put into operation for committee held a special meeting the voters. Special to Utah Labor News a couple of years and then largely Kiefer contends that Waltons ComMonday and decided on Ogden as statement had passed the responWASHINGTON, D. C. wiped out by a decision of the sumenting upon press statements the convention city. preme court. DO YOU KNOW . . . sibility hack to the governor and The convention will eleef 16 deSocial Security that a proposal to postpone collecfor that reason he renewing That France is busy arming his original request. was vote each, to Also, there is the Agricultural tion of taxes under the Social Se- legates with He said that Germany? Sixty freight he wanted to be advised as to the Adjustment Act commonly known curity Act had reached the dis represent Utah at the national armies ofloaded with iron leave I as the convention June 23 at Philadelphia. trains cussion Social A. a This the term had a stage, of Dr. Hugh M. WoodSecurity to triple According tradition, major Her legalitychairman for France Considerable Germany. interest daily and G. specuof Board was life and ef-Chairman then buried under John 1 through of the board, and war scare always has a strong ward, Winant issued the following state- lation is manifested regarding the munition makers, like those of oth Heber Bennion, Jr., project adfeet on business in a great indus- - a supreme court decision, know no but fatherland er committeenational situation of lands, visor, continuing in their jobs. trial country, such as the United Then there is the Emergency ment: The Social Security Board does man. It is reported that leading profit. Both were members of the legisStates. But Europes recent diffi-- 1 Banking Act of 1933, followed by A. are this candidates for ll act not favor the postponement of col position lature which passed the law under which certainly brought the culties That the big Hoover cotton which the cooperatives are operatlections of the taxes under Titles S. Brown, Utah Oil executive, and the world closer to a big war than and the Banking Act of 1935 Moyle, Salt Lake City cooperative has been hit as Uncle ed. it has been since the spring of The Social Security Act was one VIII and IX of the Social Security Henry D.and an active Democrat. Sams treasury looter? According 1 1914 had surprisingly mild reper- - of the most important bills passed Act. The tax under Title IX has attorney been accruing since January 1, 1936, Among others who have been men- to Senator McKellar the federa' cussions here. There was a brief oy either the 73rd and 74th financia COMMENT ON at the rate of 1 per cent of wages tioned for national committeeman government has been a in the stock market a few gress in its promise of wide Aladdins lamp to the American y paid by employers liable under the are Olof R. Michelsen of Richfield, ago when France and Ger- - ic.e to the American people AMERICAN NEWS were nearest to combat, but vidually. provisions of the Title, and is col- former state chairman; A. 0. Cotton Cooperative association, or admin Hoover former of the Provo; Smoot, mayor during lectible of You ganized the Bureau Internal in will bear by mind, of course, it was of small significance. AmerDrive to Free Mooney ican industry, as Business Week that these ats are just a few of Revenue in 1937. The tax under Dr. Vernon of Logan, former mem- stration as part of his farm relie;' San Francisco, Calif. (AFLNS). Title VIII begins to accrue on Jan- ber of the state legislature, and program. set-u-According to the charghas pointed out, is focusing its at- - the many new measures p reeks with fraud. Ira Huggins of Ogden, attorney, es, the A nation-wid- e campaign for the tention on the American market, is Why were these measures neces- - uary 1, 1937. vichave been and state senator. the Farmers liberation among ? of Thomas J. Mooney Be Would Unfair to paying relatively little attention I sary Mrs. Burton W. Musser, incum- tims. A long list of crimes charg- and Warren K. Billings, The Board feels that to postMoney, it has been said, is the foreign lands. set-u- p to life sentences in California serving For more than two months, bad very lifeblood of a nation. When pone collection of the tax now ac- bent national committeewoman, suc-is ed to an organization prisons Mind you its on convictions for complicity in the lelp growers. expected to be a candidate to becomes weather has dampened recovery money stagnant and cruing would unjustly penalize the ceed set-uto Hoover herself the post. Preparedness Day bomb explosion even though business in the first ceases to circulate freely through 11 states and the District of CoHeber Meeks has been chosen as in San Francisco in 1916, has been the arteries of a nation it is just lumbia which have enacted unempart of 1936 was a great deal bet- - too That Wall Streets purse is wide started by the San Francisco Labad for business, and the peo-o- f ployment compensation legislation, the executive secretary of the state ter than in the equivalent months the open to all anti-nedeal lobby- bor Council with the object of enwill of the depression years pie suffer, covering some 40 per cent of the committee. He is in charge of any Another unfortunate condition pay roll subject to the Social Se- state headquarters at the New- ists? Any group of political rack listing the entire labor movement since 1930. Now that spring is on hotel. eteers seeking money to finance in the work. the horizon, the outlook for im- - with regard to money is for a curity Act. It would leave the em- house state executive committee attacks upon the new deal can go The d to arise in which an exag-hel- ployers in states whose unemployin the near future is uation ment compensation laws have been organization was completed at the to Wall Street and get it in huge to be bright. The late floods gerated value is given to the Fight On Silicosis D. C. A concerted chunks. curities busiwhich a bank bases approved by this board under the Saturday nights meeting by add Washington, upon naturally be a blow to foldrive by employers, labor, health ness hopes in some sections, but it its loans to individuals and to busi-i- s terms of the Social Security Act ing to the list of members the Salt That was the exposed to the competition of em- lowing: Delbert M. Draper, That Henry P. Fletcher, chair- experts, engineers and official inimpossible as yet to determine ness associations. Bounti B. Lake Frank Muir, City; how widely their baneful influence situation that called for the proc-wi- ll ployers in states having no such man of the Republican national terests to have silicosis included in lamation of President Roosevelt on legislation, from which competition ful; Nello Christofferson, Brigham committee, has selected a flock of occupational diseases to be covered be felt. with regard to costs of production City; Marl Gibson, Price; David college professors to supply him y State workmens compensation Monday, March 6, 1933. Recovery Is Here Banks Were Failing the tax under Title IX protects Calder, Vernal; Walter K. Gran with anti-neAt any rate, nothing seems able deal ammunition aws and to prevent the exposure ger, Cedar City; Mrs. Frances Ca- and that he has placed at the head of workers to the menace of silica to stop recovery. A brief survey Place yourself on Pennsylvania them. Mae-seThe fact that some 40 per cent llahan, Provo; Mrs. Sherwin of business conditions, taken from pvenue, Washington, of the group Professor O. G. Saxon dust was forecast by the proceedD. C., on i; Logan; Mrs. A. B. Gadd, the most authoritative reports, fol- - March 4, 1933. You are watching of the total workers in employment of Yale? Ibis is a fine example of ings of the National Silicosis in the auditorium of the lows: . the inaugural procession. The new as defined in the Social Security Mrs. Mrs. Iva Deffler, Hinckley; unbelieveable stupidity. George Hobson, Hoytsville, in- labor Department building here. RAILROADS net January president has just been sworn into Act are covered by present state and Mrs. D. W. Moffat, Murray. come was 64 per cent over January, office. Franklin D. Roosevelt has unemployment compensation laws, That the Illinois primary providUnemployment Insurance ed all kinds of thrills? For one 1935, was the best for that month centered in him the hope of the according to estimates based on the Results in Illinois since 1930. Increased railroad people. Banks have been failing last census of manufatures, is sufAlbany, N. Y. The constitutionthing it was a smashing defeat for business for the balance of the year all over the country, because their ficient evidence of the great progLast weeks primary election re- the Chicago Tribune, one of the ality of the New York State Unseems certain, with steel produc- - credit wasnt free enough for busi-tio- n ress which has already been made sults in Illinois put a damper on countrys worst papers which is employment Insurance law was by the court of appeals New rising, and the motor manu- - ness needs. Too much of the funds under the enabling provisions of the predictions of the G. O. P. na- endeavoring to boss both parties. Yorks highest court by a facturers as busy as bird dogs, of the banks, which means the the Social Security Act. tional committee. decision. The law taxes emRailroad executives, however, are funds of the people, the depositors, Will Continue Aid off the record G. O. P. That There was a bitter contest in the of the opinion that more traffic is had been diverted into speculation to provide pools from their admit Knox, ployers leaders between ranks compensation Unemployment disappointment Republican not the entire solution to the rail- - of all sorts. The banks found it laws have been enacted in the Dis- Chicago publisher, and Senator Bo- over the Republican party out- which the unemployed may draw road problems that change in the more profitable to make loans for trict of Columbia, Alabama, Cali- rah, for delegates to the Republi- look? But they solace themselves )enefits. It is regarded as a model federal regulatory policy toward all speculative purposes than for the fornia, Massachusetts, New Hamp- can convention in Cleveland. In with the thought that many for other states in carrying out common carriers is necessary if homespun, ordinary needs of shire, New York, Oregon, Wash- Chicago, Knox came out with an things may happen between now the provisions of the Social Senet is to reach a respecta- - nary business, curity Act passed by the United ington, Wisconsin, Indiana, Utah, overwhelming majority, but in the and November. I ble figure. States congress last year. In making these loans the banks and Mississippi. outside of Chicago, Borah . state, STEEL A remarkable change m received securities as collateral Rumors that other provisions of carried practically everything in That William Allen White, Kanthe Social Security Act, such as sight, and this reduced the major- sas editor, and once a Teddy policy, hailed as a forward step by which were valued at a figure Adopts Union Label all outside observers, yond what they would bring in the grants-in-ai- d An to the states for aid ity of Knox to 70,000. Roosevelt progressive, says WilSebring, Ohio. (AFLNS). has taken place in this industry, open market, and more than their to the aged, the blind, and the deIt is said that Illinois delegates iam Randolph Hearst has thumb- event which will long be considerSince the turn of the century, steel real value. Here was bad banking, pendent children are to be suspend- at the Cleveland convention will be ed a ride on the Landon band ed as a memorable one In the his-- ( Continued on page 4) and the result was the collapse of ed are also without foundation. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 3) wagon and that sooner or later the I self-hel- er n. secret- self-hel- em-th- by-la- I spe-tio- self-hel- I self-hel- 1 - - -- , "- lp commit-teewoma- n. far-reac- one-ha- lf I ed Glass-Steaga- I I con-hyste- serv-week- s indi-man- I p. w I se-w- ill I w r, Ne-ph- con-eren- ce I up-le- five-to-t- I ordi-railro- ad I I ld |