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Show 7 UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936. LABORS NON-PARTISA- Official News WASHINGTON Labors Non- - TRADE UNION DEMOCRAT LEAGUE Governors and Labor Leaders to Attend LEAGUE N PLANS AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN Unemployment Meet rado, have adopted a unanimous resolution endorsing Labors Non Partisan League and asking that the Leagues activities be extended to include organizations of farm- era, small business men and others, E. C. Dittman, president, and meeting will be by invitation. W. secretary of the Cards to be issued as soon as the George James Morgan of Cheyenne, the Trade Smith, Union Democratic date has been set and other Wyo., spent Sunday in Salt Lake League of Utah, are mapping out arrangements are completed. City. lie was en route to attend an active campaign in behalf of to plans the affair the first unemployment compen the Democratic ticket from Roose- willAccording be a regular feast, with eats sation conference to be held by velt and Governor Blood down to and all the trimmings. Speeches western state officials in San the legislative and county nomi- by prominent Democrats, introducFrancisco, September 1C to 18, nees. tion of candidates, music and enunder the joint sponsorship of ReThe plans are to hold a rousing tertainment. gions 11 and 12 of the Social Se rally early in October in Salt Lake You remember the swell meetcurity board. Mr. Morgan attends City with state, congressional, leg- ings we had under the auspices of the conference as personal repre- islative and county nominees as the Trade Union Democrats two sentative of Governor Miller of special guests. years ago well, this will be in the Wyoming. said perhaps same order only on a larger scale. Secretary Smith lan Mr. Morgan is a Look for future announcements. the admittance to the first big Partisan League continues its sweep of progress in the building of sentiment for the reelection of President Roosevelt. Support is growing rapidly in all sections of the country, with! As an indication of how all organizations falling into line everywhere. Labor realizes that branches of labor are falling into its whole future depends upon the line almost unanimously behind reelection of the president. The President Roosevelt, the following Landon record of hostility to labor letter from II. Carl Bluemke of has been further illuminated by the Local No. 58, International and the contradictions tion of Technical Engineers, Archi-o- f the Landon campaign speeches. I tects and Draftsmens Unions is of the In no two Landon utterances has significant. It reads in part as fol bor leader and officialAmerica. Workers United Mine of the G. 0. P. candidate taken the lows: According to information resame position. On May 11, you wrote this local ceived I by the Utah Labor News, The whole situation is typified requesting permission to use our special representatives have been by the G. 0. P. invasion of Maine, name to support and advance the the various goverwhere the Liberty League poured candidacy of President Franklin D. designated by the conference and nors attend to a fortune into the state in advance Roosevelt in the. coming election, states to their respective represent of the Landon speeches, greasing On June 2G we responded by with discussions the concerning during the ways in good old Mark Hanna holding. compensation legisfashion. This episode brought out "It is with the greatest personal unemployment the and problems, policies all over again the Liberty League-- 1 pleasure that I now wish to inform lation, now and being worked I procedures G. 0. P. alliance and showed the you that the body has reconsidered states those out in western hollowness of the Liberty League the matter and now grants the now compenunemployment having cam-1 permission requested with the hope pretense that it is not in the sation laws. These include Idaho I that it will be of service to you at and paign to try to elect Landon. Utah in Region 11, and CaliLabors League is this late date. fornia, Oregon and Washington in Local No. 58 is, in Baltimore, driving home the facts all along 12. Region the line, building at the same time I Blood Attends Governor and Join Two more the toward future and a permanent Carpenters on locals have era union for the gone progressive principles, fight governors to attend Among Membership is growing at a tre- - record favoring the reelection of he conference is Governor Henry mendous rate. With the reelection President Roosevelt, II. Blood of Utah, who recently of the President achieved, labor, I Carpenters Local No. 393 of signed Utahs unemployment through the League, will proceed II Camden, N. J., adopted a resolu-t- o law, which was enacted exert its power for preservation tion stating its intention of sup-o- f unanimously by a special session of freedom and the development of I porting the friends of labor, the Utah state legislature. tne program identified with Roose-- 1 Carpenters' Wichita, Kansas, Invitations have been forwarded I Local No. velt and labor. 201, has also just adoptee to leaders of labor and industrial a resolution stating that its mem-Labo- rs organizations of the 10 states, reI League I bers are practically unanimous in questing, if possible, their attendradio series has brought much their support of President Roose ance at the conference, which will favorable comment. This program velt. The Wichita local has a also be attended by officials of the goes on at 9 oclock E.S.T., each membership of about 200. Social Security board and the Wednesday night, over a group of United States department of labor five stations, including WOL, T AlVmfVIV TTTF. from Washington. Washington; WEVD, New York; Headed by Merrill G. Murray, WIP, Philadelphia; WKQV, Pittsdirector for the Bureau of acting burgh; WCFL, Chicago. The series Unemployment Compensation, began with a ringing speech by other Social Security board offifrom 5) Page (Continued United States Senator Robert F. don the oil operator and Alf Lan cials will include, Robert Ayers, Wagner. candidate for president. T Regional Attorney from Denver, Citiesr not within reach of this don the 7 almost r incomprehensible to Colorado, Arthur A. Kimball, Uny ,r lis I understand the mental gymnastics employment Compensation Expert will write to President Beny aMthat one can accomplish when he and John J. Backmann, from the becomes a candidate for high Bureau of Accounts and Audits of ton. The program runs for 15 0ffice; Save the oil industry from the Social Security board. minutes each Wednesday night and Landon Frank Persons, director of the said 19v22.h. We will have nothing U. S. employment service, for the through the cam-L paign . to do with regimentation and gov U. S. Department of Labor, will SayS Candidate attend the conference for the purReports of highly successful and pose of explaining the operation of enthusiastic Labor Day gatherings! employment ofthought is that Candidate the state-federand their Landon, fices, part in the effecLandon, still league hg the the various state tive of that price operation privately hopeful I headquarters m Washington. laws. structure of products compensation petroleum unemployment Western Pennsylvania witnessed control by The opening session will be preand regulation through the largest crowd that ever assem- wiU continue to be a sided over by John L. Mathews, bled in a political rally; Governor income to the California state unemployment resubstantial f Earle, Senator Joseph Guffey and T j serves commission, and will be adMine Workers District President tV hood-winkbe dressed by by Richard M. Neustadt, Pat Fagan were among the pnn- - those who attempt to hide facts regional director, who will discuss ciple speakers. of words; the behind the smoke-scree- n and scope of the meetLeague Predent George L. Ber- - let us be content in the undenied ing, purpose and explain the necessity for ry addressed a huge throng of La- of im- - efficiently trained administrative that regardless bor Day celebrators at Batimore. President Roosevelt staff and personnel in state unemPractically every state in the perfections, ied industry and ployment compensation functional witnessed some form o cele- - nance the valley and shad-brati- organizations. Heber R. Harper through with members or officials ow economic destruction out into will preside on the closing day durof Labors League the sunlight of reasonable security ing which time the subject of Re participating or cooperating. and witf rapidly developing eco- lations with Federal-Stat- e Employ nomic stability . . . ment Services will be discussed. Lest We Forget Cooperation Leaffue we forget, permit me to Lest In members of Michigan takes place remind speaking of the meeting and you that the brains and 27th in Lansing, accord- of such a conference to the value genujty 0f the Republican party the various state Chairman State unemployment the FiSnV X. who were in power at begin Martel. to compensation administrators, the of depresthe depth Gubernatorial candidate Frank Ljon and to pre labor and to industry, Mr. Harper sufficient not were Murphy and Senator James Couz- - gcrjbe economic formulas which stressed the importance of coopera T??JnfV,iSn would accomplish the remedy for tion between states in the admindress me gathering; are this severe malady if impossible istration of unemployment com SMte' to them then h0W can they be ex pensation laws. In this connection, wS5pC1lr according to Mr. to accomplish recover VIr. Harper said: pected The Social Security Act does now? . . . not establish any Federal system IndusNational the w SJ Virgima League members i j After all, of unemployment compensation. for example, Act, pec0Very was merely an effort to do by leg- - Instead, those provisions of the act what Industry had clearly pertaining to unemployment comOctober 2. pStiI are being made islation from 1929 to 1933 was im- - pensation are essentially enabling proved Under the provisions PpJbMCfrnmherflinCectdflH5S &d possible to accomplish through its provisions. in of the act, certain minimum reiPadPr?hin Parkersburg, Wheeling, Fairmont, nHfj workers do not want to quirements and regulations are Charleston and Bluefield from 8:30 return tooilthe Hoover days of 1932 outlined to aid states in receiving to 9:00 Eastern Standard Time on and official approval of their and the the night of the second. This month rule of day and, I compensation laws from 1932, may broadcast will cover the listening ;he Social Security board. Candidate Landon is neither say? audience of the entire state. When a state law has been of returning to 10 cents desirous Ernest B. Pugh, league chairman crude oil he pro- approved by the Social Security the barrel for per for West Virginia will preside at duces. Nor is the business man nor oard two very important events the rally. any member of society interested take place. First, states with apin going backward during this proved laws may apply for a fedIllinois Labors period of rapid economic change eral grant to pay the cost of adLeague officials are planning an and transition. No person can ministering their unemployment intensive drive throughout the afford to risk a change in our compensation laws, and second, in state following an important con- national political leadership think- those states having unemployment ference in Chicago on September ing people of our society will not compensation laws, approved by 12. Delegates to the meeting were permit it. the board, employers within the told of organization progress in state who are subject to the federal tax on employers of eight or Pennsylvania, New York state and Higher Etiquette elsewhere. Emily Post says it is all right more, established by the Social Seto drink a toast in tomato juice. curity Act, may get credit against The Stenographers, Bookkeepers, After all, perhaps it would be hat tax, up to 90 per cent thereof, Typists and Office Assistants kinder to give the fellow three or contributions made to their state unemployment compensation Union No. 14491 of Denver, Colo- - cheers. I Federa-evasivene- ss well-know- Non-Partis- JUST A REMINDER Herb Hoovers now upon the stump And tells what should be done To bring about prosperity Now dont that take the bun? His four long years were ended With a most astounding crash If it hadnt been for Roosevelt We would sure have gone to smash. an com-jensati- Cal Coolidge, foxy Yankee, Saw the writing on the wall, Said he 1 do not choose to run, And handed Herb the ball. You all know just what happend, Hoover couldnt stem the tide; Now hes backing Alf M. Landon, The reactionaries pride. THOMAS H. WEST. on 1 Non-Partis- an 1 -- 1 oil-opera- tor will-contin- ue -- -- al oil-opera- tor Z ed :! fund for employment, as is defined pensation benefits for a limited for the purposes of the federal tax. period of time as a means of tiding Thus a state with an unemploy- them over for at least a portion ment compensation law, approved of the time pending their securing y the Social Security board, may new employment. Mr. IlaTper stated that he firmly retain that portion of this tax the in believed state a greater understanding the for purpose money pose of building a state unemploy- of the advantages which would ment compensation fund. From this eventually accrue to labor and instate fund, then, unemployment dustry alike would be had as a compensation benefits may be paid result of the forthcoming to qualified workers within the state who may become unemployed. Benefits of Act industrial advantage is gained,, said Mr. Harper, by employers in states not enacting unemployment compensation legislation. States without such laws are merely permitting huge sums to eave the state which might very well be retained for the purpose of protecting workers in commerce and industry. Any of these workers might qualify later for unemployment compensation benefits and, when unemployed through conditions not of their own making, would receive unemployment com No BARTLETT AT TYPO MEETING J. L. Bartlett left Sunday for Colorado Springs to attend the convention of the I. T. U. as a delegate of Salt Lake Typographical union No. 115. This years convention city is at Mr. Bartlett's former home. Walter H. Jones has a sub on the Trib while he is vacationing somewhere in the U. S. I wors fi-um- on on Non-Partis- an - -- r-a- 12-ho- ur Non-Partis- an 50-doll- ar unem-jloyme- Is the Question! Who shall be elected Governor of Utah November 3? Blood, Dillman, or Perry? nt The Utah Labor News observers cover the entire state. They are more reliable than straw polls. They know their onions. The Utah Labor News has not lost a single statewide election prediction in all the years it has been published. Beginning soon we shall compile our observers reports. These will be published in the Utah Labor News. It will make interesting reading. Do not miss these reports. If you are not a regular reader of the Utah Labor News, subscribe today and get the information and facts. |