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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, SEPTEMBER 8 Editorial IPage 18. 1936. News Xlhe TUtalh Lalbo 2 publican national committee, declared the nation was experiencing a "mirage which some people imagined was "pros- NEWS AND COMMENT perity". (Continued from page 1) Here we have two reactionaries, both eager to place Gov- persons, and the delegates to the ernor Landon in the White House, quarrelling over the eco- State Federation convention should nomic status of the nation, and both are wrong. place them above persons. If this The Sun's estimate of the number of unemployed is far is done they will bring about from this year's convention a program below what the figures actually are, while Mr. Hamilton's which every trade unionist in Utah statement that the country is gazing at a "mirage" is absurd. can support. The truth of the matter is that the nation has made wonNo doubt mistakes have been derful gains during the last four years, and the pace of recov- made in the past, but these should not deter the advancement the ery has been tremendously accelerated during the last few labor movement if a programof and months, with due credit to the Roosevelt administration. But leaders are chosen who will of the gains we still have a most formidable unem- - J operate and work in the interests of all members of .the trade union ployment problem on our hands. The unemployment problem is with us, and it will not be movement. Let us hope for the best. solved until hours of labor and workers pay envelopes are ad .justed to meet the situation. President Roosevelt appears to Rules 27 Years appreciate that important fact. Mr. Hamilton never heard of Had General Juan Vincente Goit, if we can judge by his speeches. mez lived two days longer, he ( , would have been president of VeneIn a world betzuela 27 years. ... WAR DRILL ISSUE UP IN OREGON ter known for short term national leadership than for long, this is inIt deed a wonderful record. For the first time in the history of this nation, the issue the man and for something says of voluntary versus compulsory military training will be decided for his firm when a person works at the polls when voters of Oregon cast their ballots in a refer-endu- for the same business or industrial concern more than a quarter on this question on November 3. The Farmers Grange, Federation of Labor, the official of a century. . . . The same must be true of governments and their Methodist and Presbyterian church bodies, ministers, and peace leaders. . . . What are the condigroups cooperated to secure the 16,000 signatures necessary to tions making this long rule possiVenezuela used to be a place the issue on the ballot. If the measure is approved by ble? until Simon Bolivar of the Spain drill will part the voters, it at remove compulsion from military ied a revolution which ended in the Oregon State Agricultural college and the University of Oregon. declaration of independence July 5. r fight 1811. . . . After many battles he Bringing this question to a vote culminates a against the compulsory feature of war training in schools and was able to be elected president or colleges. Political commentators in Oregon believe that the dictator December, 1819. . . . Vene zuela, originally part of Colombia, support of the referendum bill by farmers, workers, and was called Little Venice because churchmen gives it a good chance of being enacted into law. d in some of the rivers naCompulsory military training in schools should be ban- tives built their homes on poles ished. If the parents would give thought to the horrors of war, above the water. . . . While the we believe it would speed the day of removal of compulsory government had over a thousand schools scattered through !war drill in all schools. vast 400,000 miles, only During the World war, for example, four persons were j iVperenty theMoplecm read killed every minute, 6400 every day for 1550 days. In addi-- 1 and write. . . . Catholicism is the country, although tion, further toll of the last war was 19,000,000 wounded, 0,-- 1 religion of theheld Protestantism, by for000,000 mutilated, 7,000,000 prisoners, 9,000,000 orphans, eigners, is tolerated.mostly . . . The cli5,000,000 widows, and 10,000,000 refugees. mate affected by the altitude, which reaches 15,000 feet, offers a great variety of living conditions. REGISTRATION DAYS - ... m FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT For Governor JOHN N. GARNER For Supreme Court Justice MARTIN M. LARSON For Secretary of State E. E. MONSON For Attorney General I JOSEPH CHEZ S L i 4 . ... five-yea- low-lan- ry .;:v - i For Treasurer REESE M. REESE For Auditor JOHN W. GUY For Superintendent of Public Instruction CHARLES II. SKIDMORE For Congressman First District ABE MURDOCK For Congressman Second Distric J. W. ROBINSON HENRY II. BLOOD IT IS GETTING SERIOUS Things really are getting serious when one faction in a political party begins to throw rocks at the other faction in the same party and vice versa, and at the same time place them-- ! selves as the saviors of the state and dub themselves "pro-- j gressive." Hurling epithets and calling the sympathizers of the other faction names is not creditable in behalf of any candidate for office, nor does it advance the principles of the "progressive' cause the members are supposed to uphold. The brunt of the abuse has been directed at Governor Henry H. Blood. And this without any just foundation. Governor Blood's political opponents, it seems, have coined issues and fabricated propaganda for the purpose of discrediting the good work of one of the finest men and best governors Utah ever had. Absurd" is the word that covers the actions of Governor! Blood s opponents campaign propaganda. We are correct in this definition. For example, a person nominated on the Maw slate for representative last Friday, a few days prior to the state convention which renominated Governor Blood said4 she was) opposed to the governor.' When asked for a reason for her opposition, she said she had no other reason but that the bunch was against the Governor. She further said that Mr. Blood was a good governor one of the best Utah ever had but because the bunch was opposed to him she would stay with the bunch. Absurd, indeed I Is any person of that absurd caliber a fit person to serve in the state legislature, where the welfare of all the people of Utah is at stake? We have every reason to believe that Governor Blood is far more progressive than are his antagonists who dub themselves "progressive." STANDPATTERS ARE WRONG 1 . The country is rich in minerals and oil and has a deep, will be open for the convenience of those who I ductive soil. . . . Despite the fact intend to vote on November 3, from 8 m5t register, if hX.VdU0(S I a. m. until 9 p. m. on the following days. jng from 12,000 (La Guaira) to I . October 6, 7, 13, 27 and 28. 80,000 (Caracas) the country has I been called Gomez' private ranch. Be sure to register and vote for President Roosevelt Con- . . . General Eleazar Lopez . treras, war minister, has been ap- . I Zk pointed temporary president. y FIR W 1 gJ IF IVOR By JOHNSTON When Governor Alf was in his teens He had visions of out where the West begins; His ancestors being saturated with eastern oil Made him more eager to get himself planted on Kansas soil. So here he came, just a big, awkward eastern kid, Looking for plums, the same as all of them did. clan Of course he belonged to the lesser And they have stood by him to the man. He enrolled in school, not too smart, oil-me- ns Learned a little law, enough to start; Then, says he, I know what I need A job as secretary to Governor Allen. If I get that, it is plain to be seen, I can soon get the workings of this state machine; Then I will show these Kansas jays How easy it will be to get underway. So after serving a hitch for old man Allen And gaining all the knowledge a governor would need, Says he, The only way for me to get any place Is to throw my lid into the gubernatorial race. So in he went as an oil man of some renown, But, in reality, a brush politician From a little oil town. The big boys knowing just what they had, And telling Alf just what to say, They really put him over in quite a big way. ,He served that term, balanced his budget with ease But in Kansas the budget is balanced by law, if you please. Then in 1932, I may not be hot, says Alf, But how do the people know? show. I see a possibility for another four-yeBut over the state the common folk were beginning to squeal. Ill knock those nuts stiff, says Alf, Im one hundred per cent for the New Deal. Alf got the nomination with his New Deal pretentions Beat his man, and went over again with one grand slam. Critics of the New Deal made Alfs blood boil; He even praised the administration For saving us small fry and our oil. Then came one Mr. Hearst- He looked Alf over like a Kansas farmer buying a mule Said he, With a bit of rehearsing you should soon Be a post graduate of our little school. So Alf started to criticize the New Deal from A to Z, And lambast all four sides of Franklin D. Now he is again a nominee, Touring and stumping the country to some extent. Pitiable, the only committal the poor fellow has made Is that he would like to be president. . elt the Best Subscribe to the Utah Labor Flews ar The Utah Labor News has received a voluminous edition of the New York Sun, dated Saturday, September 5. The issue is dedicated to the "Survey of Unemployment. The Sun is a strong paper. This particular issue, by its figures, insists that the number of unemployed in industry and trade had been reduced to 3,539,000 arid that there was no unemployment problem in some major industries." The Sun also predicts a shortage of labor in some inAdversity is like the period of the former and latter rains cold, dustries. to man and to animal; yet from thence come comfortless, : In the same issue John Hamilton, chairman of the Re- - on the flowerunfriendly and the fruit, the date, the rose, and the pomegranate. anti-Roosev- Certainly YoulVant It is the real Labor Paper of Utah Both organized and unorganized workers are its staunch supporters. Only $1.50 the Year. |