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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH OCTOBER 16, 1936 Editorial IPage o Tine Utali For President CWC' , News IL.atoor states on record for the Committee for Industrial Organization and against the splitting suspension action of the A. F.,of L executive council to an imposing total Before the suspension, nearly every state federation that met went on record for the C. I. O.s aggressive program of in dustrial organization. Georgia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Ten nessee, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Ken tucky one after another disregarded the councils opposition to the C. 1. O. and voted for a larger labor movement. The one or two federations, such Maryland, that failed to get into step with this parade of the states, showed such a vigorous and large minority fighting for the C. that they did little to allay the alarm of the ole a(l a ren xh j s they learned to be doubly true when they saw the Republican and Wall street courts hastening to knock out every law that the ministration has Roosevelt ad passed for the benefit of city workers and farmers. It has been noticeable that the daily press has lauded the courts and condemned the President. The slander and abuse and vili fication that has been directed at President Roosevelt, from the sources that the exploiters control, should convince every member of guard. labor of the necessity of organized whole movement Threats of suspension followed, lest the their votes in behalf of uniting the unorganizec Roosevelt and those local candi-date- s join the march of industrial organization into And the first state convention to note these industries. for executive and legislative threats, Wisconsin, reacted at once. It demanded immediate positions who are in sympathy dismissal of the charges against the C. I. O., aid for the C. I. O, with the Roosevelt program. For Vice President h craft-controll- ed . tf - 'y sS ... M "X&Jk "f- v organizing drives in steel and rubber and a real effort to pre vent the split threatened by the executive council. Vermont also wired its protest. The council took no heed, but shortly thereafter deliv ered its splitting blow against the whole movement. It orderec a million members driven out of the A. F. of L. September 5. The rank and file of the A. F. of L. could hardly believe their eyes when they read the news, and almost every labor body that has met since then has demanded a reversal of the councils splitting action and lifting of the suspension. The Iowa federation was the first to protest. Then fol lowed West Virginia, with a thumping endorsement of the C. I. O. and all it stands for. Then Connecticut, California, In diana, Arizona, Minnesota, Utah all asking the council to re store unity by lifting its illegal and unconstitutional suspension. Illinois and Ohio, where craft majorities averted a direct slap at the council, indirectly rebuked its splitting policy by compromise resolutions urging unity. In New York and New Jersey, resolutions of protest failed of passage, and other state conventions avoided the issue altogether. But as against the 22 state conventions that have endorsed the C. 1. O., protested against the suspension or urgec unity, not a single one has endorsed the councils splitting suspension order, Add to the state federations the hundred or more central labor bodies in most of the important industrial centers; the succession of recent international union conventions - hotel and restaurant, teachers, brewery workers, bakers, Pullman porters, not to mention all the C. I. O. unions; and the hundreds of local, district and other labor bodies that have joined the chorus of condemnation They all total up to an almost unanimous vote against the council, on the part of A. F. of L. bodies that have met since the suspension. - D. ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN For Governor JOHN N. GARNER For Supreme Court Justice MARTIN M. LARSON s' : For Secretary of State , , E. E. MONSON x For Attorney General ) y ij JOSEPH CHEZ . : ifJ&'tf'TX lHA H ' " f f For Treasurer REESE M. REESE For Auditor JOHN W. GUY v'fv For Superintendent of Public Instruction CHARLES II. SKIDMORE For Congressman First District ABE MURDOCK For Congressman Second Distric J. W. ROBINSON IIENRY H. BLOOD NEWS AND COMMENT (Continued from page 1) out interference from the employers. The Utah recovery act was the first in the United States to be States Thousands of firms furnishing supplies to the United passed by any state legislature. Walsh-Heale- y Other states took the Utah law as government were placed under the provision of the a pattern to follow. Six or seven Federal Contracts act on Septeember 28. The act is an attempt to outlaw sweatshop labor conditions other states adopted similar reacts. in industries which share in the vast business orders of the gov- covery is It highly important to remem ernment. Contractors and others subject to the act must estab- ber these things and give credit lish a week, refrain from employing child labor, pay where credit is due. Without fear of successful conthe prevailing wage rate as determined by the Secretary of LaGovernor tradiction bor, and provide safe and sanitary plants. The child labor pro- Blood has I claim that 100 per cent cooperated female vision stipulates that no male person under 6 and no with the New Deal legislation, and has gone further than the goverperson under 8 may be employed. The act applies to contracts in excess of $10,000. It is es- nors of most of the other states in timated that contracts covering at least $400,000,000 and cooperating with President Roosevelt. Because of this we are sup7,000 contractors, will be affected by the provisions of the new porting Governor Blood. THOUSANDS OF FIRMS UNDER LABOR CODE 40-ho- ur 1 1 law, thus protecting several hundred thousand workers who have hitherto been subject to low wages, long hours and insanitary workshops imposed by unscrupulous sweatshop employers. It is said that textile manufacturers comprise about 20 per cent of the contractors. These concerns, notorious for bad labor conditions, sell the government millions of dollars worth of army and navy uniforms, bed clothes for veterans hospitals and many articles used by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Farmers and distributors of farm products are exempted from the measure. Legal experts believe that the constitutionality of the act is unquestioned, the supreme court having already decided that the federal eight-hou- r day law applied to government work was valid and that the enactment of the law providing foj the day and minimum wages on State contracts was within the ' province of the Kansas legislature. Walsh-Heale- y bill the last to The was proposed congress by the Roosevelt administration after the supreme court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. It was designed as a means of preserving at least a part of the Good News Latest news from Washington is good news to members ized labor. It is to the cut-thro- at 7-- E an Non-Partisa- E E E 5 E E or 9-- 5, 3-- 4-- by 50,000. In Los Angeles betting is 1 on Roosevelt. Detroit betting odds are 5 on the President. 1 St. Louis has money on Roosevelt. In Salt Lake City there is even money that Roosevelt will carry Utah by more than 65,000, and 1 odds that he will carry the state 2-- 8-- 2-- 2-- y 50,000. I the gubernatorial race in Jtah odds are 1 on Governor 31ood being reelected. Even money On 2-- offered that Bloods plurality BAKERV UNION STANDS FOR CIO PITTSBURGH. The (UNS) Bakery and Confectionery Workers International union, at its golden anniversary convention in Pittsburgh, went on record protesting against suspension of the unions of the Committee for Industrial Organization as a serious menace to the unity and solidarity so necessary to the labor movement in America. The convention urged the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to rescind its suspension action and refer the issue to the next convention of the federation at Tampa. Delegates of the bakery workers were instructed to vote against ousting the C. I. O. unions. For Industrial Organization The Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union has supported industrial unionism for more than three decades, the officers' report pointed out. At the last convention of the A. F. of L. its delegates voted for the minority report favoring industrial organization of the industries, as advocated by the C. I. O. unions. The officers' report struck sharply at the executive councils action against the C. I. 0. It declared that to threaten, suspend or expel in a mandatory manner a disagreeing minority of the size of more than of the entire movement is a colossal, if not a criminal blunder. The convention unanimously adopted a resolution favoring of President Roosevelt. rd -- f t f Of Course You Do! If you have not contributed to Labors E League campaign fund to reelect Roosevelt, do so now. The money is needed. E Non-Partis- Non-Partisa- E 2-- I E E E 5, Do You Want Roosevelt Re Elected!? A papers of Utah regarding league forms Dill-- E man for governor club, we issue a warning to the mem-n bers of the Labors League of Utah to be-- E ware of candidate endorsement propaganda. n The only objective of the Labors for 1936 is the reelection of President Roosevelt. League Our League has not, and shall not, endorse Dillman nor any other candidate, locally, ip Utah. Each officer and member of the League is left to choose his local candidates according to the dictates of his own political intelligence. We urge the reelection of President Roosevelt, and e support of those candidates for political office in Utah who are friends of the President, and are supporters of his New Deal program. In order to make the New Deal pro- gram function properly in this state, men and women must he elected into executive and legislative offices who are supporters of the Presidents program and who are pledg-- E ed to cooperate with his humanitarian program and princi-- E non-partis- - 8-- 5. one-thi- E To All Whom It May Concern: E Because of misleading lines in the Republican News-- E 6-- -- Robert J. Henderson of Kenilworth has been named deputy state coal mine inspector this week. The state industrial commission made the appointment upon the recommendation of the United Mine Workers of America in Utah. The appointment follows a special allotment by Governor Henry II. Blood of funds for this expense. mass-producti- warndng I reelection. Wall Street odds started at even money in January, climbed to 6 and 7 5 on Roosevelt in June, The morning then mounted to after radio speeches by Knox, Roosevelt and A1 Smith, the odds shot up to 12-with Republican money slinking into dark corners. Arde Bulova, watch manufacturer, has $200,000 at 1 on Roosevelt. Except for the $18,000 at the sum remains uncovered. Ileywood Broun predicts odds will be 1 or 1 on Roosevelt before election day. There is even money in San Francisco that Roosevelt carries California by 275,000, and the city of San Francisco by 50,000. In Seattle betting is even that Roosevelt carries New York state by 150,000, and Washington state DEPUTY MINE INSPECTOR NAMED will be over 15,000. Even money breach has been approaching. was offered on Blood that he will This will be welcome news to all Salt Lake county; similar members of the trade union move- carry has been offered that the money ment, for there is no necessity of Governor will carry 15 of the a brek and it could profit none states 29 counties. but the enemies of the workers. Industrial unionism is a natural development of changing industry. Typo Auxiliary It is to be hoped that the news soon will come of the reaching of At the meeting of Womans an understanding, and that the No. Auxiliary suspended unions will be seated in Jnion No. 115 16 to Typographical at the home of Mrs. the Federation convention with a E. there were Morris, Monday, voice and vote. That news would spur the mem- 20 members present. Mrs. J. T. OConnor gave an inbership and officials, of the A. F. of L. to the greatest advance that teresting report on the activities of the Womens Legislative Council, has been recorded. Organized labor is on the march; and Mrs. Park reported on the the flashing of news from Wash- meetings of the Union Label . is a net; one finds it ington of unity would inspire it on eague. Mrs. R. F. Aveson presented a fullMemory the way. of fish when he takes it from transfer to this auxiliary, which the brook; but a dozen miles of was accepted. Mrs- - H. H. Wessman water have run Deserves Support through it withwas initiated as a member. out Oliver Wendel sticking. In the growth of the labor movePlans were perfected for the Holmes. ment, President Roosevelt has been a factor for which the workers may iimniimuMiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu well be grateful. It was section in the NRA that brought confidence to hundreds of thousands to organize who previously feared to do so. Under the Roosevelt administration workers felt for the first time Emimiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiimmiimimmimiiiiiiimimiiiiimmimiiiiiiimmii; ur labor gains of the NRA. Under the law prior to the enactment of the act, contracts were awarded to the lowest responsible bidder with no stipulation regarding wages,- hours and other labor conditions. The result was unscrupulous competition for government which was to perpetuate of the universal business, tendency of conditions sweatshop employment. Now, the government has the power to require contractors to conform to certain minimum labor standards. Act was strongly urged The passage of the Walsh-Heale- y of Labor and last Federation the the American congress by upon the entire labor movement. It will be enforced by Secretary of Labor Perkins, who has already issued a set of regulations closing a number of loopholes for violation of the law discovered by the National Association of Manufacturers and other anti-labemployers organizations which vainly sought to prevent the enactment of the measure. of organ- effect that there seems a greater chance for peace between the Committee for Industrial Organization and the American Federation of Labor executive council than since the Betting Odds Betting odds favor Roosevelts activities of the organization for the ensuing year. Mrs. W. A. Parker, who is chairman of the committee for distribution and sales of the W, I. A. Christmas stamps, now has a supply of them and one can secure as many as desired. Boar in mind that these stamps are 100 per cent union made, and they can be placed on the backs of letters and packages, just as other special stamps are used. They can be used at any time. And do not forget that the proceeds from their sale all go into the fund for the building of the W. l. A. Home. There will be a bridge luncheon on Wednesday, October 21, at 1 p. m.- , at the home of Mrs. J. F. Rhodes, 555 Kensington avenue. Mrs. M. H. Davis, Miss Fannie Burgess, Mrs. Jack Shewell, Mrs. J. M. Melvin, Mrs. J. W. Hilton and Mrs. II. A. Valentine will be assisting hostesses. Members and their friends are invited to attend. an A contribution to the Roosevelt campaign fund will E bring you a membership card in the Labors n League, and a beautiful lapel button. The amount you s send will be used in the campaign to reelect President Non-Partisa- Roosevelt. E Send your contributions to the Labors n League of Utah, 24 South Fourth East Street, Salt Lake Non-Partisa- City, Utah. Use This Form Labors Non-Partis- 24 South an E E E League of Utah, s Fourth East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. E Enclosed find $. as a contribu- tion to the campaign fund to reelect President Roosevelt. Please E have my name entered as a member of the Labors E League of Utah, and send me a membership card, and a lapel but- - s ton of the League. E Non-Partis- pies. Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, October LABOR FIGHTS FOR UNITY E (Signed) FRANK BONACCI, 1 2, 1 936. President. One of the things about which these United States seem E M. I. THOMPSON, Secretary. (Signed) Septembers pretty united is unity of the labor movement. many state federation of labor conventions bring the total of aiiiMiiiimiuiiiiiimmiiimmiiimiiiimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiinmmi Name....;, Address.. E (Paid Political Advertisement) niiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip. 5 t i |