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Show 8 UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. JANUARY 22. 1937. Edlitfcoirmll Tlhe Uttalh oC IPage MAKE AUtfO KILLING UNPOPULAR udices which the companies coulc NEXT WEEK accentuate almost at will by poll cies of discrimination. IN HISTORY When the final figures are tabulated and released, it will In the 1919 steel campaign, labor kfenf R solidarity in a (Looking Forward to Look Back.) probably be found that 1936 was the worst year in our history bad fc,M" au,trisnciden,s were conc?'t were killed. the employes were at the Hundreds of thousands were injured. Property damage ran I gUages, mercy of every sort of rumor and into the billions. that company misunderstanding At least 90 per cent of this ghastly destruction can be as- - Propaganda could promote. cribed to but one thing; the human element. n lm- It is a telling commentary on our driving habits that the I ralffra-tio- since 1919 the stream of Unalmost dried vp. worst accidents commonly occur on good roads under favorable employment and depression have conditions of light and weather, and involve cars in excellent I cut off the avenues of advancement condition. The reason for this is simple enough. Drivers ex-- 1 which used to make room for new aggerate the "safety factors" of roads and weather and car9. groups of workers, e immigrants They take chances. They succumb to the lure of speed beyond iddfe-ag- e ha le reasonable need, lhey pass other cars on hills and curves, learned the language and adapted any weave in and out of traffic and zoom around corners at a hor- - themselves to American life; their rible cost in life, health and property. children, educated in American Efforts to educate these drivers, to appeal to their senses Pucschools, have followed them of reason and fairness and courtesy, have failed practically 00 mso 1936 "aeea a far more homo- per cent. That being true, the next step is a massed public geneous working force employed in opinion that will strengthen traffic laws and traffic patrols, and I the mills than ever before. Differ-n I I 1 January News ILjalboir LABORS BATTLE OF THE CENTURY (Continued from page 1) William Fitt, great the public was becoming aware of 1806. 24 English statesman, died the corporations antisocial poll-ciJanuary 25 Robert Bums, great Scotch poet, bom 1759. The Digest says of Martin B. 26 J. J. he is a native of Marion, 111., that Bemadotte, January later King of Sweden, bom 1764. he attended William Jewel college January 27 Edison patented the at Liberty, Mo., was graduated in 1028, became interested in tlie au- incandescent lamp, 1880. I tomobile workers cause while January 28 First commercial exchange opened at New tor of the Baptist church at Leeds, Mo. Deacons of the church objectHaven, 1878. ed to his labor sermons, so he 29 William McKinley, January late American president, bom 1843. picked up his Bible, went to work January 30 Treaty settled in the Chevrolet plant in Kansas Alaskan boundary dispute, 1897. City. Before this, however, he had his name in the athletic record put Comment on books by taking National A. A. U. A. F. of L. Convention championships in the hop, skip and in 1924 and 1925. jump ' am'z Iartin (Continued from Fage 7) the United Automobile Workers of cs 1 pas-telepho- 1 fines and other punishrnen's w0"', do he work, he must be de I this camoXignan that" union moreTanTmere desire forca the of right to operate a car on public streets and high- organization and labor solidarity than is involved in this dispute. It pnved provide one field on which all the j3 deeply conscious that tfiere are ways. It is estimated that 0 per cent of drivers are reckless, diverse groups can get together inj involved in it fundamental con- cepts of trade union organization, while 90 per cent are reasonably capable and cautious. Will methods and tactics. Such basic that dangerous 0 per cent continue to be allowed to imperil all differences cannot be glossed over 411C1C M U11C i.lvUF WJ the rest of us and to make slaughter houses of our public roads? I born Americans at least that can or shunted aside. It realizes that I INR. match the unanimity of the fra- - a peace which would leave such e temal and groups fundamental issues out of considto the the eration cannot be lasting or support rallying NEWS AND COMMENT ,onIy hPe they are aI1toUjncrease I steel drive1 and that 'is tha of Negro I ficial to either side.1 asnot I 1 I aSmJ aM'forllo? peaking wftVhis Viftwchidren a and a boy, six in a sec- gir, 12, 0nd floor flat of a Detroit suburb, 1 Press Comment Literary Digest devotes more than a page to press comforeign-languagment, both favorable and unfavorable to the union cause mostly favorable. It covers the general sringso the flood menace. labor press, press and columnists. Will Bring Unity (Continued from Page 1) WeNational Association for the them the Among Digest Disfranchisement of 40 per cent I Advancement of Colored People, and balancers, are available Produces Solidaritv the editorial exquotes following the of American of Federation National Negro Congress, the The success of the recent Fra-Ith- e through our schools, clubs, lodges, cerpt from the Utah Labor News: homes and churches Nearly ev-- temal Orders Conference in Pitts- - Workers Councils of the Urban Labors membership at the Tampa This is the year 1937 of the l. eryone knows it. The rub comes burgh registers a fundamental League, the National Negro Bar convention in order to assure safe Christian era and it should be the in getting the patient to take the change that has been the National Negro conduct to the policies of the exec year when General Motors Corportaking place Association, builder-UDDer- s. council, is described by the 'in American life a change that is Medical Association, the Brother-atv- e ation, together with other large hood Car Porters are I employers, should realize that of. of Sleeping and promise, both we ifu11 AmXrmatefotWVfrke waning Glen Frank for union organization and for some of the representative Negro as are in an livinS of collective ? aZe nlaand a bargaining in labor relations. In A umvemtyevidenUycant fire more cohesive labor political organizations that have thrown SmiSlv S d a president without good action. behind the of their weight efforts American ronS the organizing ac- - j the recent election the voted and sufficient reasons. Governor Some hal a milIion Americans the C. I. O. to organize steel and I for eople overwhelmingly 8 1 V!L indus- indstrialdemocracy. Big the part of A. F of LJ onv Frank, president of Wisconsin. His esti-steel industry is variously 1 industrial democracy means freeCom-- 1 to dom for labor to organize and baro4rah Cyf ;85,000; driI'e collectively. gain parent interest in the less privi I .CroatianLs Slovenians'; Lithua-- 1 keep them mostly in the semi-- 1 ganizethemniions Nations of the leged and skilled jobs -d- oing Evangeli- And this The two pripcijafcharges against organized workers. alone' a.nd not democratic pro- V Glen Frank appear to be that he cal? Labonte? Natl0jVlstsTmen 7 na- I cedure 3 the issue, has used university time for f. d wmen L many ion and The c- - L 0. unions, instead of political ? rellgl0,n8 which he is paid $16,000 a year- -to behefsa11 agreed to unite for a engragringr in splitting activities, write syndicated articles and give common purpose the improvement should welcome and support Indus- - masse(j their energies, pooled relectures and that he has not re- tbe nations steel trial unionism whose basic Pm- - sources and did an 'enormous job tbe vealed a proper spirit toward the . Pie. as practiced in the United Mine 0f education and workers union by organization. organization in needy poor. I Workers and other C. I. O. I not was unions, I the thus, always Professional people everywhere by any industries, 13 organization of all workers re-- 1 The campaigns in the steel indus- n will be asking if high salaried bus-- 1 means. For decades big iness executives spend 6 or 7 hours corporations like those of steel gardless of skill, race, nationality, I try, in the automobile industry, ini Its sad to think, declaimed the the rubber and radio industries, theatrical landlady as she presided at the office. The rest of the time have been able to divide and con- - reiilon or politics. . . Ihe bteel Workers Organizing and m ever so many other indus- - over the dinner table, that this They have kept their em- they play golf or monkey with old has given assurance I tries, bear telling testimony to that poor little lamb should be Committee coins or stamps if they desire. Ipler unorganized largely by destroy Pyfs be no discrimma-- l affect. will Some spend their evenings as upon divisions and preju- - that there to cater to appetites. jed just Where the leadership of the rectors on other business boards. I dices which they have encouraged, k!03 n the union, and that it will The comedian saw his chance and to all eliminate discnmina The American-bor- n executive IKbt council paid lip service took it. Its certainly tough! he To a thinking man, a syndicated have been to a paper-thic- k column should not require more played off against the foreign tions on the job. democracy and said mournfully. In sponsoring the American prin- than an hour and a half in the eve- - born, Negroes against whites, ning. If he preferred going out I Catholics against Protestants, and ciplc f equal opportunity, the S and giving a lecture to staying all the different nationalities one W.O.C. and the C.I.O. are also home and receiving one by radio against the other. working in line with economic and social tendencies in the United that should be any mans own I Divisions and Jealousies the forces which are affair. In the past this policy was com- - States To many, the charge that Dr. paratively easy to operate. The bringing working people of all Frank is not sufficiently interested labor force of the steel mills was kinds into closer relation and un- in the poor and needy will sound recruited chiefly from successive derstanding with each other. like the sounding brass of politics waves of immigration. Each wave especially in the light of the fact I of latest-comewould find the are terrified by the that the members of Wisconsin's better jobs occupied by those who Many people of left face to face possibility being board of regents are appointed by arrived earlier. New arrivals in a with Abbe Ernest themselves. thl151ve.Tnor strange country, often with a peas- - Dimnet. , Ihat the governor doesn t wish ant background, they would be easier prey for low-waexploitaDemocracy . . . demands continu-- 1 tion. ous sacrifice by the individual and So jealousies the more- - more exigent obedience to the mor-- 1 o t0 determme the i privileged on the against one hand, and the al law than any other form of govjus ice m the case. the that feeling were ernment. Associate Justice Louis f Jarvard believes undermining wage scales 'on the D. if Siil ?oant Brandeis, of U. S. Supreme to makaproper inqiry.0 Buthe otler Provided fertile soil for prej- - Court. big question before Wisconsin is, Who is there of ability, character and independence that would conWe Wish a Prosperous Year For sider being Dr. Franks successor if he has to bind himself to be the Utah Labor in 1937 universitys 24 hour a day slave ? The 1 S off-han- I lo"ai Su?SK. tahhel .led tw mass-producti- on anti-unio- I I ng I M tie Ms rs In the I s ge Utah new-come- rs Laughs and Cries This unseasonable weather is working on peoples emotions. Some laugh others cry. The salaried folks have been laughing because they could make last years heavy undies and overcoats de Fuel bills of ood and eoal o oil have been light. But what about miners, and drillers, and transporters of fuel? WW about the fm?f growers whose buds come out to be nipped and all farmers only who prefer snow on their land? Can we blame them if tears come ? We American Keene Cement & Plaster Co. Wasatch 7422 Salt Lake City, Utah .abr The leading labor and social economic publication in the Intermountain states. ne |