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Show TV UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. FEBRUARY 12. 1937. it seems to your observer, it is that we need no longer fear ballyhoo campaigns, which are manufac ( Continued from Page 1) tured for no other purpose than to last election, when the daily press frighten the people and take their POLITICAL OUTLOOK of the country was almost solidly lined up against the Roosevelt ad ministration, and the daily press o Utah, with slim exceptions, sought to defeat the Democratic candi dates. The editors went to the poison well once too often; the people go; on to 'them. It became quite ob vious that they were concerned neither with fairness nor politics! honesty. The daily press was once con sidered the great molder of public opinion; it can again become great molder of public opinion only if it removes its present shackles of trickery and mislead ership if it frees itself from die tation by special interests and ! further proof is not even asked. For that reason the road upon which we are now traveling is a road from which we cannot turn back from which even a conser- vative or reactionary politician minds off the real issues. These are the things progres- would not even dare suggest that sive legislators on the Capitol Hill we turn back. should keep in piind and act ac Great Problem cordingly. Hew to the line and re One of the great problems deem the platform pledges first. else. the legislature is the matter Do this above everything the will and (Continued on page 3) help This, only this, elections. in cause future peoples Liberal Legislature control of both branches of Utah legislature. conservatives are The a few in number. However, the message of the last election has reached conservative ears. They The Gateway City know what the people want. And even conservatives pay some heed, at least, when the people express Smelters, Industries if it be- themselves in a positive and defijbpwerful advertisers Novemon as comes honest and fearless. terms did nite Many they of us doubt very much whether it ber 3. and Happy Homes. turns was the Sailors' Union of the I will do so; the profit motive is too The members of state legislaSTRIKE WON TV Pacific. know tures must the that people impelling. ( are watching them. Whether you Thanks Labor Press (Continued from page 1) Good Work The Maritime Federation of the are a liberal or a conservative in liberal-min- d The Pacific the senate or the house you are of thanks the Labor Utah body clear-cgreat No one can deny that the Welcome ed who men News women unself watched. The voters do not are and and 1 being other liberal labor pa-coastdown by the program as laid Best Wishes and Success to wise policy committee smoked out pers for the splendid publicity giv- - ishly interested in the cause of desire their legislators to become Midvale Organized Labor of their campaign the shipowners and laid at their in this workers battle of the cen-- 1 social and economic justice, have forgetful done a fine piece of work in carry pledges. Do not allow your camfeet the responsibility of the pro- iury. BLINNS PARLOR ing on the liberal education work paign promises to become a hypostrike. longed maritime This to all critical votes. The corners to our of state. gesture gain Publicity UNION MADE BEER has been done both through indivi majority of you legislators placed Legislative Notes The employers hired the best talON TAP dual and collective efforts. The yourselves on record in favor of ent available and spent huge sums Utah Labor News has helped the iberal measures, especially those (Continued from page 1) Soft Drinks, Cigars, Candies for publicity, in face, one entire and Tobacco floor of the Matson Building was Charles W. Spence of Salt Lakej work along as has also a few of contained in the Democratic plat-orYou told the people that devoted to grinding out shipowners City has been approved by the the weekly papers in the state fa By D. & R. G. Depot to progress. you were for social security, direct propaganda. The iparitime unions, nouse and the senate, and was sent vorable Midvale In the last campaign the liberals irimary law, and other liberal however, were not asleep, and in Tuesday to the governor for his Friends of Labor their own simple and direct way ipproval. It is a memorial to con-- 1 did a bigger job than ever before. hings. We cannot speak in too glowing will be very difficult for the It did a little publicity work which ,Tess requesting submission of aj egislators to repudiate their promfound a quick response among the aJdTilf effort whkh ises because by doing so they a d rest of the public. The would be confessing that they do and novel use of the radio which o Tabor iSTndX I rorts in coming campaigns, espe- - not mean what they say and that broad Welcome, and Best Wishes to included two nation-wid- e be Midvale Mill and Smelter cannot renot if It is trusted. win to did Present much they legislature c,ially ,the casts, certainly strike T)u tv DenutiM - conceivable deem will the make Democratic that Workers strikers. side of to the the platthey party support nn pledges, and among these en- - such fatal political blunder. L The use of the radio by the strikThe times are altogether in faand -workable direct ers has paved the way for broader hin' passed by 2ty Sfd acts a decent vor j of liberals. Government, both kind It t th and better trade-unio- n programs was sent to the governor for lus Lf mag effort which bringg com. state and national, is embarked on and, eventually, to the day when The bill p f0rt j.be 0pp0Sti0n of progress ;he road towards social security labor will own and control their POT1 4e?day.of employes of a j and gocjaj justice. and economic justice. We at least own radio station. private employer for strike duty there is one lesson which we lave recognized that social securIf Gains or employe. can derive from the last election, ity is more the moral obligation of In the Midvale, Utah siege we gained involving employer estiindus-;rthan of government private points which can never be Registration Law Ralph W. Duvall, Prop. It is now patent to all the mated in the value of dollars and S. B. 28 by Senator Eldred M. workers is H. B. 145 introduced that cannot people private cents, however, by successfully industry FRIEND OF LABOR Royle of Utah county has been by Representatives Mrs. Albert ?rant them security. This has getting written into the agree- sent Jensen Miss re-and of 1 Thelma Garff bill to This the governor. so demands ments those fundamental jeen amply demonstrated that registration with the in- -- Salt Lake City.- It asks for for which we were forced out on quires the commission of all labor or- propriation of $20,000 to the strike will certainly mean greater or unions in the state. I dustrial commission for enforce-I- f EVERY DAY IS FLOWER DAY economic security, happiness and The Best of Luck governor approves the meas-- 1 ment of the minimum wage laws prosperity in the future. The vic- usetheand it becomes a law, it will affecting women, To Midvale torious experience of this Utah has a splendid minimum in the neck for many be a pain much of to is prove going siege Mill & Smelter value to the trade union movement. labor union officials 30 days after wage law for women, and it is Phone: Midvale 49 backed the to State Constitutioa by This siege has also shown very its approval, and in the years Workers I 17 North Main St. It was passed in 1933, but appro Midvale, Utah clearly and very concretely that follow. were made never its for priations the workers must combine correct I enforcement. Dues Collection During all these political action with economic acwhich women B. 19 workers of Utah S. Senator years Royle, by successful. to be are tion if they have and lost thousands of dollars in Utahs Best Good Luck to Midvale Mill and Smeltermen processors employers requires Unity dues and to were withhold worked of farm wages produce Union Mined ungodly After all is said and done, the organized employers were defeated for labor unions, from organiza- hours in violation of the state COOK COAL and Good Lumber laws. The women workers have They were determined 'to break the tions and teachers' associations emMeans a Good been miserably neglected in Utah maritime unions. They failed. They upon written assignment of LUMBER in was or It is about time to do something farmer, repassed failed because the maritime unions ploye stand united in the Maritime Fed the senate Tuesday afternoon. The about it. Phone Midvale 10 eration of the Pacific. The unity amended measure exempts railBuilding Supplies, Paint, of the Federation could not be roads, which are prohibited fromljj q prkflPFl? ATIVI? Mh under Phone union 10 Midvale labor dues broken. We have learned that no withholding Hardware, Hay, Produce I matter how strong any indvidual federal railroad labor act. TO OPEN OFFICES union may be or how strong it may think it is, it is not strong enough I5UmbvtS Special to the Utah Labor News. to face the united employers alone. ChariesB Representative M.5Ramyey Thanks Centra' .uyef orc The maritime workers strength City providing for examination and ra year.s lies in the Maritime Federation of licensing of plumbers passed the Wi sP' warLlected' as'mana ee the Pacific. Fortv thousand work- house Monday by a vote of National Cooperative, Inc., at the ers were put to the acid test in 95 of the board of directors meeting days of inactivity and monotonous in Chicago. picket watches, only a few shirked I Manacture Liuuor responsibility, only a few faltered. and In those dark and bitter hours of P withwe Lake committ! found P. Francis of Salt S'bv7 protection Eynon struggle UNION Printing ieforDetroleum in the strong disciplined ranks of the Federation. Let us preserve, build and cherish this powerful weapon. Let us remain bound by wth the that brotherly slogan, An injury liquors and wines in Utah, andllated tion. Setting up a permanent nato one is an injury to all. pave the way for new Industries tional office will facilitate joint The vote to return to work was and employment of labor. purchasing and make it possible to reported to be overwhelmingly fin extend the purchases of the federfavor of a resumption of work. Interest to Women INCORPORATED ation into additional fields. First of the unions to get its re- Of interest to women wage National Cooperatives, Inc., organized three years ago, is a federation of eleven cooperative wholesale with well The Professional Men of Midvale Extend their I over 500,000associations individual members, Catering to local and firms ana The liberals are in out-and-o- Midvale . . . ut of ut m. wide-sprea- "H li wlfi IlilS THEATRE 95-d- ay y. - ial -- 95-d- PEaelpc Floral Co. ay I COAL HOME LUUrLltiiliT I CENTURY erT PRINTING Utahs oldest largest Plant SS3: Commercial Printers - out-of-to- Best Wishes, to Midvale Mill & Smelter, Workers for a Prosperous Year 1937 ) J organizations who desire Union-mad- e Paper and 100 Union printing. Wishing You Prosperity m 1937, Midvale Mill & Smeltermen MIDVALE GARAGE Complete Automotive Service r A. V. Lindsay, M. D. A. jS J. Hosmer, R. W. Quick, M. p! M. D. Standard Oil Products Expert Grease Mechanics Night Phone 214 Day Phone 48 36 W. Center - A. C. 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