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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, MARCH 12. 1937 8 Editorial IPage ! 2 BULLY WANTS TO PLAY MARBLES Time UtaJhi Ealbor Mews FARMERS BACK ROOSEVELT NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY The attitude of President William Green and the member of the I . The opponents to the Presidents judiciary program received a F. of L. executive council toward C. I. 0. leaders and membership osu setback when the representatives of several large farm organiza- March 14 Thomas II. Bento can be likened to an older bully brother wanting to play marbles with tions announced they were behind the White House. The opponents American statesman, born 178 2. his younger brother. The bully wants to force the younger brother had expected farmers to split on the proposal. to play his way and keeps all the marbles. March 15 Andrew Jackson, sol- Green sent a circular letter a few days ago to all state federations die fore the r and president, born 17C7. committee, and that Pinkand central bodies saying that the time has come when all A. F. of L. NEWS AND COMMENT March 16 -J- ames Madison, Pkl f0r union, national, state and local, and their members, are called upon deecve in" American president, born 1751, aency to draw a line and to make a distinction between the American FederformaUon (Continued from page 4) ation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization. March 17 St. Patricks day. Among the things learned from Christian To have brought This circular put the fear of something into the officials of some thing. one are the follow. days hearing March 18Gr0ver Cieveland, state federations of labor and city central bodies, resulting in exchange ity to Ireland was another and American Presidcnt- born thing. of telegrams between these officials and Mr. Green. The usual craw- greater I. Thirty per cent of Pinkerton be the is than first It greater fish type of reply came from Green to the Utah federation officials. March 19 U. S. senate refused is industrial espionage, In explaining his circular letter, Green said, It called upon these JL and union activities are reported to ratify Vervailles treaty, 1920. nly stranger but greater than organizations, however, to conform to laws, rules and procedure 0f tion. n2bTJ!!4fl0iJi?3 operators. March Ibsen, Nor- the American Federation of Labor. Scientific authorities put the cnpJchaTvoyrcedcSe3e dramatist, born 1828. Where no attempt is made to substitute the philosophy and poliwith truthless snake legend story cies of the American Federation of Labor, central bodies and state 3. Operators in Wisconsin are Irefederations of labor need take no action. Where harmony and coopera- since no snakes ever inhabited listed as watchmen to avoid Wis- Norways Houser Upper land. tion prevail the status quo should be maintained. consin laws week holds the birth Next requiring registration about known There Isnt much The status quo attitude of Green is well known to the leaders! UexceDt7he versaries of three United States 1 nkerton of the American labor movement. He and his cronies want the per ihlt men reported on presidents: Andrew Jackson was ; C. I. of tax the he 0. member unions, but they must adhere to farmers during the Chi- - born March 15th, 1767; James live Chris! striking capita Un craft union policies of the A. F. of L. executive council. strike. cago milk-she- d JWV a g Madison first saw the light March The situation reminds us of a story from one of the southern I . Powerful groups in Washington 16, 1751; Grover Cleveland only states, where they occasionally hang a negro. One morning the resi- - I r' nd RfatM that he was of are lobbying against further grants I lacked speech to be able to say, whmh make the continuance of the "Hello, World, dents of a little town discovered a darky hangingfromalimb of a tree. on March -c- 'Icate'1 18, t'1' ancestry La Follette investigations possible. 1837. breast of dead the man the attached the a waa with Upon placard The committee is seeking $50,000 words, status quo. The residents were trying to interpret the words, difficult to choose it but had no success, until an old school master came to the scene. He from congress, on the basis of its among being these three great lights we looked at the placard and said, It is a long time since I have studied findings to date. have decided to hurdle their anni Latin, but if my memory serves me correctly the placard means that versaries and enlighten ourselves that nigger is in a hellufa fix. I refresh your memory concern-Th- e Ask Arms Reduction ad one The whole thing in a nutshell is this: The A. F. of L. wants the who was born March 20- inff house lower of the Minne- -' C. I. O. members to pay per capita tax to the A. F. of L. affiliates, but name is Hendrick sota 7bis state gentlemans ...... a few legislature days Ibsen it wants to keep it all for its own propaganda against the C. I. O. f , bean kicking up a as its chief living hero, it has a ago passed a resolution memorial-- 1 s awa(a9bnj? paternal interest in his welfare, izing the President and congress ,;bs ,,n Before he died in 1906 he Hut Lindy who left his native land to drastically reduce military ap- for peace and quiet in England propriations; that it should make hlV some very effective . kicking oyernment thought so well of sees no reason why he should be military appropriations only upon I thabe vvas, buried with great This session of the Utah state legislature will perhaps go down in pestered for details of his life the basis of our actual defense the records as the most extravagant in appropriations of any legisla- - while pursuing his favorite pas- - needs; that it exert every effort ad Norway s expense. I to secure similar reductions by I But we should begin somewhat ture in the history of the state. time flying. The appropriations bill submitted by the joint appropriations com-- 1 The tigers of Indian jungles may I other nations, and that the Presi- - aea?er the beginning. His father mittee to the house this week asks for $7,563,395. This exceeds the I not get you, Lindy. but if they so dent rescind his recommendation havnff failed in the mercantile Governors budget by $1,221,786. It exceeds the prospective income for I much as scratch the tail of your for the 'construction of the two business Hendrik put in six very I years as a youth. He studied the biennium by $1,500,000. battleships which were ordered at II plain, thousands would care. be an apothecary, then a doctor, It is a great sum of money in a state yith a population of 500,000 And, did vou ever consider, much $50, 000, 000 each. I I I Meanwhile he persistently tried women and children. harrassed Lindy, that if you didnt men, to I earn a little by writing. In the . will to have will so and and actions mean It increased Somebody , pay keep your mysterious pay. T c n robe midst of his medical course one of unbearable taxes. And these taxes fall heaviest on the consumers, and folks might not be so curious? I WASHINGTON ls plays became a great success. One hundred those least able to pay. After that he devoted his time aPProval of the senate Even the above mentioned appropriation may be increased by an M51!, Around the World - principally to expressing his views liberties clv investicommittees additional two or three millions of dollars in the event the homestead Not many women in Utah will lever flv around the world exemption law passes, and pension payments are enlarged. . widespread violation I of life and people. and Jonj 1837-busine- 20-Hen- 1 ss drick anni-operator- feurc 1 I - - - - - -- ! Ibsens first writings had to do soon turn-trut- h on rotten work free from interfer--1 political conditions, and then tum-TheBut our observation I on unon n bY en.ce will me much cussing and discussing over the noble experi-lha- s employers anded to the small town hypocricies been that most of them are detective ment of the legislators. This will come at tax paying time. The bur- agencies, was where he lived, and social reform on to the handle of some- in general. densome taxes will not be forgotten. No doubt they will be the cam- - hanging coaiJcl1, of most of the time, a broom, I thing ' Wherever vice lifted its ugly Jerat,on I a frying pan, a .scrub brush, he lashed out with words that head Under our pyramided tax system all new taxes fall heaviest upon Some time this month tousle-S- " In announcing the action of the stung, cut, ripped and burned. He the consumer. I I? William Green, upset many a political hypocrites applecart, whipped many a social flick" and tike her ad Ibo and purveyor of putrid profligate THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL REASON " S&SSSS to repufatPr detective injustice until he howled for mernrmin? the world. agencies, and that all state federa cy. Naturally, he was roundly hatltiong of labor woud be cal,ed upon ed as well as greatly admired. Many of those who have not studied the difference in vertical and horizontal forms of trade unions are wondering why John L. Lewis Ibsen once said something that .to work for such legislation before . No Salary Committee for Industrial Organization is making such great strides in the various state legislatures would click today, especially with The headline writers have been a model regulatory bill will be the societies for prevention of building up membership and signing agreements with the largest industries of the country. bavng a happy frolic over the fact sent to the state federations. The cruelty to animals: Men of There are some who wonder why the steel managers did not go to Jbat Clifton E. Rash, a Dos Moines, proposed bill, Mr. Green said, will science should not be allowed to William Green, president of the A. F. of L., and sign working agree- - owa Preacher has decided to work be much more drastic than the torture animals to death. Let them ments. and thus seek to avoid the militant C. I. O. for ni guaranteed salary. but will j Wisconsin law, which requires begin with journalists and There is a good and logical reason. To go to the A. F. of L. big henceforth seek irst the king registration of detective agencies. Hod and leave it to the industry would have to deal with a dozen or more different craft unions " om1 within their industry. By accepting the C. I. O. they deal with only one Lord to prod the hearts of people f see it that the necessary collective bargaining agency for their whole industry. are added, It stands to reason that industry cannot afford to have its heads in negotiations every day in the year. They had rather deal with one . hat may be wholesome practice be Preacher but we doubt its head and be done with it for a year or two or until the agreement ex-- 1 value, spiritually, to the people. pires. These are the reasons why industry is leaning to the vertical form I Tbe laborer n the Lords vineyard of trade union. And this is the secret of success of the C. I. O. in the 15 worthy of his hire. It is not for people who gladly few weeks. good past pay 40 cents for their seat at the .movies to flip the Lords work a dime or a quarter. Ere long it is SOLVING PROCESS TO BEGIN NOW liable to sink in their estimatidn to an affair of small change im President Franklin Delano Rousevelt said: When I retire to pri- - portance. People need wholesome vate life on January 20, 1941, I do not want to leave the country in I standards to measue up to even in the condition Buchanan left it to Lincoln. If I can not, in the brief he matter of paying their preach-tim- e given me to attack its deep and disturbing problems, solve those er. There are 1400 members of the problems, I hope at least to have moved them well on the way to solu- - Rev. Rashs church (1000 active) tion for my successor. It is absolutely essential that the solving process Their best free will offering begin ot once. monthly to date yielded their pas re anti-unio- twined bSfl'h JE""? m mSlaCS; fS In the lafi Labor Flews tor BEST WISHES TO LABOR COMPARE THE COST YOU MUST BE SATISFIED 20 Months to Repay A Complete Loan Service, $300.00 or Less Including Our Single Signature and Auto Finance Plans Listen to Your Unseen Friend at 3 P. M. Every Sunday, KSL PERSONAL FINANCE CO. Continental Bank Building Salt Lake City - Phone Was. 2007 Room 921 Eccles Bldg. 75 East Center St. Provo Ogden Phone 1277 Phone 210 UNDER STATE SUPERVISION Room 405 $252. Goodwill Most Important Forbes magazine for March 1st quotes Leon Mandel, president of Mandel Brothers as saying: The most important asset of this business is the goodwill of its employes and customers, and there is no better way of maintaining this goodwill than to provide shorter) working hours combined with a fair wage scale. Pinkerton Spies WASHINGTON It was revealed at a hearing of the La Follette committee investigating violations of civil rights that the Pinkerton detective agency has assigned men to get information on the La Fol- lette committees procedure from other labor spies who testified be- - The leading labor and social economic publication in the Intermountain states. s. |