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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MARCH Political Outlook COPPER EXCISE TAX in Utah ami U. S. cop The 4 cent copper excise tax, I tion of the copper mines. The no ; and consumer a is which has been in effect since 1532, per industry vast mere user of machinery, has permitted the orderly liquida-l- a of lumber are used fo amounts counthis in stocks tion of surplus I timbering, great quantities of coa try. Large quantities of which enand oil are consumed in smelting were dumped here prior to its dc the operations and by railroads in haul actment. Protected from excess freight to the mines and cop ing effect of foreign iressing iroduction and lower costs, the per from them to its destination. is Jnited States copper industry has Extension of the excise tax are to those if sential employes difflculable to correct the materials the to continue produce is and faced was which it ties with st now to continue, the excess tax which are consumed in the produc-muof copper, be extended, for tho threat tion abroad is now of Lower Taxes just as great, if not greater, than the was in it ever past. With the copper industry pro the taxpayers in the copper tected, I Foreign Opponents using states, and in lesser degree em-- 1 excise tax the to throughout the United States, may Opposition anates mainly from copper produ- - look forward to a substantial low-ce- rs with large holdings outside the ering of their taxes as mining States who are prevented erations expand because the valua-frotion of mining property increases selling their foreign-produc- ed copper in this country. Only greatly with the operation of the one fabricating company has taken mines, steps to prevent reenactment of the duty and that company is con-- 1 U. S. Workers , . , . Protect trolled by a large metal producer J of the domestfc wFpeJto- with the great majority of its min- ocate( outside the TT8,tPrttieS dustry may continue, extension of the excise tax on copper is essen tial. The question narrows itself e Ores down to whether an excise tax to If excess foreign production is protect United States labor is allowed to seek a market in the wanted or not. Without protec- United States, copper producers In tion, foreign indentured and peon this country will find it necessary iabor foreign governments, and to mine only their highest grade foreign capitalists will benefit to ores m the detriment of those dependent ore, leaving the the ground. This will cause a Up0n the domestic industry for great wastage of natural resources their livelihood. Shall the employ since ore, once left behind in min ment of American workmen be pro-- ! ing operations, can seldom be re tected or is it more desirable to covered later. protect the dollar that has gone abroad ? Cheap Wages Whereas laborers in South ft jg Up To You African mines are paid the ridic- i3 ft y0ur duty to write to your ulously low wage of 25 cents a day, confressman and senators and urge United States laborers are paid a them to support continuance of the wage of about $6 a day which is Copper Excise Tax. necessary to their infinitely higher standard of living. Compiled From Reports of Observers -- es-be- en J over-producti- on ed op-Unit- m Low-Grad- I low-gra- de I SUPREME COURT Wonder Why? Many members of organized la bor are curiously wondering why the leading officers of the Utah State Federation of Labor appear- ed before senate committee hear ings to oppose S. B. 58 by Senator Royle. This bill would have pro vitied for a few of tho most pre vailing industrial diseases in the state compensation act. Your observer has received number of letters regarding this matter. In reply we can only say that it is a hard matter to under stand when a labor leader appears in opposition to an important labor bill. This, in face of the fact that the Federation convention is on record in favor of industrial diseases being added to the present state statutes. We note in the printed proceed ings of the Federation annual con vention held in 1930 in Eureka, among the officers reports, the following: Vice President Robert J. Henderson reported the following: . . The following bills were approved by the executive council tor preparation for presentation to the next legislature: . . Reintroduction of previous JI. B. 4 (Workers Compensation Measure). . . . Again we find in the annual report of Paul M. Peterson, . presi dent of the Federation, the follow ing paragraph: We recommend that the Compensation Law be amended as was proposed by the piece of legislation introduced in the 1935 session in the Legislature and known as House Bill No. 4. We note under heading, Report of Committee on. Officers Reports, the following paragraph: H. L. Miles of Metal Mines No. 55, Secretary of Committee of Reports of Officers, read report recommending that reports of 'all officers be accepted. Reommenda-tion- s concurred in. And there you are! Help Workers Employes in the machine tool (Continued from page 2) industry, in the forests of Oregon k to per-tr- y eeSaes and Washington, in the coal indus- - xUr?lnv and state U ofgam-an- d county in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado of zatlonsorgamza-an- d Membership New Mexico; of the railroads, Men Who Dare of the public utilities in the tlon.3 aad individuals on a The be will Democratic .basis developed. party of Utah states, are particularly de-- 1 paying Another important matter is the needs able and courageous leaderon successful the operapendent holding of mass meetings where ship and workers. It needs men the supreme court issue will be and women who do not hesitate to thoroughly aired and further pres speak out in behalf of the sure put on senators and congress- lumblest, nor fear to declare themLabor For Easier men who are plotting to defeat the selves in opposition to the wealthiest and the mightiest when necof the people. will and for that paint job to essary. Telling Congress make the old bus look new We must have men and women Organizations and individuals who have not yet expressed their who are not SiS nor wishes in wires and letters to their dodgers. Those who would hit representatives in congress will be straight and who are able to take without wincing when necesencouraged to do so. The Leagues expanded program, sity for action comes their way. Our Democrat spokesmen should approved by the convention, will Paint & Fender Works as include active assistance to state )e as forthright as Jackson and as branches in drafting labor bills and determined as Jefferson. Utah 719 South State needs just such men and women in Was. 6341 farm and social legislation. A little farther ahead is the ie Democratic party NOW! placing of candidates in primaries for the next congress and seeing to Keep the Faith A it that they are elected. The enemies of the Demoarch Lues Cash Coal Stop Judicial Dictatorship cratic party in Utah are whetting Write your congressman! & Wood Co. their knives to split the party of Write your senators! Jackson, Jefferson and Roosevelt. The enemies are jubilant over the The Best Coal at CLEVELAND FEDERATION the Best Price existing differences in the DemoDROPS C. I. 0. UNIONS cratic party. They have been all smiles during the legislative ses-- ( Ton i2 or By Sack; Continued on page 5) Kindling, Blocks and Logs Pressure CLEVELAND, Ohio on the part of William Green, presLUE JENNINGS, Mgr. ident of the A. F. of L., caused the 138 E. 8th So. Was. 3917 Cleveland Federation of Labor, by TYPO AUXILIARY a vote of 294 to 111, to suspend all WILL ENTERTAIN FRIEND OF LABOR local unions affiliated with international organizations affiliated Womans Auxiliary No. 16 to with the Committee for Industrial union No. 115 will Typographical Organization. home of Mrs. M. the entertain at Best Wishes to Labor L. Hamson. 1086 South Fourth Going Fishin East street, Wednesday, March 24. Two elderly men, both extremely Luncheon will be served at 1 p. met on a Dave deaf, m., followed by cards. country road. had in a. his Milwaukee fishing pole wagon. Assisting hostesses will be Mrs. When he saw his friend Jim he H. A. Valentine, Mrs. W. A. Parker, Mrs. V. E. Johnson, Mrs. C. stopped the horse. A. shouted Jim. Coin, fishing? Rodberg, Mrs. F. R. Miller and M. I. Thompson. Mrs. Dave Im fishin. No, replied, Union Made for 85 Years Members and their friends are Oh, said Jim, I thought meb-b- e you was goin fishin. cordially invited to be present. Owners and Exclusive Distributors of BEST WISHES TO UTAH MINERS! ALTA CLUB GINGER ALE, LIME RICKEY, WESTERN SALVAGE & SUPPLY CO. I ques-copp- er side-steppe- 19. 1937 c. I. o. PROGRESS GREEN CHARGES C. L. U. WITH LABOR SYMPATHIES (Continued from Page 1) COLUMBUS, 0. (UNS) Symvictorious strike of pathy with tho tho United Automobile Workers Immediately after the agreement had been reached between the Steel Corp. and Carnegie-Illinoi- s the C. I. 0., Gerald Swope, president of General Electric, announced that the corporation would meet March 15 with the United Electrical & Radio Workers of the C. I. 0. for a collective bargaining conference. The union has recently established itself firmly in General Electric plants. It has won an election at the big Schenectady plant, where the company union wTas subsequently dissolved, and has made considerable headway in other plants as well. The U. E. & R. W. has been bargaining collectively with the com pany at Lynn, Mass., Fort Wayne, Ind., New Kensington, Pa., and Schenectady, N. Y., plants, but the March 15 conference is the first national collective bargaining that the C. I. 0. union has engaged in with the company. LONG BEACH, Cal. (UNS) Union revognition and a preferential union shop have been won by Union Demands Local 9 of the Industrial Union of The union requested such a con- Marine & Shipbuilding Workers, in ference after a meeting of repre- an agreement ending its long sentatives of all G. E. locals at strike against the Craig ShipbuildThe Schenectady on January ing company. company has 17 plants and about 60,000 employes. Union demands include: (1) ex- A MEMBER OF MAILERS UNION TAKEN BY DEATH tra compensation for night work; (2) 10 per cent bonus rate; (3) emGeorge Miner Leonard, age 55, ployes to be considered permanent after six months; (4) elimination a member of Salt Lake City Mailof the Bedaux or group ers union No. 21, died March 15 incentive system of payment; (5) in a local hospital of unknown He was at work Sunday right of appeal of new job value causes.in the night of mailing room of a loelimination reclassifications; (6) cal when he was taken affecting continuity ill publication pregnancy rule ' was and to his home at taken inof service; (7) 809 He was taken avenue. First crease; (8) special bonus for em11 to a. m. Monday, the at hospital not less than five years ployes of 6 p. m. he died where at profit-sharin- g in last participating The deceased was born in Salt distribution. Lake City November 27, 1881. In James Carey, president of the the of the old Salt Lake the& busidays U. E. R. W.; Ed. Bunting, ness agent of the Fort Wayne lo- ater he was employed there as cal, and Alfred Coulthard, business stage hand. He was also a member of the Stage Employes union agent at Lynn, have been named No. 99. union representatives for the conHe is survived by his widow, ference with General Electric. Mrs. Anne Sproule Leonard of Salt Lake City; a step daughter in In Peace Denver, and two brothers, Earl Willie My greatest sin is van- Leonard of Midvale, and Ralph ity. Only this morning I looked Leonard of Portland, Oregon. into the mirror and thought, How Funeral services were held handsome I am. Thursday in the Neil ODonnell St. Peter Go in peace. To be mortuary chapel. Burial took mistaken is not a sin. place in the City cemetery. 16-1- 7. so-call- ed lOc-an-ho- We Welcome Labor as Members UTAH CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION QUALITY GROCERIES 860 South Main JUST PHONE MANTYLA SPARK LING CARBONATED WATER, WHITE SODA NELSON-ANSO- Was. N 314-31- 5 CO., INC. 130 Pacific Av. Salt Lake City, Utah, New and Used Mining and Industrial Machinery S. FRIEDMAN, Mgr. Wasatch 9826 A FRIEND OF LABOR 119 West 2nd South ur YOU SHARE IN THE PROFITS rs BEEM General Motors was charged against the Columbus Federation of Labor, in an attempt by Francis J. Dillon, formerly Wm. Greens appointee in the auto industry, to revoke its charter. enThe auto workers strike was dorsed by the local unions represented in the Columbus Federation by a vote of 39 to 7. President Green of the A. F. of L., and Dillon, were denied the right to lift tho charter, however, under a court order issued by Judge C. J. Randall, and the central body by a vote of 51 to 2 refused to accept the resignation of President George DeNucci, a sympathizer with industrial organization. All officers of the local Federation had recently been reelected. against -- - FRESH MEATS Wasatch 4864 WE DELIVER EASTER GREETINGS ERNEST LAMBOURNE, Florist Flowers and Greeting Cards 67 South Main Greeting Cards for Every Occasion Phone Wasatch 1516 They Scatter Sunshine 2S BEST WISHES TO LABOR ASK FOR R3i?i?flGim Meatt IPnec Served At All Leading Fountain Lunch Counters ALSO TO TAKE HOME FROM BAKERY AT 1142 SO. STATE A Best Wishes to Labor fflemenway & Moser Co. Cigars That Satisfy Robt. Burns Van Dyck - Corina Wm. Penn White Owl |