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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. JUNE 25, 1937. LAIIOR ON ITS THE MINER FORWARD MARCH (Continued from page 2) tire assemblage lined up to collect free barbecued elk sandwiches and punch. The luncheon was sponsored by the Business Mens club and the elk was donated for the occasion by John E. Booth. Afternoon hours included women's races and an exhibition of plain and fancy shooting by 0. L. Becker, Ogden marksman. While Spanish Fork and Dividend forces tangled in a baseball game, the more peace-lovin- g celebrants attended a motion picture. Tintic high school and Spanish Fork bands presented programs. Dances at Edge-wat- er and Arrowhead resorts climaxed festivities in the evening. He combed the hills through storm and heat And dragged a burro at his feet. And carried gold on bended knees, Then saw it turn to pyritese. 700-pou- tile ate his meals from frying pans, And slept at night on desert sands, And dreamed and dreamed of wealth to come, Then saw them blasted one by one. i He pierced the heart of the biggest hill And took the jar of pick and drill, And made old nature, with all her might Bow down to man and dynamite. i He made these mighty mountains shake And yield their wealth to build this state. Hes a man and none is finer 1 lift my hat to the sturdy miner. S. D. CIIEZ LAUDS UTAH MINING INDUSTRY (Continued from Page 1) valley of Tooele and the rich Oquirrah mountain bodies. What a stupendous enterprise is before us. Our state is a mining state it is not an agriculture state, for we have only six per cent of tillable land, but instead the Wise Creator made us the storehouse of the nation. The mining industry has the largest payroll in Utah and it furnishes more than three-fourtof the total tonnage originating in the state. 210 Known Minerals There are 210 known minerals in our state, metallic and However, only a very small percentage of the. states mineral wealth has been brought to development, but new innovations are constantly being made and new wealth is being discovered. In 1932 Utah ranked first among all of the states of the union in silver, third in copper, third in lead, fifth in zinc and fourth in gold. During the past 60 years the mountain ranges have yielded base and precious metals at an estimated value of two billion dollars. One of the most remarkable features of Utah mining is the longevity of the states mineral deposit. Utah mines which have been mined as long as neighboring states have a capacity of producing more lead and silver today than they have produced any time hs non-me-tall- ic. What Thrills Youll Get Cooking With An ELECTRIC r ROASTER It does all kinds of cooking and baking. An entire meal can be cooked at one time. BARK CITY MINERS UNION ELECT OFFICERS HUFFAKER during the CO years of production. Mineral Wealth is our duty to do everything It we can to foster our primal and major industry by development and legislation in order that we may realize our highest nd opportunity. Only a fraction, and a email fraction at that, of mineral exploration and developments have thus far been made in cur state. There re- PARK CITY Charles Snow, Sr., was elected president of the Park City Mine and Mill Mens union No. 99, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, a C.I.O. affiliate, at a recent election. Other officers named were: William Kershaw, vice president; F. L. White, secretary-treasure- r; Lynn Rockhill, conductor; Sam Pentico, warden; Peter Kovac, two-year N. R. King, trustee; tor; James Barrett, tee; Grant Neel, two-ye- ar audi- one-ye- ar trus- one-yeauditor; Lawrence Robinson and F. L. mains a wealth of mineral riches White, delegates to the Internayet to be discovered and developed tional convention at Denver in within the confines of the state to August. enrich both the state and the na' The new officers will be installed tion. No wealth acquired is cleanin July. er than that from our mines, for it early does not impoverish anyone but enMEMBERSHIP OF C.I.O. riches all. UNION DOUBLED OIL We rejoice at the progress we have made, but we must jealously KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UNS) guard and safeguard the mining with membership doubled Meeting industry for it is the largest tax- in the past year, the convention payer we have. of the International Association of Industry and Labor il Field, Gas Well & Refinery In the construction of this Workers of America great tunnel may there be no and enthusiastically unanimously adopted a strike or strife to mar its comdeclaration of faith in the Completion. I have faith to believe mittee for Industrial Organizathat peace and harmony will pre- tion, to which the union is afvail between industry and labor, filiated. and I am sure that it is not a Credentials were received for blind faith for we have recent evi- some 300 accredittd delegates, a dences of many amicable and 100 cent increase over the per peaceful labor adjustments which previous convention. at first appeared hopeless. I have Most of the increase in union always believed in American fair membership has occurred during play. If we get men together the past three months, according around a table to talk over their to union officials, particularly since differences and appeal to their the C. I. O. organization drive reason and fair play as well as the started. innate sense of justice, peaceful Adolph Germer addressed the settlements can and will be obtain- convention on behalf of the C.I.O., ed. an his speech was received with It is important that, industry it- an ovation. self, the government, the law, and Reaffirming its affiliation with political institutions keep pace with the C.I.O., the unions resolution changes in economic and living also reaffirmed its declaration of conditions. The day is past when faith in the C.I.O. and of belief in enlightened executives want to use the principles of industrial unionthe military power of a state or ism. It expressed to the C.I.O. nation in suppressing industrial and its chairman, John L. Lewis, disturbances. In other words, reaour sincere thanks and appreciason is winning over force and must tion for the help they have given be recognized in our economic life. us in our attempt to be of service to the workers of the petroleum industry. Stuck! Smith noticed a quarter on the floor of a big store. After glancing AMALGAMATED ENTERS cautiously around to see that no WORK SHIRT INDUSTRY one was looking, he took out his NEW YORK (UNS) The Amalhandkerchief and dropped it on top of the coin. gamated Clothing Workers union He then picked up the handker- which began a campaign in 1933 chief, but the coin stuck firmly to to organize workers in one of the the floor. He stood up hastily as most sweated industries in the he heard a shop assistant approach country, the manufacture of shirts, have now extended their activities him. section of the inExcuse me, sir, said the assist- to the work-shi- rt A Now union agreement was ant. that you have tested the dustry. our would of famous powers signed recently with M. Fine & glue, to care a Sons Manufacturing Co., Inc. The bottle? you buy ar 3 firm has plants in New Albany, and are still going strong. A. F, Ind., and Paducah, Ky., and em- or L. organizers, in retaliation, are ploys 1300 workers. resorting to methods that would In its announcement, the Amal- make a scab blush with shame. gamated called workers' attention They are approaching superin-- . to the fact that The Five Broth- tendents in both San Francisco ers Pleetway Work Shirts are and Los Angeles, telling them that made in the Fine factories and if they dont hurry and lino up have the union label. with the A. F. of L. that C.I.O. communist outfit will come along and force them to sign a contract." C.I.O. WINS AGREEMENT More than 45,000 members have FOR 4500 SHOE WORKERS enrolled in C.I.O. unions in southern California in the past five PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (UNS) Some 4500 employes of the Selby months, Dalrymple says. Shoe Co. at Portsmouth, Ohio, have won shorter hours, vacations with TRANSPORT WORKERS pay and union recognition, under a contract signed by the company with the United Shoe Workers of the C.I.O. Weekly hours are reduced from 50 to 40 under the contract, which also provides for for overtime, seniority rights, and adjustment of wages. time-and-a-h- alf CALIFORNIA S.W.O.C. WINS BETHLEHEM PLANTS LOS ANGELES (UNS) A maof Bethlehem steel workers jority at the Los Angeles and Vernon plants have signed with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and have made application for a local charter. There are about 1000 workers employed at both plants and the warehouse. LIST VICTORIES IN NEW YORK CITY By SAUL MILLS NEW YORK (UNS) Signing of the contract betwen the borough Rapid Transit company and the Transport Workers Union in New York marked a milestone for organized labor throughout the country. Ever since its birth in 1901, the I.R.T. subway company, largest intracity transit system in the world, had been the backbone and model for company unionism. A three-yea- r up-hi- ll fight by the (Continued on Page 4) IF THIS IS A C.I.O. UNION I WANT TO JOIN SAN FRANCISCO (UNS) Is this a C.I.O. union? If it is, I vant to join, but I dont want to sign up with anything that belongs to the A. F. of L. This and similar remarks are made daily in the office of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee in San Francisco, according to William Dalrymple, field director. California is moving rapidly toward C.I.O. organization, he says, especially in the Los Angeles section. Oakland also is one of the progressive centers. Since wo started our steel drive in California, we have taken in nearly 15,000 S.W.O.C. members Now available in Steinies 12-o- z. the more convenient bottle, and 32-o- the nomical FINER BEER Handier Bottles Jum- z. bos bottle BEST WISHES TO LABOR HANSEN LIME & STUCCO CO. Plaster Lime 170 Cement WEST 17TII SOUTH Stucco Sand, Etc, HYLAND 1036-103- 7 Happy 4th of July to Miners & Smeltermen HUISII THEATRE ENTERPRISES Modem Theatres in Utah and Nevada Star, Eureka; Strand, Helper; Star, Payson; Lyric and Kinema, Richfield; Kinema, Kanab; Hunter and Elvada, Elko, Nev.; Star, Mt. Pleasant; Angelus, Spanish Fork; Star, Gunnison Best Wishes to Utah Labor It costs very little, too, with our new low rates and Extra Electricity at Half-Price. See them in our store UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. W estem States Grocery Co. One of the Largest Users and Shippers of Utah Products If You Should Die Tomorrow Would There Be Ample Funds To See Them Through? 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