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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JULY 23. 1937. 8 perhaps the organization of the state is most neglected. AiMJ UU1U1UU1 1 Too many of us take it for granted that the state will take care of itself. And yet, if we have principles and ideals which (Continued from page 1) . (Continued from ragel) we believe will help our fellow man, how better put them to mineral 'dusts. (U. S. relief of dependent unemployed workers and their families. work than in the policies of government? Public Health Service.) Even though we are not part of the committee whereby With a straight face he declared his opposition to the so It requires one and called Liberty League, which, he said, was sponsored by rich certain purposes are fulfilled, we can help see to it that the comof live stock to produce one pounds mittee (our representatives) are men and women of character. men who are believers in rugged individualism." pound of meat for the consumer. Moreover, we can work with them by reminding them of the (Meat and Live Stock Digest.) Time and again during his campaign Senator King deprinciples we commonly believe in and by applauding them clared himself in harmony with the New Deal program of Pres when Automobile fatalities during the they do good work. ident Roosevelt. first four months of 1937 increased In taking an interest in the committee at work, we will find 21 per cent over the same period He declared that at all times he would cooperate and work our and our understanding broadening. in 1936. & Surwith the President for the restoration of working and business In knowledgetheincreasing of liberty, equality of opportunity, ety Co.) (Aetna Casualty furthering principles conditions. consideration and peace, we may eventually realize that Because of my seniority and important committee as- justice, The average weight of rubber in in thus promoting the general welfare, we will have been most signments," Senator King declared, "I am in a position to do effectively preserving the best things in life for ourselves. To a pneumatic tire is about sixteen and more good for the people of Utah and the nation than any new leave such matters entirely to even a democratically elected the total annualpounds; itof requires four or output senator and especially a Republican senator, who would at committee" of is not exactly enlightened selfish five rubber trees to make each government every turn try to block the New Deal program." ness. tire. (B. F. Goodrich Co.) The senator stated to Utah audiences that because of the On the other hand, to elect a committee to represent us New Deal and his (Senator Kings) d Approximately 1,000,000 pounds support of and then to criticize and harass them too much is to hamper of coffee and 250,000 pounds of President Roosevelt, more than 200,000 men, women and hem and possibly endanger the welfare of, the general program tea are consumed annually on U. S. children of Utah were saved from starvation and despair. are trying to bring to fruition. they railway dining cars. (Association The Senator asked the voters to choose between In establishing policies and in getting results we will be of American Railroads.) and reactionary Republicanism, and declared by the tried principles of the past. However, if we are he was for progressive Democracy and he was in a posi-t- o guided In 1936, approximately o truly progress we will not consider that all the wisdom perbottles of drinks were real in service the of New Deal. behalf give to government applicable to all ages was given to men consumed in the soft taining S. and an U. Senator King declared himself as opposed to giving the who lived when this than those was more 33 of bottles for every young any average country workers and farmers pittances of charity. He said he was using believed men their British French and "knew forefathers (Food person. young Distribution.) all of his efforts in cooperation with President Roosevelt to it all." The worlds largest open-piron provide work and good wages. He said he believed in giving mine at Hibbing, Minn., has an the wage workers and farmers access to the incomes which they A LESSON IN ECONOMY area of 1100 acres and 70 miles have earned, as a right. of railroad track. The Senator declared that industry and business should be If ever the American people had a clear-cu- t so managed as to provide continuous employment for all and demonstraThe actual cost of living has tion of distribute purchasing power which will enable the public to buy why the Federal government should manufacture its gone up approximately 6 per cent own munitions of war, they had it last week with the announce- since 1934. (U. S. Department of the goods produced by labor and farmers. Senator King said that he was opposed to "rugged indi- ment by the President that the navys two new battleships would Labor.) vidualism" which means the regimentation of the many for the be built in government yards at a saving of some 20 million More than 154,000 people a day benefit of the few. He said he was for the New Deal, because dollars. pass through New Yorks PennsylDie private shipbuilding companies had. a chance to bid vania Station the busiest railit meant freeing the many from the regimentation of the few. The Senator gave these pledges to the people of Utah in on these ocean dreadnaughts. The New York Shipbuilding road terminal in the nation. 1934. corporation offered the figure in round numbers for each ship is limited to a single purpose and The Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation confined to a few How many of the pledges he made in 1934 has he re- of $56,000,000. simple principles said it could do the job for $59,900,000 apiece. deemed since his reelection? Remember, this is July, 1937. which motivate their allegiance. When President Roosevelt found that the government What he proposes, concretely, is Because Senator King has betrayed his supporters back home here in Utah, the editor of the Utah Labor News on July Harts at Philadelphia and Brooklyn had submitted bids of $36, the independent Democrats who differ with the President enter the 17, 1937, wrote a letter to the Senator, calling his attention to p60,300 and $37,265,843 respectively for one ship, he decid next election under the his promises to Utah voters. The letter reads as follows: et to ave one dreadnaught constructed in each federal yard. wing of the Republican comforting party. tota cost eac battleship will be about 20 million dollars Because of the important Administration measures before this Wants Labor War That this plan is not an isolated present session of congress, lest you forget, I remind you of the famous more than these figures, for none of the bids covered the cost proposal hatched in a vacuum is 'Twenty Reasons Why I Am For Senator King, publicized far and of equipment and guns each ship will carry. wide m Utah in your campaign for reelection in 1934. evidenced further by a report in The for the reason 20 million the dollar differential in the New Republic to the effect I before came recoecL for your reelection, I had a conference with you and submitted for your approval 20 bids need not trouble us. The point is that the soundness of that the steel independents, in questions on New Deal legislation. You approved these and informed the argument of a growing nucleus of senators and congressmen their obdurate refusal to make me that you were 100 per cent for these measures. As man to man I that millions of dollars union, constitute the could be saved every year by national- peace with the believed you, with the result that over my signature I of drive against the a spearhead published them izing all munitions was strikingly substantiated. m the Utah Labor News under caption Twenty Reasons President and the labor policy of I Am It will be interesting to recall that six senators and five the New Deal. For Senator King. This publicity appealed to you so Why that That magazine strongly you, through your campaign headquarters, had 30,000 copies of the representatives introduced bills to put all munition manufacture dlso quotes a Washington labor news agency as authority for the front page of the Utah Labor News with this particular arti- under federal operation. Senators Bone, Clark, Nye, Pope, statement cle marked. Do you remember these facts ? that the biggest inIn the face of your campaign promises and these incidents in Frazier, and Lundeen, and Representatives Boren, OBrien, dustrialists want, not peace, but Utah, it is impossible for me to comprehend why you are opposing all Magnuson, Johnson of Minnesota, and Burdick form the muni war on the labor front. They want of the Roosevelt New Deal measures, and labor war to last for six months, especially the Presidents tions nationalization bloc. They need support if the taxpayers and federal court reform plan. are willing to take the necesare to keep the munitions business from soaking the Your activities in the senate have given me losses so that it may do so. sary a heartache, many EDITORIAL non-metall- ic two-thir- ds one-ha- lf whole-hearte- progres-Democrac- y 4,320,-000,0- it whole-hearted- ly ed because I feel that the responsibility for your reelection rests heavily upon my shoulders. It is generally admitted and well known in Utah that had it not been for the active support of the Utah Labor News your behalf, you would not have been reelected. Time and again this has been, and is being thrown at me. My conscience is clear. I believed in you and gave in your behalf the very best that was in me in support of your reelection. It is not my fault that you have failed to do the things that you gave your word of honor to me that you would support. You could not have forgotten a day spent in Ogden from early morning until after midnight, before election, contacting labor leaders m your behalf and soliciting their support for your reelection. Have you forgotten the time and effort spent in Carbon county among the United Mine Workers of America in your behalf? As a reminder of these facts, I am enclosing herewith a copy of the famous article in your behalf, under caption, 'Twenty Reasons WhyI Am For Senator King. It appears that you have not shown appreciation for the work I did in your behalf even to reply to some of theenough letters I have written to you urging you to support New Deal measures as per your POLITICAL OUTLOOK (Continued from page 5) emor. The resolution pointed ou that the leading candidates of both parties have records of labor union opposition. The teachers voted to affiliate with the Labors League for the purpose of selecting a candidate, drawing up an election platform, and organizing a state-wid- e political campaign. Non-Partis- an LAWRENCE CALLS FOR PARTY ABOVE PARTY The appeal of David Lawrence, promise during the 1934 campaign for your reelection. It pains me to write, to you like this, but nevertheless truth must political commentator, for a union be told and campaign pledges should be considered above everything of Republicans and Democrats to else. defeat the President on such issues as relief, court reform and his alleged alliance with CIO has a faThe letter speaks for itself. miliar ring. We heard such appeals Die Utah Labor News has every reason to say that if there when the World war was de ever was a spokesman for the vested interests in the nation's dared. capital Senator King is it. And if there ever was an enemy of theAnd there is no mistaking it unanimity of all the spokesthe New Deal and the peoples interests in the nations men of reaction points unerringly capital Senator King is it. to a deliberate union of the club-cha- ir and the saddle vigilantes for the defeat of the New Deal and the GIVING PRINCIPLES PERMANENCY destruction of trade unionism in the United States. In Europe such a proposal against progress is recWe havi referred to sustaining enthusiasms as interests ognized as fascism. causes and institutions whereby life is made more enjoyably What are the issues ? Mr. Lawrence describes them as follows in livable. The By furthering the program of some movement or institu- 5: United States News of July tion one s influence is lengthened as early man s dominance was Three major indictments stand out: increased when, he lengthened his reach with a club. First, the Executive has by the Of all the organizations whereby men work together and funds and the abuse make possible the furtherance of ideals in which they believe, Ufe the appointing power impaired J r I 1 -- A After half a year of this kind of disturbance, they expect to have public opinion firmly back of them and then, they believe, they can drive labor into its old subjection and destroy the new labor movement. And on the lunatic-vigilant- e fringe of the fascist anti-labdrive is Joseph P. Kamp, founder and president of the Constitutional Educational of New League Haven, Conn., and his libelous pamphlet. Join the C. I. O. and Help Build a Soviet America. Kamp, strikebreaker and former executive editor of the fascist publication, The Awakener, has offered a $1000 reward to anyone who can prove that a single charge in the pamphlet is untrue. To date two claimants, Robert W. Dunn of Labor Research Association. and Frank L. Palmer of Peoples Press, have laid claim to the reward. Kamp is flooding all strike areas of the United States with his scurrilous pamphlet attacking the CIO, and thousands of copies are said to have been distributed. the independence of the Legislative branch of the government, seeking to control the votes of the congress by illicit means. the Executive has Second, to sought impair the independence of the judicial branch of the government by publicly attacking the intellectual integrity of the sitting justices and by seeking legislation whereby political justices would be added in sufficient number so as to assure decisions in conformity with the political views of the Ex ecutive. 'Third, the Executive has made an alliance with a fraction of citi zens known as the CIO, from which his campaign committee in 1936 accepted huge contributions of money, creating an obligation which warps the independent judgment that should be exercised by the Executive and results in a failure to execute faithfully the laws of the land as commanded by the Constitution of the United States. What is most desired, after all, Lawrence writes, is a United Front. Political groups can retain their identity under a formula of Be ready to learn a better cooperation when such cooperation from any man who can tell you.way or BEST WISHES TO LABOR Etogtme Sunipipfly (. DEALERS IN NEW AND USED MINING AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES Office, Shop and Yard 412 South 6th West Wasafrh 3 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH . 00 |