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Show Page 8 UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, NOVEMBER 19. 1937. Editorial IPage Tine Uitaln Liatooir News 2 of the earnings of U. S. Steel and Republic Steel for the third quarter of 1937, as compared with the like quarter of 1936 The earnings of U. S. Steel increased 125 per cent in this period (Continued from Fage 1) while those of Republic decreased 2 per cent. Tom Girdler of Republic Steel may look like a hero to than 25 years he served District 22, U. M. W. of A., as its dislabor-hatin- g h other malefactors of great wealth for his He has had a hand in every wage trict secretary-treasurenegotiation of the United Mine Workers in Wyoming and Utah fight against unionism, but he looks like a sap to any intelligen man. during all these years as servant of the workers. He is a man business In their resistance to collective bargaining, he and his of peace and believes in strikes only as a last resort. kind are merely trying, at great cost to themselves, to dam up a If the members of the executive council will heed the voice river of that will eventually and inevitably sweep over progress of experience, and listen to the wise counsel of the acting pres them. ident, they will profit by it, and will pass it on to the rank and DITORIAL last-ditc- r. -- file membership for their benefit. After all is said and done it is experience that counts more than anything else in labor leadership, providing that the experience is not abused to the detriment of the movement. There are no born leaders they are schooled through actual experi- EVERY MAN A SOLOIST By DR. CHARLES STELZLE ences, hard knocks, abuse, and some pleasantries. The aver Executive Director, Good Neighbor League rank file and seldom member in leader age appreciates a good the movement. God likes variety. lie never Hello will you give me a The editor of the Utah Labor News has had personal contwo hand? made alike things any exactly Mr. with tact Morgan for a number of years, and he can say neither birds nor beasts, nor Sure, the traveler replied. And without fear of successful contradiction that Mr. Morgan is not blades of grass, nor men nor then he added: Arent you Doca but he is in the movement because he loves his women. tor Cadman? He had heard Dr. and desires to make the lot of the Of the two billion inhabitants of Cadman speak on the radio, al the earth, no two are identical. though he had never seen him. better. Every worker puts something of may be identified The labor movement has had too many selfish men who Each of them even by so small a thing as the his personality into every job that have worked themselves into leadership through personal amhe does, although the job may be of their fingers. bition to become politicians and office seekers at the expense of prints There are times when men may standardized. This applies even to ink en masse, and work in most the rank and file members. This should not be tolerated. mass production operaand tions. congregations, gangs, by pray As a rule the unselfish leaders and members have suffered and trade through corporations, The pen lines of the because of the We hope that the membership of the and in unison but there come man, the marks of the filedraughts sing or chisel C. I. O. movement in Utah will keep alert and eliminate the )eriods when they must do these of the machinist, the chipping selfish ones from responsible positions within the movement, hings alone. marks of the granite-worke- r, the in the event any of such type persons ever happen to creep into Every man is a soloist. threads of the garment and even Fortunately, there is variety the taste, and quality and appear the movement. They bear watching. enough in life to give each of us a ance of Mrs. Jones church sociaWe feel the C. I. O. is moving forward in this state, and we solo part to fit his peculiar range. ble cake identify the worker. hope that it will continue to grow and wield influence intelligent We may be divided into tenors and Every man is a soloist. Iy and honestly for the benefit of the men and women who toil baritones and bass. But there is There are no substitutes in lifes a special quality in every voice in Utah. major jobs. own. which makes self-seeke- r, fellow-worker- s, wage-worke- rs self-seeker- s. The taxpayers of Salt Lake City will go to the polls on Tuesday, November 23, and cast their votes for or against this important. project. . . We believe the proposition will carry by an overwhelming majority. As far as we have been able to ascertain we do not know of a single member of organized labor who has expressed himself in any way as opposed to the project. Every good citizen of this city desires it to grow and keep pace with other cities of the west. This Salt Lake City cant do Unless additional industries come here. The industries will not come here unless they are assured abundant water for their needs. Industries will bring jobs and payrolls, and if you are look- forward for a greau, Sal. Lake G.y you will vole "YES" ing on the Deer Creek project and aqueduct. The project calls for 1,350,000 man days of direct labor over a period of two to five years. It will develop at least 200,000 additional man days of labor in the manufacture and delivery of materials. It will pour forth more than $12,000,000 mto markets and payrolls. There is no substitute for water. Go to the polls Tues- and put your of approval this vitallv important j" oroiect for Salt Lake and surrounding territory. ness to function jn our American towns and cities free from intimidation and political graft. LaGuardia has backed up Dewey and furthered many plans making for happier, healthier, fairer living conditions for New Yorks masses. He has also supported President Roosevelts New Deal program. The victory of these two men was a victory for decency, law, and consideration for the poor. NEXT WEEK IN HISTORY (Looking Forward to Look Back) November 21 Congress met in Washington for first time, 1789. November 22 Robert Cavalier de La Salle, born, 1643. November 23 Franklin Pierce, United States president, born, 1804. November 24 Battle of Look- out mountain, 1863. November 25 Andrew Carnegie, iron master, born, 1837. November 26 J. L. Macadam, Scotch road builder, died, 1836. November 27 Alexander Dumas, French author, died, 1870. LISTENING To the rapturous song of birds, man has often mused, What suffering must needs be mine ere I can achieve such harmony with the universal life forces as will enable me to sing midst the apparently devasting storms of human experi- ence? WATCHING The changing hues of nature on the mountain side, by the swift, running rills, in summer, autumn, winter and spring, man sometimes asks, Midst all the changing seait our sons of the swift years, If the Almighty respects every iow may I make myslipping We may identify a man more aclife beautiful curately by the sound of his voice mans personality, we dare not do too? less. than by his personal appearance. And by the same token, every EELING . One night a famous public I should take pride in the job man the was along traveling speaker The futility at times of individuroad a thousand miles from home, which is his no matter what any- al effort, man often wonders, Is - body else may think of it merely Ahls automobile became ditched. As a fellow traveler passed. because H may appear humble & gjj able the unseen lecturer called out of his sight. to make the atoms of my tryings a the darkness: Every man is soloist. contribute to the ongoing purposes of His great Whole? I Career in the Democratic party. lNTFTtf C A Hf FNT 3 AT1U lAJiUlUttill lHe wa3 nominated at the Balti- more convention in June, 1852. He carried every state except Vermont, Kentucky if we expect to sell to them. Tennessee. Up to that time If we actually knew how and by I aPd his was the electoral vote largest whom these problems are being a president. worked out we might have fully cast Prior to becoming president he I th3, lrn mM Mas-sachusse- tts, fr New Hampshire publicized state assembly- - man, tw,ice elected coagressman- senator (youngest member at the AD-COP- Y windoW displayS of governor and also President Let the advertising pages of the Polks proffered office of the at- - Utah Labor News enlarge your torney generalship. As a soldier he was in the Mexi-da- y "window and also bring it to the ean war battles of Contreras and attention of more People. The Utah Labor News is read Churubusco. Although injured he jn the hpmes of the best paid refused to be removed from the workers in Salt Lake City, and field. Besides opening commercial relations with Japan he did much for commerce between Great Britain and the United States. rL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PAYS Collective bargaining with a genuine union representing the workers of an industry is not only the democratic method. .. j of procedure, it is not only the method law and children, youd better not have too required by The f igher ?. jn u,ch brains increasingly demanded by all employes, but it is also the mod- f,h P0SSlblbt!f ern and intelligent personal policyand good business te,llect th,e children. So says . This realization is growing increasingly upon corporations B. Talbot, Emeritus Professor of which never dealt with a union in the years before the Com- - Pediatrics at Harvard. mittee for Industrial Organization was formed, but which have Sure, the more like peas in a cha1 f any above Pd the now had close to a years experience with the of union average operation Then leaders. pound down agreements with the C I U' the a and bit you have average . c ii tne onsiaer nice cannon malleable from a memroilowing uniform, testimony prominent ber ofy the board of directors of the U. S. Steel fodder- Hitler and Mussolini could as Corporation quoted in the New York Time, on the occasion of Chairman and Myron C. Taylor a announcement that he would not accept election. All of us said this official, are heart and sould behind HE STARTED COMMERCE .. Mr. Taylor in his agreement with the C. I. O., which actually WITH JAPAN Next Tuesday marks the birth saved the corporation a great deal of money and resulted in a man who began United States Steel getting a much better deal with labor than anniversary our commercial relations with the idependents. He was the fourteenth Japan. I he moral thus drawn is further of President the United States, a pointed by comparison Franklin Pierce His father was twice governor . j - - SerfSioi . TAKING HEART OVER A DISTANT ELECTION It isnt often that the people in one part of the country are cheered over a purely local election in a distant city. However, people of various po- Htical persuasions in Utah as else- where were glad to see Fiorello LaGuardia returned to office as mavor of New York and Thomas E. 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