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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY 14, 1938 LABORS NON-PARTISA- LEAGUE N (Continued from page 1) vitally important that all progres sively-minde- d voters band together for united action to elect officers who at heart are friends of the people, declared the League spokes- men. If all those who believe in the New Deal program and its enactment into laws, and enforcement of those laws when enacted, would cooperate in this years election it would be a great forward and a complete victory for the step people, Mr. Bonacci said. It was also pointed out the powerful interests are collecting huge campaign funds to defeat the liberal cause. But the campaign funds of the special interests will be meaningless if the people act unitedly. The people have the votes and if they contribute just 50 cents or a dollar each to the peoples campaign fund it will mean more than the huge funds raised by the enemies of the majority program. LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH (Continued from Tage 1) and Murray that the A. F. L. would not agree to take in all of the C; I. 0. unions together until all differences between the various unions has been ironed out. Charters For All The C. I. 0. proposal was that the A. F. L. should take in all the 33 C. I. 0. unions and issue charters to each of them; that it should issue industrial charters to a list agreed upon with the C. I. 0.; and that after entry into the A. F. L., joint committees should be appointed to settle remaining conflicts between unions. The A. F. L. refused to accept the 4,000,000 C. I. 0. members on these conditions, said Murray. Their position means continued strife between the two bodies of organized labor, since under it no general agreement could be completed until agreements were effected between all unions. The A. F. L. committee have showTn their inability to cope with the split in the ranks of labor. RETAIL STORE WORKERS IN PRICE ORGANIZED Frank Bonacci, field representative of the C. I. 0., reports the organization of a strong local union of retail store employes in Price last week. The application for charter contained 35 names. This is the second C. I. 0. local union of store employes formed in Utah. A week previous the retail Mont Ferry Dies of Heart Attack Make Plans The conference Sunday wil make plans for the 1938 campaign Among the committees that will be chosen will be organization, mem bership. finance, program, and pri mary election. The nomination of party candi dates will be made for the first time in Utah under the direct primary law passed by the last state legislature. The primary election day is perhaps more important than the general election day. It should be the duty of all liberals to get the vote out in the primaries and nominate those candidates who are pledged to support a progressive platform. The League plans to take an ac tive part in the primary elections and thus do its part in protectin the interests of the people. It is expected that delegates representing A.. F. L., C. I. 0., railroad brotherhoods, and other independent and liberal groups will at tend the Sundays conference. clerks in Eureka were chartered. Mr. Bonacci reports additional new local unions in formation throughout the state. SALT LAKE CLEANING ANI) DYEING INDUSTRY TALKS ORGANIZATION Eldred M. Royle, secretary of the Utah State Industrial Union Council, addressed a well attended and enthusiastic meeting of workers in the cleaning and dyeing industry in Salt Lake City at Eagles hall, Thursday night. In the event these workers desire to become affiliated with the fast growing C. I. 0. movement they can apply for a charter from the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, one of the largest and strongest industrial unions in the country. SECRETARY PERKINS ON LABOR DIFFERENCES Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins in her annual report says about the A. F. L. - C. I. O. problem as follows: On September 5, 1936, the executive council of the American Fed eration of Labor suspended 10 unions, said to represent abou 900, 00p members. These unions under the chairmanship of John L. Lewis, president of the Unitec Mine Workers, had formed the Committee for Industrial Organ! zation, having as its avowed objec the organization of mass-prodtion workers into industrial unions, The American Federation of La bor is composed of an independen set of governing trades unions af uc SPECTACULAR DISPLAY 2 Great NEW FORDSdistinc- The most important automobile news of the year! Two tively new cars, differing entirely in appearance, body size and other features. Also see the sensational new Lincoln-Zephyr. CARLESON Your Friendly Downtown 535 South Main Ford-Linco- ln Dealer Wasatch 1414 7 ASK FOR MORRISONS MEAT PIES Served Piping Hot at All Better Fountains and Lunch Counters SOUND and PROGRESSIVE THE CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY of Salt Lake City Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation William Montague Ferry, age vice president and managing director of the Silver King Coalition Mines company, a prominent mining man and a national figure in the silver idustry, died in Salt Lake City Tuesday morning. Mr. Ferry was considerate of employes and a believer in the organization of labor in bona fide unions. The editor of the Utah Labor News had many conferences with him during the past 10 years on labor problems and the silver question. WTe found him at all times a man of good judgment, and always willing to hear all sides of the problems under consideration. It was our pleasure to introduce Mr. Ferry to the 1930 convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers in session in Salt Lake City. After he delivered his address he visited with the delegates, who agreed that he made a good labor speech. When the matter of setting a government price on newly mined silver was under consideration Mr. Ferry asked us to write to the administration leaders in Washington regarding the matter, which we did. He informed us that if the minimum price on newly mined silver was placed at 65 cents an ounce, the mining industry in Utah could pay labor the highest waes it ever paid. lie served one term in the state senate and a term as mayor of Salt Lake City. He was a native of Michigan. 66, filiated in Press mens Ladies Auxiliary Meet On January 4, the Ladies Auxiliary of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union held its regular business meeting of the month at the home of Mrs. Sven Braug, 828 West Fifth South street. The meeting came to order at 8:30 in the evening and after matters of importance were completed plans were made for the social meeting of the month, to be held January 18, at the home of Mrs. Braug. All members of the Pressmens union and their wives are cordially invited to attend and enjoy the games and refreshments contemplated for the evening. as well as among the American people generally, making for an equitable resolving of the differences and a move toward reconcili- ation. The American people want to see labor organized and strong enough to te an effective part of the civic and economic life of the nation, and because of that they are anxious that this breach be healed with honor and with justice and with due retrard to a really practical and workable method of accommodation. Remarkable Growth The growth of organized labor j in membership and in public significance in the last two years has' their organized workers the problems of the industry has been most stimulating to everyone who has in mind the organic law which set up the Department of labor. Clearly this increase in numbers and importance brings to organi-e- d lab-ogreat obligations and responsibilities. These obligations are to industry and to the country as well as its members. There is every indication that they can and will be discharged faithfully. Time and experience are necessary to full performance. If the right balance is to be preserved, if lasting is to be made, there must Erogress of give and take, of compromise now on one side, now on the other, always in the interest of the country as a whole. Labor proglems cannot be solved solely by laws. There must be mutual agreement, good faith, and understanding and cooperation by employers and workers. Thousands of employers accept the worker as a partner; only a relatively small number of employers refuse to deal with them. I repeat what I have said on several occasions, there must be industrial peace but with justice. Working Together The workers desire for stability of income and job, and the industries' equal need for the best use of plant and machinery indicate (Continued on page 5) r W. G. WILLIAMS a federation that has partiality in this internal been remarkable. The recognition on the part of many employers of the wisdom of close and active partnership in working out with Best Wishes THE ADJUTANT GENERAL only such limited powers and duties as are delegated to it by the several unions, many of which are older than the Federation. Both craft and industrial unions are in The executive its affiliation. council of the American Federation of Labor decides matters of jurisdiction between the unions and settles questions of chartering of new unions. It also determines the delicate matter of the assignment of various organized groups of skilled workers within a mass production industry to particular craft unions or to a general industrial union in that industry when one exists. The increasing number of workers in such industries and their growing desire for organization has made this last question contin uously more difficult for a num ber of years. Practical as well as theoretical considerations are nat urally involved in such decisions. The ancient skilled crafts long antedate the existence of modern mass production industries, but in these industries the skilled craft workers are usually outnumbered by. production workers of only specialized or sometimes little skill. The skilled craft workers may be journeymen; the specialized production workers are likely to be tied to the industry. The questions involved are complex and difficult of decision in the particular cases before the council. 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The Department of Labor has at all times furnished information and its services to all workers and groups of workers without regard to their affiliation, and it has maintained its relationships not only with the officials of unions of both camps but with the wide membership of both throughout the country. 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