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Show Page 3 UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. FEBRUARY 3. 1939 Madden Charges Burke Lies About Labor Board v (Union News Service) WASHINGTON Anti-labSenator Edward R. Burke of Nebraska, who is a leading enemy of the Wagner Labor Relations Act and one of the principal Tory Democrats on Capitol Hill, has been bluntly accused of of facts, mishandling of statistics and perversions of Labor Board policies by NLRB Chairman J. Warren same period. Madden. If you were genuinely interestThe accusations wrere made in an or mis-stateme- open letter to Burke from Madden, in reply to a recent radio address in which Burke went over stale and false accusations against the Board and repeated Tory outcries for crippling amendments to the Act. Burkes most recent offensive against the Act was based, according to Madden, on the fundamental proposition that the Act has failed in its purpose, and the Board in its duty, allegedly because industrial discord has increased. This was fabricated out of statistics of labor disputes in such countries as Palestine and Esthonia, which are compared to similar disputes in the U. S. A. As Madden points out, these figures offer no real basis for comparison, since such countries are primarily agricultural, while the U. S. is predominately industrial. The real figures, Madden contends, show that in highly developed nations such as Great Britain, Japan, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Belgium,. France, there were 215 strikes per 1,000,000 wage earners, while in the U. S. there were 44 per 1,000,000 in the nHiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiimmiBiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiMiiiiiitn 1 1 f I g ed inthe facts, if you were genuinely' interested in our problems, if you were genuinely interested in d a discussion, you have had the opportunity to help us and to improve the administration of the law, Madden concludes. two-side- Cooking Costs (Continued from page 1) the food served. Among the other speakers in favor of the bill were S. M. Welsh of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Paul M. Peterson, president of the Utah State Federation of Labor. The closing summary of the arguments was delivered by Senator Lawrence E. Nelson, sponsor of the bill in the Senate. The hearing was held by the Senate Health and Labor committee, with Senator G. G. Lindstrom, Senators chairman, in charge. Stanley N. Child and Wendell Grover, members of the committee, also participated in the proceed. ings. . An array of talent clashed at the bill hearing conducted by the House Labor committee in the ball room of the Newhouse hotel Monday night. The defenders of the measure wpre representatives of organized labor, including spokesmen for the C. I. O., A. F. L., Railroad Brotherhoods, and the Labors League. The opponents came from the chamber of commerce, manufacturers association, corporation lawyers, underpaid canning industry, n taxicab concerns, laundry, department store, and general merchadise. Speakers for the bill were former State Senator E. M. Royle, chairman of the Labors League of Utah, secretary of the Utah State C. I. O., and Utah district secretatry of the International Union of Mine, Mill and wage-ho- ur Non-Partis- Than You I an non-unio- Non-Partis- Ask the housewife who cooks A Union Mined I 5 1 Best Wishes to Labor Smelter Workers; A. M. Petersen, president of the Utah State C. I. O.; P. M. Peterson, president of the Utah State Federation of Labor; R. L. Hansen, a worker from Ogden; R. L. Reese of Salt Lake City, representing employes in the retail trades; S. M. Welsh, legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and F. B. Hodges of the Brotherhood of Railway Enginemen and Firemen. Opposition Speakers Those speaking in opposition to the proposed measure were Stanley J. Stephenson of the chamber of commerce and the manufacturers association, Donald P. Lloyd of the food retailers, C. K. Ferre of the poultry industry, Herbert J. Barnes of the canning industry, Grant Thornton of the taxicab drivers, EldonChristensen of Richfield, for general merchandising, and the following lawyers: George L. Nelson, representing dairy and furniture, and Franklin Riter, representing the laundry industry. The opponents condemned the bill because it proposes to grant fewer exemptions and is more restrictive as to hours than the Federal act. They also claimed that the proposed law would place Utah at further competitive disadvantage by more stringent wage and hour regulations than are operative in other states. ORDER TODAY COAL i Utah Power & Light Co. an CALL Bennion Coal Co. Hot, Clean ELECTRICALLY A number of members of the Utah State Legislature have made a study of the money question. Some of them advocate bimetalism. Others advocate issuance of currency, instead of interest bearing bonds, for payment of Uffcle Sams obligations. Then there are a few who have the real fundamental idea thats the issuance of currency on products of labor. As a result of this interest in the governments money system several memorials to the President have been introduced in the Legislature urging him to take a lead in these vitally important questions. Representatives P. S. Marthakis of Salt Lake City and VicG. Pett of Eureka ar sponsoring House Concurrent Metor morial No. 1, urging remonetization of silver at a ratio of 14 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold. The Mining and Smelting committee of the House amended the memorial, making it a 16 to proposition, and recommended favorably for the action of the House. Representative T. Earl Foote of Provo has introduced House Joint Memorial No. 2, to ask the President to assist currency for the purchase of interest hearing bonds. The Utah Labor News believes that all these activities in behalf of the money question are splendid and should create a greater interest in the study of our nations financial problems. We believe that basic products of labor should be the only basis for currency. As a starter we would stabilize wheat, corn, barley, oats and cotton and issue currency on same. Furthermore, we believe that we can never avoid periodical hard times, and we never will get out of the depression until our countrys currency system is owned by the Government and issued on the nations real wealth the products of labor. T West Jordan Lumber Co. Phone Midvale 212 Dealers in Lumber, Coal, Hardware and Paints Union Label Shoes for the Entire Family Moderate Prices 1 'I Electric (Much Less I nt Legislators Are Interested In Nations Money System Fishing Feat Boastful Angler; Ive had a three hours fight with a salmon. Bored Friend; Yes, can openers are most annoying. Hyland p3iii!ii!!ii!iBHmmimc!iiiiiiiiiiiaiiiutiiiiiiaii!iiii!iiiiaiiiinl Welcome , Utah Workers Q.P.SimGGS, opposition asserted that small institutions in rural communities can neither afford to pay overtime to their employes nor reduce their hours of operations to the time prescribed by the proposed law. Industry Would Profit j 1031 Special Stoker Slack $4.65 Per Ton Delivered o The 17 Industry itself will profit through cooperating with labor In the establishment of better wages and shorter hours, was the contention of the supporters of the bill. The hours restriction will create employment, for more workers because employers will be encouraged to hire additional help rather than work their present employes long hours on an overtime basis. The law is needed, proponents claimed, to protect unorganized workers from unreasonably long hours and wages. Intra-stat- e business should be placed under wage-horegulation to maintain the competitive balance between those firms which come under the Federal act and those which do not. (Continued on page 4) sub-standa- Throughout Utah No. A BEST WISHES TO UTAH LABOR THE LAUNDR SUPPLY CO. LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANERS' SUPPLIER 270 W. WASHINGTON Thirteen members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, C. I. O., who were fired by the Maytag company of Newton, Iowa, for union activity have been ordered reinstated with back pay in report filed by a trial examiner for the National Labor Relations Board. The examiner also recommended that the company bargain with Local 116, UERMW, sole as union representative for production workers. The case grew out of a strike at the companys Newton plant last May, called in protest against a 10 per cent wage cut which the management insisted must be included in a contract being negotiated at that time, following a consent election won by the C. I. O. union by more than 80 per cent. Happiness only comes through the giving of love give where there is actual need. Gowanne. Welcome, Ladies Auxiliaries We give, as our Thank You for your patronage star GREEN STAMPS Whipples 63 So. East Broadway 1 Downstairs BOARD BACKS C. I. O. UNION AT MAYTAG Main St. Was. 3867 1st No. INSULATION Now you can . 40 Forhomeaverage 26x35 2 inches ft. thick SPECIAL-O- NE WEEK ONLY Cool in Summer; Warm in Winter. This wool will reduce your fuel bill 3 as long as you live. Will pay for itself in a few months. 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