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Show I Page Four FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES -- Simm.mmmam Democratic Advisory Council Rakes GOP Record on Labor resist such efforts to take retri-bution on the whole labor move-ment because of the sins of a few. "Ill considered, punitive legis-lation will tend to destroy the great social contributions of our American labor. Labor's great and successful wars against pov-erty, against communism, and fascism, against community in-difference to the needs of the underprivileged, will suffer if America's unions must constant-ly take the defensive against punitive laws. The country and each industrial community will be the poorer if the splendid ed-ucational and community service activities of the labor movement are jeopardized by hostile legis-lation." The Democratic National Ad-visory Committee this week took note of the rising attacks on the labor movement. In a statement, the advisory committee pointed out: "Although they opposed vir-tually all of the labor and social bills of recent years, the Repub-lican Party today seeks to give the impression that it was re-sponsible for the passage of the laws. But propaganda can not change the facts of .history. "Beginning with the 80th Con-gress and the enactment over types of abuses which can be ade-quately dealt with through gov-ernment action. "Properly drafted legislation aimed at eliminating improper practices by both labor and man-agement is deserving of support by the American people. But proposals which claim to deal with such improper activities but are actually .intended only to undermine effective collective bargaining, or weakening or destroying honest decent unions should be resisted. "The Democratic Party will President Truman s veto of the iniquitous Taft-Hartle- y Act, the Republicans have by legislation and by administrative action or inaction, sought to weaken many of these constructive measures for the common good. "Today the labor movement in America is once again under at-tack from its enemies. We of . the Democratic party reject with vigor and concern these attacks on the great American labor movement by leading figures in the Republican Party and- - by their associates in the ranks of big business. "We are shocked by the in-temperate nature of these Re-publican big business attacks on labor. We are appalled by the fact that the Republican Party has remained silent without pro-test and without correction of the record, when a Republican Senator from Arizona seeks to smear the leader of a clean, democratic trade union by de-scribing him as more dangerous to America than the Russian communists. "It is clear from the record that statements such as this can only poison the atmosphere of the American community, caus-ing confusion in our midst and concern among our friends in other nations. "It is clear that the Republican Party is seeking to take advan-tage of the recession and of the revaluation of corruption by a few officials of a few labor unions to punish and repress all trade unions and their millions of members. "Thus, the Republican Party professes its "friendship" for labor at the same time that its leader in the U. S. Senate, Sen. Knowland of California, is cam-paigning in the state of Califor-nia in support of an anti-unio- n "right to work" law. It is the Re-publican party, allied with rep-resentatives of big business, that is conducting an extraordinary and continuous attack on labor's fundamental rights. "The Democratic Party recog-nizes that corruption, whether in the ranks of labor, in business or in government, cannot be con-doned. "We hail the efforts of the AFL-CI- O to establish its high standards for the conduct of labor officials and to set forth equally high standards for demo-cratic rights for rank and file trade union members. These ef-forts, embodied in the AFL-CI- O Codes of Ethical Practices, mark a high level of labor statesman-ship. , "In addition, the efforts of the trade union movement to expel from its midst those who have failed to meet their responsi-bility and trust deserve the com-mendatio- no f every American. "We applaud the constructive and cooperative attitude of the AFL-CI- O toward the enactment of well-consider- ed legislation aimed at dealing with specific I THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utah's Comb tied with The SaU Lake Mining & Legal News 1 FearleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . v. Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second Independent class matter August 2 3, 1 92 3 under the act of March 8, Newspaper 711 South West Tempie Telephone EM 64 I I GLENN BJORNN, Publisher Subscription Price $3.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 38 Number 5 Fourth of July Driving (Continued from Page One) Then why'do we have accidents ? Carelessness ? Carelessness is a catch-al- l word that covers a multitude of sins. Good drivers that we are most of the time, every one who has ever been behind the wheel of a car remembers the near misses and our accident toll is made up of those that did't miss. We get tired. We burn up at some minor rudeness by another driver. We drive a little too fast. We take a chance in passing. We think a couple of drinks can't do any harm. Or due to any one of a hundred distractions, we let our attention waver from the road for an instant beyond recall. The National Safety Council estimates that more than 45 million cars will be on the roads over the three day Fourth of July holiday. So don't be a good driver most of the time. You can't afford to make even one mistake. Growing Church Attendance Church attendance in the United States during 1958 is off to a record start. The most recent Gallup Poll reported that 52,586,610 Americans attended churches and synagogues reg-ularly compared with 49,600,00 in late 1955. Adult attendance at worship services has increased 1 1 per cent in the last 7 years according to the survey. The'increase is partially credited to the Religion in Ameri can Life movement which was organized in 1950 to emphasize the importance of religion in personal and community life. It is sponsored by a laymen's committee composed of mem-bers of the major faiths and is supported by 24 national religious bodies. RIAL campaigns are held annually in thousands of American communities under local sponsorship. Each year since RIAL began its work, church attendance has steadily grown. 0 gilervtgTwr p vv.' 1 '" S - h J . . --"' ' J ' FOR THE : PERFECT VODKA MARTINI FLEISCHMfflTS DM 80 PROOF DISTILLED FROM 100 GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS '' THE FLEISCHMANN DISTILLING CORP., NEW YORK CITY jo Hunter Democrat Makes State Legislature Bid Harold W. Rushton, 3910 So. 5200 West, Monday announced his candidacy for Democratic state representative from the 11th Legislative District. This will be Mr. Rushton's in-itial bid for public office. He is a turbine engineer for Kennecott Copper Corporation's central power station in Magna.' He is a committeeman for the 11th Democratic Legislative Dis-trict, chairman of voting dis-trict 518, and treasurer of the Fifth Congressional District. Mr. Rushton for the past three years has been president of Local 1438, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and has served on the local's grievance and contract negotiating com-mittees. A native of Hunter, Mr. Rush-to- n is 49 years old. He is a Ma-rine Corps veteran and is a member of the Hunter Second Ward, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Married, he is the father of two sons and two daughters. I n ov Organization Sees Demo Power Shift A shift of Democratic power in Congress away from the south was foreseen this week by the National Committee for an Effec-tive Congress. The prediction was based on estimates that the Democratic Party will win 15 to 60 addi-tionl- a House seats and six more Senate seats, with most of the new Congressmen to be elected from the northern and western states. . But Utah's Republican Senator Arthur V. Watkins was listed by the organization as "probably safe" for re-electi- In the Senate.t he Democrats now hold a two-se- at majority over the Republicans (49-47- ), and 34 seats are at stake in No-vember's elections. Of these, 32 are for full six-ye- ar terms, and two are for four-ye- ar terms. Democrats hold a larger ma-jority int he House, holding 233 seats to the Republicans' 198. There are four vacancies. In its survey, 12 Senate seats were listed as "safe" or "prob-ably safe" for Democrats by the organization, with six for Re-publicans. Of the 16 remaining Senate races listed as doubtful, 15 Republcina seats were listed, with only one Democrat. As you grow ready for it, some where or other you will find what is needed for you in a book. George McDonald. |