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Show PICKET LETTER SEflTJHILI Utah Civic Bodies Urge Repeal of Law "Fostering "Foster-ing Mob Spirit." Statute Inimical to Toiler and Society, Memorial Asserts. .V ron. n; u a K-;;t ion -jijKii h y ihc foic-'.1 foic-'.1 o,' (iv'ii; and co ir me i i-ij I Or.'tlli'.a liini.i ui I iio itato as .'Mldi-cs.Tod to rlr: :-'iiali' mi'! tlio houst oi d r-S'-ti 1 a M vc-i ;i-:hI 'i'da astwin2 tiia!. tiie lav."nu;!..::r i'i'(fl rim riii(-li pr-.aniis y i ! r- l - ii i,. "I I: t- roni iri'i n iea 1 ion is o n': i ed 'o l""1 ill (ill! rUVO'i;' of !h.; piesidiit of M'j sriiaiu Li :n J r!.i yficai.or ol' iln1 Iioue li"" I lie I wo Iioiiicj cuiivcno lliis Jiiorn i h. i'lo; -ilit'ivs arc flic S.ill l-akr L'oui-I'.criial L'oui-I'.criial i-luli. (he Suit I.ak.i Kolary clul. : in; l la'i Matuifaet urers ' .n.sOLialioii, Hit-' l lali A ssci'iM 1 cd I nuiisi rirto, rlie Ve Ihi' chili oi O'Tdcn. the h'otar.v clab of ' ''.'di.'ii, t!ie I'io'. o I inn ntcii' i a 1 club and llu Lnan lioosrcvH clui), Tlic k'ltcr icdlov.s: ''I'Uj uiidcrsiancd oiic and coni-n coni-n crcial cluhs of Hie Mat.' of l.'lnli, ):av-iii'.' ):av-iii'.' lie re to to re mrniorii. li::.-d i ho i,ro-fi'iHii' i,ro-fi'iHii' lo siihmil to ihe li'irislri r.u re a ''('qncu for Ihe repeal of sectiou ):i;oJ or rlie '.'onipiie.l iaw ol I'iah, M-17, l'cBpi'cl I'ti!)-'- solieit lesi!aiivo aid to the olid that said law shall he quickly .ve-hcaled. .ve-hcaled. ''The seel ion in question seenii io le-i.'.-dia' conduct of the most flagrant un-, un-, nior'uai n elm ra c '.or and has afforded 1'iete.vt for alinos! eontinuoio disturb-: disturb-: nee on the streets of ,0.1 en and Salt l.ake. Mniiy outbursts of mob violence ha o occurred during the fuiumer iiere and olNewliev Mhieh tJie officers of the It.w eonteiul tliev are powerless to curb 0. ' prevent- because of tho ajiparont lihra conferred by the statute lnon- 1'OUCll. Society Menaced, Claim. "Tli'1 risht to assemble and persuade o:!uts is an iincicni and sacred Ti-;hr. I'Ui because of the occasion when, and ihe places where, this ric'lit may be exercised ex-ercised under the Jaw in question, the primary riehN of others aro seriousiy menaced. Liberty lies in each man so exercising his own rights as not to de-blrov de-blrov oi' iiopair the rights of others. ' ' r"o bensihle ninu is opposed to the legitimate aims of organised OJ' unor-iianied unor-iianied labor. Ve aro not seeking to i'niu'nt class strife or take away from labor any of its industrial achievements or letjislative prerogatives. We are not ) etitioiiii'.g as employers of labor but it. citiens of our respective communities. commu-nities. ' ' Tlepreseul ing thousands of plain Vncrican citizens of our respective communities, we vigorously protest against a statute which places an in-t-iniiucnt of pot en I i a J violence in the hands of a single class or group of our dierse population to enable it to compel com-pel acquiescence in ils demands, re-i re-i ardlcss of the moral righteousness of i'nc tiling demamlod. The existence of such a power dignified by statutory rnactiitenl is as inimical lo the best interests of the toiler as it is to the best interests of society in general. Says Law Boomerang. " Such .artificial rights thus conferred by statute have .iustified administrative administra-tive officers and courts in maintaining a sympathetic attitude toward the mob spirit and by reason thereof labor or-i'.ani'.'.ations or-i'.ani'.'.ations have been more discredited in the public mind and the labor move- 1, .'iit in Utah lias received a greater e! baek through its insolent conduct in picketing than by any other one Miing unless it be the endorsement by ihe Utah Federation of Labor of the soviet form of government. 'The statutory stat-utory enactment, above referred to, vroiecting picketing in 1'toh, is the i milage, of an L W. W. pry pagan da persistently conducted in this country Vv the radical labor element. Xo other rate in the union has such a law except ex-cept Arizona, from which state this act was bodilv taken. "The absence of this statute in other n ates has not deprived the laboring man of any legitimate weapon for the enforcement of his just demands. Consequently Con-sequently itn repeal will not take from him anv fundamental right of as-imbling as-imbling or leaving his employment at i'l. since such l ights are adequately vrotecied tinder the common law and be tlw constitution. " We therefore respcetfully urge upon ou the passage of the proposed bill to nepcal section P.ti.jS of the Compiled Laws of Vtah, f17. '' shopmen of the Denver i: Kio Ciande railroad and the Oregon Short Line will stop work at 9 o'clock this morning to asscmblo at the capitol to protest against the repeal of the law permitting picketing. This decision wus reached at a meeting of the men held Thursday night. The men will gather at the capitol in their working clothes. |