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Show REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES ! We have a list of Buyers Daily THEY MAY BUY IN YOUR LOCALITY Do you have for Sale A HOM'E - A FARM - A RANCH A BUSINESS You can call on us, talk over price and terms you will accept Telephone 1099 - Provo, Utah Willard L. Sowards 39 West 2nd North St. PROVO UTAH yiL We don't know what 195X Fords will look vv VrfS?'."' ' ke' But we operate on the policy of merit-' '. TjSi 0 ig your business in the years ahead - ) T''y by giving you honest values and the finest, of service NOW! G. LOWRY ANDERSON INC. C)' 332 So. Main Phone 177 '4 Ike Answer Is Easy: Take Santa Fe m ' TRAILWAYS Uiu Luxurious "Scenery-Level" service to your neighboring community or across the nation. Ride in big, modern highway liners with wonderfully easy reclining seats, individual focused reading lights handy luggage space. Arrive and depart from well located, heart-of-the-city depots. Enjoy the convenience and economy of traveling Santa Fe TRAILWAYS. SAMPLE FARES Chicago, II $26.90 Denver, Colo : 9.90 Washington, D. C 35 40 El Paso, Tex. .....L... ....... 20 05 Albuquerque, N.M 15.70 Los Angeles, Cal 10.95 New York, N.Y 36.30 San Francisco, Cal. ..; 14.85 New Orleans, M!ss 30.20 St. Petersburg, Fla 37.00 Plus Tax rK!l Szlud4- fimcyoA.: i Ask about Trailways fcVucv bus service to Mexico i City via the famous PAN AMERICAN ROUTE. SANTA FE TRAILWAYS BUS DEPOT Valley Tavern Hotel A. B. SNYDER, Agent 94 West 2nd South - Phone 31 JH1JJ Member, National ' Trailuayt Bus System i a iw lii x M i fJMMI . W 3 Unions Block Labor Peace Refuse Wage Boost Already Accepted by 19 Other Railroad Unions! The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- , What Now? . employes, and those amone the highest paid, neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- The Unions having refused to arbitrate can successfully maintain the threat of a par- men and Engmemen and the Switchmen s the Raiiway Labor Act provides for the alyzing strike against the interest of the en- of N rtn America, representing appointment of a fact-finding board by ire country and against 90 per cent of (heir 125,000 raibroad employes, have refused the President. fellow employes. to accept the offer of the Ranroads of a The railed,, feel it fa due shippers, The threat of a strike cannot justify grant- wage increase ot li2 cents an hour. passengers, employes, stockholders, and Ing more favorable conditions to 125,000 em- -, mcrea?e aw"ded the general public to know that through- ployes than have already been put in cfTect 1,000,000 non-operating employes by an out thes6 negotiations and in mediation, for 1,175,000, nor will it alter the opposition ' arbitration board in September, 1947. they haye not Qn exerted every effort to of the ra,roads to unwarranted wage in- itT18 8fe ?c.rease accPted by reach a fair and'reasonaWe settlement, creases or to changes in working rules which 175,000 conductors, trainmen and switch- but they have also met every requirement are not justified. meAnJy SfTvT 11 Zlt' wfth of the Rway Labor Act respecting the A glance at the box shows what employes i i7?nn?t,lr cr,Tj I ir, negotiation, mediation, and arbitration of represented by the Engineers and Firemen 1,175,000 employes, represented by nine- dis teg- make- Th Bre am h h h t jd , teen unions l But these three unions rep- It seems unthinkable that fliese threeunions. the ranks of labor in the United States, if not resenting orJy 125,000 men are , faying to representing less than 10 per cent of railroad1 the highest. get more. 1 hey are demanding also many r new working rules not embraced in the i . . settlement with the conductors and train- . ,:u ...u-i. i i men. Compare these wages with what you make! Incidentally, the Switchmen's Union of 1M7 Innti Annul North America represents only about . 7 Here is a comparison of T. iZK, .Ji'S't, K u&i of all railroad switchmen, the other i)oo average annual earn- ENGINEERS being represented by the Brotherhood of ings of engineers and Road Freieht S3 966 Sfi 1?fi ts,r7 Railroad Trainmen and covered by the firemen for 1939 (pre- ( and I Way) ? settlement with that union. 10 wnl vlVi 1 947 Road Passenger 3,632 5,399 6,025 Strike Threat earnings" vTouM lltl CThrough) . 3,147 4.684 5469 mL , , ,-4.1. - j been if the 15H cents Yard 2'749 4'081 4,539 The leaders of these three unions spread a per hour increase, of- FIREMEN strike ballot while negotiations were still fered by the railroads ' Road Freight 2,738 4,683 5 268 in progress. This is not a secret vote but is and rejected by the (Local and Way) taken by union leaders and votes are union leaders, had been Road Passenger 2,732 4,544 5 165 signed by the employes in the presence in effect throughout the Road Freight (Through) . 2,069 3,460 3891 of union representatives. entire year 1947. Yard 1,962 3,136 3,553 When direct negotiations failed, the Railroad wages computed from Interstate Commerce Commission Statement M-300. leaders of these three unions refused to Full year 1947 estimated -on basis of actual figures for first eight months. join the railroads in asking the National , Mediation Board to attempt to settle the . dispute, but the Board took jurisdiction rrZ: ? K at the request of the carriers and has been ' "Z-"" " ' i, earnestly attempting since November 24, Zfn",'"r'v"rrr''" , ' 1 1947, to bring about a settlement. The ----TTw fj"r ' " 3 Board on January 15, 1948, announced ' ' ' ' - 'i . i I ' i 9 " 1 V its inability to reach a mediation settle- ; $ z " J, 4 s H w ' i "J " ' ,' , ' ment. The leaders of the unions rejected ' mi -"w the request of the Mediation Board to . - : ' - - jrfS r"ifc,' arbitrate. The railroads accepted. s west adams street Chicago 3, ILLINOIS We are publishing this and other advertisements to talk with you at first hand about matters which are important to everybody. f PERFECT BRAKES ( ' a "Safe Bet" for 1 I j Winter Driving Perfect brakes in winter i a No. 1 essential for safe driv- A ing. Let us inspect your brakes 1 DEALERS adjustments and re- lining done at reasonable I Genuine 8 t id e- eg Up . t0 - the - minute taker repa" 1 1 tor your needs ... i brake machines plus factory 1 , , m phonlne I . , oiaer "j i frayed mechanics guarantee Provo n. I mHIlM -' service 1 41 0 SO U N I V E 3 S I T Y A V N U ; JlJ. 11 IMMt,B i i.,,.....,,, ....f , ........ .., ..., J |