Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-12 | Page 1 | Labor Urged to Take Hand in Education

LABOR URGED TO TAKE HAND HANDIN IN EDUCATION Speaker Declares Schools Soon to Be Controlled by Rich CONCERTED ACTION URGED Election of Minded Fair-Minded Educators Educators Educators Edu Edu- Sought M. M I. I Thompson was reelected president of Utah State Federation Federation Fed Fed- of Labor Wednesday afternoon afternoon af are af- af to serve his sixth term terra He lie defeated Glen Gillespie former former for for- mer secretary of the Tooele mine mill and smelter union 51 to 47 Organized labor was urged to ta take tasca e ea a more active part i in the administration tion of the thc nations nation's schools Wednesday Wednes day by W. W B. B of Seattle vice president of the American America Federation Fed oed cration of Teachers Speaking at the third day session of the Utah State Federation of oC Labor Labor La La- bor convention Mr predicted that unless organized labor takes a hand soon only the thc children of the rich will be able to continue through gh the sixth grade The public school system he said is the child of organized labor Labor fostered it more than years ear ago but now it is gradually being taken out ut of or lab labors labor's rs r's hands Negligence Is Scored He scored organized labor for lor being being be be- ing negligent neUgent in not electing persons persons persons' with a a minded fair attitude to the school boards Unless labor takes up the cudgel l and nd elects men with the right attitude atti atti- t tude de f S Y rth t e eat said at i t Will only be bea a few tew years until only oily dill chil children dren of th the well do will be able to attend school He charged the closing of many schools in the United States during the last five years was a deliberate attempt to do away with the public school system Organized labor was urged by Mr Continued on Pate Page Two EDUCATOR ASKS LABOR INTEREST Speaker Declares Schools t to Be Controlled f Soon o by byRich Rich j 1 Continued from irom 1 Pare Par One from so S to keep away called d 1 leagues 1 which are ore n ructIOn reduction of taxes Woud d Wean I Wore ore Cost Coil Even if It taxes were reduced he explained it would d. d eventually cost the laboring man more to send his children to school Backing of a n movement of ot the American Federation of Teachers asking the government for as as' as an m aid to the schools schoos Was WilS this money Is obtained and ind legislation for permanent state and national aid for schools enacted the public school system will be lost he concluded Oth Other r speakers at t the morning ses ses- ses session session sion zion were Virgil Wright of Cheyenne Wyo vice president of the United Mine Workers of America merIca- district No 22 and Martin Cahill president of the Wyoming State Federation of Labor Mr Cahill urged organized labor to throw all its Support to President Roosevelt and the new deal 1 Sees Labor Opportunity ty Never before in inthe the history of the United States has labor been given auch an opportunity to advance socially socially so and economically as it has since the creation of f the N R B A Mr Cahill said President Roosevelt has sustained the inalienable right of labor to bargain bar gain collectively across the council table and organized labor is duty duty- bound to back him to the limit Rep Reports of v various s committees es were were received during the morning I M. M I. I Thompson president of the Utah state slate federation presided at the meeting which was held in the Labor temple