Show Utah's Labor Merges Forces for Drive to Hike Silver Price Peg CIO ClO Will Urge an Ounce Level for White Metal While Stands Firm on Boost to Cents Utah's labor Mo Monday c ay joined f forces with regional regional leaders seeking seeking seeking seek seek- ing a higher government price for newly mined silver regarded as the life blood of the industrial west P C CIO I 0 leaders in the state state prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to seek a price of an ounce for the white metal or at least restoration of the former price of cents while A F L forces took a firm stand in favor of cent silver On the heels of a communication sent William Green president of American Federation of Labor over the signature of Paul M M. Peterson president of the Utah State Federation of Labor E. E M M. Royle secretary of district union No 2 International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter WO Workers kers said his organization was preparing resolutions resolutions resolutions directed to President Franklin FranklinD D D. D Roosevelt Represented More than Utah workers are represented in the combined strength of the two labor groups spokesmen said Meanwhile a group of mining officials officials officials of of- headed by George W. W Snyder Republican national committeeman and member of the international silver commission were preparing voluminous data to be sent Utah's congressional delegation in Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C. C designed to show advantages advantages advantages ad ad- vantages of pegging silver at the theold theold theold old cents per ounce figure Mr Snyder said it would take about 10 days to gather all statistics statistics statistics statis statis- tics and that labor and other groups are cooperating In the com corn Added to the gathering avalanche of peg silver higher efforts was waa another communication to the president president president dent from the Great American Prospectors' Prospectors association which last week wen on record favoring a aprice aprice aprice price of an ounce the ounce the price of f silver during mining boom hey- hey Iv or OI nf me we Vi west of Iv or OI nf me we Vi west of So as the silver price restoration fight looked Monday Utah government government government govern govern- ment labor and employers were on record urging President Franklin D. D Roosevelt to fix the silver purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase price at cents when his present proclamation setting it at 1464 cents an ounce expires midnight midnight midnight mid mid- night December 31 Governor Henry H. H Blood last week joined the governors of other western states in communications to o the president and chambers of commerce and other civic groups in inthe I Ithe the he intermountain territory deluged Washington with letters and tele tele- grams Resolution Prepared Mr Royle said the district union of if the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers was preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring a resolution and that each of 44 state local unions members of the district were preparing in individual individual individual in- in communications During a convention of the women's women's women's wo wo- wo- wo mens men's auxiliary to the Utah State Industrial Union council Saturday in n the Temple Square hotel a resolution resolution reso- reso lution ution was passed for forwarding to o the president asking that thata a price of not Jess tess ess than cents per ounce be set for government purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase price of silver Mr Royle said that the local district union of the United Mine MineWorkers MineWorkers Workers of America representing Continued on Page Five Column Five LABOR SUPPORTS HIKE FOR SILVER Continued from Page One labor abor in Utah's coal camps also alsos is s backing the restoration effort The Utah State Federation of Labor Labor Labor La La- bor over the signature of Mr Peterson Peterson Pe- Pe terson erson sent its letter Saturday to the he A F L head telling Mr Green he could do nothing better for western west west- tern ern workmen than support the silver ilver purchase price increase The group of mining officials headed by Mr Snyder is gathering data designed to show that the six state federal relief bill of Utah Idaho Nevada Arizona New Mexico Mexico Mex- Mex ico co and Montana would be cut j 3 1 per cent if the silver price is boosted boosted boosted boost boost- ed to cents The saving in relief relief re- re lief expenditures would more than compensate the cost of pegging the metal price at the higher figure the figures are designed to show The information will be sent to Utah's congressional delegation for use as best it can Mr Snyder said George H. H Watson scribe of the Prospectors' Prospectors association sent its resolution to the president alon along with a letter that said a price of an ounce would put hundreds of prospectors who are now on the rocks back on their feet |