Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-10 | Page 17 | Unions Demand King Announce Stand on Bils

UNIONS DEMAND KINO KING ANNOUNCE Sr SAND AND ON BillS Mill Mine and Smelter Council Coun- Coun cil Sends ends Chall Challenge to toa a Senior Senator The Utah State Council of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers claiming to represent organized mine and smelter in the state challenged chal chal- Senator William H. H King on Thursday to announce his stand on the Wagner gagner bill week hour law and other new deal labor legislatIOn before before be- be fore congress The council through Garth Jones secretary charged in a telegram to Senator King that he caused to be printed in the Congressional Record certain protests from Utah against enactment en en- ot of the week hour law without with with- out publishing letters from urging its ts passage The council urged Senator King to work for the enactment of the 30 week law and for tor the Wagner WIgner outs CUls providing for unemployment insurance ance and guaranteeing workers the right to organize We are disappointed d the telegram read to find accordi according g to the Congressional Con Con- gressional Record that on many q es which are fundamental to the new deal you are not l as vot vot- ing We Ve o of course expect our representatives en taUves to vote their honest lions On the other hand we consider it an act of cowardice to have any senator sen sen- ator refuse to vote either for or against an any measure The council claims authorization from the following local unions of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers an American Federation Fed Fed- of Lacor affiliate in calling upon Senator King for an expression of his views The telegram follows We are disappointed to find according to the Congressional Record that on many questions which are fundamental to the new deal you are recorded as not voting We of course expect our representatives to vote their honest hon hon- est convictions On the other hand we consider it an act of oC cowardice to have hae senator refuse to vote either for against m any measure We are authorized b by the following fol fol- lowing local unions or of the Mine Mill and Smelter Workers aff iii- iii with the American Federation Federa Federa- tion of Labor to forward this petition pe- pe pe- pe litton to you rou Park City Mine and Mill Workers Work Work- ers union No 99 Eureka Miners union NOL No Tooele Mine 1 arid and Mill Workers Union No 65 65 Bingham Bing Bing- ham Miners union No 3 Tooele Mill and Smelter Workers union No 55 Lark Miners union No 91 01 I Garfield union No 57 Magna union No and Midvale union No 56 They all expect you to support the me ures herein referred to Will you please advise UTAH STATE COUNCIL OF MINE MILL AND SMELTER WORKERS GARTH J JON 0 N E ES 5 S I 4 Secretary