Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-01-15 | Page 11 | Unions Draft Protests on Airdrome Labor

r Unions Draf Protests On Airdrome Labor Additional protests over conti inert use of W P A labor at Siilt Iike military airdrome projects will be sent to Utah's conn Ki Ts.simtiil ilclrgalion by several lalmr units in Salt Lake City. Harry F. llarlrr, secretary of the Business Agents' council, an p A. F. of L. affiliate, said all locals In the council plan to send such protests within the next few days. The Building and Construction Trades council of Salt Lake City recently wrote Utah congressmen urging them to refuse to vote for further W I A appropriations for defense work nu grounds use of W P A labor means an increase cost to taxpayers and that it is "inefficient and slow." Meanwhile, Charles T. Dix had been reelected president of the building council and Francis A. Nollcr reelected secretary-treasurer. Other officers are T.enn F. Anderson, An-derson, vice president, succeeding Fullmer H. letter, now president of the Salt Lake City Federation of Labor; J. D. Edwards, sergeant at arms, and Ernest W. Anderson, Ben Hepting and W. A. Roscoe, trustees. Mr. Noller said 20 union men of various trades were laid off recently and W P A workers used on an airport project. He said also that "all through the airport uroject large numbers of WPA workers have been employed, and still are."