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Show iPOULTRY-TRADEJ BOYCOTTDENIED Reports of a boycott by union poultry workers against the Utah Poultry Producers' Cooperative association as-sociation were scouted by association associa-tion officials Wednesday. Charles P. Rudd. manager of the organization's poultry department,! said that while officials had rejected reject-ed a proposed contract, all workers were on the job as usual and that merchandise was being moved in the usual quantities. "The butchers' union offered a contract and claimed employe representation." rep-resentation." Mr. Rudd said. "We have no evidence the union has even near SO per cent of our poultry poul-try workers." M- P. i.l-l r" l - tion has "no objection to its em-j plnyes joining a union." i R. N. Burkhardt. president of the meat cutters' union, said he undc'r-j stood "practically no birds l.ave j been shipped out of the state" since1 the contract rejection. He said j union workers refused to handle! dressed turkeys of the association. |