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Show sssaaassa m n i il i $176,000 Is a Lot of Money r' will be very Interesting to see what happens In the case of William Bloff, film Industry" labor leader, who has Just been Indicted by a federal grand Jury In Los Angeles on charges of Income tax evasion. ' The Interest won't be so much In the question ques-tion of what happens to Bloff because he Is really Just a minor labor raar but In whether . or not the government PROVES that Bloff actually had a personal Income of $33,573.29 In 1936 and of $176,416.38 In 1937. If he had that much Income, particularly In 1937, It Is rather astounding. Bloff Is not a millionaire. He didn't discover' a gold mine at least not the kind In which you get the gold out of the ground. Up to a few years ago he was very little known, even In labor circles. In fact, not so many years ago he had fallen so low In the economic and social scale that he was convicted in Chicago ef pandering pan-dering and If you don't know what that word means, look It up In the dictionary. It's Illuminating. Illumi-nating. If he hd a personal Income of $176,000 In 1937, where. In heaven's name, did he get ltT Surely not In official salary as a labor leader. Surely not In soma outside business activity for very few of the biggest business executives . in the nation earn that-kind of tnneyi It's really very Intriguing not only to the general public, but especially to the rank and file of organized labor. Bloff, of course, denies that he had any such large personal Income. But the federal government govern-ment doesn't usually make such charges without with-out some reason. It will be very Interesting to hear the explanation offered by the government govern-ment at Bloff's trial, and discover If the courts accept their records and charges as factual. Applause for Finland ."YNE of the most Interesting incidents at the "annual meeting of the Utah Manufacturers' association occurred at the evening banquet in the Hotel Utah. Part of the floor show featured a "March ot the Nations." The appearance of the costumed girls with the various national flags was greeted with Interest and some scattering applause ap-plause until finally the girl representing Fin-i Fin-i land appeared and Sibelius' song "Flnlandla" ! was played by the orchestra. Then the ap-1 ap-1 plause from the audience ot business men and their wives was almost thunderous. There wasn't any question aa to where the overwhelming over-whelming sympathies of that group lay. Another Interesting Incident was the conclusion conclu-sion of the program with the singing of "God Bless America" as the song typifying this country, emphasizing again how that popular number has quickly won a firm place in the . hearts of the American people. One thing that was a revelation to the uninitiated un-initiated was the variety of products manufactured manu-factured In Utah, shown by the great number of different home-produced . articles given away during the evening. Blankets, furniture, . silver articles, mattresses, pillows, . towels, dresses, candy, foodstuffs of all kinds such a wide variety that it is a fact that one could come very close to living In Utah without ever purchasing anything manufactured outside of ' the state. And maybe that wouldn't be such a bad Idea. t . |