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Show Nepfil, Juab County, Utah 84648 TKun3ay, October S, T967 eljc SimtS'ftVtuG Peg Nephi Local, Social News Mr. and Mrs. Gary Golden and two daughters of Spanish Fork were week end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Rue Golden. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green-halg- h attended general confer ence in Salt Lake City, and the Shill family reunion on Friday al-- 1 evening at Bountiful. They Evans family so attended the reunion on Saturday at Orem. Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Perry C. Hall were Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Hall and) family of Provo. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hansen and family of Salt Lake City were Sunday visitors of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hansen. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Jarrett spent the week end in Kearns with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Kay. I A Special Report on the Copper Strike Larry Jarrett, a student at College of Southern Utah, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merl Jar- the rett Bishop .William R. Jarrett and son Craig of Salt LAke City visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Jarrett on Saturday and Sunday. Week end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. George V. Jones were Mr. and Mrs. Lee C. Burton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A. Jones and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. Clair Anderson and family of Salt Lake City. Miss Carol McPherson, a atu. dent at Utah State University, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merle McPherson. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kelsey and two children of Ruby Valley, Nevada were week end guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Bel t Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Nyman, son Steve and daughter JuLeej were in Salt Lake City on Sunday to attend general conference. They enjoyed a family dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lewis where Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose also were guests. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Ohin were in West Jordan on Friday right to attend the wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs, Ray Jensen (Linda Miller) They also visited in Salt Lake City with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Vit'kere and Mr. and Mrs. Spun cer Miller. They were Saturday over night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Olpin in Provo Mrs. Etta P. Cowan of North Hollywood, California is a house guest of her brother and sister in law, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Paik. Mi. and Mrs. J. H. Burns u? Cedar City visited with her par. ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Park, on Monday and Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Burns recently attended the Governors Ball. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ballowl and son Michael of Ogden waited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Snow over the week end. Aware that the people of Utah are vitally concerned with the nation- wide strike by unions against the copper industry, the Industrial Relations Council of Utah makes public the following report in the hope that fruitful negotiations can be resumed immediately to end the strike: w ' , rf THE STRIKE AGAINST THE COPPER INDUSTRY Everywhere there are questions about the lack of negotiations in the copper strike. The damages to business, industry, and the working people of this community have been far greater than the much cried over loss of tax revenue. Local union leaders tell us stories that cross check closely. None of these men is willing to be quoted, but many of them deplore the strike and the reasons for it. This is what we hear: International officers of the Steelworkers have been in complete control ever since that union merged with Mine-Mi- ll and persuaded the small unions to go along with a united front against ALL COPPER COMPANIES. Local union bargaining teams have had no authority to make any settlement. They are 6nly puppets on strings held by the men at the top. The men at the top want an industry-wid- e contract because this will give them greater control over future bargaining and over the smaller unions. In fact, the big union may smother out the small ones and, in time, absorb their members. Industry-wid- e bargaining makes it easier to service the Less union agents are required. More union dues money can be contract. used to organize new workers or for political activity. The international union leaders think that they can get an industry contract NEXT TIME, if they prove that they can SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY THIS TIME. They will probably try to at least win common expiration dates this year. . Why The Christian Science Monitor recommends you read your local newspaper Your local newspaper keeps )0u informed of whats happening in your area community events, public meetings, stories about people in and your vicinity. These you cant shouldn't do without Almost all the basic industry and refineries will have been struck by October first. The last big refinery will be struck in November. Many fabricating plants will have been brought into the picture by then. At some time after October first, most insiders expect that the union leaders who are calling the shots will be satisfied that they have proven their ability to shut down the entire industry. Only then will they allow effective bargaining. More likely, they will privately encourage cooperating federal government officials to use the emergency provisions of the y Act to get the union members back to work for 80 days. That 80 day period will then cover any time needed to allow a few more fabricating contracts to expire. Government officials, including our Governor, are well aware of these objectives. Taft-Hartle- Union leaders will protest and grumble about any return to work order. Such grumbling will be for the benefit of the public and for the poor union member who is nothing but a pawn in this game for more union power. We are satisfied that almost all those in the bargaining have long known that an offer that could easily be sold to the union membership could have been obtained EVEN WITHOUT THIS STRIKE if a nationwide contract had not been the undisclosed goal. Bargaining probes and private talks with the mediators would disclose this fact to any skill- ful bargaining representative. These men are not beginners. They well understand how to learn approximately what can be achieved. Until the international union officers are willing to permit acceptance of an offer, none of the companies can shorten this strike by making a final or a better offer. This is the reason nobody wants to meet and the reason mediators do not call for meetings. Rank and file union members are not supposed to learn that they have lost MANY WEEKS of work and income NEEDLESSLY. The union members and the public are to be told over and over that the strikers had to suffer all this hardship in order to get the companies to increase their offers. The unions absolutely refuse to budge until companies offer more. They do this in order to lay the blame at the company door. The real purpose is to hold up any settlement and keep the men on strike. The most vicious part of this whole scheme is the fact that the first ELEVEN or TWELVE WEEKS of this strike could all have been avoided. Union leaders could have extended all contracts until now. They could have begun this strike at a time when it was possible for them to shut down the entire industry almost immediately. Instead, they chose to get 37,000 men out of work on strike in JULY and then stall effective negotiations until OCTOBER or NOVEMBER. This may seem fantastic and cruel to you. You do not think like a union leader thinks. How could those 37,000 union members, scattered all over as they are and with years of practice in negotiating their own terms, be persuaded to forego wage and benefit negotiations in the summer and strike for a national contract in the fall? Too many union members and local leaders are indoctrinated with the idea that the strike must be in the summer. It is sheer nonsense to believe that any of the companies would want a strike, or that they want it extended for even one day longer than necessary. The cost to the companies is staggering. The cost to the community is staggering. The cost to the strikers is staggering. Only the Steelworker Union leaders at international levels stand to gain by this long strike. We believe that most of these facts are well known to government officials and to the Governor of Utah. You should know these facts so that you can properly evaluate this strike and the public statements that are made and the actions taken by government officials. The strikers and all who have lost because of this strike deserve our sympathy. NOBODY HAD TO LOSE. HOW THE MONITOR COMPLEMENTS YOUR LOCAL PAPER The Monitor specializes in analyzing and interpreting national and world news . . . with exclusive dispatches from one of the largest news bureaus in the nation's capital and from Monitor news experts in 40 overseas countries and all 50 states, THE MONITOR ITS A PAPER nr THE WHOLE FAMILT WILL ENJOT TTi Christ! Science Maaitar One Norway Street Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 02115 PImm start ny Moarttr subscripts for On psrM ebseksd below. I toctoss a Mi. 1 TEM $24 SwanthefS at Won the $11 dnet. ettr ttata Z if Code. Yours truly, Rom Thoresen Ross E. Thoresen Manager Industrial Relations Council of Utah : ; I j j . f Four |