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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. JANUARY 31. 1936. , 3 Carbon County Greeto Its Friends Labor AAA DECISION ANALYZED; MINORITY SLAMS (Continued from Pace 1) check upon our own (the supreme courts) exercise of power is our own sense of self restraint. For the removal of unwise laws from the statute books, appeal lies, not to the courts but to the ballot and to the processes of democratic government.' Power to Tax Conceded Then Justice Stone points out that the majority opinion does not question the constitutional power of congress to levy an excise tax upon the processing or agricultural products," and he adds, the present levy is held invalid, not for any want of power in congress to levy such a tax, but because the use to which its proceeds are put is disapproved. As the present depressed state in of agriculture is nation-widits extent and effect there is no e, basis for saying that the expendi-- v ture of public money in aid of farmers is not within the specifically granted power of congress to levy taxes to provide for the general welfare." And he emphasizes that the majority opinion does not declare otherwise. No Evidence of Coercion The majority opinion argues that' congress sought to coerce farmers by paying them to curtail production, and that this is a gross invasion of states rights, because the states have exclusive jurisdiction over such matters.. Justice Stone answers this by saying, The constitutionality of a statute is not to be overturned by an assertion of its coercive effect, which rests on nothing more substantial than groundless speculation. Members of a industry have undoubtedly been tempted to curtail acreage by the long-depress- - ed HOTEL SAVOY Rooms and Suites With Private Bath J. B. LETIZZETTE, Mgr. Friends of Labor PRICE, UTAH SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD ISSUES DRAFTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT MAJORITY hope of resulting better prices, and by the proffered opportunity to obtain needed ready money," says Justice Stone, but he declares, the suggestion of coercion finds no support in the record or in any data showing the actual operation of the act. Overturns Old Precedents Justice Stone proceeds to point out that in many, many instances in the past congress offered to grant financial benefits providing the recipients did certain things. For example, he recalls that congress did not have power to say that a state university should teach the science of argiculture, but that no one had objected when through the Morrill congress, Act, granted aid to such institutions on the condition that they would set up agricultural schools. This age-ol- d practice is outlawed by the majority opinion, he declares, and by way of illustration, he says: The government may give seed to farmers, but may not condition the gifts upon their being planted in places where they are mot needed, or even planted at all. Stone Grows Sarcastic The government may give money to the unemployed, but may not ask that those who get it shall give labor in return, or even use it to support their families. It may give money to sufferers from earthquakes, fire, tornado, pestilence or food, but may not impose conditions. And he adds with keen sarcasm: All that because it is a presumed regulation infringing state powers, and must be left to the states who are unable or unwilling to supply the necessary relief." ' In conclusion. Justice Stone points out that the majority opinion rejects the theories of Alexander Hamilton, heretofore the idol of all conservatives; and in his final paragraph cracks down" on the majority with almost unprecedented harshness, 'saying: Torturing the Constitution A tortured construction of the constitution is not to be justified by recourse to extreme examples of reckless congressional spending which might occur if courts could not prevent expenditures which, even if they could be thought to affect any national purpose, would be possible only by action of a legislature lost to all sense of public responsibility. BEST WISHES TO ORGANIZED LABOR Deckels Best IS UNION MADE Wholesale Meats Always a Friend of Labor and Display the Union Card 100 Per Cent in Our Plant. PRICE, UTAH Such suppositions are addressthe mind accustomed to believe that it is the business of courts to sit in judgment on the wisdom of legislative action. Courts are not the only agency of government which must be assumed to have capacity to govern. Congress and the courts both, unhappily, may falter or be mistaken in the performance of their constitutional duties. Acceptance of the theory that preservation of our institutions is the exclusive concern of any one of the three branches of government, he says, is far more likely to destroy the Union than the frank recognition that language, even of a constitution, may mean what it says that the power to tax and to spend includes the power to relieve a nation-wid- e economic maladjustment by conditional gifts of money." ed to (Special to Utah Labor News) The bureau WASHINGTON. of unemployment compensation of the Social Security board has just completed the preparations of two types of unemployment compensation bills in response to requests from state legislators and other officials for assistance in the drafting of state legislation and to meet the many requests of individuals and groups interested in such legislation. One of the bills is of the pooled fund type and the other is of the individual employer reserve type. However, each of these two types provides a variety of alternatives to meet major differences of opinions. These two bills are bound together and are preceded by a summary analysis indicating points of similarity and points of differences. Meet Minimum Standards The Social Security board in issuing this material indicated that all the alternatives presented met the minimum standards for state laws unemployment compensation required under the social security act which would permit employers making contributions thereunder to offset such contributions up to 90 per, cent of the federal payroll tax to which they became subject beginning January 1, 1936. Friends WHEN IN PRICE, UTAH ITS Price Grill Sanitary Barber UNION HOUSE Friends of labor A Congenial House Worthy Shop ROY WIMMER. Prop. Friend of Labor Union Shop Irice, Utah of a Kindly Word Among Your Many Friends BEET WORKERS SEEK AFL CHARTER DENVER, Colo. The National Beet Workers convention was held hotel here in the Shirley-Savo- y January 18 and 19. The convention was called by the executive committee of the beet workers of Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and Montana. The main work of the convention was to unite existing beet workers unions into one national organization. Steps were taken toward the formation of an international beet workers union affiliatFederation ed with the American of Labor. Another important point discussed was the drive for organization. Plans were made for increasing the membership of present beet workers unions, and for carrying organization into regions that are at present, unorganized. There was also a thorough discussion of the 1936 wage scale. The convention decided to send organizers into every section of the beet fields to spread organization for a strong international beet workers union. the convention Speakers at are more out there that pointed than 3,000,000 agricultural workers in the United States and every effort should be made to organize workers into these unorganized bona fide agricultural workers unions. Best Wishes to Labor and the Coal Industry For a Prosperous Year O BUY AND USE MORE COAL Utahs Greatest Natural Resource Make Your Headquarters at Greetings To MEW GRAND HOTEL Organized Labor Hotel in the of Everything which offers a quiet, digFirst-Clas- s Center nified and mosphere. Labor, Know Your bills will be of special interest to the following states whose legislatures are now in session Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, South Carolina, Emphasizing the fact that these drafts are merely suggestive and are intended to present the various alternatives that may be considered in the drafting of state unemployment compensation acts, the board said, These cannot properly be termed model bills, or even recommended bills. This is in keeping with the policy of the board in recognizing that it is the final responsibility and the right of each state to determine for itself just what type of legislation it desires and how it shall be drafted. It is expected that these draft Always Welcome! Organized Labor A BILLS and to such states as may call special sessions of their legislatures. at- home-lik- e Moderate Rates By Day, Week or Month WASATCH 465 Main St. at 4th South M. H. THOMPSON, Mgr. 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