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Show Y Review ofi Current Events News and Comment By M. I. T. You wont Bee much, if any thing:, in the newspapers about a law which is being proposed to place all labor organizations under the dictatorship of a federal commission composed of six regular army officers," says the Washington informant of the Utah Labor News. Congress was flooded with copies of the bill last week. The measure provides for the creation of an army officer board to supervise the most routine actions of every labor union in the land. No international union con-- 1 stitution, nor even a local unions could be effective until ap-- 1 proved by the federal commission. Army officers would be detailed to supervise air union elections. Wage movements, or other negotiations, would not be undertaken without the boards permission. And any person disobeying the provisions of this law, or the edicts of the board, would be subject to heavy fines and long imprison ment. There isnt one chance in a hundred thousand of this bill ever becoming a law. It is doubtful if it will ever be formally introduced in either senate or house. But it shows just how far certain interests would like to go to hamstring organized labor. by-la- Uome Town Loyalty I alwaya read the weekly papers, that especially the newspapers come to my exchange table from the cities throughout Utah. 1 like to see spicy editorials, and columns originated by the editor. The Milford News, edited by David S. Williams, has a column under caption, Ruminatin Roundabout," that is about as spicy as any editors column in the state. In a recent issue, the Milford News Ruminator hit a broadside of business houses and especially chain stores who send away for their printed matter and ignore the advertising value of a local newspaper. This was done without mentioning names of any concerns. A week later, this appeared in the Ruminatin' Roundabout" column: fW? tx EDUCATE ORGANIZE Would Hamstring Labor I t u COOPERATE I SALT LAKE CITY, -- VOL VI; NO. 31. II. H 17. Of A. CONVENTION - KH. FEBRUARY 7. Price: 1936. 5 Cents Per Copy ENflRSES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 1 01TlOClfltlC IMPOR: Meets February 7 Delegates Represent 600,000 Coal Miners IT QUL.IONS AND ANSWERS Miners Pledge to Support Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President Roosevelt Boosters, Under Auspices of Trade Union Is Unanimous Q. Does the American FederaDemocratic League of Utah, Will Meet at the Newhouse Organization Is Authorized to If Million Two Hotel- - Prominent Speakers Will Espouse the Cause of the tion of Labor own a labor paper in Dollars for Campaign Spend, Necessary, Drive Endorsement Adds Two Million Votes to the DemNew Deal Utah Buckaroos Will Provide Entertainment Utah? A. No. The American Federa ocratic Standard Bearer Lewis Calls On Other Labor Friends of Roosevelt Are Invited. tion of Labor does not own a labor Bodies to Take Similar Action Resolutions Adopted to of or kind Back Labor and Social Legislation. other active will an we take paper paper any The first open meeting of the says that m does the neither state to of in Utah; this campaign of years part new year, under the auspices carry the state for Roosevelt and it own papers in any other state Re-electi- on Democratic the Trade Union League of Utah, will be held at the Newhouse hotel Friday, February 7, at 8 p. m. J. Chez, Attorney General Mayor E. B. Erwin of Salt Lake City, County Commissioner J. B. Mullins, Representative Stanley N. Child, Frank Bonacci, Utah representative of the United Mine Worers; A. M. Scott, vice president of the league, and other prominent Democrats, are among the speakers. Mayor Harman Peery will be the guest of the League. The Utah Buckaroos, well known radio entertainers, will also participate in this pep" rally. President E. C. Dittman of the league says that everything has been arranged to make this meeting a grand success. The league has endorsed President Roosevelt for renomination and reelection, and Mr. Dittman other liberal Democrat candidates, President Dittman is extending an invitation- to all those interested in the reelection of Roosevelt to attend the February 7 meeting at the Newhouse hotel. The officers of the League are: E. C. Dittman, president. Angus M. Scott, first vice president. Lester Larson, second vice president. John Farrell, third vice president. George W. Smith, secretary. Frank Supp, treasurer. M. I. Thompson, publicity director. These officers, together with five other members, comprise the executive board of the league. The headquarters of the league are at 168 South West Temple - street, with Secretary charge. AFL Asks Dissolution in its jurisdiction. The only official publication of the American Fed eration of Labor is a monthly Federa-tionistThe American It is owned and published by the A. F. of L., Washington, D. C., and its editor is William Green, president of the A. F. of L. mag-agin- e, ." Q. Does the Utah State Federation of Labor own any publication in Utah? A. No. From the information we have at hand, the Utah State Federation of Labor does not own any paper, nor has it ever owned a paper. If any official of the Utah State Federation of Labor claims ownership of a paper by the State Federation of Labor, it is without authority from the annual convention cf the Federation, also without sanction from the affiliated loSmith In cal unions. If the executive council of the Federation has contracted for ownership of any publication by the Federation, the council eviillegally, withdently has done out any authority from the Federation convention, or by its affiliated local unions. Special to Utah Labor News. WASHINGTON. The United Mine Workers of America in convention here, Saturday afternoon, formally endorsed President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for reelection and voted to contribute funds to the Presidents campaign. More than 2,000 delegates cheered the move to enter the campaign in behalf of the president who has done so much for the people of this nation. It might be well for other American Federation of Labor organizations to take cognizance of what this convention has done," said President John L. Lewis, when the delegates had, without a dissenting vote, adopted the Roosevelt resolution. If all A. F. of Lb unions would follow suit, as they Bhould, then for all practical purposes, the result of the next election no longer would be in doubt," said Lewis. Defies Special and Selfish Interests We are not endorsing the Democratic party as such, Lewis added. We are rising to meet a crisis in the economic and political affairs of the nation. The union is allying itself with a great statesman to protect the common people. The interests in downtown New York are boasting that they can raise enough money to elect a Chinaman to the White House. It is time for the United Mine Workers and all other people to ... these interests that there The cheered president. isnt enough money in this country McGrady and in delegates to his answer to buy the presidency. ' question if they were with the show IVesident, arose and cheered and Two Million Votes shouted for five minutes. The resolution to go forward Be on Guard with Roosevelt will add to the Mr. McGrady warned, Be on new deal cause more than 2,000,000 DemocQ. Has the Utah State Federa- votes. The membership rolls . of your guard, men of labor. tion of Labor ever endorsed any the United Mine Workers carries racies have lived and died before. Vigilance is ever the price of libmore than 600,000 coal miners. Dubinsky of Garment Workers Lone Dissenter of Executive publication in Utah? erty. resolution of The the State The Yes. A. Utah Fe' adoption Councils Demand Appoints Committee to confer With sheets printed Subtle propaganda led to Euroadvertising to Presi-Thehas of Labor ation riving support outright given it;;j which inadvertently carried the Industrial Union Advocates for Possible Solution at Same pean dictatorship and might prewas Roosevelt on 4) expected (Continued page Denver imprint and thus gave demon-rad- e cede an attempt to destroy AmerLewis Group Challenges Its Supremacy. Time enthusiastic the of ry ican liberties. away the disloyal tactics of this rations every time his name was them selves, ...outfit and. opened., up President John-L- .- Lewis 05-jth convcn tah, nthmed earlier in the gpec'ial'to'tKe Utah La'borNews' 'Outlooerf, ances,n. Lewis has been an ardent union for a lambasting they have richly spoke disparagingly of fordeserved for some time! mer Governor Smith. MIAMI, Fla. Holding that the Committee for Industrial OrganiIn Lewis renew of the deal. r nvepporter In fairness, however, to another zation constitutes a challenge to the supremacy of the American Fedferred to Smith hs a gibbering po. of Resolution The Utah local store which is compelled to eration of Labor, the A. F. of L. executive council voted to issue an litical jackanapes. ne The resolution reads: use a certain amount of Salt The miners' chief asked the order demanding the immediate disbanding of the committee. At the Compiled From Reports'll :elr The United Mine Workers of t United Mine Workers to pass judgof Observers advertising matter by rea same time the executive council appointed a committee of three of its in this convention, America, pledge son of its associated buying con- mmbers to confer with the industrial union group to attempt to find a their united and wholehearted sup- ment on his industrial unionism union conflict. nections, we are happy to say that solution for the industrial-cra- ft to bring about continuance of fight with the leaders of the Amerport Endorse Roosevelt (Continued on Page 2) The decision to call upon the work of Franklin D. Roosevelt ican Federation of Labor. union committee. He is reported The fight between craft and inTrade Union Some time the as president of the United States ago, I. O. to dissolve was made by an 1 to have protested taking any action dustrial unionists entered a critical meet Utah Democratic of term. for another League to-- 6 COMMENT ON vote. Five of those who voted and held that the work of the com stage as Mr. Lewis pondered his in Salt Lake City unanimously the We are for ing greatRoosevelt, it unions mittee and the forming in the negative did so because they endorsed Franklin Delano Roose est humanitarian of our time. newly won authority to withdraw AMERICAN NEWS considered the statement not strong was entirely legal and in accordfor reelection as the president Against us are the chambers of from the American Federation of velt with many precedents long esenough. These five were led by ance United States. of the commerce, the manufacturers as- Labor, if necessary. L. A. F. of Hits Unfair Tax Arthur Wharton, president of the tablished in the Now news comes from Washing sociation, the Liberty league and is The convention empowered LewThe committee of three appoint De- International Association of Ma and his executive board to withMIAMI, Fla. (AFLNS) conven ton international the that the representatives of special in- draw his and Lewis mand for adjustment of the tax on chinists, and W. D. Hutcheson, ed to confer with the 600,000 members of the Workers Mine of tion the United the who have terests peoexploited ' George M. Har- of America union from the A. F. of L. whencigarets so as to equalize the tax president of the United Brother- group consists of in nation of Washing this for meeting ple many years. Brotherhood of the burden between the cigar- hood of Carpenters. They thought rison, president These forces must be defeated ever circumstances warranted. Saturday, unanimously endors brands was the expression of the Executive of Railway Clerks; Joseph Weber, ton, ets and the The action of the convention was ed reelection. Roosevelt for in their unholy purpose to reestabvoiced by the A. F. of L. executive Council towards Lewis committee president of the American Federaa topic of excited speculation in lawho those This news is to over lish the destructive good their rule M. Bug wishy-washcouncil here in adoption of a reso- was bor circles. especially tion of Musicians, and G. Internabelieve in a new deal and a square destiny of the American people. niazet, secretary of the lution calling on congress for rem- President Greens position. coun this deal for the of No Drastic Step Mine of The Workers United people tional Brotherhood of Electrical The resolution edial legislation. Some students of labor problems They expressed bitter disappoint-me- n Workers. America will go forward with try. called upon congress to enact legwith what they held to be conPresident Roosevelt has dona Roosevelt, fighting under his ban- foresaw a possibility that drastic In issuing the order for the Lew islation sponsored by the Tobacco cessions toward the industrial more than any other man in Amer ner for reelection so he may con- steps would not be taken, at least Workers union intended to equal- union bloc. They wanted the Ex- is group to dissolve, the council ican history to bring the govern tinue to serve the best interests of not in the near future. Some of ize the tax so that the burden will ecutive council to be more stern, was emphatic in its demand that ment closer to the people. the unions which have vigorously the American people. fall on the product with regard to recommending to the next A. F. of the convention policies should be and organized labor in In to Labor, addition supported the U. M. W. of A. leadsupport promising carried observed and difference in retail prices. L. convention that all of the unions respected, more than any other at the ballot box, the miners prom- ership in its struggle to organize particular, class of American people, shoulc ised to engage actively in the millions of workers by industry participating in the Committee for out by all unions. The Tobacco Road Will Not Dissolve Industrial Organization be susand do appreciate what our great Roosevelt campaign. They author- rather than craft are said to be Its hardly likely that the Com- humanitarian Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., pended from the Federation. president has done ized formation of Roosevelt clubs eager to avoid a breach with the cleared $16,856,543 net profits in mittee for Industrial Organization for labor. Dubinsky For Committee in mining centers and granted per- Federation. 1935. The great bulk of this huge The lone vote against making will heed the order to dissolve. It On the other hand, some observAnd, we have every reason to mission to the executive board to net income came from the manu- any demands on the committee at has committed itself too far for aid believe that all right thinking contribute to this cause from the U. ers believed a split in the A. F. of facture of cigarets. The total wage all was cast by David Dubinsky, and encouragement of the organi- workers, regardless of their for- U. W. A. treasury balance of more L. is possible, with Lewis' allies of in the entire cigaret industry resident of. the International zation of industrial unions in mer political affiliations, are for than $2,000,000. overcoming any objection they may this country in 1935 was around adies Garment Workers union, industries to backwater Roosevelt. have. They believed miners, garWeek less. $14,000,000 (Continued on page 3) Wage de is a member of the industrial Of course, there are a few probably In other resolutions, the dele- ment workers, textile workers, oil field and refinery workers, autoand political figures for that year are not yet y opportunists gates indorsed the available, but they have averaged adwho do not give a tinkers dam for mobile, week radio, aluminum, cement bill; encouraged COUNCILS about that figure for some years HOWARD REPLIES and e the rest of the labor movement, but equate rubber but at employes might form a pensions, and for a period the tendency was are still for Hoover, Reed Smoot, the same time sidestepped a vote federation of their own and try to ILLEGAL IS COMMITTEE CHARGE downward. So, we have the glad and other standpat (Continued on page 3) politicians. on the Townsend plan; renewed news that a single tobacco comYes, we have a few of them in their invitation to the progressive pany, third in size of the Big Four Activities of Committee for Industrial Organization Disturbs Utah but they are mighty few. miners and other outside unions Conference On tobacco companies which make 85 Trade Democratic The Union to unite with the U. M. W. A., and Council P. President Executive Charles F. of L A of Utah has taken the lead- urged an outright pardon for Warper cent of the cigarets manufacLeague Councils I. Answers U. Press T. of Howard Statement. Dispute Fails tured in this country laid in more ership in sponsoring Roosevelts ren Billings and Tom Mooney. all the than net profits last year War and fascism were denounccampaign for election in this workers who drew their living Special to Utah Labor News. have been much disturbed by its state. The League will also spon- ed vigorously and a new trial for Special to Utah Labor News. from the industry. High profits At its meeting in Miami, Flor- activities. The conference MIAMI, Fla. During recent weeks sor other liberal candidates who the Scottsboro boys, by a jury and low standards of living. That ida, which convened January 15, there have been reports that when are known to be in sympathy with held between the Teamsters repwas urged. negroes, is the practical motto of the big the executive council of the Amer- the council assembled for its mid- the Roosevelt policies. The League Unemployment insurance, fair- resentatives and General Ameri- ican Federation of Labor devoted winter meeting it was expected is in a position to do much good ness to Four tobacco companies Joseph negro workers, and grati- reasurer Obergfell can, R. J. Reynolds, Liggett & much time and attention to the that drastic action would be taken in they ear of 1936 to the people tude to Governor Albert (Happy) and General Organizer A. J. Kug-le- r That InP. has Lorillard. and that a heavy penalty would be of Utah. activities of the Committee for Myers, and of the Brewery Workers, failed Chandler of Kentucky for his sponbeen their guiding principle for 25 dustrial Organization, formed af- imposed upon the members of the Every liberal worker in Utah soring of legislation to rid the state to reach an agreement when the years. A very good reason why ter adjournments of the Atlantic committee, who constituted the should be a member of the League. coal fields of deputized company Teamsters refused to recede from fairminded cigaret smokers should City convention for the purpose of minority that had conducted a con- The annual membership fee is $1. police were expressed. their previous determination to smoke union-labdismember the Brewery Workers. cigarets, coming conducting an educational cam- test in the Atlantic City conven- If organized labor and others will McGrady Speaks from independent factories .where paign among workers in unorgan- tion to have the A. F. of L. adopt tak a membership and contribute The convention gave President J A suggestion by William Green, union tobacco workers are employ- ized mass production and other in- a more modern policy for organ- a dollar, it will create a campaign Roosevelt an ovation when asked president of the A. F. of L., at one ed and decent wages are being dustries. ization. fund without begging for campaign by Edward F. McGrady, assistant point in the conference, that the The committee is composed of Howard Was Invited finances from any other source. paid. secretary of labor, whether or not question who the beer drivers As secretary of the committee executives of eight national and When the campaign fund is they supported the president. Let should affiliate with be left to the international unions affiliated with Mr. Howard was invited to appear created with these $1 memberships, that be the answer to the money workers themselves, was immediVELVET FOR MILLERS the A. F. of L. John L. Lewis, before the executive council at its there will be no obligations to bags on Wall Street, he shouted. ately and loudly rejected by the The supreme court has directed of the United Mine Miami meeting. He was asked to any other group or source, but to Mr. McGrady addressed the con- Teamsters president representatives. The the lower courts to return imme- Workers of America, is chairman explain the purposes and intent of the League itself. Naturally, this vention Friday. He flayed the Brewery Workers spokesmen acdiately to milling manufacturers and Charles P. Howard, president the campaign upon which the com- will mean that the League will be vested interests who are organized cepted the proposal with alacrity. over 200 million dollars in process- of the International No agreement could be reached, Typographical mittee had engaged. After an ex- in a position to tell the candidate to defeat the president and his leging taxes that were impounded Union, is secreteay of the commit- tended discussion before the counis wanted of him by the islative program mapped out in as the Teamsters demanded all the what just during the hearing on the now in- tee. cil it appears some of the mem- people and if it is not done,-- , that the interest of the average citizens. beer drivers be turned over to validated AAA Since formation of the Commit- bers modified their views and the the candidate will be found a place There was no doubt that the their organization whether the It is estimated that over a bil-- ( tee it has been apparent Beveral action finally taken was not nearly in the scrap heap. more than 2,000 delegates in the men involved wanted such a transContinued on page 3) members of the executive council hall were unanimously for the fer or not. (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 2) It seems that some of our readers were not quite clear or pretended not to be as to whom our broadside of last week was leveled. So, to clear up any misconception, we shall not mince matters, but tell you it was the local J. C. Penney store which distributed Of Industrial Committee 1 Denver-- nt . r-- Political -- For 1936 L Lake-print- ed the. -- 10-ce- nt 15-ce- nt y, mass-producti- 30-lIo- ur two-time- rs Black-Conner- TO 30-ho- ur old-ag- in-udi- ng Secretary-T- el J |