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Show Review News and Comment By M. L T. of Current (jr Events EDUCATE ORGANIZE A Real American Abraham Lincoln was a real American. He would surely turn in his grave if he could hear some of the expressions made by the reactionary Republicans on his birthday. Evidently, the reactionaries have not read the true his' tory of the life of our beloved Lincoln. President Roosevelt and Mayor Daniel W, Ilopn of Milwaukee come nearer to Lincoln than the reactionary politicians. "Let us cease to lend our ears to false prophets and unite under tips slogan to achieve the goal 6et for us by Abraham Lincoln: It is a worthy object of any good gov emment to see that every laborer receives the full product of his w'r3- PAPER COOPERATE & VOL VI: NO. 33. COMMENT ON AMERICAN NEWS Goose and Gander Whats sauce for the goose is NOT sauce for the gander. The LAKE CITY. UTAH. FEBRUARY 21. 1936. Price: 5 Cents Per Copy Threaten. To Political Out 3Iove Headquarters Utah For 19i Special to Utah Labor News This city CHEYENNE, Wyo. has been all agog since a threat to transfer the District 22 offices of the United Mine Workers of Labor America, the Wyoming Journal and the offices of the Wyoming State Federation of La. bor from Cheyenne, if a permit to establish a radio station here is granted to Paul Heitmeyer of Ogden, or if a permit is not granted some other individual or organization. Speaking for District 22, in which more than 7,000 miners in Utah and Wyoming are members, John Ross, District president, and Virgil Wright, secretary, said the executive board of the union at its meeting in Rock Springs recently, unanimously favored moving labor properties here to Rock Springs i; the question of a broadcasting sta tion is not settled in agreement with interests of their organiza tion. Ross and Wright also intimate( the transfer might be made in any event because of Cheyennes al leged unwillingness to cooperate with organized labor. Union membership in Cheyenne claimed by officials to represent at least 10,000 persons, is extremely dissatisfied with the action of the chamber of commerce and other organizations to prevent establish ment of a radio station here, the miners office declared. Cheyenne is as much entitlec to a radio station as is any other city of its size, Ross emphatically Compiled From Re, of Observers Senator Key Pittmans speech in the U. S. Senate, February 10, met with quick condemnation from Federick J. Libby, executive secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, and from other prominent leaders of the nation. The Nevada senator advocates, in effect, building up Uncle Sams naval and air forces to a point where we can cross the Pacific and fight Japan for the sake of our investments in China. I cannot imagine a more unpopular cause to die for, Said Mr. Libby. I do not believe that this particular motive for spending further billions annually on our military forces will command itself to the American people when thoroughly understood." American people are overwhelmingly and enthusiastically in favor of staying out of foreign wars whether in Europe or Asia. There is no doubt about that. Why is Senator Pittman attempting to ride rough-sho- d over this sentiment? As chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, Senator Pittman has no justified cause for war scares. All we could accomplish by the conquest of Japan, even if we achieved it, would be to open up Asia to the further extension of communism while our own country, because of our money .mad financiers, is ready to go fascist at the outbreak of war. What is more, the alliance of big business with the army, which is the essence of fascism, would not let go its grip when the war was over. In the awful depression that would follow another war piled on top of the last one, with a doubled national debt and a doubled tax burden, it would not be deemed safe to let our country return to our democratic institutions. United States investments in China, for which Senator Pittman would have American boys fight, amount to $130,000,000. A member of the Presidents cabinet has stated that a war with Japan would cost 40 billion dollars. If it is Senator Pittmans idea that vre should only threaten war without meaning war, the only sensible comment is that this kind of bluffing is the most dangerous policy a nation can pursue. The European nations have played this game of pressure politics for generations. It has talways brought war. It caused the World war. What is more, Senator Pittman is likely to find out that, despite the powerful military propaganda machine that has been built up in this country by War and Navy departments, his proposal of going back to the freedom of the seas policy that has involved us in two wars is not wanted here now. Such great groups of American citizens as organized labor, the farmers organizations, the great womens organizations to whom Senator Pittman referred with well justified respect and, above all, the churches and the college youth are done with giving their lives and their homes in behalf of our investments in China or anywhere else. War with Japan must never come! What we, in common with the Haves really need to do is to get together with Have Nots and relieve the economic tensions that are back of the war danger. federal statutory court of the northern district of Minnesota is Assails Tax Levies sued an injunction against Cover Dr. Elmer L Goshen, pastor of nor Olson, Mayor Latimer of Minneapolis, and Adjutant Gen. the First Congregational church, toil nail smack," square on the With these ringing words, Dan Walsh, restraining them from ps hit thewhen he assailed Utah taxes head, iel W. Iloan, 'Socialist mayor of ng the national guard to close the and the state liquor exorbitant as Minnin Strutwear knitting plant Milwaukee, concludes his pamphlet combion "Abraham Lincoln A Real eapolis. The troops had been with commission as an unholy business nation decirobbing legitimate two the drawn weeks before American." The pamphlet is rich men of their just profits. in quotations that the reader did sion. Dr. Goshen was the principal had held court The that troops not run across in the history book at the Kiwanis club lunch speaker no right to close private business he used in school. Hotel Utah. He disin eon the Did you know that Lincoln car- enterprises. "Lincolns Mescussed the subject, M. Jacobs, counsel for the Joseph ried on a correspondence with Carl He said that if the strikers, pointed out the contrast sage Today. Marx ? alive to were emancipator great decidecision etween the and the Did you know that Lincoln callthe would take he in Utah ed upon the workers to unite, not sion of a similar court in the Terre day to work would and same stand latonly nationally, but intemation-yall- ? Iaute, Ind., situation. In thecould overthrow the great political mater, the court said that it chine upon the hill which has us Did you know that Lincoln not inquire into the right of the in bondage. walked a long distance in order to governor to declare martial law In classifying the several differ, visit, and read the books in the while the decision in St. Paul was ent taxes as vicious, while to cap it library of New Harmony, Ind., a directly contrary. It all depends all, he said that there is the sales cooperative colony established by on who asks for an injunction. In tax which is not necessary and is one case, we have the Strutwear an added Robert Owen? exasperation. and in the other, a union be more could company, compli Dr. Goshen opined that Lincoln Nothing said. Jacobs Gene Lincoln and member, would never have allowed a state mentary to both The very fact that the injuncDebs than to be compared with iquor monopoly and defended the each other. This is what Mayor tion was issued two weeks after right of every respectable busiIloan does as he describes the the troops had been withdrawn ness man to engage in the liquor business who has a desire to. similarity of the two great Amer- and after a request was made tha icans and the common ideals both the suit be dropped, indicates than He said the country, nevertheheld. The lesson which Iloan draws it is a vicious attempt on the part less, is going ahead and that the from Lincolns philosophy are chal- of the courts to set a precedent for day of competition is lenges which cannot be passed future cases rather than adjudicate gone forever. He said that without the spending of millions of dolover lightly by intelligent readers. the case before them," Jacobs lars in relief the country would Says Iloan: Shall we continue have had a revolution that would stated. to pile up these numerous surhave lost all our wealth. We want a station now, but we May Never Employ All pluses? Shall we, without protest, "The same forces that opposed want a face starvation in the midst of station. Every day you can hear some due to im- Lincoln are opposed to progress Heitmeyer, who is said to own a plenty ? Shall we follow the Roose- worker tell of velt theory of destroying in part proved machinery. Every month today and just as Lincoln was call- radio station in Ogden, and who is these verbal can to increase as so reports ed a dictator, revolutionist, traitor backed by the these surpluses you verify Ogden prices and thus further diminish by reading business and industrial and monarchist, the same forces Standard Examiner, always has are levelled today against progres- been opposed to organized labor, the amount of special goods that journals. The inflow of cheap goods from sive leaders, Dr. Goshen said. Ross asserted. labor can purchase? Or shall we think in terms of how the phil- countries which force labor to live Favoring the Wyoming Radio our Education associations application Radio Rodeo osophy of Lincoln may be put into under conditions way below anc Last week in Januarv Uncle Don, for a station here, the Mine Workactual operation and how to. give standards force business men to each laborer the full product industrialists to machine econ Bing Crosby, Amos n Andy, as ers union will support establishwell as Major Bowes amateur ment of a rival radio station at SKILLED LABOR SIIOKTAGE of his toil so that surpluses can omics. num- - hour had a reduce the work Women at be purchased and increased, wealth heavy competition. On Rock Springs and publication of a DENIED IIY. A. F. OF L used steadily to improve conditions her of jobs for heads of families Saturday A1 Smith, on Tuesday new daily newspaper there in conjuma more we face nction--with As ifcwasa itf result, Joe Robinson . and Senator Borah, implied, of those who worked? Recent Survey Refutes Claim of members. ' There is a great deafof'fooc chines with more men operating on Wednesday the two governors, Lester G. Baker, former and Rock Springs, anc Business Leaders at Chicago It was pointed out that in a refor thought in the pamphlet them, or dividing up the work Talmadge and Landon. Many anMeeting Discrimination Against cent survey of the skilled labor Abraham Lincoln A Real Amer among more people working short- other great statesman shouted his Helper, Utah, publisher, who repBut resents the association and who Union Labor Cited. situation following a similar message at the microphone. ican. er shifts, or else The or else as we see it is these five are enough to give - the appeared in its behalf before the charge, the Executive Council of weather-ma- n of Federal commission in Cheyenne, a good pictureWASHINGTON. the American Federation of Labor (AFLNS) large scale public works programs Not Socialism 'Phe fore- backed the statements of the min. The report emanating from a con- said : conditions. meteorological of what political regardless con in no the favorites Playing ference of 700 industrial executives Stormy and hotter with ers executives. Our investigation indicates: group is in power for many years cast is: troversy raging in the Democratic to come maybe always. violent displays of Moving of both United Mine in Chicago sponsored by the Amer1. That there is no shortage A1 his and Smith between As political education to five lec- Workers and Federation officials ican Management association that of skilled workers if party is situation When this new-er- a employers are followers and President Roosevelt taken for granted, two types of tures were a disappointment As is no idle threat from the miners, business is confronted with an to employ union mechanwilling Norman Thomas Imwas and his followers, asserted. it continental comedy they were acute shortage of skilled labor ics. thinking will go out. Directors of the union have been in an address on a A1 Smith, in immaculate Public works administrators will mense. 2. That the claimed forth a prompt and embrought hookup tore into th6 new deal anc not need to warn against shirking evening dress, roused a rabble of given power to act as they see fit phatic denial from officials of the of skilled workers is dueshortage to disemphatically denied that it was among hew federal employes as two thousand persons including a in the matter, Ross said. American Federation of Labor. crimination against union members socialism. Hopkins did last week any more round dozen of duPonts who rep It was claimed at the Chicago and is used as an excuse for Those politicians who make the than a postmaster general would resented a large portion of cap His views are genthat although hundreds of lengthening hours or undercutting charge that Roosevelt is an advo- have to urge our proud R. F. D italistic wealth of the country uinely conservative, and he is a meeting technical jobs are opening, trained union rates of pay. s mind. men cannot be found to cate of socialism when they know, men to get the mail through, snow This was in the gilded banquet gentleman with a fill them, 3. That instability of employA With fine dignity he presented in hall of the Mayflower Hotel. if they want to know, that, Mr. or no snow. with the most often forces skilled mechanment shortage apparent Thomas said, Roosevelt did noi; On the other hand, there will be professed himself to have fount rather colorless terms a line of in the automobile and machine ics to seek work in other occupaout which and comfort. the elder Socialist the these supreme happiness platform no more leering chuckles over carry political philosophy trades. Spokesmen for the A. F. of tions. unless he carried it out on federal employes wanting their pay He suggested playfully that he anc La Follette gave us in burning L. declared 4. That an edequate employthat where such restretcher. so they might get their automobile his Republican friends have their epigrams. He wants to save the had been to traced ment service would help to make their ports then-selveAl Grand v)ld Tarty from The leader of Socialists, Mr. licenses, as there was recently in little confidences Smith, source among were proved to be contact between the employer they secret and He he out duPonts. Mr. let Rascob and of the Roose the What is John not Los fault the It Thomas, says: Angeles. either without foundation due skilled or men and the emseeking when the on dividends the afternoon velt has given us is state capital- 990 out of every 1,000 WPA work- that appeals from them, their to discrimination union ploye equipped to do the job. Roose-vel- t against farmthe court Theodore must to and the a wav is is to under ers this deprived supreme that that system ism; say, they and Abraham Lincoln. which the state steps in to regulate feed their families. Why shouldnt ers of their checks he went to A wonderful idea to get excited and in many cases it is not for the they have cheap, modern convey- ward of directors meeting. Everything very high class, high about! And when the Negroes 11,101,000 AISE JOBLESS purpose of establishing production ances the same as small town postfor use, but rather for the purpose masters or anyone else in their pay lat. But over the radio the East present were so forgetful of their A. F. OF L. REPORT SAYS Side voice had a vaudeville twahg. debt to the Grand Old Party as to of maintaining in so far as pos class ? i was A1 He on thick. was laying it put him on the spot all the good sible, the profit system with its Did You Know Cumming? resident Green Declares Millions Em ploy ment Lags speaking for the great rank and man could do was to be honestly immense rewards of private ownin and politely heartless. A man named Hugh S. Cumming ;ile of the American He would Will Still Be people diviWhen we count on improving busiand unfair If its Unemployed grossly ership, The news- rather save the constitution from has just retired at 66 years of age. which class I belong. Business Reaches Normal ness alone to put the unemployed sion of the national income. to work, we may expert little Mr. Thomas further claims that For 42 years he has been in our papers, instead of following th amendment than the Negroes from He honestly believes WASHINGTON. in this situation. In Desome o the new deal was good re- public health, service in fact, he manuscripts furnished them, sent lynching. (AFLNS) has had full charge for 15 years. out stenographic reports, rich in that the constitution is more im- The refusal of private employers cember, 1935, business formism, but there is nothing activity was about trying to regulate or And yet, who ever heard of him? aints and other folksy turns of portant than people and, he was to provide work for any appreci 21 per cent above December, 1934, brave enough to say so right to able number of the jobless millions reform Wall Street. Socialism It would appear that to interest speech. (Continued on page 4) the peoples faces. You cant help jrings the United States face to (Continued on page 3) wants to abolish the system of A Nordic to Nordics admiring a man like that, but how face with a tremendous economic which Wall Street is an approSenate Majority Leader Rob- such a man can get to be presiWilliam Green, president of Arguments Heard priate expression. inson is not as gifted a performer dent, is more than anyone can crisis, the American Federation of Labor, On Radio Stations as A1 Smith, but he has his points. make out. in his statement on the asserted Beet Workers Beginning with a text from the current unemployment situation. to Utah Labor News. like a sober Bap. Old Testament A Kansas Coolidge-Onational beet to the With 11,401,000 out of work in Special Delegates WASHINGTON. him more to did set tist two the came Arguments preacher Wednesday in were Denver conference inworkers' December and 3,453,000 were heard Thursday by the right with listeners in the we'A governors, a fine team for a con- cluding 12,340,000 persons,cases, faced with real problems and they receivand south than Als talk of su trast. One has the common-sens- e broadcasting division of the fedmet them. he saw but little hope eral relief, ing and communications commission and Was comfort convention the Kansas Q. other and of the the happiness recently premt speech The almost certain unconstitualone on leld by the United Mine Workers the taxi trip to the board of direc- - homely twang of the deep south. in business improvement for permits to eight n of act the tionality of these job- establish applications very many putting new staNew The of Yorker tors America in the first our The of meeting. broadcasting Washing alignments party idiocy since the AAA decision removed tions in Utah. Attorneys for vartalked of representing the "great could not be better displayed than less to work. the stick hat workers forced AAA ton? Yes. Although the new year has ious applicants and intervenors A. rank and file, but his East Side by the fact that while they both officials to use with growers. opened with an unemployment sit covered the entire Utah broadand below file does is How dialect the rank convention a often much Deal from New Q. attacked the Growers were told last year that Mine Workers of and his Park Avenue connections the same angle, one of them is a uation more encouraging on the casting situation. if they did not pay beet workers of the United ? mee't America are above it. Joe Robinson, with Republican and the other a Dem- whole than any since the PWA The hearing was based on the a minimum wage they would not A. Every two years. his decent grammar, his plain ocrat. They have essentially the program, he said, there is still report and findings of Examiner benefits the get provided by Q. Is the Salt Lake Labor Tem- words, his text from the Old Testa- same theories of life, but one Is no prospect of work for more than George H. Hill, who, after preact. association organized as a co- ment, fits right in. He is a plain called the Kansas Coolidge and a mere handful of the 11,401,000 liminary hearings, recommended The conference decided to fight ple Nordic talking to plain Nordics. the other reminds us of Huey Long. unemployed. We may expect the the granting of two applications or a corporation? operative for better contracts this year. The in industry this and the denial or dismissal of six A. The Salt Lake Labor Tem- And when he said, in the old Smith If our great, radio cast had ap- spring pick-u- p minimunj will be $23 an acre. Rep- ple association is not a coopera- idiom, Lets look at the record, on a stage before an audi- year to create at least temporary others. peared resentation at the conference was tive organization. It is managed we can imagine farmers and Takes Exception ence Governor Talmadge would jobs for a small portion of the un51 delegates from 39 organizations as the worst type of Wall Street over all the west and iave stolen the show. Governor employed but the vast majority was taken by the Exception in five states, which insures the orI guess old Joes landon, Alf Landon, is a plain have no assurance of anything but counsel for the Utah Radio Educorporations. A few men manipu-at- e south saying, to win these ganizational strength to get the control of the vot. got im there! fellow.- But the Republicans have continued joblessness and depend- cational Society and some of the contracts. Senator Borahs plea that we go described in him their great white ence on relief and government other aplicants to the adverse recng stock and thus elect whoever A decision to form federal unions they please on the board of di- forward by moving backward was Everything about his make- work projects. On December 28, ommendations of Mr. Hill, and in each factory district was a step rectors. It has been reported that almost overlooked by the dramatic hope. up suggests the staunch and home, 1935, 3,541,000 had work on WPA Thursdays hearing largely centoward unifying the existing unions at the recent annual meeting of critics of the great air show. The spun hero destined to save the in- projects, including 514,000 in Con- tered around those cases. The comand organizing new ones. the Labor Temple association a papers dutifully his nocent maid with the d servation camps. In November, mission will take the eight cases The goal is one big national few members of the board of di- words, but in the reported s i o n lair hanging down her back. The there were still 3,453,000 cases re- - under advisement basing its discus union for the 100,000 sugar beet rectors controlled the voting stock he had hardly been given a staid e waxed lyrical relief, including 12,340,000 ings both on the recommendations (Continued on page 2) line. He has two disadvantages. (Continued on page 4) (Continued on Page 2) persons. (Continued on page 3) . cut-thro- -- at union-operat- lay-of- ed fs non-unio- n - -- Kem-mer- heat-lightnin- er g. coast-to-coa- st high-clas- s, top-ha- ts im-prov- st n Jones-Costiga- Jones-Costig- an small-towne- rs - straw-colore- find-ceivi- Herald-Tribun- r As ng |
