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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, SEPTEMBER 25. 1936. 2 Utaf) ia&or Jfctos Established 1929 , A MEMBER OF THE . This paper receives the American Federation of Labor News Service. Entered as second-cla- ss matter March 28, 1930, at the post office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Advertising rates by request. $1.50 per annum Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Published weekly at 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. M. I THOMPSON L. M. THOMPSON NEWS AND COMMENT MINERS LEADER ANALYZES MAINE (Continued from page 1) SLUSH FUNDS engage in educational and organi- Publisher Office Manager 1 SOCIAL SECURITY ACT And UTAH WELFARE PROGRAM LEARN THE FACTS zation activities . . . and pledges such moral and financial support Labor will not misunderstanc as it may contribute to the organi- the meaning of the contributions zation campaign among steel work- to the G. O. P. campaign fund in ers and in other unorganized in where the special senate Maine, Castries now beincr conducted oy iA IndUStria wpenie. h a choLe lroSp r fr The resolution further instructed the unions officials to take such action as in their judgment may be necessary to protect and preserve the autonomous rights, privileges, and powers of the I.T.U. as an affiliate of the A. F. of L. Charles P. Howard, president of the I.T.U., is secretary of the C. I.O. Labor Conventions September is a month of laborconventions. It has more union conin it than any other month in the year. In September, 1936, in particular, these numerous . union meetings found labor at the crossroads. Every meeting was confronted by a vital issue that could not be dodged. The executive of the American Federation of Labor has thrown a challenge to every union member in the United States. It decreed, effective September 5, that the movement for whose unity and solidarity generations of union men and women have worked and fought should be split in half. Drunk with some sort of dictatorial madness, the council members resolved that 1,250,000 of the A. F. of L. membership should be driven from its ranks through a susnension order that violates all democratic procedure and grossly flouts the A. F. of L. constitution. More than this, the suspension in effect slams the door in the faces of millions of unorganized, or independently organized, workers who have had hopes of entering the A. F. of L. through industrial organization. And who are the million and a quarter trade unionists thus autocratically thrown out of the Federation which they shared in build- ing : Can the executive council make any pretense that it is cutting off deadwood, infected parts or the like, so that the reduced body of the A. F. of L. may be the healthcouncil ment houses receive living quar(Continued from last week) ters. Just Suppose Obviously there would he no reason for budgeting for that 15 Suppose you encountered which is and men and provided by the client hungry ragged you had only $1.50 with which to assist himself. that group of 15 persons. Woudnt Insurances, compensations, penyou give 10 cents to each of the sions and trust funds often provide hungry men? Or would you give 15 a client with a small amount of cents each to ten of these needy income at regular intervals. AH persons and tell the other five to such items are given consideration in the preparation of a budget and shift for themselves? The state department of public determining the amount of aid welfare takes the position that the given. limited funds made available to it Physical condition of the appliby the legislature shall be used in cant also causes variations in the the relief of all needy persons in amount of aid given. Special diets the state not to just a few groups recommended by competent physicians are given consideration. Sick of needy persons. Now suppose again that you people often require more fuel. The cost of fuel and rent varies went into a community and found 15 needy families. Suppose further throughout the state. The average there were 10 persons in one needy allowance per winter month is one family, eight persons in another ton of coal. To secure this comneedy family, four persons in a modity the client pays $7.50 in Salt third family, and so on. Suppose Lake County and $3.05 for the still further you had only $150 for same amount of fuel in Carbon the relief of these families? County. The allowance would cover Would you give $10 to each the cost of j fuel rather .than ithe needy family ? You probably would flat grant. Rents vary from $5.00 to $12.00, not. You would consider that there are more hungry mouths in some depending on the community. A ier? families than in others and would $5.00 rental in one community may On the contrary, the unions of distribute your $150 in relation to provide the same amount of secur- the C.I.O. are precisely the healththe number of needy in each fami- ity that the $12.00 rental provides iest, most vigorous and fastest ly. All other things being equal, in another community. Again the growing unions of the entire Amthe larger family would receive allowance is for the rent itself. erican labor movement. They are the larger sum from your $150. By taking into consideration all the unions that have best suc- That is the way the department of these variations it is possible ceeded in own m their organizing of public welfare operates. That is for the county welfare department our answer to why some needy to provide each applicant with the maximum amount of security poscases receive more than others. on the limited county, state sible Case Different Every to all and federal funds. Thg amount of aid given on , determined . Grows is Responsibility of Relatives persons eligible of behalf relatives in a basic individual budget that inContacting Hundreds of local unions, central cludes consideration of such items needy kinsmen has always been a labor bodies and other orgamza-- 1 and as food, clothing, fuel, rent, lights, cornerstone principle of public weeks have m met tions few the and incidental expenses. The re- private welfare agencies ever since since the council split- its lifting sources and needs of the applicant the beginning of social work. Wela3mESL.h.e are studied, and an attempt is fare agencies which have been enbeen made to provide the same degree trusted with the responsibility of puzzled, indignant, Al- of security to all persons. One wisely and fairly administering shocked, most without they have group of clients may be entirely public funds in behalf of the needy gone on recordexception on two points: delacking in resources and the maxi- have long since learned that there manding that the council rescind mum budgetary allowance is re- are those relatives responsible who its and that it reorder, quired to give security. Clients will gladly shirk their responsibili- fer splitting to issue the the only body, aumay live in the homes of relatives, ties toward their needy relatives, A. F. of L. conthorized the under thus securing adequate living quar- at the same time expecting such stitution to handle it at the. next ters. The allowance made to such care to be provided through phil- convention in November. persons includes food, clothing and anthropic and tax funds. A check-u- p already shows more incidentals. Relatives may assist Why should relatives be contact100 central han labor unions lined clients by paying house rent or ed? Have they not already asthe up suspension order. against furnishing fuel. The budgetary al- - sumed the responsibilities which Twenty state federations are on lowances from the welfare depart- they are able to assume before the record in defense of the rights of ment would cover only those items needy kinsman has applied for as- the and C.I.O. of the unions, sistance ? Those connected with re- the rights not provided by relatives. number of recorded protests Part-tim- e employment provides lief have many examples of failure passed by the local unions runs income for the budget. of near kinsmen to appreciate the into thousands. , the of part in apart- - needs of those of their own blood old working people Many This same issue has confronted applying for relief. By putting into all the unions meeting in Septemeffect the procedure of visiting ber. these relatives in their own homes WELCOME LABOR The International Typographical and learning from them just why United Textile Union, A Good Place to Trade they cannot assist, many sons and Brewerv Workers, RubberWorkers, Workdaughters have again accepted the ers, Bakery and Confectionery ARTHUR FRANK responsibility which normally was Workers, and United Electric & theirs and which they were finan0 South Main (Continued on Page 8) able to assume, thus freeing cially IN MEN'S , EVERYTHING limited funds for the many needy FURNISHINGS aged who are without resources to a The Master Salesman 99 provide the minimum needs for health and decency. K,6 4&.f Il 208-21- Hart Sckaffner & Marx Clothes With This Label A French scientist says the world will end in September, 193$. This may be the best solution. Workers Under This Label Are: TAXPAYERS HOME OWNERS GOOD CITIZENS SKILLED WORKMEN THE BEST CUSTOMERS REQUEST IT ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING ORDER fSd I10 John tj1 ,fte said ''"f. chairman of Labor s WSJ. Ross, League of Wyoming, in Salt Lake City arrival l,s yPn San Francisco, where he had Non-Partis- - program, that has already highway to sound and lasting prosperity for the masses of the people. Labors League is glad to play its full part in the battle to defeat privilege and greed and to pile up its votes against the gold of the Liberty Leaguers who have no concern whatever for liberty, but plenty for the league of corporate rulers whose one concern is profit, without hindrance of any kind." Non-Partis- an an attended the regional unemploy. ment compensation conference He further said: We find five du Ponts in the three Rockefellers, Morgan, list, ' two Archbolds and others who be- longr in that camp. Great wealth is rolling into action, with gold jng heavily to pave the way for Landons entry into the state. Let me point to the list of names and amounts, as found by the United States senate commit- I clink-ventio- , 1 the saved the nation from catastrophe and set us once more upon the ' P. S. du Pont $5,000 ns OUSTER OF C. I. O. BRINGS PROTESTS BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (UNS) The biggest ovation at the conven- tion of the Connecticut State Federation of Labor was reserved for the message of the Committee for Industrial Organization, delivered by Leo Krzycki, vice president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and C.I.O. organizer. With only two dissenting votes, the convention went on record asking the American Federation of Labor executive council to reconsider its suspension of the C.I.O. unions and to refer the entire matter to the next A. F. of L. convention, with all unions voting on the question. (Continued on page 6) Lammot du Pont 5,000 Irenee du Pont 5,100 2,500 Henry B. du Pont B. Felix du Pont 5,000 Rockefeller 3,000 Avery J. R. Rockefeller 5,000 Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. 5,000 Anne Archbold 2,500 John D. Archbold 2,500 J. P. Morgan 5,000 Atwater Kent 1,000 John D. Rockefeller. 5,000 If labor did not know Roosevelt by the record he has made, we should most certainly know him by those who are paying so handsomely for the campaign to defeat him Labor has no single political interest in common with this list of heavy contributors to the Landon campaign fund in Maine. It should be borne in mind that these contributions are for Maine alone. These men are not voters in Maine. Why are they so interested in what the voters in Maine believe they should do ? The reason is that they are interested in trying to defeat Roosevelt and their money goes wherever the campaign goes. What mountain of wealth we shall find has been poured out by these and Others for the ftation, we do not know yet, but we know it will be enormous. If money cast the votes Landon might be elected, but the voting is going to be done by men and women and the overwhelming majority of them will vote for Roosevelt because of the Roosevelt record and because the soundness of the ALL-UTAH Roosevelt policies for labor is demonstrated in the anguished dollars poured by the foes of labor Record-Breakin- g into the Landon campaign chest. The hopes of special privilege and economic royalists that they can eiect Landon are based upon D the oJd old idea that wealth has . always hadthe idea that enough A11 money buy any thing. weaith on earth will not uxiuea States Lay from the conviction that Roosevelt must carry on in furtherance of and Saturday All Next Week THE BIG ANNUAL SHOW Exhibits In All e p a r tm e n t s te Entertainment For Everyone! MAKE NO MISTAKE LET UTAHS OLDEST and LARGEST Union Printing Firm Furnish Your POLITICAL CAMPAIGN LITERATURE Century Printing Company 231-3- 5 -- Edison St., Salt Lake City, Utah Wasatch 1801 |