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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCTOBER 30, 1936. 2 Utaf) Hafcor Established 1929 A MEMBER OF THE This paper receives the American Federation of Labor News Service. 04 Entered as second-clas- s 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. 11h)0 per annum Address all communications and remittances to Utah Labor News, - - 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. i Published weekly at 24 South 4th East Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Telephone Was. 2981. M. 1 L M. THOMPSON Publisher Office Manager THOMPSON. have $80 apiece. Or figure it this the national way: During 1928-2- 9 income was about $84,000,000,000 a year. The $10,000,000,000 spent in restoring prosperity is just about forty-fiv- e days income in a good will We spend in this counyear. about $10,000,000,-00- 0 1930 try during for the following items: new automobiles, gasoline, cigars, cigarettes, and chewing gum. When you hear this fear propaganda that Roosevelt will ruin the country financially, pin the propagandists down to facts. You will usually find they are repeating what someone told somebody. Its a lot of boloney, and the fellow that started it knows its boloney. Why did he start these fear rumors? Ask him; perhaps he has a selfish reason. He may have an axe to grind. I have heard a number of well-fe- d individuals who possess fat bank accounts and a lock box full bonds make this d statement: It is not necessary to spend this money; leave things of gilt-edge- There must be a doleful lack, of brains somewhere along the line. It is perhaps fortunate' for the Labor Indorsement union cause that such is the case. Were the leaders more logical Salt Lake City, Oct. 17, 1936. they might possibly succeed in Mr. M. I. Thompson, fooling some of our members, and Editor Utah Labor News thus be able to cash in on their City promises to the Republican politiDear Brother Thompson: cians. Personally, I dont think There came to my door today a even the Republicans are being publication printed in Provo and fooled. titled The Square Dealer. It deWhether it is strawberries or votes most of its space to boosting printed matter, the union member the candidacy of a man named can reasonably expect to receive Watkins for the legislature. From the same kind of deal from the what I gathered by a cursory read- Republican party. Ive known in ing, his chief qualification as a the past some good Republican legislator rests in his ability to union men, but the issue was not raise strawberries. The appeal is quite so clearly drawn then, and made that he furnished work dur-n- g at present I dont quite see the depression. It is stated that just how a man can be honestly union ie dug into his pocket to pay and Republican at the same time; wages. Whose pocket should he dig theres bound to be a sellout one into? way or the other. Like numerous other Republican Fraternally yours, candidates, he didnt deem it imJ. F. RHODES. portant that, when appealing to President Allied Council. workers, it is possible that some of and d them might be be looking for that printers label which guarantees that decent wages and conditions prevail when it appears on the work. Recently we have been treated to the spectacle of labors indorsement of Woodward, Maw and Dillman, all by the same leaders. Spectacle of alone. The depression will correct itself in time. Now, of course, this SPENDING MONEY AND INGRATITUDE is nothing more or less than the selfish view of an individual that doesnt give a rap about his fellow By EDWARD LEE SPRUELL citizen. He could ride out the deA Chapter out of the Work, Forward With Roosevelt pression storm, but how about the millions that were without work or money to buy food and pay the Roosevelt has spent some money Sam is going broke. The govern rent? The question, however, is ' this: Could we have recovered from fighting the depression. In fact, he ment credit is ruined. the depression, maintained order with one exception. We lacked effihas spent a lot of money. I admit The Answer administraand our present form of govern cient, common-sens- e here is what I a have been he as but had this this result, a big job on his it, hearing money tion; and, regu- ment without spending hands. You cant rebuild the wreck larly for two years. Have these to give these millions of helpless happened: Mr. Hoover presented him in 1933 statements proved true have these Americans food, shelter, and work ? Our grain elevators were stored with a few dollars. It takes a lot fears materialized? You can get In my opinion, it would have been to the eaves with wheat and corn. of money to feed four or five mil- - the answer yourself: Buy a few impossible. The great masses of Wheat had accumulated on the lion families, to prevent railroads government bonds. Are they selling the American public are law-abi- d farms, but the grower was in fifrom going bankrupt, to provide at a discount ? Can you get a large ing, reasonable, and ask only for a nancial stress because he couldnt work for millions of unemployed return for your money? As usual, fair deal. They are not fools, how- sell his grain. We had flour mills Americans, to remove idle young these critics and ever, and they didnt propose to ready to grind the wheat. We had men from streets and crime and 'are whistling up a blind alley, stand in soup lines, and see their freight cars and locomotives ready place them in C. C. C. camps. 1 What they hoped for and expected children cold and hungry in a land to haul the, food to market. At the claim Roosevelt had the best rea-ha- s not. materialized, of plenty. There were a few million very same time in the same coun' son in the world for spending this Uncle Sams credit was never people in this country who were try, we had millions of men, and better UNION MADE I than it is today; and never disgusted and at the limit of their women, and children hungry like the way he did. money; the for it. He wasnt timid about it; he in the past has the public been so 3atience by that March day that undernourished crying didnt pussyfoot; and he didnt de- -l willing to lend him their money Herbert Hoover silently slipped out food of which we had more than In 12 and Bottles ceive the people. He called for his for such a small return in interest, of Washington. I maintain that we could use. Under such condiPasteurized billions, and he got them. He also It is just too bad these hese people had a right to be dis tions, what would you have Mr. In half gallon jugs to be have results. disappointed, couraged and disgusted. Even to- Roosevelt do ? Would you have him ipensers unpasteurized I have heard Franklin D. called but we must face the facts and day it is difficult to understand follow the advice of our bondholdReal Keg Beer the champion spender. That title here they are: Roosevelt has bor-i- s iow any administration, regardless ing friend and do nothing? You all right, provided you add two rowed the money, fed the needy, of how stupid or inefficient, could know and I know he did the right A Superior Western Product words: FOR AMERICA. F. D. 'put millions to work, restored the lave allowed this country to decline (Continued from page 4) is the champion spender for Am- - farm purchasing power, and ;o the wretched conditions we had erica; Mr. Hoover was the cham- - brought prosperity back to the in March, 1933. Review the Facts pion spender for foreign lands. Fol- - country. At the same time, he ha3 the facts. First, lowing the World War, Mr. Hoover actually improved the governments Lets review gained a reputation for himself by credit and reduced the interest rate we were ' a creditor nation. We giving money to needy foreigners. paid for the money. Looks almost didnt owe money to any foreign After he became President of the impossible, doesnt it? Well, it nation. They owed us money. Then United States of America, he de- would have been impossible for a we had a large supply of gold, clared a moratorium on the foreign certain timid soul who is now wast- more than any other nation on debt. Since Mr. Hoover developed ing his time making speeches criti- earth. We had an enormous supply this wonderful idea, we cant find cizing Franklin D. and trying to of natural wealth, an abundance of anybody at' home on pay day. It bring fear into your hearts. imber, coal, oil, iron, copper, and looks very suspicious; in fact, as In round figures, Roosevelt has silver. We had the finest railroad though Mr. Hoovers moratorium spent about $10,000,000,000 to date systems in the world and more brain storm is going to result in in fighting the depression. It miles of them. We had a great Endorsement of President Roosevelt and the another gift of four or five billion sounds like a lot of money; and number of freight cars and locodollars of our money to his foreign to listen to a certain group, you motives to feed the commerce of New Deal Program friends. would think it was going to bankhe land. We had millions of auto Let us place our spenders side rupt the nation. mobiles and tens of thousands of workers cannot do any other way Lets analyze a little and see miles of improved highways. We by side. This is what we see: Thinking Franklin Roosevelt, Democrat, what this ten billion means to the lad tens of millions of acres of ferhut vote the straight Democratic ticket. champion spender and giver of good old U. S. A., the richest coun- tile land. We had tractors and agrimoney to Americans in the good try on the globe. We have a popu- cultural machinery to produce a old U. S. A. lation of about 125,000,000. Divide bountiful supply of food for all. In The Trade Union Democratic League of Utah Herbert Hoover, Republican, this into $10,000,000,000, and we fact, we had everything needful: has endorsed the entire Democratic ticket and champion spender and giver of our money to foreigners in foreign is urging all workers, organized and unorganlands. Ever since Mr. Roosevelt started ized, to go to the polls Tuesday and vote the spending money to feed the hungry, to revive business activity and straight Democratic ticket and thus endorse prosperity in this country, I have heard these statements: Uncle the Roosevelt New Deal 100 per cent. union-minde- J I fear-spreade- rs 22-oun- ce fear-dis-g- ot 0 Place an x Under the Rooster and thus give 100 per cent BBf THE BEST BUY IN CALIFORNIA WINE SL By voting straight Democratic is the only way you can give 100 per cent cooperation to President Roosevelt, Governor Blood, and good government. Labor, farmers, honest business and professions have fared well under the New Deal administration. To continue this march of progress we urge you to vote straight Democratic Tuesday, November 3. Vote Early! Vote Straight Democrat! TRADE UNION DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE OF UTAH N r) (sairztmDwt shki "ii 7 te' ( gephom By Eric C. Dittman, President George W. Smith, Secretary (Paid Political Advertisement) |