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Show tlBIUtRT Review ofi VJTirxnaixr or Events CJiarirerat NOV I 9 EDUCATE ORGANIZE UTi4iJ mg 1 COOPERATE VOL iHl i NO. Bo ft 2 Pricet SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. NOVEM VOTERS VINDICATE TIIE STAND OF UTAH LABOR NEWS News and Comment By The November 3 election returns in Utah, especially in the organized labor centers, show that the voters gave their stamp of approval to the candidates supported by the Utah Labor News. The returns also prove the fact that the reactionary Republican labor leaders, both in the state federation and the Salt Lake Federation, were placed on a limb where they justly belong. In the campaign the Utah Labor News supported those candi dates who were pledged to support the program of President Roose' velt. This support came with accustomed vigor and effectiveness, ant there were no casualties. Every one of the candidates we supportec was elected by overwhelming pluralities. The election returns prove again that the workers of Utah believe in honest campaigns and thaf it pays to be fair and progressive. The Utah Labor News at its own expense, sent thousands copies of this publication into the counties where they were keenly needed. Magnificent results were secured. Never were working men and women more united on candidates, and never before did they display more intelligence and enthusiasm than they did in this cam paign. Because Governor Henry II. Blood had the toughest fight of all the Utah Labor News made a special effort in his behalf. This was done voluntarily and with no expense to Governor Blood nor to his campaign committee. It was done because we knew his good labor record in office, and we disapproved the unfair propaganda spreac about him. We believed in fair play. As usual, the reactionary Republican labor leaders and Sal Lake Labor Temple (during this campaign it was known as the Republican headquarters) politicians resorted to trickery and corruption in the hope of defeating Governor Blood and some of the other candidates running on the New Deal Democratic ticket. All through the campaign the executive heads of the Salt Lake federation and state federation concentrated their fire on Governor Blood. They put out false propaganda. They misrepresented and resorted to sneaking tactics. But thanks to the intelligence and honesty of the rank and file members of labor organizations, they die not fall for the vile and vindictive accusations of their leaders and M. is Accused of Conspiracy To Suspend Coifed Cline Workers L T. Right Is Might Right is might and it shall prevail. This was evident when the workers of Utah went to the polls on November 3. The Republican laborites spread false propaganda and distributed sample ballots in order to get votes for the reactionaries they were labor sponsoring. But resented this activity. The results of balloting in the districts where organized labor is strong is proof positive that they refused to take their orders from misleaders, spleen peddlers, and would-b- e dictators. Tlie results of the election show that those whom the Republican laborites made an effort to shove down the throats of their fellow workers were miserably defeated. In fact they received fewer votes than those whom they fought. There are lessons to learn in the activities of these misleaders. Wil labor in general in Utah take a hint and clean its own front yard ? The executive board of the United Mine Workers of America has ordered William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, to stand trial befoTe it, November 18. The summons served upon Green by the miners commanded him to show cause why he should not cease and desist from the following activities: 1. Participation and conspiracy to suspend the United Mine fair-mind- ed Workers of America from membership in the American Federation of Labor, contrary to the laws of said federation. 2. Failure to adhere and conform to the policies of the United Mine Workers of America as defined and ordered by its international convention. 3. Continuance of association and fraternization with avowed enemies of the United Mine Workers of America subsequent to its ejection by aforesaid federation. 4. Distortion and misrepresentation of aims and objectives of United Mine Workers of America and its authorized representatives. Mr. Green is a member of the U. M. W. of A. In an open letter to John L. Lewis, president of the coal miners, Green denied the accusations. Mine, Smelter Workers Strike Nearing Settlement Receives Labor Vote industrial and mining cen the In ters of Utah workers voted for the reelection of Governor Henry H. Blood. In Carbon county Bloods plurality was 1530. His greatest pluralities came from the coal mining beAccording to reports from conferences at the state tween representatives of the International Union of Mine,capitbl Mill and Smelter Workers and operators, an agreement is expected to be reached within a few hours. It is expected that as soon as agreements are reached the 3000 striking workers in the metal mining and smelting industry will It was reported that smelter fires were turned on at the Internationals smelter at Tooele in anticipation of an end to the strike. rs. -- would-be-dictato- The conferences at the capitol have at the reauest of been conducted by the state industrial commission Governor Henry H. Blood. towns. In Juab county the Tintic district JThe . monthly, circular (misnamed official organ?), product of of those and itmmgh majorities minersg$vtr!arge "reactionaryIahor hate, oirtictanJpaidltbest spleen to the him. were who those county for Blood. to discredit the Governor and carry supporting Blood re-- ( were district at statements Eureka the directed underhanded and lies In As usual, their Continued on Page 4) the Utah Labor News and its editor. The emissaries and stool Paul M. Peterson, Harold G. line-upigeons of those p and in harmony with the Crose, Charlie Coon, et al, made it their business to buttonhole candidates and supporters of the Utah Labor News for the purpose of League, many joining the League in membership. discrediting the influence of this fearless publication. Permanent Basis It was nothing new. Their policy has been for several years to the campaign Labors During spread spleen against the Utah Labor News. The reason: Because League built a card The they could not control the editorial policy of this publication. a permaeditor of the Utah Labor News would not stoop to the unfair tactics holding membership on coast from nent basis, stretching practiced by those who control the policies of their monthly to coast. circular. The Leagues first objective was The policy of the Utah Labor News has, at all times, been to reelection of the President. Its ded readers will vouch for this. This cant be play fair. second clared purpose is to walk said of our adversaries at the Salt Lake Labor Temple, nor of those his second him with through (Continued on Page 4) term. That task now begins and already national headquarters has its plans under way for the job. Non-Partis- an President George L. Berry has would-be-dictato- rs, Non-Partis- Political Outlook Utah and U. S. Compiled From Reports of Observers an Utah Legislature The Utah state legislature meet- Fair-minde- Labors League Led the Campaign Parade League has emerged WASHINGTON, D. C. Labors from the national campaign, leading the parade. Organized but four months before election, it whipped together a disciplined, fighting organization that literally led the fight for Roosevelt in a dozen states and was a real factor in every state, even contributing to the sizable vote rolled up for the President in the two states that did not give him their electoral vote. One of the best tributes to the effectiveness of Labors League was in the stories brought to Washington by veteran newspaper correspondents who traveled through the country with the candidates. They reported that they were amazed at the energy and ac cleared up by this army, working tivity of state organizations of the in unison everywhere. League Labors League. The story of this political mir- paid for and jointly sponsored a radio broadcast five acle, as some call it, will not be nation-wid- e dewhen weeks week on the Columbia netwritten until later, nights a tailed reports of work in all the work, sharing sponsorship with states are available. But today it the Progressive League and the is known that the League was a Good Neighbor League. One of tremendous factor in every indus- the most effective broadcasts of trial state. Not only did it mob- the campaign was organized by ilize the organized labor movement the League when six labor officials for militant action, but it provided were put on the air in a sympoleadership for vast masses of un- sium broadcast to explain the Soorganized workers, transforming cial Security Act after the had thrown their lie about them from more or less passive voters into eager and unified it into the campaign. forces for political combat. Labors League led a labor force composed of alDaily Information In most industrial states there most the entire labor movement were nightly meetings in every It energized the parade of thirty-fiv- e state federations of labor town and hamlet and dozens of endorsed Roosevelt and the which them in the big cities. Through list ,of national and international 2,200 key men. League , headquarthat did likewise in an alunions transmitted ters in Washington most unbroken line from beginning daily information, to beg passed to end of the directory of unions. along in turn o always-wideninwere but two unions of any There into groups. This machinery went did not join in the ensize that the charge, action lik an army on to smash pay envelope propagan- dorsement and in these dozens of da. One point' after another was local unions were in the Roosevelt Non-Partis- an Non-Partis- an Non-Partis- an . Lan-donit- es Non-Partis- an Cent! Per Copy Till SI fA Wo S ing in January is overwhelmingly Seventh Sol J. Selvin. Eighth A. J. Ablett, W. Douglas Allen, Wilford M. Burton, Sheldon R. Brewster, Francis P. Eynon, Miss Thelma Garff, P. W. Hale, Dr. L. F. Hummer, William Ingle-b- y, Mrs. Albert Jensen, P. S. s, Wehrli D. Pack, Alton B. Poulsen, Charles M. Ramey, C. W. Spence, C. J. Stringham, Edward II. Watson, Gordon Weggeland, George Winder. Ninth Maurice E. Boyden. Tenth Wayne C. Whiting. Eleventh Irving L. Pratt, Mrs. Emily D. Aird, Mrs. Maud D. Jacob, Ray E. Loveless, Francis E. Mar-thaki- Democratic. In the senate there is only one Republican, Griffin of Cache county, a holdover. The lower house will have four Republicans, same as in 1933 ses Lundell. communicated with every state sion. Twelfth David II. Calder. chairman regarding the next phase The new senate is composed of Thirteenth Victor G. Pett. of work and other steps will be an- the following: Fourteenth T. W. Jensen, O. G. The election First district Will R. Holmes, nounced shortly. Sorenson. marked a point to be passed, but it Second1 'William H. Griffin, Jr. Fifteenth Frank Bonacci, D. A. didnt indicate even a lull in oper- (R). Tidwell. ations. Sixteenth Eldon Bryan. Third Alonzo F. Hopkins. Appreciation of the Seventeenth Carroll J. Meador. Fourth Ira Huggins, Dexter of labor papers throughout the Farr. Eighteenth Glen Winget. country was officially expressed at Fifth G. V. Billings. Nineteenth S. L. Page. leadquarters and their future Twentieth Frank D. Lowe. D. W. Parratt, Herbert Sixth value was emphasized, with special L Maw, Mrs. Frank Twenty-firD. M. Moody. StewPage reference to the rebuke by the vot- art, Wendell Grover, Warwick Twenty-secon- d C. E. P. Pectol. ers of the overwhelming bulk of amoreaux, Mrs. A. C. Lund, LawTwenty-thir- d Milton Twitchell the daily papers who joined in the rence C. Nelson. (R). ight against the President, the Seventh Eldred M. Royle, Hugh Twenty-fourt- h W. K. Granger. meanest in all American history. Twenty-fift- h L Woodward. W. B. Mathis. Effective Organization Twenty-sixt- h Daniel Stevens. Eighth Hoyt Chamberlain No effort was made to single Conrad Frischknecht. Ninth (R). out any state or group of states as Tenth Silas E. Tanner. Twenty-sevent- h Leland W. Redd (R). having the best record for Labors Eleventh Glen E. Snow. League effort, but Twenty-eight- h Dan. F. Mitchell. Twelfth Wendell Peterson. there was free admission on all Thirteenth Clarence E. Baker. Twenty-nint- h II. Bennion, Jr. sides that League operations con-- Fourteenth G. G. Lindstrom. tributed heavily to the results in Fifteenth Ward C. Holbrook. New York and Pennsylvania, with Indicates holdovers. Constitutional their huge blocks of electoral The new house is composed of The Deseret News Rights says it stands votes. But there were effective the- following members: on its constitutional rights in adthe state st Non-Partis- an - organizations throughout First district Henrietta B. Johncountry, some lacking the oppor- son, Wayne N. Mason. Second Melvin E. Kent, Henry tunity for spectacular results possible in the two big states, with Peterson, Joseph H. Olsen. their traditional Republican back- Third Lawrence B. Johnson (R). ground. Fourth Percy W. Hadley, WilAll the election straw polls over- liam D. Wood, Joseph W. Jensen, looked the work of the League, a Wilmer J. Maw, Milton B. Taylor. fact contributing heavily to their Fifth Mark Thackeray. some so wide margin of error Sixth Moses L. Holbrook. wide that their sponsors appear no less than ridiculous. It is a fact reIt procorded at headquarters that in ev- smashing phenomenon. the to of ceeded state plan and case, according reports ery singlechairmen no schedule to and at point did it fall headquarters League here were an accurate and depend- behind plan or schedule. Lbor has built, the most remarkable able forecast of the result. Labors first unified, organized political organization in all worlc political effort has been : a record j labor history. . vising the members of the church how to vote. It is reported that numerous subscribers also are standing on their constitutional rights. All of which means that the Democrats of Utah will have the privilege of subscribing for a Democratic daily newspaper in the not distant future. Box Elder ? Journal. Talk is a magnet. If we talk poverty and pessimism it wont be long before only the poverty stricken and pessimistic will hang around us. And you could not build a business out of ten million truck loads of em. i. . |