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Show iUKr nrAJt c Review ofi Ciarremt Eventa 0EC221936 THEPEonrirflfT EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE VOL VII; SALT LAKE CITY, UTA! fcf XEMBER 18, 1936. NO. 24. Price: 5 Cents Per Copy 7 tzsn park City Miners Union Voted to End Strike Operators Agree to Reemploy Former Employes With No Discrimination Shown Because of Union and Strike Activities Management Will Not Impose Medical Examination For Purpose of Using It Against Men On Strike ment Pleases Governor Blood. Settle- By a big majority vote, members of Park City Mine and Mill local union No. 99, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, agreed to accept proposals submitted by the operators to the miners Tuesday. As a result of the favorable vote the miners, 1200 strong, returned to work Wednesday and Thursday, thus ending a struggle which has lasted since Oc- tober 9. Accept Proposal as Presented The operators' proposal which was accepted by the miners vote provides a daily wage increase of 25 cents above the scale prevailing October 9, 1936. In reemploying men, no discrimination will be shown against any employe because of participation in this strike or in union activities, nor will the management impose medical examination for the purpose of using it against men on strike. The first announcement of the vote result was made by Reid Robinson, president of the international union, who has been here for the past week using his efforts to bring the union and the operators into agreement. Governor Is Happy Governor Henry H. Blood was pleased over the end of the strike. The miners union vote brought success to the untiring efforts of the Governor in bringing the oper ators and the striking miners to a common understanding for a basis of settlement of the controversy. Governor Blood said that he was happy to learn that Park City local union No. 99 voted to go back to work. This means an important forward step in industrial peace in Utah, so much to be desired at the present time. I was most anxious to get the men back to earning capacity and the mines to remunerative production. Both of these are objectives of the highest importance, because the mining industry means very much (Continued on Page 5) Trade Union Democrats eeislative Program "7 Trade Union Democratic League of Utah adopted a liberal legislative program at its meeting Thursday night. It is in keeping with the Democratic party platint form. League favors liberalization Council of The the law regarding the ale of light beers. It was the opinion of those present that the present license for dealers of draught Berry Group Stresses Production Control, Minimum Wages, beer is fee too high, and out of pro- Curb on Unfair Competitive Practices, and Establishment The 4-Po- News and Comment By M. I. T. Christmas Greetings May your ship of Christmas Have within its hold, Peace, Good Will and Gladness, And Blessings manifold. si the from treatment Tory lent press in the big industrial centers is The Nine Old Men, by Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, authors of the Washington Merry books and column. The reason for the papers finding the book too hot to handle, is evidently that it is so disturbing and revealing as to seem sacrilege to reactionaries. The authors rip the mask of infallibility from the supreme court, delve beneath its protective colorings and expose to the bright, white lights of publicity the personalities of Americas highest tribunal. and economic The political views and the personal prejudices the supreme which motivate courts decisions are laid bare by the authors. They show how Americas representative government is nullified by figures in a marble palace. In addition to humanizing the nine old men and presenting an photograph of Washingtons society, the book tells how and why major New Deal measures NRA,.the AAA and the Guffey Coal Act were lynched by the supreme court. It tells how Justice Roberts and George Wharton Pepper combined to kill the AAA; how the conservative court majority employed a to invalidate the sick chicken NRA; how the court reactionaries raced to the kill over thq Guffey Coal Act. It not only tells how, it tells why and it spares no feelings in the telling. Devoid of legal phraseology, the book is written in breezy, gay, on page 8) nd nine-black-rob- Advocated by Industrial of Government Advisory Council to Study the Use of National Income as a Cause of Unemployment and Industrial Depressions. The Nine' Old Men A book that is getting the Go-Rou- Program to Protect Basses ed X-r- ay Political Outlook In . and Utah U. S. the national income from the conBy A. F. of L. News Service The Council of Industrial Prog- suming market into the investment Compiled From Reports of Observers ress, whose chairman is George L. field, working injury to capital, to Berry, President Roosevelts coor- labor, to management, and to the dinator for industrial cooperation, general public by depriving the Direct Primary Law adopted a policy report favoring people of buying power, by deprivto of the control workers as an emergenopportunity ing The production committee to draft a direct cy measure and minimum' labor produce needed goods, by depriv- primary law, which is expected to standards in industry, urged the ing management of production and curbing of unfair competitive trade practices and supported the formation of a permanent advisory council, for consultation by the President and congress, to make a continuing study of the national income with emphasis placed on the uses to which that income is put so as to cause widespread unemployment and business stagnation. Control of Industry The councils policy report, previously adopted by the Committee on National Industrial Policy and ratified at an executive session of the council, contained a strong criticism of industrial conduct in past years. The public welfare demands, the committee said, that that degree of governmental restraint shall be exercised on private industry which will require its management and ownership to minister business and industry in such a way as to preserve and protect social justice, equity and fair deal- mg. Unjust Distribution With regard to our present economic ills the report said they are attributable to the maldistribution and unwise use of the national income, and that surplus prodction and employment arise chiefly, if not solely, from the diversion of too great a portion of marketing opportunities, and by causing production facilities to become unusable, destroying their capital value almost in exact proportion to their non-usThe advisory council to study the national income, and advise the President and congress would consist of an equal number of representatives of labor, management, and the public. The joint chairman of the Committee on National Industrial Policy, whose report the Industrial Council adopted, are Flint Garrison, managing director of the Wholesale Drygoods Institute, for management, and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, for labor. Following is the text of the recommendations made by the National Policy Committee and adopted by the Council for Industrial Progress: Production Control 1. Production Control: The committee declares its belief in an economy of abundance and therefore considers unwise and ineffective any attempt to sdlve unemployment by the limitation of production, whether imposed by government or accomplished through voluntary agreements in industry. The committee recognizes the need, (Continued on page 6) e. pass in the legislature, will meet within a few days to put the final ;ouches on the proposed law. It is patterned after the Nevada aw which has been in operation for 20 years, according to Assistant Attorney General S. D. Huf-ake- r, who was chosen to make ;he draft of the proposed statute to suit Utah conditions. Some of its outstanding provisions are as follows: 1. Primary election is held first Tuesday in September. 2. All judicial and school are and candidates for those offices appear on all primary tickets. 3. Candidates must file declara-;ion- s of candidacy, or if nominated iy a group of friends, must file a notice of acceptance. 4. Candidates for state or congressional nominations .must file with the secretary of state, and for county offices with the county of-ic- non-partisa- es portion with bottle beer dealers li- censes. Direct Primary The League has declared for a direct primary election law and instructed its legislative representatives to work for passage of a practical and non-evasi- ve primary law. The law should not be based on party declaration, but instead, all parties should be on the same ballot so that the voters would not be required to declare for any par- ticular party when asking for a primary election ballot. The League favors the removal of the state prison to a more favorable location and construction of new buildings in keeping with the present day prison methods. Wages and Hours The League is in favor of minimum wage and maximum hour laws for all workers. Support will be given for a bill revising the present antiquated compensation laws of Utah so as to bring its provisions to meet the present day standards of living. The meeting favored legislative measures that would standardize old age assistance. Home Exemption The meeting voted a thorough study of the proposed home exemption bill. Several members ex- -( Continued on Page 4) A Rising Tide of Labor Unionism n, clerk. Candidates, in filing for a must swear that they are members of the party and intend to support a majority of the candidates of that party in the election. 6. Candidates for offices (school and judicial) need not give their party affiliations, for their names will all appear (Continued on page 2) 5. place on the ticket, non-partis- an By Len De Caux At last there has risen in ica a labor movement that Amerrecog- nizes and is ready to act upon the truth contained in the saying: There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. The last time there was a flood-tid- e, in 1933, the craft leaders of the A. F. of L. seemed only to fear they might get their feet Wet from the influx of new union members. They retreated, obstructed and muddled around until the tide of unionism had receded, leaving the industries still unorganized. But this winter finds the Committee for Industrial Organization d on the job with hundreds of on page 7) mass-producti- on organ-continue- |