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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY 15, 1937. INDUSTRIAL CONVICT-MAD- GOODS BAN G. M. IS HELD CONSTITUTIONAL E DEMOCRACY STOCK-OWNIN- JUDGE ISSUES PICKET BAN EDICT G (Continued from Page 1) Court Sustains Federal system. Cir- terested. Labor officials have long of the federal government, and the Supreme FLINT, Mich. (AFLNS) statute Advocated by A. F. of L. Forbidding shipment to D. Black, who contended cuit that labor injunction Edward inferior political Judge of States Whose Laws Fronibit The Ashurst-Sumneact, whoso issued a sweeping injunction here judges usually have special reasons thenation, are again something in bale of Frison Products. n passage was advocated by the Am against striking workers, including for their decisions and excess of three million persons, Federation of Labor, is sup the prohibition of picketing, is a it is believed the special reason in erican whose need of articulate organizaWASHINGTON, D. C. The su- plementary legislation to more substantial stockholder in Genaral this instance has been located. tion is a paramount necessity to preme court of the United States thoroughly enforce the Hawes Motors corporation, according to protect them in their status, and gave unanimous an act A. F. of to the (also Cooper approval of union officials. DETROIT, Mich. (AFLNS)-Of-fic- ials to assure them security in the vi- 'tshurst-bumner- s which divests state pris charges who measure) act, by of General Motors Corporapassed claimed the is It judge, cissitudes of life. There are ob- the 11130 session of congress, pro- on made products of their inter evinced such a friendly interest in tion here announced that to avoid vious manifestations that the camviding that convict-mad- e goods state character and provides that the motor giant, showing no con- any legal entanglements because of paign of organization among in- snipped in inter-stat- e commerce when such goods are shipped into a sideration for the rights of work- ' the fact that Circuit Judge Edward dustrial workers has aroused the must bear a label con- state the laws of that state shal the upon number of 3665 D. Black, of Flint, who issued a the owns ers, tidy intense interest and sympathy ot tainer on which is the name govern. of printed General shares Motors, which drastic injunction against General these employes, and that they also of the where the articles The supreme courts decision are currently quoted at about Motors striking employes, owned a prison intend to organize and become ar- were produced and to whom they written by Chief Justice Charles $219,900. In fighting the injunc- large block of General Motors ticulate. are consigned. Evans Hughes, declaicd that the the workers point out that stock, the court proceedings had The Committee for Industrial The object of the law is to pro- United States congress not only tion, law provides that no been transferred to Circuit Judge Michigan Organization is carrying its plans hibit railroads and other carriers has the full constitutional right to of any court shall sit as such Paul V. Gadola of the same jurisforward. Extensive unions have of interstate commerce from ac- bar from the channels of interstate judge in cause or proceeding in which diction, who, it was explained is any been promoted and expanded in the cepting prison-mad- e products to commerce articles inherently ob he is a party or in which he is in not a G. M. stockholder. steel, automotive, glass, shipbuild- be delivered in states that have noxious or injurious to public ing, electrical manufacturing, oil adopted the state use system, health, morals or the general wel elect- policies and provisions of the inand coke industries. whereby no convict-mad- e goods, fare, but that, in addition, con zens. Labor will support the of the ed Tremendous enrollment of the wares or merchandise produced or gress has equally full authority to republic dustry. representatives Of course, the United Mine workers is under way. Unabashed mined in the United States can be shape a policy in regulating in in any attempt to restore to the Workers of America will see that the federal in legislative o congress commerce to on the open market. Twenty-tw- terstate by employer opposition, they are sold prevent do no such thing. It is, howwhich of has it the gradually they laws. valid state now with powers, use states of state have the terference unions joining their indus enobvious the that since the coal ever, been stripped by judicial tries, literally by the thousands. have formaldecrees themselves be and croachment should operators Witnessed the Peginning arbitrary lems of these industries published year-en- d summary, the breached the of I the court. ly council agreement, table. to supreme the possibilities of settled across the year 1936 has witnessed the ler an have Mine United Workers unrestrainec and unlicensed Coal of this great movement trial strife in industry, is it pos-i- n The Industry no. will and without Prodded and goaded by the fi- equal right, at the mass production industries. Slbla that Mr Sloan is predicting arming of corporations against the The year 1937 will witness an continued hostility on the part oi workers has no place in any politi- nancial interests dominant in steel, tice, to denounce its provisions and their members from the unparalleled growth in the numeri- - hls corporation towards tne de- cal or industrial democracy, ltecen automobile and other major indus- withdraw mines of the defaulting coal operFollette La the before niands of its employes for fair revelations cal strength of Labor in the here- tries, the coal industry has just of the senate have taken an amazing action. It has ators. tofore unorganized industries, and consideration? Desires Peace 'the giant General Motors Cor revealed in part the plans of in- - done so without public rebuke or the definite achievement of mod- I ern collective bargaining on a poration is at present pursuing the dustry to club, gas and cripple criticism. The basic agreement of Labor desires a peaceful solution wide front, where it heretofore has dangerous course of relusing to workers with the lethal weapons the coal industry expires March of the problems of its relationships I answer the request of the United of warfare. Huge stocks of such 31. The agreement contains a pro- in the mass production industries. not existed. I Automobile Workers for a national Not only the workers, but our weapons have been purchased at vision binding operators and mine The organizations associated with nation and its entire population, conference, for collective bargain- - enormous expense, and over $500,- - workers to assemble on February the Committee for Industrial Orwill be beneficiaries of this great big purposes. The union has re- - 000 worth of tear and mustard gas 17, 1937, to consider what revis- ganization are not promoting inmovement. Labor demands collec- - Peatedly requested such a confer- - has been delivered to industria ion, if any shall be made in this dustrial strife they are hoping n tive bargaining and greater parti- - ence hut was told by a vice presi- - plants, and the expenditure agreement as to hours, wages and for industrial peace on a basis that I of these war conditions of employment. Not- recognizes the rights of the workby the individual worker dent that any grievances should be sary for the purchase whether by hand or brain in the taken up with plant managers or supplies is charged to the cost of withstanding this provision, the ers, as well as the employers. coal operators bf the Appalachian Peace, however, cannot be achieved bountiful resources of the nation, general managers in the various production. Who is to eat and swallow this area representing three-fourth- s of by employers denial of the right It is absurd for such and in the fruits of the genius ol localities. You of enormous a to its tonthat gas? quantity the nations bituminous coal to organize; by denial of confercorporation its inventors and technicians. pretend I - workers! This gas, these clubs, are settled December on Everyences policies locally. for bargaining purposes; by 15, formally nage, Ignore Facts I one knows that decisions as to and these machine guns are intend notified the United Mine Workers the purchase and use of arms, amEmDlover? talk ahnnt labor trouble interfering wfth con- - wa&es hours and other conditions- ed to make you contented with of America that they had already munition and tear gas; by a conat a cen- your present jobs, and with met among themselves and decid- tinued policy of arrogance and retinued expansion and progress of of employment are made s - ent wages with your present con-thconfor ad tral ed Thev point upon the wages, hours and con- pression. the I trolled are of d.tions Motors 4th They of employment affecting employment. ditions Sess peopleignore The time has passed in America General. by havmoney to to tended a futter compe you J mine additional the an ls workers when trs the workers can be eithei for d3 L which to buy, the wheels of Indus-(ifnera and two-yeorganization, and I accept a company-operate- d clubbed, gassed, or shot down with period. union, as the it is the du Fonts, and not the company-manage- d They decided that the seven-ho- impunity. I solemnly warn the can which out the you who through work day would be lengthen- leaders of industry that labor will agency lay plant managers, How do ed to an eight-hou- r voice your grievances. inroad lines of labor policies. work day, at not tolerate such policies or tac? What do you the same workers like Workers Automobile it, The United you I wage; daily they decided tics. Labor will also expect the that is something from which have already been propose to do about it : that the rates for tonnage workers protection of the agencies of the rp-- 1 representatives National Referendum would remain the same as hereto- federal government in the pursuit y various plant managers I fTryodtoherefusalofsome of "I have our The of nation demands Dowerfu? people reasonable their fore; they decided that the import- of its lawful objectives. cor-- 1 I the largest and most m a national ref- - ant question of inter-distrib to participated and The stage is set. Industry can just higher porattons in this country to follow anLer erendum. By an overwhelming intra-distrian before would differentials forward with profit to it3 inI go modern labor practice, or to obey con- - majority they voted fnr industrial remain undisturbed until 1939. The umon wlil can be vestors, and with security to our given. Thev denv the thp law The plain and simple fact is that citizenship; or it can elect to dereasonable and ius de- - tinue its demand for a conference democracy, and elected its cham- with Persons who have the Pwer P10"' Theodore Delano Roosevelt, he Appalachian operators, as the stroy itself by blindly following its mandsVtheir for legiti ihe issues were summed up and result of financial intrigue, have unreasoning prejudices, and refusAny other arrange- mate collective employes decent I tQ negotiate colby President Roosevelt deliberately breached the Appala- ing to conform to the modern conepitomized of be a perversion meat would incomes, shorter hours, and for Madison Square Garden ad chian in his agreement, and have arro- cept of proper industrial relation'destructive if?vebargainiMd jis - dress, on the night of October 31 SldCnon.va.mmSt a to obligagated themselves, notwithstandI . . I From the text of that memorable ing the provisions of the agree- ships. The leaders of industry will deI I It is the refusal of employers to speech, I quote President Roosevelt ment to the contrary, the power to cide, and upon them rests the reBarons jrvasjve , grant such reasonable conditions, Th corDorations are like - Us follows: decide for themselves the wage sponsibility of deciding wisely. and to deal with their; employes I .ge is our answer to those This bar collective t0 ayoid ng through collective bargaining, that wfth their empioyes. They who, silent about their own plans, Best Wishes to Labor unrest. d labor leads to gaye ied by fostering and sub- - I ask us to state our objectives. Of FREE The strikes which have broken out I ... . INSPECTION STARTER & FLYWHEEL unions to get course we will continue to seek to in the last few weeks, especially aroun(f the lawy instead, they improve working conditions for the Save your battery and future repair bills by havinK balky startera inspected now. Starter Teeth replaced without removing flywheel. All work guaranteed in the automotive industry, are due to reduce the jaw. The workers of America 12 Months. Service. WILLIAMSON METHOD. haye transgressed Modto such employer trouble. to increase wages are hours over-lonsteel themselves, MACKS WELDING WORKS ern collective bargaining, involving onranizedJ and to end the la- 872 SOUTH STATE WASATCH 3265 appreciate and I that spell starvation, they I between organized negotiations value of organization bor of children, to wipe out sweat the exploit workers and organized employers in the conduct of their business en-- 1 shops. Of course we will continue on an industry basis, would reguI everY effort to end monopoly in bar-- I A larize and stabilize industry rela- terprises to collective business, support The United States Steel CorporBEST WISHES TO LABOR tions, and reduce the economic loss- -- ation is trying to enforce upon its I gaining, to stop unfair competi-e- s occasioned by management stu- 225 qoo employes the outmoded la- - tion, to abolish dishonorable trade L s the The strike For all these we have pidity. policy adopted by its board of Practices. fruit of mismanagement and bad directors only which just begun to fight. in 1901, a policy o These words, broadcast to a policy toward labor. Employers denies the right of Seif.0rganiza- Oculists Prescriptions Filled Roose-with L. the over tion. employes, tyrannize represent President 0f that corpor- an tQ empioye the aid of labor spies, com-- 1 a .. Wholesale Prices At the velt s concept, of industrial demo- chciHiarie of the and threat the pany guards, by 914 BOSTON BLDG. PHONE WAS. 1520 discharge, need not be surprised if Corporation associates itself with American people. They are the SALT LAKE CITY of this administration. They production lines are sudden organization, known as the hey m mind the of halted. were worker in this ly American Iron and Steel Institute, when on election day he cast General Motors adverin an Jand, on 1936, which 1, vote for the men who uttered Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of tisement July published in 375 newspaGeneral Motors Corporation, in his them, the pers, presumed to speak for Demand Rights BEST WISHES TO LABOR iron and steel industry and denied now Labor to demands the to workers right steel the of the right and the right to bargain, HOLLAND FURNACES similar organization in their own organize, Lab-odemands a new deal m interests Americas great industries. Labor Repairing and Cleaning All Makes of Heating Systems. Call an Moral Responsibility m holds who those for contempt, Experienced Holland Heating Engineer to Solve Your Huge corporations, such as Unit- would Morestrict mercenary reasons, Heating Problems ed States Steel and General 666 South State human 7646 demands Labor Wasatch Call reprivileges. tors, have a moral and public enactment legislative making neither sponsibility. They have of industrial HOLLAND FURNACE CO. the moral nor the legal right to realistic the principles It demands that con-o- f rule as autocrats over the hundreds democracy. They gress exercise its constitutional thousands of employes. and brush aside the nega-lahave no right to transgress the powers which gives to the worker the tive autocracy of the federal judi-rigand col- - ciary, exemplified by a supreme of which exalts property above Best Wishes to Utah Labor lective bargaining. They have no court human value, to a in .democracy political right Either by constitutional amend-- I withhold the rights of a free peoor statutory enactment, the I n?en 1 indus-right of congress to legislate for The workers in the steel I the welfare of the in people and the workers try are organizing; the are or- - perpetuity of the republic must be the automotive industry s The assured. overstep-dustriecourt inhas ganized; the workers in other . bounds the author-own of its Salt Lake City, Utah 146 South West Temple are organizing; any saneiped and has relations ity gratuitously offendedconcept of industrial of the nations citiwould indicate that the labor prob- over I sub-divisio- ns rs anti-unio- I by-prod- re-T- mdus-beginni- he ng ; sub-commit- tee neces-cipatio- at the-plant- dd i ar ur (S ct ct 1 ci aa' wide-sprea- Two-Ho- ur g, The Optical Shop sit-do- na-wh- te pol-fVo- iv zr r w, ht on I Wesfera Garment Mg. Co. 7 two-thir- ds |
