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Show 5 UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 9, 1937. Coal Miners Get Utah National WPA MUSIC PROMINENT PEOPLE BACK LABORS RIGHT TO SIT DOWN PROJECT PRAISED Wage Increase Prosperity Plan (Continued from rage 1) Utah Sinfonietta, a WPA music headed L. John Lewis by sentatiyes project, was praised by Dr. Nicho-la- i and mine owners, ends April 1, Sokoloff, national director of musical projects, when he was here The agreement provides for the Tuesday to inspect the local project. He heard the local sinfonietfollowing increases: cents e day-ratfor a ta play under the direction of Iteg-inal- d Fifty day Beales. workers; nine cents a ton on the combined cutting and loading rate Dr. Sokoloff predicted that Salt for those paid by the ton; 70 cents Lake City will have a symphony a day for loading machine oper- orchestra of 50 to CO pieces in the ators; 10 per cent for yardage and near future.' He complimented th dead work. present organization and expressed himself as highly pleased with the Joint Commission A joint employer-mine- r commisprogress made. lie believes that Salt Lake City sion will le established under the should to mechanized easily support a fine symagreement study because it has the make and orchestra, recommendations phony mining for the next agreement, on which talent and music lovers. Dr. Sokoloff joined the governnegotiations will be started March music project program in ment month later than usual. 14, 1939, a Duncan Kennedy, operators 1935 when the plan was initiated. spokesman, and joint conference He organized the unemployed mu chairman, said the ratification was sicians who had the ability, the unanimous, with the Southern Ap- background, and the tact to carry of palachian,' Harlan county, Hazard out music plans, lie is proudfedthe of the accomplishments and Virginia districts not voting. eral music projects. Lewis Statement After the agreement had been signed, John L. Lewis, U. M. W. Unemployment Rolls president dictated the following Reduced in Utah statement to reporters: 1 mine workers the of On behalf Combined placements by the express satisfaction that the bituminous coal industry has negoti- national reemployment service and ated another agreement. the state employment service in This agreement covers nearly Utah during the month of Febru300,000 miners with a total pro- ary, reduced the total of unemploy' duction of 300,000,000 tons annu- ed by 880, according to informa ally in the Appalachian region and tion received by Allen T. Sanford, forms the base agreement for the state director for the National entire bituminous industry. Emergency council. The districts outside the AppaOf this number 518 persons lachian area will add the increases were absorbed by private industry. to their wage scales but will keep For the first time since the existence of the national reemploythe existing differentials. Both sides yielded on certain ment service the national total of points and there was a spirit of persons receiving positions in primutual compromise and an effort vate employment exceed the total to compose the differences in the of public replacements and assignments on relief work. Despite the industry without a strike. short month 250,249 placements Miners were made, of which 158,013 were affects in private employ. The gain notThe wage settlement 4500 coal miners in Utah and 4000 ed in February over the same pe in Wyoming, comprising district riod of last year was 223.8 per cent. 22, United Mine Workers of Amer- im Utah-Wyomi- ng ica. The district will hold a constitutional convention to determine laws of the district organization and seven elect a scale committee from seven and Wyofrom Utah committees meet with to ming from the operators associations of the two states. The date of the constitutional convention is awaiting the return of John M. Ross and Albert Roberts, president and vice president of district 22, from New York where they attended the national wage conferences. The convention will be held in Salt Lake City with delegates in attendance from every local union in the district. (Sflnace & Oannteffimc IIDattedl (S2Gee (Continued from Page 1) the date on the stamp he must use the bond. The person or firm to whom the bond is transferred, within three days after receiving it, must place a stamp upon it and use the bond in the course of his trade Thus the bond circulates until i has passed through the hands o! 54 persons and has come to the 55th and last recipient, who then places his stamp upon it and takes it to the bank and gets the face value of the bond in cash. Used Like Money The bnds are used like money for all kinds of purchases which have been prearranged for by the organization, in the communities where its members reside. . More than 50 business concerns in Salt Lake City have entered into an agreement to accept the bonds. Business houses of Ogden Provo and other Utah cities have also agreed to accept these bonds The Utah National Prosperity Plan was incorporated in Utah on March 17. Isom Lamb is the founder and president of the organiza- tion. We have no connection writh the Townsend plan, although many of the Townsend followers have joinet us through our membership sys tern, said Mr. Lamb. The headquarters of the plan are at Atlas building in Salt Lake City. Provides Prosperity We are providing an income for those unable to find, or hold, g jobs because of age or physical infirmity, Mr." Lamb said. We bring a new and sound prosperity for.all elements in the population.. With the passing of the everpresent fear of a poverty-stricke- n e the declining years of the lives of men and women will lose most of its horror. Medical attendance which is more urgently needed with old age than in youth can be had on a basis of getting it and paying for it. Thus the twin afflictions of old age, poverty and sickness, will be measurably less ened as the Prosperity Plan gets the into operation throughout land. The most amazing feature of the movement initiated by Mr. Lamb is the intense national interest aroused in such a short time. Re quests for organizers and instructors are coming to the national in Salt Lake City headquarters from all sections of the United States. well-payin- old-ag- Sit - down official life here. Fairly speaking, WASH INGTON strikes have their critics and de it might be said at once that the fenders among those who move in defenders outrank the critics in importance and ability. The line-u- p for the critics inMarch 11. The, contract is for one cludes Senator J. Ham Lewis (D., year. 111.), Senator Ellender (I)., La.), Hoffman (R., Representative Sign Contracts Mich.), and other small fry In Jhe HARRISBURG, Pa. Negotia house. Batting for the defenders tions were concluded by the liar are Dean-eleof Harvards law risburg newspapers and the local school and now chairman of the Typographical union for a new Securities and Exchange Commiscontract. Under the new contract sion, James M. Landis, Supreme signed, handmen won an increase Court of New York Justice Ferdiin wages up to the scale paid op nand I'ecora, Secretary of Labor erators. Francis Perkins, and Senator The Pottsville Republican and Thomas (D., Utah). Schuylkill County New Deal Re Critics Fan have porter, heretofore On bench the for both sides are approved contracts with the Typo like President Roosevelt, graphical union and will hereafter figures closed union as operate shops. ct non-unio- n, C. I. 0. Store Employes PROVIDENCE, R. I. (UNS) An agreement reached at midnight, after hurried negotiations, ended a strike which threatened to tie up the retail stores of this city and make merchants lose the Easter trade. Wage increases and recognition of the C. I. O. Department Stores union as bargaining agency for those employes who are members of the union, were won as a result of the strike. Another conference between store and union representatvies to discuss further matters will take No documents were place later. signed at the earlier conference which settled the strike and opened up the 86 closed stores. Joseph Sylvia and Powers Ilapgood, C. I. O. representatives in the district, negotiations for the conducted union. A general strike which would have affected more than 10,000 employes was said to have been narrowly averted by the settlement Thomas McMahon, state labor di- rector, formerly president of the United Textile Workers, presided at the conference. Immediate pay increases agreed to by store owners, large and small, included a 10 per cent increase for all workers receiving $15 or less; seven and one-ha- lf per cent for those $15 to $20, and five per cent for those getting $20 to $30. Large stores also agreed to reduction in hours. A (Continued on Page 7) 42-ho- w LABOR- - Always Belter Service Here Official State Inspection Station No. 6 LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH ur Senator Robinson (D., Ark.), and Borah (It., Ida.). Senator Moo-CoThese persons have either not committed themselves or else have declared that the supreme court, by a sitting down on the National Labor Relations Act decision, are (Continued on page 6) ALL MAKES OF CARS SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT Towing Service Repair Service Service Entrance around the corner on 5th South WE GET YOU OUT QUICKLY AND DO THE JOB RIGHT 24-IIo- ur The Dating Guarantees Its Freshness Blended, Roasted and Packed to Satisfy the Taste of All Lovers of Good Coffee Wow In the Bag at a Saving To Yon ORDER FROM YOUR GROCER A Product of STANDARD BRANDS (Continued from page 4) suspended, to the number of over 100. This action definitely wrecks the Philadelphia Central Labor Union. C. I. O. unions, it is learned, will retaliate by organizing their own central body. McCall is Union DA.YTON, Ohio Wage d, tract. PRACTICAL TRAINING When President Brigham Young founded B. Y. U., he insisted that two things be stressed: 1. Vocational education. 2. Spirituality. Therefore, B. Y. U. gives sound practical training to prepare young men and women for many trades, businesses, and professions. Also religious training is given with the aim of developing an active spirituality. 35 Departments 1600 Courses. WORK GIVEN ALL FOUR QUARTERS Autumn Quarter Summer Quarter September 24 December 17 June 14 August 28 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH ur STREATOR SMITH, Inc. NEW -- AND USED PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS 465 So. Main agree- ments with printers have been signed by the McCall Publishing company of Dayton and the Crowell Publishing company, Spring-fielF. G. Barrett, vice president of the International Typographical union announced this week. The McCall agreement is for two years as of March 25 and calls week with day for a forty-hou- r $48 and night receiving employes workers $51 a week. An increase of $2 a week is provided for the consecond year of the two-year Brigham Young University 24-IIo- The Crowell employes will receive $46 a week for day work and $49 for night work, based on a forty-hou- r week, effective as of Was. 2693 WE SHIP BY MAIL Night Phone, Was. 2642 IPIMNK2 its time to Paint! and its time to Clean! anti and you always gtt best results with Trade Union Democrats Meet The Trade Union Democratic League at its meeting Thursday night discussed the new measures passed in the recent session of the state legislature. Secretary George W. Smith read several letters from Utah senators and congessmen regarding the Presidents court reform plan. The League has endorsed the Roosevelt plan, and is keeping the mails warm with correspondence to the national capital urging support for the plan. 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