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Show s UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, MAY Editorial 2 3Page 7. 1937. Tine Utalh Ealbor Mews could be settled peaceably. The and to those agencies who gather news for press services. There is no reason for alarm. Labor unions are growing stronger chief interrupted to say, No, you and this naturally in time eliminates all strikes and turmoil in industry. kill him or do what you want to It will mean a better understanding of problems existing between em- - with him. Mr. Brown said, No, (Continued from Page 1) I I dont want to hurt your boy. You ters did not have the courage to call an expulsion an expulsion. They Ployers and employes. the Mormons a pony or somethreatened and had give created, confirmed and deepened the split they thing and it will be all right. more drastic action, after their crime against labor had been already Then the chief added, Your consummated. men killed two of my cattle and Now the assassins of labor unity are following their The Utah Labor News congratulates the management of the Salt this I ey tion to its logical conclusion. Having split Tribune-Telegraboy saw them. The wily chief and the officers and members of Salt Lake atPhp I sentenced so had an to state all its ceeding split Typographical union No. 115 for the friendly relations existing between he wanted his. boy same could C. I. 0. unions from them too. They areeven the punishapply the two parties concerned. These friendly relations have been enjoyed bona fide the to Mr. as dual outfits ment But unions to one of our organizations, ing company youths. between the members of the Allied Printing Trades and the publishers fijjht of his orders to these I But here again Green hid the fell Brown said, We will go down to of Utahs two leading daily newspapers for 42 years, les to oust their healthiest and fitrong est umJV between the publishers and the the camp and they will pay you. eietter Perhaps today the t.he weasel words. His henchmen knew, So the chief sat down to dinner trades is more ever before in the many years than pronounced The council has met printing meant and have gone about the job hjever, with us and later presented us with fchat the Typographical union and Tribune-Telegracon-an- d had have adjourned and still has not called its expulsion of the C. I. O. tractual relations. Thanks to the ' wisdom and good judgment of the some fine blankets. He sent his unions an expulsion. men back to camp the next mornthe union officials and membership. At no point has the C. I 0. set up any dual labor movement. At publishers, il8 mectinB Sunday by on almosl unSnimou3 vote the Typ0. ing. Brown, Ira Hatch and Thales At every point it has been the A. F. of L. council that has compelled the Brapbjcai union Haskell accompanied them and scale agreed to by the wave of C. I. O. organization to take place outside the and the repr Jntativo3 o( the pbli3ber3 ii recent scaKgotia- - learned that the men at Ballards federations ranxs. tions. The meeting was a love feast and high praises were heard from camp had killed two head of wild Now it has reached the point that the center the union representatives for the representatives of the publishers. cattle because they were short on unTo?hriwnouToMheAhF.iL With each blow stnfck against They gave two ponies ,d em5'yer3 of provisions. emP'?'C3 feblinTdovrlfma fookTo to who the chief, quite in draW had hal Iver C,08er theSe nin8 'aVe Vell e'quippTd satisfied, went back appeared before existe in thfs splendM thffTdel1entshee 'P,itter8' " than home happily. I The issuance of charters which the C. I. 0. has now begun is but 'extend our g congratulations. A National Disgrace d a recognition and regularization of a condition which the! is how southern editors That to A. F. of L. council itself created. By refusing permit organization are A. and in F. of the industries of the L., classifying the murdering of by throwing Roosevelt Townes with the white out the unions which have actually organized these industries, it was the council itself that decided the main body of American labor should Kditor Robert D. Cramer of the Minneapolis Labor Review says: flame of a gasoline blow torch by be the C. I. 0. and not the A. F. of L. It was not the rank and file who caused the division that appears an infuriated mob. Townes and McDaniels to be. widening in the ranks of organized labor. But Bootjack (colored) if the had apparently accused been of shooting a rank and file is not to be crucified on a cross of division it will have to impress more firmly upon some leaders that it does not join unions storekeeper. The mob took the and pay dues for the purpose of fighting with fellow workers. negroes from Sheriff E. E. Wright You dont have to join a union to get a chance to his deputies shortly after they and The Washington reports that A. F. of L. lead- fight. You ers secretly have decided on a new line of strategy in their bitter I can do that anywhere, any time, for nothing, and sometimes some had been arraigned and had denied I battle with the C. I. 0. the charge. It is said that they people get paid for it. I frontal unions the rival to of the In the face of a greatly increasing demand from the rank and file confessed under the blow torch onward the Unable sweep by stop attack of suspension and denunciation, federation master minds are I to do something to bring harmony and unity in the ranks of organized flame as they were chained to trees. Who wouldnt confess to anygoing to see if they can get better results by guerilla raiding and labor, the executive council of the A. F. of L., having far from ficient votes willing to expel the C. I. 0., calls a conference in Cin- - thing with a blow torch playing on In the past the A. F. of L: has made no attempt to invade C. I. 0. cinnati for May 18 from which the rank and file is eliminated on the him. Townes was finally burned I territory. But from now on it will encourage not only raids on its I ground of expense. The statement of the executive council regarding to death after screaming a confesthis meeting will be published next week. rivals ranks but dissension within them. As a first step, sion. McDaniels, from miners in Illinois and Pennsylvania will be offered A. F. of L. charters. I ' of sending representatives to Cincinnati to the rank and torch burnings, wasscreaming Expense to death. shot As one federation chief put it, We aim to stir up so much trouble I file wouldnt be anything compared to the expense of the that is The thought is coming into minds for Lewis and his allies in their own camp that they wont have time I under way and that to date has developed no leadershiD insplit tho A If lynching is an efeverywhere, I to think about anything else. of L. to mend fective wyay of curbing crime why modThe new line of attack is the work of the three isnt the south a model, erate federation big guns George Harrison, president of the railroad section? Although editors everyclerks; Matthew Woll, head of the photo engravers, and Dan Tobin, where are having difficulty in boss of the teamsters union. curbing their language those in the These three opposed the original suspension of the C. I. O. unions, (Continued from Page 7) south are most scathing in their and at last weeks meeting of the A. F. of L. executive council called early hardships, sorrows, dangers denunciation of these fiends whose to expel the insurgents permanently, they succeeded in persuading and joys encountered as they and crime was many times worse than course. to and die different a his hards take Green settled an their friends-departe- d whoever killed the of that would move cause unions an other warned that expulsion They untamed frontier and helped build to bolt, further depleting A. F. of L. ranks and revenue. the great commonwealth that is Fight fire .with fire, urged Woll; give Lewis a dose of his own the Arizona of today. medicine. Bore from within, set up rival unions and put him op' the Welcome, and Best Wishes to Labor Fingers were burned baking defensive. ovens. in crude campfire After three days of wrangling, this advice was accepted.1 The bread JOHNSON & SANSOM GARAGE were wrenched as families Hearts expulsion plan was shelved until the federations annual convention who had the on struggled together Wasatch 4150 501 South State Street in Denver this fall. Meanwhile a special meeting of handpicked unions, Chevrolet - Dodge - Plymouth Repairing whose loyalty is unquestioned will be held May 18 in Cincinnati to trail, sharing food and hardships a season would come to a place Service Complete One-Sto- p approve a special assessment on all A. F. of L. members to raise a for meet to never of aain. parting, fund to finance the new strategy. Wagon loads of precious household effects were sometimes lost as horses were unable to retain IT IS NEWS ONLY NEWS their footing on steep, icy, Best Wishes to Miners and Smeltermen trails and all went hurmountain You see the headlines of the daily papers featuring labor strikes and threatened strikes. In fact they are featuring them so strong that tling down into a mad torrent at an average newspaper reader, who does not understand the existing the bottom of the gulch. Several circumstances, believes the only business of the labor union is to create men Avould often try to hold one roads. It strikes, and that the strikes are growing more numerous than ever wagon to the before. But those who understand the principles of the American took a day and a half for one party stretch. labor movement and keep in touch with all phases of the labor question to thus cover a three-mil- e in as recorded diaries Rivers were think differently.. or been crossed safely Regardless of the flaring newspaper headlines, strikes are no more having DEPENDABLE USED MACHINERY One of the pioneers, Susan numerous today than they were five years ago or ten years ago. Only difference today is that labor is organization conscious and the unions Martineau Johnson, tells the folMINING AND INDUSTRIAL and union memberships are twice as large as they have ever been, and lowing story (one of many in the 208-21- 0 South West Temple news gatherers for the press services April 14th Republic): consequently the the shade in SALT LAKE CITY the We the labor strike of were resting union, the same as they do murplay up phase Phone Wasatch 3907 one Sunday in July when we saw ders, lynchings or other crimes. Apparently the news hounds overlook the peaceable side of the a big cloud of dust about one mile 420 E. Third St. 1025 So. Central Ave. 1210 G St. trade union movement. The fact of the matter is. that 90 per cent of away on the mesa. We knew it LOS ANGELES PHOENIX SACRAMENTO the nations wage agreements are reached through collective bargaining, must be a sign Indians were apwithout strikes or any trouble whatsoever. Strikes occur in less than proaching, but Indians in our vicin760 Folsom St. 10 per cent of the labor problems. theretofore had given no trouble SAN FRANCISCO ity But it seems that anything accomplished in labor union circles in and enjoyed visiting with us. This a peaceable manner, and when amicable relations exist between the group of Indians, however, stopped employer and employe, is not news for the average newspaper reporter behind some big bushes, then came on a run to our front yard. Thales Haskell went to meet them and asked the chief to step down. Best Wishes to Utah Miners The chief, a Navajo, was acold son companied by his and about 20 Piutes, naked to the waist, their long hair flying in the wind, and bows and arrows drawn as. though to frighten us more. 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