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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. AUGUST 13, 1937. ers and ore boats on the Great Lakes were signed up in the new THE LABOR RELATIONS ACT NON-PARTISA- (Continued from page 3) should be forbidden by the act, is every form of violence under do fined circumstances as a crime. A directly in point. well established system of appre would If accepted, this proposal dehension, court prosecution, trial, and mean, under existing exists in every state picketpunishment end of the peaceful cisions, Union. The National Labor of the would proing and persuasion. U has no such ma Board Relations By hibit peaceful unionization, nor could at its the of disposal, chinery unjust raising the ghosts antiunion decisions of the Federal the Board be given a policemans function without paralyzing its courts before the LEAGUE NOTES N ing an appropriation for the committee is being held up in the senate committee on audit and control It is being held there while more immediate appropriations are being passed. The La Follette committees ac tivities must go on. League members should write their senators to urge quick passage of additional appropriations for the committee. Letters to members of the senate audit and control committee will help. Members of the control committee include: James F. Byrnes (S. C.); Millard E. Tydings (Md.); and John J. Townsend, Jr. (Dela.). WE WANT ACTION! National Maritime Union, during the first week of the C. I. 0. membership drive. The N. M. U. now has a coast and Gulf membership of more than 40,000 seamen. SHIPYARD WORKERS ASK ROOSEVELTS AID to 1. Urge your representatives IN SETTLING STRIKE Black-ConneLabor Fair pass the Standards bill. The WASHINGTON (UNS) 2. Demand action on Wagner Union Industrial of Marine and Housing bill. afC. O. I. commit-Shipbuilding Workers, I 3. Save the La Follette Anti - injunction Act was passed, usefulness in dealing deliberatively Roosehas President asked long-terfiliate, industrial prac- tee. the amendment would disavow the with velt to intervene in bringing about The tices. administrative of proce genuine interest legitimate a settlement of the seven-weeto or the of dure Board is ABOUT IIOW workers IT, satisfactory unions in organizing strike involving 15,000 workers in would place their efforts on the disestablish a company union. But MR. CONGRESSMAN? the Port of New York. same plane with the illegitimate in the face of the immediate threat John Green, national president of Treason is a harsh word but efforts of employers to herd work of violence the invocation of that unions Procedure would be ludicrous. E. L. Oliver, the Leagues vice pres the union, in a telegram to the ers into company-dominate- d President urging his intervention or to keep them entirely disorganAbout Incorporation ident, didnt mince words when he ized. said that the sole issue involved The incorporation of unions is told congressmen that adjournment Ilona Fide Union was the refusal of the companies another device frequently recom of congress before action upon the THANK YOUR SENATORS! bill hours Congress considered this pro mended to enlarge responsibility Black-Conneand led by the Todd Shipbuilding Corwage posal and enacted into law the for assaults and other torts during would be little short of . treason poration, to bargain collectively imposition that bona fide unions strikes. The fact is that the stock to the people of America. Legislators can use praise as with employes in defiance of the lave a proper interest in organiz holder of a corporation is liable as Labor not only regards the well as reproof and counsel. Twenty Labor Relations Act. ng workers but that employers stockholder for torts committed in y Bill as the very senators demonstrated loyalty to Strikebreakers have been shipped lave not. That proposition is still its behalf only to the extent of his I least which can be offered in wage labor and courage in the face of across state lines to take the strikvalid and should not be tampered holdings. But the individual un - and hour regulation but it feels organized opposition when they ers, jobs in defiance of the Byrnes with. incorporated union member every that any unnecessary delay in the voted for the Presidents program Act, Green charged in his wire. Putting aside the charge of one where in the United States is sub- enactment of the legislation is ex for supreme court reform. Write Work on a United States destroyer sidedness as a slogan to bestir to unlimited liability and may cusable, Mr. Oliver wrote every them and express the Leagues ap- and on six ferryboats under conject emotions without provoking e sued directly as a union mem-e- r senator and congressman on Cap- preciation for their vote. Sisco in the struction at yard thought, there still remains the for all torts committed in be itol Hill. Island with Staten PWA funds is Laquestion whether the National PITY A POOR lalf of the union in all cases where held up because the combeing bor Relations Act is adequate, or lis consent to the unions action SENATOR! pany refused to bargain collectively whether additional Federal legis- can be loosely implied; and under the union. with lation is necessary at this time. the Federal law and in more than He is unable to perform seralso wired A. C. Ling, Green Let us examine some of the main a dozen states the vices of enacting wage hours bill unincorporated favorable for of the Navy Decongressional Hope now in the proposals limelight. union itself may be sued directly action on the Wagner-Steaga- ll and other progressive legislation at Acting Secretary who had The first suggestion is that as well. partment, previously rebill before congress ad- this session of congress on ac- fused to stop funds'on the desome Federal statutory limitation Housing much-cited Under the English for the summer, grew with count of an emotional state of be placed upon the right to strike. stroyer, protesting against the law, on the contrary, a union (even journs President Roosevelts inclusion of mind, says Senator McNary of advancement of Federal funds to Senator Vandenberg, for example, when incorporated by voluntary the bill in his must program for Oregon. now proposes that strikes shall be violators of a Federal law. is not liable for torts comaction) session. the called only by majority vote, and mitted in its Union Claims Majority behalf; and the lia No date has been set for hear- LABOR ON ITS there are many similar proposals. of individual members for bility has been offered by Evidence It is true that since 1927 England acts committed in the unions in ings on the bill, which is still in the union at FORWARD MARCH hearings of the Nahas placed restrictions upon two terest is the house committee on banking circummort infinitely tional Relations Board to Labor types of strikes: First, those de- scribed than in this country. Of and currency. Labors out of a total of 2112 that to coerce the government; course, the individual prove signed League urges its members and (Continued from page 3) everywhere the Robins Drydock at to strikes or and, second, sympathetic by is legally responsible for his own organizations write, wire, Shipbuilding Workers now going employes & Repair company in Brooklyn, it an industry not involved in the personal York. in and of to the New on their phone representatives port wrongdoing. immediate dispute. City inspectors were withdrawn has a membership of 1636, includto members of the house committee, If difficult find it employers Cut strikes within these cate- obtain civil by LaGuardia when he was told by ing 1206 listed on the payrolls as damages for violence asking immediate favorable report gories are generally illegal here; during strikes, or to forestall vio on the Wagner-Steaga- ll bill. Im- a delegation of strikers that scabs, regular employes and 430 occaand, in addition, an infinite variety it is not because of any de- press your senators with the idea many of them untrained, were hir- sional workers. of strikes which are entirely per- lence, At the Tietjen & Lang company ficiencies in the American law but of supporting the bill and voting ed to work on the six ferryboats missible in Great Dritain are il- rather because the chaotic characSisco the constructed at reachwhen on its being it plant, in Hoboken, N. J., the union passage aye legal in the majority of American ter of the strife makes it hard to es the Senate chamber. claims to have a membership of 465 plant at Staten Island, N. Y. jurisdictions. Prohibitions against fix responsibility. It is equally out of a total of 663 on the regular Conference of C. I. O. Union strikes for the closed shop, in vio- difficult for National Maritime Union payroll, in addition to 200 memThe beaten up employees lation of contract, and to induce has ordered its members on board bers who work as extras. Both company police to obtain rebreach of contract, and our whole by The only remedy for this in dress. Robins drydock companies are subsidiaries of the the six ships elaboration of conspiracies in re- situation is not legislation plant to join in a sympathetic Todd Shipbuilding Corporation. straint of interstate commerce, are but the removal ofmore the provocative I Big business sympathizers in the strike with the shipyard workers. Philip Van Gelder, union secretary-toutstanding examples of the far underlying causes which always in- - senate are to gag the A conference of all local C. I. O. reasurer, attempting the evidence law. of our greater severity cite an essentially lawless situa- La Follette committee. The best unions was also called by Allen to the board inoffered the form of memor Strikes Legal Illegal tion. way they know how is by denying Haywood, C. I. O. regional director bership and applications for memThe only thing that English and Legal Responsibility the committee additional funds to in New York, to discuss plans for bership, cards and American experience proves is that payrolls of the The re for aiding the shipyard workers who two on its investigations. plea greater legal It is expected that companies. branding strikes as legal or il- sponsibility of unions is, there- carry have on seven been strike for Investigations of the La Follette weeks. the board will order an election legal is of slight avail. All our fore, largely specious. Its true committee have not contributed to statdecisions and court previous Announcement was made at the shortly to determine the collective character is displayed in the the peace and happiness of ruthless utes have done nothing to diminish fanfare aboutwell violation of con- big businessmen. In its investiga- seamens convention that the N. M. bargaining agency the workers their frequency or their unrestrain- tracts by labor.the The enforcement of tion of the Chicago massacre out- U. won the labor board election desire. The union is confident of ed character. held for the crews of seven ves- victory in the election. labor contracts, like the enforce England is free from industrial ment of all other contracts, is In side the steel plant, the committee sels of the Black Diamond Line by violence there was hardly an asproved that unarmed workers pa- an almost unanimous vote. The C. I. O. UNIONISTS AT hands courts of the the the of rading peacefully were shot in the N. M. U. polled 197 out of 199 WORKERS SCHOOL sault in the whole general strike These courts have gener back of 1926 not because of the Eng- country. by Chicagos police and armed ally held strikes in violation of thugs. In its inquiry into strike- votes cast, while the International lish law but rather because British contract Seamens Union, A. F. of L., reMemto be illegal, and injunc ARDEN, N. C. (UNS) industrial life does not include the tive relief has breaking activities the committee ceived one vote. The other vote bers of C. I. O. unions enmake to been up a disclosed before the nation the bru- was suppressive practices which breed force such contracts.granted Returns on other large part of the student body of disqualified. Moreover, tal and barbaric attack upon organviolence. When the fundamental such contracts provide ized labor by organized business elections being held have not yet the Southern Summer School for generally colto and right bargain organize been reported. Women Workers now in session in for arbitration in cases of dis lectively is as well recognized here agreement, and, of course, the and its legions of the underworld. Date of the National Unity Con- the mountain region of North The La Follette committee must ference for unlicensed seamen as it is in England, there may still bindbe strikes. But they will be con- provisions for arbitration are not be gagged. Committee offic- which was to be held in Chicago Carolina. both sides. Workers from garment, rayon, ing upon ducted peacefully in an atmosphere ials said they cannot move into August 16, has been tentatively Union is red a citrus fruit and other industries of irresponsibility of mutual respect among freemen. other inquiries on their books until postponed until August 30, for the the South the across drawn herring always seincluding sharecroppers second to This brings us the they get an additional appropria- convenience of West Coast seamen, ries of proposals for the extension trail by those who oppose collective tion of $50,000. The resolution ask- - Mervyn Rathbome, secretary of from Arkansas, are attending the school which has been held for six of Federal labor law, including in bargaining. A contract is the hall C. I. O. Maritime Committee weeks the union mark of recognition. Against amendduring the summer for the Senator Vandenbergs or emanate from those well has announced. law, have the the 11 , recognition outthe and past years. ments, providing for The convention went on record known sources who are desirious of en The set themselves. The resolutely of violence the great majority of lawry against persons the whole situation in or- the second day in favor of affilia- worker - students and property in the course of in- lightened employers who have ac- muddying this are year der to defeat the aims of the act tion with the C. I. O. trade unionists. C. I. O. unions dustrial disputes. We yield to no corded labor the dignity of decent I and will secure to which legislation one in our abhorrence of violence business dealings have found labor represented include the InternaGREAT LAKES SEAMEN whether indulged in by strikers, or as honorable as any other group. strip labor of its rights and again FLOCKING INTO C. I. O. tional Ladies Garment Workers, Less than one-ha- lf of 1 per cent of unbalance the bargaining power be the by imported hirelings. Amalgamated Clothing WorkBut how malapropos it is to sug- labors contracts have been violated. tween the employer and his worker. the United Mine Workers, and ers, The MILWAUKEE (UNS) No Need of Amendments Thus it will be seen that most of gest that in order to check indus19 of crews of the largest freight(Continued on Page 5) trial violence the National Labor the proposals for the amendment of In our judgment, the area now Act Relations Labor the National Relations Act ought to be amendopened for exploration is not in ed. Among the earliest and basic and most of the criticisms of it are legislation but in the form and constatutes of every state in the based upon misinformation about tent of the labor contract. Let emUnion are the laws which punish both the English and the American ployer and employes, freely bargaining, experiment with a variety of The privileges of the DESERET GYMNASIUM are within the methods of attaining their comBest Wishes to Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers mon objective. Then, as time and reach of the LABORING MAN. The facilities are the best, the KORN WELDING WORKS experience prove the need, we program is delightful and health building and the terms are easy. should welcome perfections in the FRANK KORN, Manager law. Today this need has not been DESERET GYMNASIUJVI CALL WASATCH 1424 Portable-Electri- c and Acetylene Welders indicated. The great need today is d Radiators Cleaned, Repaired, Salt Lakes Only Complete Recreational Center for the achievement of industrial Wasatch 1251 818 South State The life. democracy in American pathway toward that accomplishment has been marked clearly by the congress and the supreme court. Best Wishes to Labor Best Wishes, Mine , Mill and Smelter Workers Let that path be followed, and the nation will be the gainer. BUY NOW AND SAVE Once the resisting minority of We are out of the high rent district; own our own building; buy industry accepts in good faith the in car lots for our different stores and take advantage of all cash of this extension of philosophy discounts. Open an Account democracy, and labor becomes more EVERYTHING TO FURNISH THE HOME fully accustomed to the enlarged responsibility which it entails, we shall find ourselves living in a reign 241 South Main, Salt Lake City 1050 E. 21st South, Sugarhouse Park City Murray of more genuine industrial peace Norris-LaGuard- ry ia m ks ry Black-Conner- 1 Non-Partis- die-har- an ds Labor, Join the Gym Today Re-core- III. T. GRANT CO. GRANITE FURNITURE CO. . than we have ever known. |