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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AUGUST 27, 1937. 4 Ediitoiriial Page MTORIAL: UtaHn News H-iatooip NEWS and COMMENT TIMES ARE CHANGING and so that part of the population called business is glad con gress failed to finish its work and is out of the way. It is a very interesting light on human nature and on busi- ness nature. We hear this shout of glee mostly through the daily news papers, 90 per cent of which are business institutions them selves and RUN AS SUCH. It will be a good idea to look behind the news in the daily ' newspapers from now on. There will be plenty of partisanship propaganda against the President and the congressmen who supported the Presi dent. That means exaggeration. It means hooey and hokum and ballyhoo and hullabaloo. Boil it down to one word de ception. Sift out the facts. Do your own thinking and draw your own conclusions about things. Congress has gone home, but propaganda never HACKS ORGANIZED LABOR IN STRIKE AREAS (Continued from Page 1) Among those who attended were Sam Swerdloff, a national organizer of the American League Against War and Fascism; Harry I L secretary of the Nothing is so sacred but what it is capable of being land ecker, of the League, and committee amended or more generously interpreted or more clearly un- - jane Swanhuyser, acting secretary ' I derstood. of the Chicago committee of the , Even the Bible was "amended by an officially appointed American League. By Dr. Charles Stelzle Executive Director, Good Neighbor League (Continued from Page 1) j Tlhe ofi ecclesiastical body which decided to have it consist of only books. The Constitution of the United States is regarded by many Oliver Wendfcll as a sacred document but it has beta amended twenty-on- e August 29 American Holmes, poet, born 1809. times. 30 Sir John Ross, ArcAugust There are some people who think that the future of Amer- tic explorer, died 1850. ica depends upon the inviolability of the Constitution. at August 31 Earthquake But England has no constitution whatever, and somehow Charleston in 1886. James Gordon September 1 it manages to get along with less lawlessness than we do in born 1795. Bennett, journalist, spite of our sacred document. 2 revolutionFrench There is a great span between the revelation of God to istsSeptember storm the Tuileriesr 1792. Moses when He spoke to him out of the burning bush, and the September 3 Treaty of peace with England signed at Paris, revelation of God through Jesus Christ. And the last word regarding the manifestation of God to 1783. 4 France proclaimed mankind has not yet been spoken. He reveals Himself today a September republic, 1870. in countless ways to men of every degree. If you are getting no new light on the facts and forces LUATEI) M)lmi I0LE of life youre in a bad way. There's something the matter with your thinking or I A paddle wheel boat was the theres no opening in your mind to let new ideas come in. first steam propelled vessel to at- Tind a northwest passage And there never was a time in history when more newKemp was an? ,to sia hings were developing than just now. Arctic ox- Ross, A hundred years from today people and plorer. However, steam power "What it have lived a been in had to be given up. This trip, in have must to thing say: great those days when something big was happening all the time. J829, was the second one made by n What a chance there is today to mould the future of the world or, at least, to become a part of the big world that's natives whom he named theoretic eing moulded by others and not being left behind because highlanders, which has stuck all j these years. we have no imagination and no ideals. However, this first trip was not sixty-si- x The clergy generally throughout the country, especially in the larger cities, while adopting no consistent line of action, has been on the fide of labor, according to a survey made by the National Conference of Jews and Christians. On the other hand, the report goes on, it is known also, from reliable sources, that clergymen in some places have Among these supported the formation of vigilante groups. might be cited the Rev. John H. Stanton, chairman of the Johnstown, Pa., Citizens committee and the Citizens' National committee; the evangelist and the minister who are active in the Association of Leagues in Cleveland; and the Rev. John C. Cowell, Jr., of Decatur, Ala. Encouraging signs, however, are found in Chicago, where the Church Federation protested against the police brutality on Memorial day; in Jamaica, L. I., where a Catholic priest and two Protestant clergymen arranged a settlement between the L. I. An Enemy of tile Right to Work Daily Press and the American Newspaper Guild; in Pittsbufgh, where the Catholic Radical Alliance has been lending practical ;nored by Citizens Committees aid to strikers by publicizing the strikers side of the case in the The made by industrial disease on the WASHINGTON (UNS) Diocesan Weekly; in Cincinnati, where Father Edward Freking to work, defended so ar- right to work has not sent a single right testified in court that the Princess Garment company was not back- dently these days by gentlemen shiver up the and ladies of leisure as a privilege bones of any of the upholders of paying a living wage and was otherwise engaging in anti-labsacred to those who labor in the the employers right to make activities, and so on. While Catholic priests generally have not taken very great factories and workshops of the na- money regardless. is being attacked by a dreadMedical Institute Opens interest in the trade union side in industrial conflicts in the past, tion, ful enemy. It has been left up to that two notable exceptions have been the National Catholic WelCertain dark forces are gnaw- bogey of the fare conference and the Catholic Worker. An addition during ing away at the lives and happi- work crowd, the union, to do ness of hundreds of thousands of thing about the alarming increase the past few months has been the Catholic Radical Alliance. The workers, destroying their of occupational ailments. John Brophy, director of the C. I. O., when interviewed American much lauded sacred to United Automobile Workers of right a few weeks ago by Richard Deverall, an editor of The Christian work, and yet no citizens com- America, one of the largest of the You are the first Catholic ed mittees, no liberty leagues, no in- C. I. O. unions, has announced the Front, Catholic monthly, said: itor to come and visit me, and urged that Catholics pay more dignant groups have opening of a Medical Institute to been formed to help them fight carry on research concerning sili- attention to social justice instead of quoting anti-C- . I. O. invec- this . . . relentless enemy of the right cosis, lead poisoning in the auto-- 1 tives from the American Mercury, an atheistic journal. The to hold a job occupational dis- mobile industry. changing attitude of American Cfitholics toward labor organiza- ease. o?eitdalv.ReSehInn-tituttion is reflected in Devarall s conclusion: a He answered every In Detroit alone, there are morethan 6000 recorded cases of workand fairly question ?Vve au5omye satisfactorily. ers in this center of the automobile . c the advisory ri"e e Chris-National Conference of ; Jews ana bewho have lost or are Yeport . industry f Dr EJne? ,HH rf tians says in conclusion: 0Qi fi Growing interest on the part of clergymen and religious ,hl? Stifie Umversity leaders in the industrial situation is clearly evidenced by the -- T in industrial number of resolutions and statements approved in recently held hygiene for the Ohio State Board1 conventions of religious bodies. An increasing amount of of health for 24 years. Dr. Frederick C. Lendrum who space given to discussion of industrial problems in religious pubserved on the staff, of the Mayo lications is further evidence of religious awareness of the pressClinic in Rochester, Minn., will be ing issues raised in industrial struggles. in direct charge of the institute. other miscellaneous workers are To Study Lead Poisoning First hiiii self-righteo- I I jl f1 1 J I us or drive-em-back-t- law-and-ord- o-, I (Continued from page 3) management stalled on negotiations with the union and introduced a speed-u- p system in the fitting department. The walkout started in this department and gradually spread to the whole plant. Negotiations for the contract began after C. I. 0. local industrial union 349 won a labor board elec tion by a vote of 112 to 23 over an independent plant. The Metal Hose Company manu- factures triplex hose for gasoline stations, made by only a few firms in the United States, the largest of which is the Electric Hose & Rubber Company of Wilmington. COMMUNICATIONS OPENS DRIVE f S J J S SSLf'iT1 -- UNION NEW YORK (UNS) With a rewritten constitution and a new program for an intensive drive to organize all workers in the communications industry into one C. I. O. union, as outstanding achievements, the third convention of the American Radio Telegraphists, now the American Communications Association, drew t a close at the end of the second weeks sessions included. with a great mass meeting at the Hippodrome. John L. Lewds, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization, who was unable to be present, sent a written message assuring the full support of the C. I. O. to the new membership campaign which is being launched. John Brophy, C. I. O. director, read the speech to the convention. Lewis assured the full support of the C. I. 0. to the new membership campaign which is being launched, and said that only a strong national union could protect the jobs of the thousands of communications workers who are being threatened with unemployment of new inventions and technological improvements in the industry. At sessions held earlier in the week, the convention voted to change the name of the A. R. T. A. to the American Communications Association to indicate the enlarged field it has undertaken to unionbe-cau- se ize. . In the telephone industry, all employes working on phone operations, except production workers, will come under the jurisdiction of the communications union. Telephone girls, matrons, porters, and considered a success. Although his boat was frozen tight in the ice and his party was forced to make a long, dangerous march for food they stayed in the from 1829 to 1833, when they encountered a whaler who toik hem 5me some remarkable disThey coveries besides determining in 1831 the position of the north magnetic pole. Only three lives were lost. Ross was honored by many , societies, and made a J3.1 ad- - er I LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH IN-183- Plans drawn up at the convention for the , organization drive were made on the basis of concentrating on cities which are important communications centers, The drive will therefore start in New York and proceed to Chicago, Kansas City, San Francisco, Atlanta, Ga., Birmingham, Ala., and Dallas, Tex. Watch . . . for Kate Richards OHare speaking dates in Utah in next weeks She arrives Utah. Labor News. here September 15. We Highly Recommend BLUE POINT WHITAKERS HANDMADE AND CUBAN KING CIGARS The ONLY Union Made Cigars on This Market Cigar Makers Union Local 224 SUGGESTS A car FARE Editor U Labor News: My Word, what a blessing if the fare for the public couJd 5-c- slackest time 0f the day-na5 cents from 9 a to 4 p. m., or when people are going and coming home from work, (pro bono pub- lic) Let us a11 b a little more democratic or progressive.. It mely, I Eureka will celebrate the 49er The institute will not engage in and home coming August 27, 28 the practice of medicine, Dr. I and 29. Thousands are expected Lendrum has stated, but will con-- 1 to attend and enjoy the great fun cem itself solely with research, prepared for the visitors and funmaking a thorough study to begin lovers, with, of lead and chromium poison- ing, silicosis and industrial skin Wasatch county fair and rodeo diseases. Research into other con- - opens at Heber City today, Friday, ditions found among automobile August 27. This is one of the big workers ' including fatigue and events in Utah. speed-u- p neurosis, will also be made, Dr. Lendrum said. Salt Lake county fair at MurInvestigation of the extent of ray. September 1, 2 and 3, will be lead poisoning will begin with an a big attraction and will draw examination of metal finishers and thousands of Utahns. polishers employed by the Briggs Body Co. of Detroit. OPEN FORUM Results of the studies will be used afs a basis for advocating revision of the Present Workmens Henry C. Jorgensen of the State Compensation Law covering occu- Liquor Control Board will address pational diseases, and to force em- the Open Forum at the council ployers to install devices in their chamber of the City and County shops for the protection of the building, Sunday evening, August 29, 8 oclock. His subject will be workers health. The average life expectancy of the Problem of Liquor Control in an industrial worker is eight years Utah, As It May Affect Youth. Public is invited to hear this less than that of a discussion. George A. worker, according to studies made will have Medinsurance Udell, chairman, charge by companies. The ical Research Institute of the of the meeting. United Automobile Workers will Americas slogan should be: Not attempt to improve this state of affairs and remove some of the one American boy for European hazards under which employes of war trenches. Representative the automobile industry work. Joseph B. Shannon (D. Mo.). non-industr- ial im-norta- nt |