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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SEPTEMBER 10. 1937. Page Eight DITORIAL fratricidal warfare. families "employed wage earners earn and how they spend it. Highest wage is on the Pacific coast, where data compiled for Seattle shows that the chief wage earner of the average family THE WORM TURNS (Continued from Fage 1) By Dr. Charles Stelzle Executive Director, Good Neighbor League Crafts and skills must be respected. The hope of the all center in the protection worker, his pride, his of those rights which appertain to his skill, that skill which he takes $1508 a year. The average number of Nvorkers per family is and 1.18, and gross income is $1604. self-respec- t, The worm is the only thing that never falls down- A greater gross income is shown friend, over whose desk this 'inspirational motto hung, is It his the which is stock. machinery bymy capital possesses, New York $1743 but this is for which he does business, earns a living. If he sacrifices this he Drought it decidely clever. to a larger average number of due There are many ways of insinuating that the man who workers per sacrifices all. On the other hand, one cannot surmount the tre I family, 1.62, and the mendous obstacles that are presented in modern industry. Wenever gets above the muck of things can, never get down any chief wage earner receives but . are simply living in a new world, a world where skills and crafts Mower, but the use of the worm to illustrate this point isnt al-- 1 $1357. ' a one. are more intricately bound up the one with .he other, where happy "es, . . a man to despise a worm because it always crawls tor, ventions and machinery have wiped out many of the old lines I I along on its belly, isnt fair to the worm. The worm is doing of distinction between the skills. The numerous jurisdictional disputes among the crafts 1 the best it can and it was made that way. And the worm that crawls through the earth serves a use lustrates this point all too well. fact that the employer in a purpose aside from other considerations, he may at least Then, too, it is a be used for bait. Humiliating modern industry will not recognize a form of unionization The had obtained a job But the who man down midget the level of the worm cant to gets among his workers that requires his dealing with a movement a At the end of the in factory. even do a worms work in the world and we cant use him of separate groups of workers within his own plant who act in- he gave nofirst week, however, I bait, because its against the law. tice. The foreman expressed his dependently of each other and ofttimes in fierce competition I L 8 be reminded, too, that even the worm turns with each other. surprise. 8 a limit to what hell stand for. Well, you see, sir, e If out of this squabble comes a weakened front and a And this is a good sign, explained one the of the first quesmidget, shows the that n worm isnt as a creature as the tions en morale, the hopes of .the worker will be dashed against the I" mates me was how asked my I clever motto makes it appear. wall of his own contsruction. tall I am. I told them I was exI Furthermore, butterflies were once worms and there actly two feet high. If, however, out of this crucible comes a new mind, a new Well, returned the foreman, mighty few creatures that we see even in the most marvel-- . courage, and a new front, much of the ground that is now stead-ar- e I I that are more because of their beauty DYdnvouIik 'landscapes admired, ily slipping may be speedinly regained. We trust that our hopes of form and color. for the best may not be lost. came Oh. I didnt mind v. And so, it you think that you are down among the worms, I the response, but I dothat, At the same time we cannot refrain from pointing out that I object to k at the butterfly and take courage there s a chance for you I being picked up every five minutes the A. F. of L. itself provides what seems to us to be a sensible I I rule anc take your place among the highest and best of men an use as a two-fomiddle road policy, a policy which for sometime has worked Jse with satisfactory results. There is nothing in the A. F. of L. ani women. constitution to prevent the unionization of an industry along the for the booing of commercial ad- C. I. O. lines under the present A. F. of L. charter, as is illusNews and Comment Extending Best in motion picture the- vertisements trated byythe very organizations which are moving contrary to aters. the ruling of the executive council of the A. F. of L. The fault (Continued from Page 1) Wishes to Labor A six-ctraffic accident octo turning out a finished product it lies near to seems who with conthe curred in bourbons when are us, a altogether, Akron, Ohio, as the dollars or past effort of the car collided with a trol of the present A. F. of L. executive council. passenger thousand stockholders. But their Let us hope that in the midst of this controversy both j interests would not be representec transport truck bearing four new) automobiles to dealers. factions will maintain such an attitude and spirit toward each by clever executives or legal A Detroit newspaper carried as will not complicate an ultimate agreement and leave I en: word . . of a beach where swimmers , , I who un?0 will fester that sore, disregard life guards wam- long after the dust of conflict has settled. were bom are ings given tickets. Labor needs its strength for more important work. . Since industries and businesses And thieves, smashing the show In the event that the two factions cannot agree and comdjhave tended to link up in window of a New York bank, under one banner, they should, without squabbles, gowe trusts and chains, labor stole a teapot full of pennies, dis- forward each in its own way.to organize the unorganized work- - u"g,mehhlve played to advertise thrift and the ex"prS fears that ers in its respective tields. lhere is room for both the indus- - in a strong labor union there safety of banks. trial and craft form of organization. Any one who knows any-- would be some danger to the .Salt Lake County SURVEY OF I Iic about the matter will have to admit this fact. WORKERS EARNINGS Both the A. F. of L and the C. I. O. should be willing and LTherfe is"othinP to ,fear Assessor in-t6et- il-- well-know- n fr brok-Ther- low-dow- ot ar -l tal-oth- er A. J. I nation-togeth- er SKIDMORE 1 pub-thi- well-bein- ng g. Jers like good and know Business Week has compiled an pay they il. .,i without calling each other names. cant get it unless men of brains, interesting survey., showing what Recognition of the rights of each other, and the rights of who can command good salaries, human beings should be the highest aim of labor leaders, as0Inue t Perafe Enlightened ALL GOOD WISHES TO UTAH LABOR wc!l a, individual members, and to this end both of the great mTrtemte the' labor organizations should center their activities. point where they no longer care to operate successful industries that 1 THE C. I. O. AND THE FARMERS C. CLARENCE NESLEN can emplov many members. In other words, unionism will not kill the ganders that The working farmers af America have a great stake in fertilize the golden eggs. At the C. I. O. s crusade to raise the level of living of the working last Monday (Labor , , rate .r, . any intelligent C L rfor'c'wo5 COUn'r5, dues-payin- g STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER - BEST WISHES TO LABOR J,KnkL ,LTiS' capitel'and Agricultural, labor appreciating each others ackmg and Allied Workers union. rights and importance as never be- He calls attention to the shocking paradox of gigantic farm fre N,ow !t is nUy hoped that surpluses, on the one hand, while barely across the street mil- d makeS S6G that the lions of people have gone hungry for the want of these foods. Onlv when the industrial workers, steadily marching to wards higher standards of living, can buv the farm products they need, will the farm problem be solved, Lewis continues The American worker and the American farmer have common goal, and the goal is that every citizen of our shall have the right and opportunity to earn a decent country living. One of the salient tasks of the C. I. O. in organizing the rura wage earner is to cooperate with the working farmer in reaching this goal. Labor and the farmers are natural allies in the task of creating greater prosperity for those who toil. Neither of the vreat Droducing classes can progress far if the other is left behind. United on a common program of social betterment, labor and the farmers will be invincible, for together they represent the great majority of the American people. It is precisely because of the power that lies in farm and labor unity, that profiteering reaction goes to such lengths to create division between them. Propaganda against labor and the C. I. O. has been more assiduously spread in the farming areas than almost anywhere else. As the representative of all that is most progressive in the American labor movement, the C. I. O. stretches out the hand of brotherhood to the working farmers. Its leaders are conpapers and magazines colfident that the more widely the real aims of the C. I. O. are lectMany unusual doings in the news. Some good ones appeared in the understood, the more difficult it will be to create division. Progressive leaders of the organized farmers havealready Digest last week. We quote with met the C. I. O. half wav bv expressing their desire for united Mavwood Syndicate permission: Two tons of cement blocks, action for the benefit of both producing classes. bearing the foot and hand prints rTre?rerentiWicle SWCep f infJustrial organization, through of movie stars, were insured for the C. I O., has brought measurably closer the $10,000 and shipped from Hollyday so ardently wood to to decorate a desired bv all who have our countrys welfare at heart, when heater. Chicago workers of factory and farm, organized and united, will march Young business men in Little forward side by side to the achievement of their common aims. Rock, Arkansas, formed a society HUNTER-THOMPSO- CO. 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