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Show 1 Review o Current Events EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE V VOL VIII; NO.' WU JrKE CITY, UTAH, OCTOBER 13. Hear Kate Richards OHar Want What You Voted For? Will Be the Sub Do You ject of Noted Writer and Lecturer At the Trade Union ' Hall, 168 South West Temple Street She Will Tell You About the Organized Economic Royalists and Their Servants In Congress A Rare Treat. All friends of democracy and the New Deal are urged to hear Kate Richards OHare, Monday night, October 4, at 8 oclock, at the Trade Union hall, 68 South West Temple street. Her subject will be Do You Still Want What You VotedFor? After spending the last seven months in the nation s capital observing the work of congress, and her visits to voters in a w Held Portfolio federation of lagreat world-wid- e bor movement. The European press called her the most eloquent orator in labors ranks, and the European writers and artists called her an example of the women of the future. She was the first woman ever to appear on the same platform with men speakers in Great Britain. and her speech at the International Peace meeting held in Kingsway hall, London, created a sensation. Not only that it broke British traditions, but also for its keen analysis of the causes of war, the price mankind pays for war, and for its simple, powerful elo- DIGGING FOR GOLD FEDERATION CONVENTION It is remembered that Attorney Peterson, president of the Utah Federation of Labor, in press interviews with the daily papers urged C. I. 0. local unions to send delegates to the Brigham City convention, assuring them that they would be seated. At that time he had communicated with the A. F. of L. president, William Green, asking him what to do with the C. I. 0. delegates if they came to the convention. Naturally, and true to form, Green sent a telegram ordering that all C. I. 0. delegates must not be seated. Apparently the Utah federation president wanted to bring the C. I. 0. delegates to the state convention and then humiliate and embarrass them with Greens orders to unseat them. The C. I. 0. union leaders were too smart to fall for the underhanded trick. They advised C. I. O. locals to refrain from paying per capita tax and sending delegates to the federation convention. The result was that only one C. I. 0. local sent delegates to Brigham City to be unseated by Greens ultimatum to Attorney Peterson. By. I)R. CHARLES STELZLE Executive Director, Good Neighbor League When a thing is 00 per cent pure it is usually pretty near useless. The bride who wanted a perfectly pure gold wedding ring was soon sorry because it was so soft that it easily became dented it needed just enough alloy to help it stand the wear and tear of everyday life. Pure gold, as such, hasn't much practical value; its only when its mixed with other metals that it becomes really useful. A nation must have iron as well as gold to make good. And men are much like nations in this respect. There must be a certain amount of roughness in a mans makeup, although this does not mean that he must be coarse or common. How would you like to live with a perfect man or woman? It would be like hell to most of us, because theres so much in us that is far from perfect. So lets thank the lord for the frailties of human nature and the ruggedness of life, even though they bring with them little heartaches and yearnings, which in themselves make suffering more exquisite and returning joy more thrilling. 1 11 venture to say that you have often set up a man of strawand pounded the daylights out of him, the man of straw representing somebody whom you heartily dislike, or think you do, and with whom you have carried on an imaginary conversation, during which you told him just what you thought 1 of him. How youve been stired by what youve said to him in your own mind, of course. And how excited youve become (Continued on page 8) pa- per brought out a number of amusing and interesting revelations. Nollers Salt Lake City official publication was named a handHappenings that Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and bill by his Ogden rival, who was Tax Bills of Every Individual National and International Problems Inseparable from Local Welfare. seeking the federation endorsement as the official monthly circular. , . When a question was asked by a Even as agriculture is dependent year, from the point of view of delegate what interest the state on industry to absorb the products gross income, since 1929. federation held in Nollers of the farm, so is the urban Unit- This does not mean booming the agrithat on page 2) ed States' vitally dependent on cultural situation is vastly imrural, farming America to provide proved in every phase some crops a gigantic market for the products will command lower prices and in of its factories everything from some states improvement has been Political Outlook pins to motor cars. relatively slight. But, looking at In as a whole, 1937 should As a agriculture is to it as result, important Utah and U. S. the first really good farm and finance as to agricul- produce industry market of tural From America have itself to some eight years. Compiled Reports of Observers Increased Farm Income reasonably accurate idea of what farm income in the immediate fuThe farmers cash income from ture will be; what change, if any, crop and livestock marketing is WHO ARE WE? has occurred in farm operating estimated at $4,750,000,000 for the costs that would affect net income; period from August 1 to January A mining man stopped your what farming states will, be the 1, 1938, as compared with $4,375,-000,0political observer at the corner of most prosperous and so constitute in the same period a year First South and Main streets Fri- the largest and most a ago, gain of about 8 per cent. day afternoon and declared: We market for manufacturedprofitable This goods, figure does not include Fedare going to defeat Senator Thom- etc. Business Week has eral benefits which will be aprecently as next year! made a inclusive on highly report proximately 10 per cent of tne Your observer asked, Who are The Farm Market and farmers total cash income and will Today We? probably come to almost. $200,000,-- ( The answer: Never mind, who, Tomorrow. This will be the best agricultural Continued on page 5) but Thomas will be defeated next year. This excited mining man is particularly interested in Utahs bourbon senator, William H. King, who has betrayed the people of Utah I since the 1934 election. The. 150th anniversary of the adoption of the United States Evidently he overlooked the imConstitution comes on September 17 For a century and portant point. And that is that Utah has a 'direct primary law and a half our government has rested on the document An the candidates nominated will reeminent jurist reviews its changing story. ceive their nominations by direct votes of the people. The conventions By OSMOND K. FRAENKEL are a thing of the past and no reOne hundred and fifty years is a long time for the life of actionary and selfish group will a constitution. It is so long that the United States Constitu dictate to the people of Utah when they go to the polls to nominate tion, the first of many modern attempts to fix rights by words is the only one to have survived without substantial changes their political partv candidates. Senator Elbert D. Thomas has Those of us who recognize some of the Constitutions short made a record which the people of comings do not always fully re-- ; Utah appreciate and are proud of member its virtues. And it is it. He is one of the outstanding therefore fitting on this anniversaNew Dealers in the United States ry, to review briefly those develsenate. opments in our history which the And, by the way, it was the New Constitution has made possible, and Deal program that saved the min- to recall some of the more signifiing industry of this country from cant issues in its early history. to bankruptcy and brought it up Perhaps such a will enable where it employs more men and us to engage withstudy success greater makes greater profits than it has in the which will inevistruggles vears. for tably attend the accomplishing of Mining men should have no kick the important changes the modem coming about the New Deal and world requires. its staunch supporter, Senator The Force of ' Thomas. Lets remember that all Utah Public Opinion metal mines in 1933 naid dividends ouset we must bear in mind what need brought the Contotaling $410,613. In 1936 they institution into existence. It is, of paid a total of $7,295,205, an the cent. At 1500 course, a commonplace to say it crease of per was created by men of property (Continued on Page 4) offi-Continu- ed 00 quence. A professor from the University of Montana, who was traveling in Europe and heard the speech wrote to the Kamian, the university paper: Orf a platform where the worlds masters of oratdry spoke, she was supreme. She took an active part in the ( Labor on Its Forward 1. 0. Is Active Now that William Green has divorced the C. I. O. unions, officially, from the Utah state federation of Labor, no doubt at an early date there will be a call issued to all C. I. O. local unions and those A. F. of L unions which approve of the C. I. O., to choose delegates to a state convention to be held in Salt Lake City to officially form a Utah State Industrial Union Council of the C. I. 0. And be sure this convention will represent a 10 times greater number of organized labor of Utah than did the recent A. F. of L. convention in Brigham City. In the meantime the regional office of the C. I. 0. is the clearing house for all the affiliates. James Morgan, regional director, and his staff are at all times ready to answer questions and discuss matters pertaining to organization work and the C. I. 0. The regional office is located at 324 Beason building, Salt Lake City. Cents Per Copy ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS She is the only woman in the world who ever . held a portfolio and represented a countxy in that March; C. 5 poTOGmej AMUSING NOTES FROM A. F. OF L. STATE Official Paper A rumpus over the official 1913. - Price: By M. I. T. SU11 number of states, following the adjournment of congress, she is in a position to tell her audience what is what, and. who is who, and what the people of the nation desire. A Noted Woman Mrs. OHare is one of the most noted women of America today. Her practical experience is newspaper work on the lecture platform, social work, and reform movements has given her inside knowedge of all phases of American life. She was associate editor of the later merged Coming Nation, with the Appeal to Reason, and she was for years the chief feature National Rip-Sawriter for and its successor the Vanguard. Practically all liberal publications carried her work. She served on the national executive committee of the Socialist party for years and was chosen to represent this country at the last meeting of the Second International, held in Cliffords Inn, London, December, 1937. News and Comment Monday Night, Octob 1 1, a new local where he installed union at DuNoir. This local starts with 115 members and is chartered by the Timber Workers International Union, a C. I. 0. affiliate. Mr. Morgan obligated the members and installed permanent officers. At Rock Springs he organized a local C. I. 0. industrial union of dairy workers. The dairy industry is now 100 per cent unionized in Rock Springs. Mr. Morgan reported that Ray A. Maki, C. I. 0. organizer, had organized retail employes unions at Hanna and Elmo. These locals are chartered by C. I. 0. Retail WYOMING IS Workers Union. COMING STRONG Four additional local C. I. 0. unions are in the making in SweetRegional Director Morgan re- water county, Wyoming. turned from Wyoming Tuesday (Continued on page 5) OUR CONSTITUTION boss-controll- ed i I |