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Show Page 6 UTAH LABOR NEWS,' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 5, 1937. ELECTION RESULTS (Continued from Page 5) (P) 235; treasurer, Lula B. Reed-e- r LABOR PARTY ELECTS LaGUARDIA ...... I (Continued from page 1) (D) 1)93; Verda Lee (It) 467; man in office in the largest city Romina Jensen (P) 422. of the nation, he said. . Mr. Oliver was in Balt Lake City OLD PARTIES DIVIDE TOOELE OFFICES Wednesday evening lor 30 minutes TOOELE Republicans and between trains. He was met at the Democrats were both victorious in Union Pacific station by leaders the municipal election here Tues- of the Labors Non-Partisday as Mayor Nelse Dlomstrom League of Utah. The distinguished labor leader was returned to office with a prehad been on a speaking tour in coDemocratic of list dominately workers. He polled 759 votes to the states- of Washington, Oregon the 531 cast for D. G. Sweet, the and California for the League. He had planned to make a couple of Democratic nominee. Other candidates and the vote days stopover in Salt Lake City but because of the congress con-janfollows: For four-yecouncilman A. 0. vening on November 15 he was Evans (R), 029; S. Chilleon flalla-da- y hurrying to the League headquar- an - k, ar (D), 038. councilman Ed N, Evans (D), 825; George Costello Jr. (D), 078; Deloy 'banner (D) 741; A. Edon Shields (R), 508; Alex W. Rhone (R), 498; Julian Wood (R), 490. Recorder John T. Adams (D) 900; Gretty Sharp (R), 355. Treasurer Zella Cowans (R), 093; Marcella Mueller (D), 582. Two-ye- ar SPANISH FORK RACKS DEMOCRAT SLATE The DemoSPANISH FORK crats won every position in the new city administration except the recorder and treasurer. The vote was: Mayor R. C. Swalberg (D), 772; E. Ray Hale 036. Four-yea- r David B. Bowen Britts (R), 570. (R), Mark councilman (D), 830; Walter Two-ye- ar Boyack council-me- n (D), 755; Stewart Clegg (R), 007; Leslie Cornaby (D), 752; Ilyrum Robertson (R), 030; William D. Warner (D), 750; E. Frank Nelson (R), 033. Recorder Hilda Bingham (D), 517; Dale B. Evans (R 915. Treasurer Leah V. Nelson (D), 517; James A. Anderson (R), 823, reelected. ters in Washington to prepare for a fight to put over the wages and rank and file of the west coast maritime workers have been almost 1U9 per cent sympatnetic to tne C. 1. O., ever since it was start- ed. they have recognized tnat the G. I. O. is fighting for the same principles that have meant so much to them and is confronting just the same kind of opposition, cutter the Witch And Her Goon 'the recent assault on the long shoremens union was a desperate move to halt the triumphant march of tne C. I. O. o Recognizing that the line-u- p west coast maritime labor with the o. I. O. would eventually swing the whole movement there into its a little clique of labor ofh cials in cahoots with some of the employing interests called into ac tion tvvo age.iong enemies of the witch of dis marine WOrKers-- the sension an(j the goon of bruta hours bill and other liberal meas- ures sponsored by thej-eagu- e. violence. Mr. Oliver was high m praise of tveryone ,who reads the comic the splendid work of Senator El- gnows that the loathsome, Ata Xb w 2-.3S- r gtri cuVnC7 c. wcr' He said Utah should return these use wtch mistress, ,3 1038 to in splendid legislators e e t iva p goon squads continue their good work. plug-uglimobihzed to of He said as far as Senator King ll was concerned he was a menace to assault and beat up C. I. O. union-au cam-Yolabor and liberal legislation. JSts wa accompanied by a folks in Utah should make Pagn of propaganda that had a every possible effort to replace I peculiar cunning of its own. team-M- r. The strike ordered by the Senator King by a real liberal, officials against the C. I. O ters Oliver remarked. The editor of the Utah Labor longshoremens union was designed News and Mr. Oliver had a pleas- - chiefly to create division and dis-afew minutes visit recalling old sension among the maritime times when they were fighting unions, The beef squads were shipped up shoulder to shoulder for liberal in Minnesota, and down the coast to launch a political line-up- s Wisconsin and the Dakotas back reign of terror not only against in the C. I. O. unions, but also against any of the rank and file of the teamsters union who might refuse LAUUll UN to be used as tools in this union 7"TS -- es nt 1918-19-2- 0. I 113 FORWARD MARCH I smashing campaign. At the same time every effort was made to cause a sfli in ,th longshoremens (Continued from Tage 5) to start the seafaring union ber company won by local 2 in to unions fighting among them-me1936, and the first written agreeselves, with a major producer signed in April, 1937, with the Firestone A 1Iot That Tire & Rubber company. Was Foiled The United States Rubber com-- 1 his wh0ie anti-labnt News and Comment (Continued from Page 1) Your Opportunity or Your Misfortune? in November Cosmopolitan, iou can outsmart inflation if you know how it works. With a general idea of whats coming you can barg0 campaign has now gone to on the rock of west coast wreck . , let-dow- n. 3. concludes. RETRACE THOSE STEPS Many a man and woman has in their hour of trial gone down to the ocean and said, Oh, sea, my burdens are too great to bear. (Continued on page 7) The Song of the C. I. 0. is available on Decca victrola records, at $1 each. Sheet music 10 cents per copy with reduction for quantity orders. May be ordered from Labor Stage, 106 West 39th street, New York City. 12-in- ch A well-writte- n rarer than a Andre Maurois. be life will always well-spe- nt one. Excuse me, sir; you Beggar: gave me a counterfeit bill. Gentleman: Keep it for your honesty. Visitor (viewing baby) he like his father? Mother: Yes, hes a bit off color at present. solidarity irst Jplltpth lace fai!ed which had been an. ee? a weak link in the chain, the A KNOCKOUT consid-t- C. o I. O longshoremen demon- Bridges and John Brophy, FOR GOONS Tto strated their solid backing for a united union as soon as they heard directly from the lips of Harry now. That inflation has a bright side is shown in this Kiplinger prediction You will see a rising volume of business through the final months of the year. This rise will go higher in the first three or four months of 1938. Then toward the middle of next year, there will be a modToward the latter erate part of 1938, look for the beginning of active business which will be called a boom. This will be the third and final stage of the n recovery-inflatiomovement which 1932-3in The next 12 began months, on the whole, should be a little better in business prospects than the twelve months which have past. These short-rang- e prospects are not spectacular, he adds. But they do indicate further progress in creeping inflation and recovery. Prices will rise. . . employment will increase. . . stocks will increase. . . inflation will advance a little. Take advantage of the ups, but dont forget the downs ahead, he em-pan- y, or the last major company to be organized, Dalrymple also re- ported, has entered into contrac- tual relations with the union in several of its subsidiaries. An appeal to all affiliated C. I. cut your plans to fit and help yourO. unions was made in the report men of self considerably. Plenty help in a joint organizing cam- have grown rich in the past three to organize southern depaign or four years by foreseeing the workers. us gree of inflation which is with I hampering'. C. ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings that Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividend Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual National and International Problems Inseparable from Local Welfare. Administration spokesmen eshave often President the pecially drawn an analogy between War and Depression. Nineteen-seven-tee- n and 1933, they believe, presented similar grave problems that had to be promptly met with similar remedies. There is likewise a practical analogy between the expansion of the Federal government in war time and its expansion during depression. An enlightening comparison is published in a recent issue of the U. S. News. When America entered the war the national debt was $1,225,000,-00- 0 $12 per capita. When the war was over in 1919, the debt had risen to $25,482,000,000 $240 per capita. When America experienced its last boom year, 1929, the national debt was a little less than $17, 000,000,000 $139 per capita. In 1937, with recovery at an advanced stage, the debt has increased to $37,000,000,000 $277 per capita. Thirteen new major departments were created in 1917 and 1918 of which some of the most important were the Alien Property Custod$11,-500,000,0- ian, scene of grave post-w- scan- ar j v f Similarly, the seamens unions, Len De Caux after a little initial confusion, The goon is a pretty terrifying maintained their solidarity with sea monster. But iopeye the I the longshoremen and refused to be sailor is more than a match for it, divided to please Dave Beck and particularly when he has a supply his bosses. of spinach handy. Finally, the rank and file of the Ihe knockout blows of the in- - teamsters grew restless at being vincible sailor-mahowever, are kept idle for the sole purpose of but taps on the wrist when com- - hurting union brothers whom they pared to the wallop which has re- - had alway loyally, supported, and cently been delivered to goon-rul- e been supported by, in the past, d by the maritime workers of the So the hairy goon of west coast. And the spinach for violence men was against union which they reached before they ap- - left naked all its in standing alone plied the K. O. was labeled soli- - ugliness on the western water-daritfront, while the frustrated witch of The calling-of- f of the teamsters dissension vanished into thin air embargo against the longshore- - screeching her ridiculous . red-mounion marks the defeat of baiting imprecations. one of the foulest plots ever And nothing was left for Beck hatched up between reactionary and his buddies but to call off the labor officials and employers asso- senseless embargo, from which his ciations to divide and defeat a own members had been the only powerful labor movement. real sufferers. This is not the first knockout, incidentally, which west coast marDiner Here is a brown caterpilitime labor has delivered to its foes through its magic spinach of lar on the cabbage! Waiter thats the sausage you solidarity. sir. ordered, In the last few years the seafaring men and longhoremen there More and more conscientious have built up 100 per cent union are asking themselves, Am people which has not organization, only I merely a user, or am I a good improved their own conditions beof Divine current? conductor yond recognition 'but has also become the backbone of the whole Disarmament is like a social Pacific coast labor movement. function nobody wants to arrive have done this by applyThey is there. American until everyone the industrial union principle ing advocated nationally by the C. I. Scrapbook. O. The more they have been atIs a ton of coal much, daddy? tacked from the outside, the closer That depends on whether you they have drawn together. They are shovelling it or buying it. have struck together and they have signed agreements together. Jazz will endure just as long as The foes which the west coast hear people through, their feet maritime workers have overcome instead of ittheir brains. John have been not only g Philip Sousa. employers associations, but also reactionary union officials who Perfect love casts out fear of sought to forbid their solidarity evil in all its disguises and lights and divide their ranks. up the path of faith that leads to It is little wonder then that the the source of pure love. .... 0, dals; the American Relief Administration, the Railroad Administration, the War Finance Administration, the War Industries Board and the Veterans Administration. As soon as the war was over, liquidation of these bureaus began. Today only one, the Veterans Administration, remains. During depression, the Administration created over twice as many new major bureaus as were created in war time. These in-- , elude the AAA, the CCC, the Elec- trie Home and Farm Authority, Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation, the Farm Credit Ad- ministration, the TVA, the WPA, etc. And though business activi- ty has recently approximated boom levels in mtfny lines there seems to be no move on foot to eliminate bureaus. To the contrary, as the New's says, Most depression-born agencies are regarded by observers as permanent. . . Thus, where the war bureaus were ' created and designed to meet ' emergency, and were abolished as soon as the emergency passed, I. O. bumost of the depression-mad- e reaus have apparently become an established part of the government. There has been another vital change in the character of govFormer buernment bureaus. reaus, such as those of the war period, were established by congress, and were responsible to congress and the executive branch. Many of the new bureaus are corporations, incorporated under the law's of Delaware. They are not accountable to congress. This was pointed out by the Presidents Committee on Gevernment ReorThe ganization when it said: novel elements in this (present) period are the extended use of the corporate form and introduction of There are the Authority now over 100 separately organized establishments and agencies presumably reporting to the President. The number of employes added to government payrolls in the war and depression periods is more difficult to adequately compare. Civil Service figures are available in 1918 there were 917,000 of these workers, as against 438,000 in 1916; and in 1937 there were 857,-00as against 559,000 in 1929. However, a very large proportion of the employes of the new bureaus, particularly the incorporated ones, do not require Civil Service status, and no authoritative census of their number is available. These facts indicate the reasons back of the demands for reorganization of government bureaus. However, there are several strongly opposed schools of thought on the subject of how reorganization should be accomplished. Under the Presidents plan, the domin-th- e ance of the Executive over both new and old bureaus would be in creased, and some of the indepen- dent bureaus, such as the Radio Commission, the ICC, and the Federal Trade Commission, would be brought under Presidential control. Other advocates of reorganization are against this extension of executive authority, and want a form of reorganization that will maintain the independence of the independent bureaus, and will con solidate other bureaus under con gressional control. w w By . -- n, beef-squa- y. na Partisan League Was a Factor in the Reelection of Mayor LaGuardia in New York City in Tuesdays Election. The League, through the American Labor Party, polled 482,459 votes for LaGuardia. Compare this with LaGuardias plurality of 454,425 and you will readily agree that the League is responsible for the progressive sweep in New Yorks election. The strength of the Labors n League was demonstrated in the city election of Pittsburgh, Pa., where it backed the incumbent, Cornelius D. Scully, Democrat, for mayor. Scully won his reelection and admits that the League is responsible because of its good work in the Non-Partisa- paign. In Tuesdays election the League recorded 10 tories to one defeat. vic- The results speak louder than words. The Labor s League of Utah, an affiliate of the National League, will be a deciding factor in Utah elections in November, 1938. The League enrollNon-Partisa- n ment is growing daily. Organizations and individuals are invited to affiliate with the League for liberal political action. For information and leaflets write to union-bustin- labors Non-Partisa- n 28 Fourth East Street, League of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah |