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Show Page 8 UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. NOVEMBER 26, 1937. DITORIAl: WORKERS PAST FORTY (Continued from Page 1) By DR. CHARLES STELZLE Executive Director, Good Neighbor League is refreshing to note that Congressman Ramspeck of Georgia, line, with the hope that youll get lots of fun out of it. Most of those who sat in on the show are still laughing at it, and probably a great many of them have told their friends and neighbors so that they can also laugh. Of course, about the worst thing . cause industry today is burning up that can happen to a politician Is w'car-ovcSour youth by pacing youth to the to have people a the wrong laughing mumstic Mr. Ramspeck points to the Democratic platform, At the same time, some employers machine. way. I dead-line em reof calling his opponents' attention to the fact that the Democratic are creatine a Industry itself is therefore Anyhow, a good time was had by of at for most of the wreckage years sponsible forty which the elected in 1936 on w.ere platform congressmen womanhood all, and the Secretary is probably manhood and ed sired not only to give employment to labor and attempt to pro which it wants to throw onto the laboring under the fond belief that vide a market for the goods produced by labor but stipulated It isnt fair, under she has a nice political machine all scrap-pilin addition that contractors doing government work should these circumstances, to make labor geared up, ready to go places. nor pay for the recklessness pay prevailing wages. of thoughtlessness industry. In As to the intention of the sponsors of the measure to injure The thorns in the ointment, or must itself the wherever it is that compensate dustry thorns get the south, the Georgia congressman refers to none other than workers for what it has taken ou when are not where they they the President himself. Taking the position, that actions speak of them. should be, are there because of tne is do to The can least louder than words he informs southerners that Roosevelt and industry make some provision for the old fact that some of the resolutions Democratic party have done more for the south than any other by the Secretarys more-or-letimers who havent reached the adopted hand-picked conference are President and that if the south has any hope at all in Washingage when Social Security will take in direct conflict with resolutions ton it must surely look to Roosevelt and the Democrats. care of them, upon a basis which will be fair and reasonable. Pos- adopted by labor in its own conof what happens to the wages and hours bill, Regardless sibly Organized Labor can cooper- ventions. the simple fact remains that no section of the country is Sooner or later somebody is goate with industry in this respect going to prosper as long as it insists upon living on the border At any rate, somebody wil ing to rise up and begin to paw land between bare living and starvation. So long as 40 to 60 have to do the job. If govern the air about that, and when that ment must do it, it will mean of its cent happy day arrives it will be interable the are mernot to earn a living people per tax heavier still to observe the explanations upon industry. esting chants and manufacturers, the bankers and the churches and And if that should happen, it must offered by the Secretary for her all those other people and interests who are concerned about )e a tax which should not be pass- attempt to usurp the functions of ed on exclusively to the average labors own parliaments and conprogress and property can hardly hope for any advance. as yunffer workers is be- - consumer, It may be that the proposed bill will not help any section J gresses. I Oh well, even Secretaries of Laof the country much. It might not help the nation. Suppose I bor have to live and learn. that it did no, do so oven under the most favorable condition,? NEM S AND COMMENTl The trouble is, some of them What do the opposing congressmen, propose in its place? deed in the present. dont learn enough to serve any What have the opponents to suggest that will assure the Friendly books will help, togeth useful purpose before their usefuler with the thought that in what-th- e ness has expired. underpaid and starving unorganized worker an existence? we are, there is One who What have the opponents to suggest to the small town merThere probably is nothing to the letters from the sweetheart of fver sae u and chants scattered throughout the country, whose business is go- his youth long since gone the ,yes nc wants to help us. A- idea, but unavoidably there are sa,d Isnt it encour- going to be those who will be fnnd ing to bankruptcy because the farmers and laborers have no . way of all flesh. I at times to recall that the foolish ainS enough to wonder whether I Master J1. js of men once felt that he he Secretary money with which to buy goods or pay for the goods which took this means of have already been bought? What have the opponents to offer doesnt hav to live up' to what a legislative program sakenhim nd thecJuchtm" creating to those people in the cities who depend for their business upon someone or society expects of him sei of labor supposedly expressive vet the wages of the working people? These ar$ now bewailing and yu se.e the real man minus1 purpose because she didnt get invited to the party in Denver. Now bis imposed controls can hard times and have been doing so for five years and longer. here are girls who are just mean make of him for the sake of ap Uunng the depression the only ray of hope that has come to pearance or service of others. enough to do a thing like that, but these has been that emanating from the brain of President of course no one who knows the And the same also goes for a would presume to place Roosevelt. secretary woman only more so. She so often , in her that category. is It all right to object to a measure, but when the people Plays a role for someones sake. Thus waters the of the Potbmac are in distress it i, only fair to ask the opposing congressmen pef hefof hlrh mleoiTn-- f see' while show in Washroll the along what they propose by way of providing the people of their I er, for her unselfishness miehtl ington goes on. states and communities with the necessary incentive to move call them forth. thee estTmftiontheSecings ' torward. retary. Probably next in order will I be it behooves you to watch the actions of congressmen ALONE HUT the creation of a marching song. The words of the song should be: See to it that they will support those measures that will benefit I NDT LONELY the people. In the event they betray the people back home then I Jammed up against people in the We say yes, yes, yes, to Perkins bus to work, mixing with people always it is your duty that they are left home in the 1938 elections. on the street, in the office, work In the elevators, offices and hallshop, school or store, some people ways. seem near to others. They Were the never NO LET-U- P IN C. I. ORGANIZATION yes, yes ribboneers. feel that nobody cares for them. Madam Perkins gets our cheers. is where words are keys And you can write your own last When rumors of peace brewing beween C. I. O. and A. F. to Here let us into the hearts of others L. of were spread around a year ago, C. I. O. organizers re- and in turn let them into ours. ported a dropping off in enrollments due to some uncertainty , Some we may invite in for a brief, Best Wishes to Labor and Other Friends' al :JeaAr nevt mLghi F. timacy is sharing, sharing experi-prove- d TYPEWRITERS so disastrous in the past. Union enrollments picked up ences, doubts, hopes, fears and Rented 3 Months for $5.00 PARADISE BRANDS again when it became clear that the C. I. O. had no intention fai.s- All makes, new and used (Bisceglfa Brothers) f I iU f Sold $1.00 per week or Served with Wild Game, Red friends withhora we thus thare vT !ndus,ri.f organization. Meats or Lamb under way between our joys and worries and thus lose $4.00 per month conIerenpes jC aT Code No. I. U. and A. F. of L. committees, C. I. O. leaders are NO or Interest Positively 816 having our loneliness, Paradise Burgundy On the other hand much is to Carrying Charge to take precautions against similar results. (Red Dry) Fifth 818 NEW Corona, Underwood, Paradise Burgundy thout by binf .aloe A message to all C. I. O. representatives, in the headquar- Gallon (Red Dry) Royal, Remington, Noiseless loneliness. m the bus or 827 Paradise ZInfandel ters bulletin for organizers, emphasizes that nothing is being on in Portables. the train, with others (Red Dry) Fifth done or contemplated in these conferences which would involve in house, bamworking Rebuilt standard models at 828 A Paradise Zinfandel or factory we can Gallon Lowest Prices (Red Dry) solitude. Perhaps we can en- any let-u- p t in the campaign of industrial organization which the enjoy 1. M BA i. L Machines-Duplicato1,11 a V, amL lAW Served Adding with Fowl or Eggs Fish, CY U. has undertaken. Checkwriters 815 Paradise Reisling On the contrary," the bulletin points out, the C. I. O. is Fifth (White Dry) Largest Stock in Utah and other liberal southern congressmen have taken a judicial and statesmanlike view of the proposal. ,A to the charge that the wages and hours bill is com- - L de-Pyme- Si u nt e. ss ... ' . 1? I 0. It tJr", r f r,d ;e rnizet CrPaT -- I M -- rs increasing its organizing activities, through a policy of concentration in industries where the best results can be obtained, and there is need to push the work more aggressively than ever, both for our general purposes and so that our representa- ail IIU. tives in the conferences with the A. F. of L. may have additional proved self to commune with, that evidence of the strength of our movement and the soundness of our insistence on preserving the principle of industrial organi 825 Salt Lake 826-- Typewriter Co. 333 S. Main St. Was. 2761 Paradise Sauterne Gallon (White Dry) Paradise Sauterne Fifth (White Dry) Served for All Occasions A J zation." The work of setting up state and city Industrial Union Councils for the mutual protection and advancement of C. I. O. unions is also being continued, in line with the decisions of the Atlantic City conference and with the assurance expressed there by Chairman John L. Lewis that in any conferences with the A. F. of L. "your representatives will do nothing that will in any way circumscribe or limit the influence or the trend of our movement, or in any way contribute towards a lessening of the effort of our mutual enterprise." Effective labor unity can only come on a basis that will insure the continuation and expansion of the present work of the C. I. O. A unified labor movement which will include all of those now organized, with full rights preserved, and which will permit the entry through industrial organization of millions more as yet unorganized, is the aim of the C. I. O. Organization is the first step to real unity, and all may rest assured that, with or without the cooperation of the A. F. of L., the work of the C. I. O. will go on. Best Wishes to Labor Pacific n term o unfa in Express D Daily Service Between Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Nevada and California Points; Denver, all Wyoming Points, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha and Chicago. Insured Carriers Refrigerated Trucks 120 South 2nd West PHONE WASATCH-97- 0 Served as a Cocktail or with Soup or Any Time of Day 1035 1043 Paradise Sherry (Amber Dry) Paradise Sherry (Amber Dry) Quart Gallon FAMOUS BEAULIEU BRANDS Beaulieu Haute Sauterne (Mellow White) Fifth 991 Beaulieu Muscatel (Sacramental Gallon Wine) The King of All Occasions (Champagne Type) 915 Beaulieu Sparkling 813 917 Moselle Beaulieu Fifth (Pink) Sparkling Burgundy Fifth |