OCR Text |
Show Page 8 UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. JANUARY 7, 1938 :edtg3dail TIME MARCHES ON! ' (Continued from Page 1) depression, and, if possible, to prevent its recurrence. By DR. CHARLES STELZLE Executive Director, Good Neighbor League duty of all those who have faith in democratic methods as applied in industrv in agriculture and in business, as well as in the field of politics, to do their utmost to cooperate with government without regard to political affiliation, special interests or economic prejudices in whatever program may be sanctioned by the chosen representatives of the people. That presupposes on the part of the representatives of the people a program, its enactment and its administration. Not because of the pledges of partv programs alone, not because of the clear policies of the past five years, but chiefly because of the need of national unity in ending mistakes of the past and meeting the necessity of today, we must carry on. I do not propose to let the people But the end of 1937 found millions added to the ranks of the jobless, another depression upon us, and still no legislation i There are times when most of us are compelled tocut upon the books to prevent wages from sinking to the level of the I t last depression. , At a time when more government spending is urgently may be due needed for relief of the unemployed and to give purchasing! mae cause for which we are not responsible and which is be power to those who need it most and can do most good with it, I yon(l our control. But here's one which we cannot be deprived ... the cry is raised to relieve the rich of taxation, to curtail spend- matter what may be our station in life something which is often ing and to balance the budget I more important than money, namely TIME. Even such a meager measure of relief for Furthermore, it is far more impartant to learn how to live s twenty-foura day, that it is to make a budget for the spend-featemillions as the y wage-hou- r bill, has been de- - ?n ing of ten dollars a day or one hundred dollars a day. In this Who killed this bill? respect we are all of us members of the same aristocracy. Every us has the 8ame amount of this wealth at his disposal Chiseling sweatshop employers, who could be expected one down. hours a day. of course to put up a fight for their right to chisel and exploit. we each possess twenty-fou- r I am sure the congress of the Theres of this a which certain amount United treasure States will not let the deprecious Tory industrialists, who are to enough fend the sweatshoppers and to prefer immediate profiteering must be spent on the job of getting a living lets say eight people down. to measures designed to increase purchasing power and improve hours a day. The rest of it is ours, to spend as we please. But Dont let another man line your notice some men kill time, others pass time, and others business generally. face and furrow your brow esRepublican Congressmen, who seek to make party politics merely fritter away time. This is the height of extravagance, pecially an absent man. Make him out of their countrys misfortune by opposing all progressive which the worker, of all persons, cannot afford, so far as you are The way that a man spends this leisure time is a sure in- - concerned. legislation that bears the administration label. Alleged Democrats, who voted against their own party and I dication of his real character. What he does while he is making repudiated its pledges, in order to keep many of their constitu- - a living may not reveal the real man, because he may not be Probate and Guardianship I ents in poverty. responsible for his job, but the way that he uses his spare time Notices 13 his own master And strange bedfellow of sweatshop employers and toryl wen betrays his genuine qualities.. Its I when he does what he For further information conpoliticians the leadership of the A. F. L. really likes to do, in his own way, and I m his own sult Clerk of District Court time, that he shows the kind of a man he is. or respective signers that y The he hasnt enough time. He has all cant plead bill as it passed the senate had the hours a approval of President William Green of the A. F. L. In fact, hat there is. He will never get more than twenty-fou- r it was amended in a number of respects to suit him. John P. daY no matter what he does. He cant buy more, he cant y NOTICE TO CREDITORS and some of the building trades officials did not like I row more, he cant steal more time. It is therefore up to him Estate of Dolly L. Allen, Deceased. do with this precious treasure, it, but the majority of the A. F. 1 membership wanted some as to what he Creditors will present claims There is no use charging ones failure in this respect to the protection from the sweatshop. with vouchers to the undersigned But since then, the whip has been cracked over Green and Prevaijin& social system. This is too weak an alibi. Further-h- e at 404 State Capitol Building d more ll 13 has jumped to the orders of the little clique of a to expect that any other kind of a social Salt Lake City, Utah, on or n before officials who dominate the federatitons executive council. fiystem which men may regard as ideal and for which they are 15th day of March, A. D. 1938. Neslen, AdministraSo in the special session we have seen Green doping will make the slightest difference in the length and torC. ofClarence wiring to vaue the Estate of Dolly L. Altime. There will still be only twenty-fou- r every member of congress demanding that they kill the hours in each len, Deceased. bill he once supported; while Frey and his cronies lobbied sideMay ant. the man who under any system spends these hours Date of first publication, Janrcher than the spendthrift of the treasure of uary 7, A. D. 1938. by side with sweatshop employers and tory industrialists to C. N. OTTOSEN, prevent the raising of wages and the shortening of hours through federal regulation. Attorney (Jan. Progressive legislators were little affected by such ma- - PRESIDENT F. D, ROOSEVELTS neuvers, preferring to respond to the wishes of the rank and MESSAGE TO CONGRESS file of the A. F . L., rather than to those of such faithless officials. Happy New Year But timorous reactionaries were furnished with sufficient labor (Continued from Page 7) wher$ in some particulars that leg excuses to affect the narrow margin for defeat of the wage-hou- r For economic and social reasons islation has failed we cannot be bill. our principal interest for the near sure whether it fails because some of its details are unwise or because . future lies along two lines: First, of 1 hose who it being sabotaged. immediate desirability of indefeated wage-hou- r legislation cannot escape At the blame by pleading that the bill was inadequate. At a time cr?ising any rate, we hold our objecagea ?f he lowesJ tives and our principles to be I under-privilege- -- d d. Black-Conner- short-sighte- d I non-existe- nt Black-Conner- I bor-Fre- short-sighte- half-doze- I 2T 7-2- 8) FRANK A. CAFFALL iIa,'.nthe'PnrcM hafV? In,' imPOrta.nt that r-Urgeni'- y some minimum pro- - ularizing the work of the individ tection against sweatshop standards should .be enacted. Once ual worker more greatly through this was done, amendments could be made later to year in othe words, in improve fhe terms of the workers !nff ,more legislation. a period of a whole total for cv pay ror those congressmen who proved faithless to the trust year rather than in terms of his which was placed in them, there will be an remuneration the hour or by the the by at accounting ' next elections. The list of those who voted against r .. daf wage-houlabor as legislation will be frequently referred to in 1938 ,of Jhe case of capital, misrepresentation The A. t. Lm officials who maneuvered to kill this legisla- - of the policy of the government tion must answer to their own membership. of the United States is deception But for the labor and progressive forces wil1 not lonff 1 whicb generally the think-inadequa- f'rr A1 ; a signa'- - Jt7Ssroirinatnrron5ibili- te SS. m.pollt,ca promises and i have spoken of ceonomic partv pledges , more nd the in of its own independ- - causes which throw the nations in- . organization en n Power through Labors to come out of balance; I have spok- see that such promises are kept, to check on those League who break en of Practices and abuses which Satisfactory Work since 1911 ALL KINDS OF TILE WORK 977 Wilson Ave. Hyland 1941 I Non-Partisa- iiruiafntr:aits Keaction sound. We will never go back on them. Government has a final responsibility for the well being of 'its citizenship. If private cooperative endeavor fails to provide work for willing hands and relief for the unfortunate, those suffering hardship from no fault of their own have a right to call upon the government for aid, and a government worthy of its name must make fitting response. Protect the People It is the opportunity and the program ,o the government. But no govem- has put one over, by rallying to its support many nient can help the destinies of who should be in the camp of progress. But there is at least this P.eopl,e wh insist on putting sec- nd dass consciousness consolation, that American working people have had a chance ahead of . weal. There must thgeneral to see clearlv V me,d.Up against them, and to distin- - be proof that sectional and class guish between true and false friends. interests are prepared more greatly than the are today to be na- Best Wishes for a Happy and Prosperotts 193ft tional in outlook. Sound Principles A government can punish specific facts of spoliation, but no government can conscript cooperation. We have improved some matters by way of remedial legislation. But Keep Tuned to KBY JL NBC Station For the Big Air Shows HAPPY NEW YEAR 1938 G-- E HAPPY NEW YEAR H. A. IUGHAM Plumbing Co. Build for the Future with General Electric Construction Materials Complete Service in Walker Stank & Trust Company O Plumbing, Heating, Gas, Air Conditioning, Etc. Let us Estimate Your Job 663 8th Ave. Wasatch 6175 GENERAI, ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORP. Salt Lake City, Utah - Boise, Idaho |