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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 8, 1938. Labors Non- - which gives facts and figures on the appalling low wages in many POLITICAL OUTLOOK Partisan League areas. The new Wagner act, applying (Continued from page 2) the provisions of the National La- refusal to reveal its (Continued from Page 1) significant Deers. This includes Committee bor Relations Act to government background. Some months ago this for Industrial Organization unions, contractors and loans, is also be- newspaper in an open letter chal ing supported vigorously by the lenged Mr. Gannett to make American Federation of Labor public League. Other items which the the names of the individuals and Kailway Brotherhoods, and Invesis include: backing some independent units such as the League obwho financed its organizations Workers Alliance. The League tigation of mergers in the tele viously expensive propaganda camforces represent a broad segment graph industry, more funds for the paign. Senate civil liberties inquiry, the of sentiment. Mr. Gannetts reply was angrily Fine Arts Bureau proposal; the Legislative evasive the contributors to his bill, and progressive On the Legislative front, in propaganda jackpot were too nu generally. Washington and at the state capi- measures merous to mention, and the Relief Appropriation tals, the League is engaged in a kicked in wore alamounts each bill Next to the wages and hours thousand battles. most all small, said he. 2 on the No. the item Leagues Its No. 1 item in congress is the We are not astonished, therefore, wages and hours bill, pledged by legislative calendar is adequate ap that Mr. Gannett should fly into a for work relief. It President Roosevelt in the 193G propriations the at nation-widSenate e led Lobby Commitdrive on behalf rage a campaign and repeatedly demand- of a tee and such irrelevant shout about and deficiency appropriation ed since by him. matters obthe of the as was in an factor sanctity important Pressure by the League which even is home, the nobody though supple$230,000,000 taining mobilized a barrage of thousands the of voted. The sum mental anyLeague threatening sanctity of letters and telegrams on conagainst curtailing the funds bodys home or Mr. Gannetts gress forced this bill past the re- fought of National Labor Relations "freedom of thought. the actionary clique on the House Board and was successful here also. The Capital Times hopes that Rules committee and out for a vote is An to the which item the Senate Lobby committee, now League in the special session. is vicious the chairmaned opposed strongly by Senator Sherman It was recommitted then by the bill, which would Minton of Indiana, will continue its slender margin of eighteen votes, Shepherd-Ma- y but the issue is now as live as set up a dictatorship in the United investigation of Mr. Gannetts proof the States on the day war is declared. paganda organization and exercise ever. A House Labor committee is now re- League affiliates have sent thou- its full authorty to bring out the this facts. sands of vising the measure and prospects measure. letters opposing are good for enactment this sesThey should make interesting Throughout the last two sessions reading, judging from the extreme sion. E. L. Oliver, executive reticence of the National Commitof Warning has been issued by the viceCongress, of the Leagoe, has tee to Uphold Constitutfbnal Govpresident who no League that congressman d worked with the ernment to make them public. opposes the wages and hours bill liberal bloc of on congressmen can receive labor votes in the elecconthese Hill. of Many Capitol tions this fall. Thousands of copies THE HOPE OF vote on this issue gressmen have spoken from time REACTIONARIES of the roll-ca- ll to before time League meetings in the special session have been distributed. The League has pub- over the country. You have only to look at the votIn addition to fighting for or lished a pamphlet, Support Fair record of Tory congressmen ing in Industry, against legislation, depending on and senators to see Labor Standards and jvhat a Tory labor on its effect organized mean. would the people generally, the League majority Tory victory in 1938 would mean, has been active as a Washington the best, drastic relief cuts; at at information bureeau and service the worst, no Federal relief at all. unions. and agencies for affiliates It would mean no extension of It has taken up with government or bureaus countless matters in which existing social security laws, Rememtheir altogether. repeal labor is interested. ber the attack on social security in 99 the 1936 elections. Distinctive A CHALLENGE Federal housing projects would t TO UTAH LABOR go by the boards. The utility companies would The 1938 elections present not ride high, wide, and handsome. only a challenge but a great op. There would be a return to peonportunity to labor in Utah. for farm tenants and to bankIt is possible to agree on local age Hyland for small farmers. ruptcy issues and on local candidates Act would be perThe Wagner without acting on the more diffi- verted to conform to the Vanden-ber- g cult problem of uniting the two amendments and the program trade union factions on a nationa of the National Manufacturers Asscale, or organizationally. sociation. It would become a MagThe members of all labor fac na Charta for company unions anc tions need only to combine in de a death warrant for free trade fense of their common political in unionism. terests and the interests of their There would be an open hunting progressive allies among the mid season for strikebreakers, and comdie class. pany thugs, armed with machine Take the state of Minnesota for guns and tear-ga- s bombs. Civil liberties would be curtailed example, where labor has long taken a progressive stand on al' and strikes outlawed. economic and political questions We would have all America is prepared at a moments Min of made over to fit the Jersey City the with farmers notice to supply you with Together on 4) pattern. Page (Continued the Finest in Flowers Unite, all progressives and labor, and defeat all Republican and TWO STORES Democrat Tories in 1938 elections! Labor For Easter and for that paint job to 214 E. 2nd South - Was. 618 ECONOMIC CRISIS A make the old bus look new WEAPON POLITICAL see . . . 5th So. & 10th W. Was 1450 labor-progressi- ve anti-lynchi- ng . sub-committ- ee hand-in-han- Snelgrove LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH (Continued from page 1) time. It is claimed that the location of the oil structure was made by means of a newly devised radio instrument. Mr. Bullock is well known in the Tintic district where for years he has been active in the development of mining claims. His last venture in this section was in North Tintic where he did a lot of development work on the claims of the Utah Galena company. TINTIC EDUCATOR ENTERS BUSINESS Company Growers and Designers of the Finest in Flowers MANTYLA Paint and Fender Works Was. 6341 719 So. State Welcome, Labor Wholesale and Retail Builders Supplies. Retail Purchases nanced on Easy Monthly Payments. NO RED TAPE. Come in to see us We can save you $$$$$ WATTIS-DECKE- 45 FAYETTE COMPANY R WAS. AYR SUDDEN Fi- 4017-1- 8 SERVICE y All Good Wishes to Labor You can open an insured account with as little as $1. There are no penalties or withdrawal fees. INSURED SAVINGS offers you a well balanced plan of thrift namely, SAFETY, GOOD EARNING RATE and AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. Save regularly a part of your income, by the week or by the month, and achieve financial independence. Begin now! AMERICANIZE YOUR MONEY CURRENT DIVIDEND Idaho and Oregon. The scales must be met by growers if they are to become eligible for benefits. The order not only sets up fair and reasonable rates, but directs that in addition to cash wages specified, the producer shall furnish to the laborer, without charge, a house, garden plot and similar incidentals. The wage rate for district 4, embracing Utah, follows: Blocking and thinning, $8 an acre; first hoeing, $2.50 an acre; second hoeing or weeding, $1.50 an acre; pulling and topping, 90 cents a ton up to and including yields of 12 net tons an acre; for yields in excess of 12 tons an acre, 80 cents a ton. Where loading is performed by the same laborers doing the topping, 10 cents a ton shall be added to the topping rates. Payments last year, it was reported, were about $7 an acre for thinning, compared with the order ized in 1933. UTAH SUGAR BEET FIELD WORKERS BENEFIT FROM UNION ACTION Welcome and Best Wishes to Labor The unorganized sugar beet field workers of Utah benefit from the wage scale set by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. The wages for Utah are set the same as in the organized fields of Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Jodays - Easter Greetings Beauty- Salon McKendrick Shoe Co. 42 EAST BROADWAY Phone Wasatch FLINT DISTRIBUTING CO. 244 WASATCH 7922 EAST 3RD SOUTH , Easter Greetings CLP. FOOD SKAGGS cte n run UwSustem STORES That the reactionary Tories are taking advantage of the economic crisis as their political weapon is not a wild exaggeration. Because of the Tories activities in congress in holding up New Deal legislation our economic problems have become acute, and the recession continues to recede still further. And that is just what the Tories want. Because of the opposition of the Tories, no program has yet been adopted for equalizing the burdens of economic crisis. They weigh with crushing force upon the shoulders of the common people. Those who cry the loudest about the hard times are hurt the least by them. There is a classic example of the General Motors corporation resting on a comfortable cushion of a $300,000,000 reserve fund. Its Mr. Knudsen called in the representatives of the kept press to watch him bounce 30,000 General (Continued on page 4) Compliments and Best Wishes to Labor RATE 3 EASTER GREETINGS American Mutual Building & Loan Co. CUBAN Telephone Wasatch 1166 Salt Lake City, Utah CO. Second Floor Walker Bank Bldg. 7 120 So. State, Salt Lake City 234 BEST WISHES TO LABOR Easter Greetings Brown Floral 3 J. T. Wilson, principal of the Tintic high school at Eureka, has resigned to accept a position as sales manager for the Cache Knitting Works at Logan. Mr. Wilson has been teacher in $2 for first hoeing, comthe Tintic district since 1924. He for $8;with the order for $2.50, pared is a charter member of Tintic and for second hoeing, $1.25 Teachers local union of the Amer(Continued on page 4) ican Federation of Teachers organ- Ice Cream 3500 Page GQ0O0 OB000GQOG& GflGL |