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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, APRIL 22, 1938. i 3 All Roads Lead to Ogden Attractions Galore Utah's All Championship Fight Card, Thurs. Night, April 28 Labors n League Meeting, 2 p. m., Sunday, April 24 Non-Partisa- OGDEN WILL SEE A GOOD FIGHT CARD League at 10 a. m., Sunday, April 24. The Workers Alliance has a membership of several thousand in Utahs all - championship fight Utah, made up principally of WPA card on Thursday night, April 28, workers and unemployed. at American Legion chateau in Ogden has all the lovers of the man- OGDEN LEAGUE MEETS ly art astir. 2 P. M. SUNDAY In the main event, Jack Burke, welter-weigchampion of the InThe Labors League termountain West, faces K. 0. Edof Ogden will meet at the Weber die Morgan of Cleveland, Ohio. court house 2 p. m., Sunday, This event is expected to be one of county24. April Among the speakers will the best in Utah this year. be State Senator E. M. Royle and In the semi-finbout, Truman M. I. Thompson of Salt Laek City. Gerald Layne, president of the Harvey, middle-weigchampion of Utah, will meet Roughhouse James Ogden unit, will be in charge of the of Salt Lake City. meeting. All those who are interested in Joe Jarvis, light-weigchamliteral politics and good governpion of Utah, will tangle with Rube ment are urged to attend. A Jones of the Sunset arsenal. invitation is extended to special Jim Burnett, light heavy-weigwomen to attend this educational champion, will fight Jake Post, the meeting. Dutch cyclone. Feather-weigchamp bout is be- SANTAQUIN FORMS tween Mutt Wright and Phil LEAGUE UNIT A four-roun- d exhibition. Morris Lesser will referee the A strong unit of the Labors bouts. League was organThe promoters of the Ogden ized at Santaquin Thursday night. fight exhibition announce that from The meeting was addressed by now on there will be a first class State Senator E. M. Royle, chairman of the organizing committee. fight card in Ogden each week. Non-Partis- an NON-PARTISA- N ht Non-Partis- an al ht ht ht ht Cul-limor- e. Non-Partis- Labors an EUREKA LEAGUERS HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Non- - Partisan League The Leaguers of Tintic district heard State Senator E. M. Royle discuss. the issues of the day at the Miners hall in Eureka Wednesday night. Non-Partis- (Continued from Page 1) League was organized and following officers were elected: L. A. Valentine, chairman; William Kershaw, vice chairman, and Ernest Fuelling, secretary - treas- an SENATOR ROYLE AT PAYSON The members of the executive SATURDAY NIGHT committee are Charles Noell, L. R. Evans, George Maynard, Clif ParState Senator E. M. Royle will ish, Charles Workman, Bert Stew- address a Labors art, and Warren Smith. meeting at Payson SaturState Senator E. M. Royle of League April 23. Salt Lake City, in a ringing ad- dayA night, large attendance is expected, dress urged all liberal citizens to according to reports. unite under the banner of the Partisan League in a fight to CARBON COUNTY maintain democracy. LEAGUE TO MEET SUNDAY, MAY 1 WORKERS ALLIANCE CONVENTION AT PROVO State Senator E. M. Royle, chairman of the Labors The Utah state convention of League organizing committee, and the Workers Alliance at Provo will M. I. Thompson, state secretary, hear State Senator E. M. Royle will address a meeting of Carbon explain the program of the Labors county Labors urer. League at Price on Sunday afternoon, May 1. The Leaguers in Carbon county are very active. Organization is being extended into every voting Non-Partis- Non-Partis- an an an - UTAHS ALL-CHAMPIONSH- Al IFKEUflT CHATEAU AMERICAN 28 ht Inter-mounta- in L ht vs. JOE JARVIS Light-Weig- JIM BURNETT Light RUBE JONES of Sunset Arsenal Champion of Utah ht Heavy-Weig- ht The Dutch Cyclone Champion, FEATHER-WEIGH- CHAMPION T MUTT WRIGHT FOUR-ROUN- JAKE POST vs. vs D PHIL CULLIMORE EXHIBITION Admission: Popular Prices Watch for the fight cards each week. MORRIS LESSER, REFEREE t fight the 35,730 Always be Fair and precinct. Claud Adams of Columbia, secretary of the Carbon League, wrote to the state office this week for an additional supply of memberWe want ship cards. He said, is as the cards League membership growing fast around here. LEAGUE FIGHTS FOR AMPLE FUNDS TO WPA NON-PARTISA- N Demand This Label to C. I. O. by a vote of 12,115. The Union also voted 44,138 to to force approval by a referendum vote in the case of any assessments levied by a convention or the executive council of the A. 4 193, F. L. Independence and individuality of the I. T. U. was endorsed by an overwhelming vote of 45,284 to ' 3226. The I. T. U. voted, 25,919 to to refuse to relinquish jurisdiction over the Mailers branch of 21,-80- 1, On Your Printing the union. T. W. O. C. WINS The progressive forces of organ- settled policy of being as helpful 26 OUT OF 29 POLLS ized labor are once more taking the as it possibly can in every labor IN SOUTHERN MILLS initiative in fighting for adequate dispute of whatever nature where work-relifor the nations 13,000,-00- 0 the workers are struggling for betTextile NEW YORK (UNS) ter conditions. The C. I. O. was contracts unemployed. 6000 workers covering Congress will soon be voting an organized not to fight the A. F. L., employed by seven important conappropriation for the WPA to car- but only to assist the workers in cerns in Pennsylvania, Massachury its program through the 1939 organizing in the only practical, setts, North Carolina and Virginia, next modern way left to them, namely, fiscal year which starts signed recently, according to 1. through the industrial form of wereannouncement July made by Emil an correctThe minimum sum that congress unionism. The proof of the of the Texchairman Rieve, acting demonstratof is this ness can approve to provide even parposition Organizing Comed by the tremendous success tile Woikers tially for the unemployed is mittee. This would provide achieved. Recent elections held in South3,500,000 jobs, on an average, over ern mills, Rieve said, indicate the I. T. U. REFUSES the period. of southern industrial confidence Labors League is FUNDS TO A. F. L. TO O. C. I. (Continued on page 4) throwing its full weight behind a FIGHT 0 program of which the $3,000,000.-00appropriation is the core. Af- (Special to the Utah Labor News. WHEN IN PROVO filiates of the League over the nareINDIANAPOLIS Complete ITS tion are adopting resolutions on be- turns from a referendum vote of x. half of this program. of the Internathe CAFE SUTTON Labor must be on guard against tionalmembership Union shows another inadequate appropriation that theTypographical union rejected the assessA Good Place to Eat (Continued on page 6) ment of one cent a month per member levied by the A. F. L. to ef th Non-Fartis- an LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH (Continued from page 1) tire labor movement in the interest of all workers organized in the A. F. L. and the C. I. O. In addition, the I. T. U. local declared itself always ready to cooperate with labor units. Until the arrival of a disturbing influence there was it declared, general harmony, and harmony is needed, because fights among ourselves weaken the entire position of organized labor. This we cannot afford.' Immediately after this statement was given to the public, similar declarations were advanced by the Musicians, Electrical Workers, and Carpenters. Musicians Follow The president of the Musicians said: WELCOME, LABOR OWN YOUR OWN HOME No member of our organization has attended a meeting of business REALTY INSURANCE COMPANY agents with an organizer of the A. INSURE TODAY F. L. We have been on the most LATE TOO TOMORROW MAY BE friendly terms with the C. I. O. and no quarrel with them. We will have Our Insurance Service is Complete in Every Way have no part in any movement that FRED FROERER, President The will disrupt this friendship. Protective Musicians Rochester 917 Phone Labor Friend of 2415 Kiesel Ave. Association is seeking no fight with any organization that has shown us every consideration. In similar vein the business agent of the Electrical Workers IP declared himself in favor of unity. Said he: We have had good cooperation ffiHD with the C. I. O., and there has been cooperation between the LEGION building trades unions and the C. I. O. As far as our union is concerned, we are not going out with any OGDEN chiD on our shoulder seeking a v fight with C. I. O. members. THURSDAY NIGHT, APRIL The Carpenters, Operative Engi8:30 OCLOCK neers, and other unions took the same position. MAIN EVENT Will Not Fight A. F. L. C. I. O. unions are greatly The O. MORGAN EDDIE JACK BURKE vs. K. over these developments pleased of Cleveland, Ohio 4. Welter-WeigChampion of and issued a statement declaring West the their continued adherence to a polf-c-v SEMI-FINABOUT of inter-unio- n peace. Despite this thunderous war of ROUGHHOUSE vs. TRUMAN the C. I. O. of Mr. Murphys, the C. I. O. will Rochester states, JAMES HARVEY not be stampeded into changing its Middle-Weigof Salt Lake City Champion of Utah Non-Partis- J Page OGDEN MEAT & PROVISION CO. NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Chris Lightfoot. formerly of Ogden, will now operate the OGDEN MEAT & PROVISION CO., 2152 Washington Blvd. He extends a personal invitation to all his Labor friends to patronize him at his new location. Ills earnest endeavor is to serve you HIGHEST QUALITY MERCHANDISE at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. All 2152 Washington Blvd., Ogden Phone 4470 Meats. Mr. Union-Packe- d |