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Show IReview ofi Cuinrent Evemto EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. MAY I? ? VOL. Villi NO. 45. Brophy at Trade Union Halls, Saturday, May 14 The C. I. O., Economics and Industry" will be the sub ject of an address by John Brophy, national director of the Committee for Industrial Organization, at an open meeting a Trade Union halls, 168 South West Temple street, 8 oclock, Saturday night, May 4. Mr. Brophy is among the outstanding labor leaders America and comes to Salt Lake City with a message tha should be heard by all workers and business anc professional men. His record in dealing with labor and in dustrial relations is a shining light in this nations economic af fairs. He has successfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements between labor and employer in the largest basic in dustries of this country. 1 fair-mind- ed IN THE MAIL ENGINEER MAKES OFFER TO LABOR LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH NEVADA MINERS FORM DISTRICT COUNCIL Price: 5 Cents Per Copy BDTOEmi: News and Comment By M. I. T. aluminous and Vituperative Vilification Veto Victory THE LADY WITH THE LAMP One of our American humorists once said that if he were ill he wouldnt much care whether the William Allen White, the recently elected president of family called in a practicing physi- cian or a Christian Science prac- the American Society of Newspaper Editors, wrote air article titioner so long as he had a good! for the 25th anniversary number of the Survey Graphic in which he ?ointcd tbf President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Tbe next time you relax under little too sharp criticism for his own good and that of the watchful care of. a carefully getting trained and conscientious nurse,l the country. That was a couple of months ago. Since then the think of Florence Nightingale. I editors of most of the city dailies have supplied the vilification, It appear, that they have let no?enc"! IUly ga?e voluminously and vituperatively. irritated their their peeve, by poor prophesying concerning a fortune of $250,000 to establish nursing school in a day when! the last presidential election, run hog wild. In some instances such training was none too general it seems that they have exhausted the vituperative language Pt listed by friend Webster and have invented some of their own along with a few facts. Even the Editor and Publisher, the editors' own journal, felt called upon to point out recently, the savage assault against the President of the United States of tho past few weeks was unreasoning and largely unreasonable." The vilifying poor losers among the Republican daily papers apparently stop at nothing. One of these daily papers, while admitting that Roosevelts plan "is a lovely dream, asserts that it can be no more true than a Biblical statement. Of course the editor may not have known whether the Biblical statement he quoted was made by Peter or Paul, whereas it was made by Christ in the "Sermon On the Mount. It can be that who editor an hardly expected wont stop at saying that the Lord Himself didn't know what He was talking about, would deal gently with the homely wisdom of a Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt seems to have learned a rhyme in child-Th- e I stand New Deal Democrats hood as well as he has since learned an astounding lot of other I things, namely: This is much in evidence. j Sticks and stones may break my bones Senator Elbert D. Thomas and But names will never hurt me. andl Representatives Abe Murdock I ., - have have names1J, JYill Robinson Jn .congress beenflying thick and fast lately in the thol and President the supported D. R. surely gave the editorial big- F. but daily newspapers, bad bors smarting spanking when they faced him the anT thin? andfSmtheirr0UspleUd other reward-1 work each of them will be day at close range. Now theyve scurried back home to resume their volumi-ocrati- c ed with a renomination in the Dem-- I There is no noUs vilification determined to defeat him in 1940. If F. D. primaries. R can be sufficiently challenged to run again they will probably Their miomkiktion will practi- cally mean their reelection, in thel succeed, at least about as well as in 1936. They now sneer that he doesn't stand as well with the general election in November. ThelI will be only a matter of Jic as he did in 1936. But if inwardly there isnt political fear for don't they fcavc the "villain" to be "fixed" the the people who have lost so much confidence in him! Utah congressional delegation up,n The real "fears in the land are on the part of a few of for reelection this year is sure tol wm the more greedy among our citizens who fear lest a part of theii .1 - Editor Utah Labor News: Inclosed herewith is a copy of Special to Utah Labor News. my letter of April 30, to Mr. James Nevada At a meeting ELY, Morgan, summarizing my stateattended delegates rep by I. Sunday ments at the convention of C. local unions of the Mine, resenting in 28. 0. Price, Utah, on April I did not give a prepared address Mill and Smelter Workers, C. I. 0, but spoke from notes jotted down affiliate, in Nevada, a district council for Nevada was formec following a number of requests by with Edmund Douglas of Kimberly progressive delegates that I give as president, and Ralph Hay, sec the address. In order that a record of my statements be available for retary-treasure- r. State Senator E. M. Royle, Uta i such action as Labor deems adviscouncil secretary, of Salt district able, I have written the high points in the inclosed letter to Mr. Mor- Lake City, was the guest speaker and assisted with organization gan. the new council. You will recall that I have given The Nevada district council wil a great deal of time during the to creation off0'.13thefirstconvention on June J9 the past nine years Atr Sundays organization two research,.foundations. follow delegates were in attend ingThe pattern of the Wisconsin meeting' Research Foundation, but in both ance from Las Vegas, Ely, Me instances selfishness by dominan Gill, Ruth, Elko, Reno, and other members of the boards of directors locals of miners and smelter work caused me to withdraw in behal ers in the state. of a square deal for Labor and the farmer of Utah. Neither the work- BOYCOTT ON ing man in industry of Utah nor LAMB AND MUTTON the farmer were adequately repre The Arizona sented on the boards, and in nei BUTTE, Mont. ther case did the boards contain the and California Wool Growers aspersonnel which could make proper sociation have defied organized lause of science and technology in bor and refused to deal with the shaping social and industrial devel Sheep Shearers union, therefore opments from the natural re the union has placed Iamb and sources of Utah. Hence, I with mutton on the unfair list, said A of promiOne (Continued on page 4) drew all offers to both organiza A. Evans, president of the Sheep nent group consisting men business and professional tions, it being of record that I in Shearers Union of North America, of Salt Lake City are quietly camitiated both foundations in order A. F. L. affiliate. for the reelection of Senpaigning Mr. Evans said the strike existto protect Utah's greatest an ator Thomas. The spokesman for ed 53 days in Arizona and almost the most valuable natural resource group said the Senator is sure COAL and in which foundations a month iri California. but his organization of reelection, Not one case of violence can be desires to see him receive the many scientific data and patthe larg n ented processes of myself and hsso charged against union or est popular vote ever given to any ciates would become the first rea' sheep shearers, who were involved, candidate for political office in The union, with Utah. explained the plan of organization important assets of such a re- Mr. Evans said. Thomas good Senator Ward and Precinct clubs of the of search foundation. I have insist the full support of organized labof work, in the national congress de ed that such a foundation must, if in California, has declared a na serves League, and announced that a it, he declared. convention of the League of permanent good, give Labor, the tional boycott on lamb and mutton county Organized labor is united in sup Senator E. M. Royle was will be held within a few weeks to State Farmer and the Scientist the dom- The wool growers products contin )ort of Senator Thomas and Repreue to decrease in price. ination on its board of control. unanimously elected as acting form a permanent organization and Murdock and Robinson. chairman sentatives the Salt Lake county elect delegates to the state convenLabor News Support The Labors Non - Partisan organizationof of the Labors tion of the League in Salt Lake I well recall that you supported HARVESTER CO. SIGNS league of Utah with a membership a City in July. of Utah at this same plan four years ago, at CONTRACT WITH SWOC League of more than 30,000 will do active Others who were called for which time I spoke on several occa FOR 6000 WORKERS meeting Monday night at Trade campaigning for the New Deal Union halls, 168 South West Tem- short talks were Mrs. J. F.upon Critch-losions before labor bodies. A com congressional delegation in the W. E. Hubbard, L. T. Stuart, mittee was appointed to proceed, CHICAGO (UNS) The Inter- primaries and general election- The ple street. officers are: elected Mr. Other State and Mr. Eckman. but the upset conditions through national Harvester company has Malstrom, of the League is made P. S. Marthakis, discussed the neSenator out the country with regard to signed a sole bargaining contract membership Representative Royle of both organized and unorgan- vice up M. I. and of elections and employment caused with the Steel Workers Organiz- ized chairman, Thompson, cessity organization and cooplabor, farmers, and liberal secretary-treasure- r. eration of all liberal forces in the the matter to become inactive. I ing Committee, following a week msiness and professional men. chosen as The were field. He said this was will to continue that following afpolitical you hope give of negotiations in Chicago. It The League will also support whole-hearte- d members to the of the legislation aid to this far fects 6000 workers. county League protect necessary New Deal state legislative slate. committee: now on the statutes, and for the reaching plan for Labors perma Union officials who took part in E. L. Nelson, Hector Chiara, enactment of additional needed legnent security, namely, that the ;he conferences declared it to be UGLER REELECTED Lawrence A. Johnson, George W. islation for the benefit of the peoScientist, Engineer, Labor and the the best contract we have nego-iate- d CHAIRMAN BY WEBER Farmer work hand in hand. Thus Smith, W. A. Bywater, Walter Per ple of Utah. in Chicago. COUNTY DEMOCRATS Senator Nelson gave an analysis all new things will be known first rin, ,H. I. Noorda, Lester J. LarMembers of Lodge 1320 will vote ElT. L. A. W. the government's money system ' of the Madili, son, who Stuart, by working man, operates on accepting the agreement, which In a harmonious convention in lis. Longson, J. J. Richards, and and its currency. He said that so the mines and factories and who is to go into effect as soon as ratifwill be close to the research and ied, and Ogden Saturday the Weber county M..Visser, all from the Salt Lake long as this country has the presa for run year. Democrats reelected Frank A. Jug-le- r City municipal wards. From coun- ent currency system we will never development hereafter, and the Wages, hours and working condiacclamation as county chair- ty precincts are: State Senator escape the cycles of depression. He banker will be merely a financial tions by are covered in the pact, and clerk, as he should be. vThe great- he shop steward system is recog- man, and S. T. Jeppeson, treasurer. Lawrence E. Nelson, and E. L. urged government ownership of est progress in industry of late has nized. Negotiations for changes New officers unanimously elected Eckman, Murray; H. L. Malstrom, federal reserve banks and its own been by those major industries in the wage scale may be taken were Mrs. Lovina R. Bundy, vice Midvale; Earl Longson, Sandy, and currency as a step to place the headed by chemists and engineers up at any time during the year. chairman, and Edward Vendell, sec- David Douglas, Taylorsville. country on a stabilized position. He The principal speakers of the said reform of our ifioney system is on their boards of control. L. C. jeantime present wage rates are retary. The Weber county delegates to meeting were Senators Royle and the only remedy for panics and deKARRICK, Belvedere Apts. maintained. the state Democratic convention in Nelson. L. C. Karrick, conserva- pressions. The eight-hoday and A committee was named to draft Mr. Karricks letter to Mr. Mor- week now. in effect is to be Salt Lake City on May 21 will cast tion engineer, made h short talk on of natural resources resources. Utah is conservation of The conservation a 95 votes. pledgof gan follows: delegation as well as the payment Dear Mr. Morgan: ime and a half for overtime and ed to State Senator Ira Huggins Mrs. George B. Forbes, president plank for presentation to the platThe subjects which I covered in double time for Sunday and holiday of Ogden for state chairman. of the Utah Conservation Founda- form to be formulated at the state the brief address at your C. I. O. work. convention the speakers tion, stressed the need of conserv- convention of the League in July. Among naS. Democratic A. were 30 Brown, meeting on April 28, at Price, ing Utahs abundant natural re- The members of this committee are clause for A special provides Utah, were substantially the same days notice after the signing of tional committeeman, and Delbert sources for the benefit of the peo- Hubbard, Thompson and Karrick. Mr. Thompson (Continued on page 2) (Continued on Page 4) ple of the state. (Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 3) . 1 ,-- Tbp- pub-questi- on EerTdmitrh,t 1 non-unio- Non-Partis- an w, - ur 40-ho- ur con-inue- d, |