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Show Review o Current Events JUi i : EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE VOL X; NO. I ANOTHER MILE POST News and Comme By M. I. T. With this issue the Utah Labor News, the Peoples Paper, starts another year of its existence. All these years it has hewed to the line for the principles of the policy it established in its first issue. In 1929 in the first issue of the Utah Labor News, the present editor, who has continually guided the destinies of this paper, wrote under caption, Our Policy, the following: Whereas, The troubles constantly arising are almost entirely from lack of unity and trust in each other as workers, and misunderstanding of, the true causes of oppression; and Whereas, Unity guided by intelligent cooperation is a power supreme, and that without intelligent organization we cannot acquire the just products of our labor and a social standing which will elevate our trades and our characters; and, Whereas, Cooperation and Education will promote that discipline which will enable us to concentrate our strength and efforts in unity, to the end, that Peace and Cooperation guided by Education and Organization shall be the binding tie between those units. Business and labor; and, Whereas, A medium of information, and encouragement truthfully and honestly put forth with the endeavor to bring within the folds of constructive and honest thinking, the workers of all trades, will be a material help to this end; and, Whereas, A higher plane of management in our civic and domestic duties can only be attained by the education of the workers, and the constant discussion of the mistakes and advances made by each and every Local Union; and, Whereas, Succes means sacrifice, and a lesson is learning from every mistake, and a lesson learned by one should be spread before the masses so that we may all be educated as a whole; Therefore, for the purpose of promoting such unity and sentiment of action among the workers of the State of Utah, and joining them closer together for mutual protection let Labor concur in the publication of these pages as a guide in the dis charge of our future duties. (Continued on page 2) t NEW DEAL OR OLD DEAL? WE MUST THINK OF SOMETHING A middle aged man was overheard to say recently: Yes, sir, there seems to be no emergency that comes into my life but at the crucial moment a heartening line of some old hymn will wing its way through my mind giving me courage to meet the issue. The serenety of this mans countenance recalled what a famous woman once asked Charles Kingsley, Will you tell me the secret of your life, that I may make mine beautiful too? Many people are grateful to Homer Rodeheaver for having taught them to sing. He believes that getting people to sing will do more to lighten the worlds burden of depression, suspicion and fear than enacting laws or holding investigations and congresses. In other words he believes that if the parts are functioning right the whole machine of human relations President Roosevelt took the reins of this Government on March 4, 1933. What did he find? He found 6,000,000 men million farms goout of work; the men and the women on for their undiminished work; with com selling virtually unpaid ing at 23 cents and wheat selling at 35 cents a bushel. He found the national income, the income of the nation's citizens taken in all, reduced from 80 billions to 40 billions a year. He found nearly all the railroads insolvent; some of the best insurance companies shaky, and catastrophe of all catastrophes, he faced run of all the depositors on all banks of the country. Never before, here or elsewhere, had unemployment been 1 so great. Never before, here or elsewhere, had the national income been suddenly cut in half. Nowhere else in the world had farm prices so nearly struck zero, or railways become so insolvent; certainly never before had the banks of a country been in such a plight or had honest property so lost its value, with the lives of more than one-haof the population and the savings and property values all in peril. will run smoothly. t Here was economic chaos, indeed! One thing we know, when sing Where the Nations life or sovereignty is in danger, what ing, people arent thinking ill of does the Government do? It turns to the people. It has turned their neighbors. Lets promote to see to the people on several critical occasions, and they have never song, then! Especially lets it that we ourselves have the pro- failed it. The people have always brought back the flag in tritection from worry and fear which a heartful of wholesome song umph to the Nations Capitol. When the people are in desperation they turn to their Govmakes possible. ernment; and why not? For what purposes are Governments organized? Is it not to Political Outlook protect the lives and the prosperity of their citizens? How were these classes of sufferers received when they In approached the present Government with President Roosevelt Utah, and U. S. as leader? Compiled From Reports Well, the banks came first; altogether $3,108,000,000 of Observers was .advanced to keep, their doora The railways came next and loans amounting to $750,- STANLEY N. CHILD 000,000 were advanced to them. FOR SENATOR Then followed the insurance companies to which loans and Last week in this column we guaranties aggregating $642,600,000 were made. And finally as the agonies of hunger and cold threatened, mentioned that the friends and admirers of Stanley N. Child were the unemployed citizens, their savings exhausted or lost in some urging him to file his candidacy for failing bank, came forward, and these during the last year, in state senate in the September pri- work and relief, have been aided by the sum of $3,232,754,000. maries in Salt Lake county. As their farms were being condemned to foreclosure by This week we are glad to ancorn and wheat the farmers came, and alto- nounce that Mr. Child has entered lf -- WALL STREET LABOR ON ITS FORWARD MARCH Wall Street realizes, just as wel and possibly more intensely than UTAH MINERS AND the progressive forces of the na OPERATORS CONFER tion, that the congressional elec tions next fall represent a turning Representatives of International point in the political and social de of Mine, Mill and Smelter Union this of Either country. velopment we go forward to consolidation o Workers and mine operators are ( Continued on page 4) popular control over the means of meeting at State Capitol this week the race for Democratic nomination one of the three senate places for wealth, or backward to Wal' on wage scales, working conditions to be nominated and elected this Streets evil domination of the pro and union contract. ductive processes. year. LABORS NON PARTISAN LEAGUE Each national election since the Salt Lake county has seven state Employe representatives are H - New Deal administration first took The Political Arm of Progressives Afton Davis, president of district senators, four of these are holdoffice in 1933 has, in a sense, been No. 2, International Union of Mine overs and three are to be elected crucial. What makes the forth- Mill and Smelter Workers; James this year. West Temple street. Mr. Child served in the lower coming test most important is that Bant of Eureka; A. Ernest Fuel CONVENTION CALL South All committee members are 1935 session house in the C. elec Deal R. New be will the Park regular first it McKinley City; ling, to attend, as well as officers in 1936. session urged rethe in and James and special held under to be Morgan, tion declining, Garfield, Notice is hereby given that the of local units. .Plans for the counHe was appointed by the speaker rather than ascending economic gional conciliator for the C. I. 0. convention of the Labors ty convention will be annual are of the house as a member of the approved and conditions. Furthermore, the vicemployers Representing of Utah will reports on League activities commitorganization W. tor in November will be in a strate- James Wade, general manager legislative investigating be held geginning at 10 a. m., July will be received. as the of committee known Standard tee, Tintic of the Mining gic position to call the cards in the He served as secretary of 30, 1938, at the Trade Union halls, company; James Ivers, genera nine. 168 South West Temple street, Salt COUNTY presidefitial campaign of 1940. CONVENTION Wall Street has been preparing manager of the Silvei . King Coa this committee, which studied variUtah. Lake City, ecoous to the W. and Mines problems pertaining J company, for next November ever since the lition Local units are urged to send SATURDAY, JULY 16 life of social and Amerinomic, of the political new business depression began OConnor, manager delegates as provided in the ConSalt Lake county convention of last fall. The Wall Street Journal, can Smelting . and Refinng com- theHestate. now a member and secre- stitution of the League, as follows: is the Labor's pany. orLeague most direct organ of entrenched Each local unit and labor board. state the of planning meet 10 a. m., Saturday, July will tary enarbe shall affiliate ganization capital, recently ran a series of wJn He has delved into the problems of titled to one vote at conventions 16, at Trade Union halls, 168 South ticles on the national political sit C. I. O. STEVEDORES state government thoroughly, and and RIGHT BARGAINING FOjt one additional vote for each West Temple street. im Reconstruct, uation entitled: would make an inreason this for 31 J. J. Richards, chairman of the IN PORTS members or (i.e., the reestablishment of Wall 12,860 valuable member of the state sen 100 paid up League on arrangements, recommittee delethereof. One Street control over government) or ate. The reports of the planning major fraction a splendid program is that ports convention to be the sent deRevolution WASHINGTON (UNS)fNearly board and sponsoring of bills in gate may (i.e, the continued for both the forebeing arranged an or ant-which vote a to unit each for to allied 3,000 Longshoremen velopment of progressive policies to the report, creating and conformity noon afternoon sessions. Then g of the peo- workers in 31 Pacific portf will be economies in state government, affiliated organization is entitled. improve the will mass be there a meeting at 8 Central City ple as a whole). ! This series wist- represented by District lnterna-;iona- l will come before the legislature District, County andentitled will be where addresses m., p. one to be shall Committees Longshoremens & Ware and, therefore, Mr. Child is in a fully concluded with the following from heard prominent speakers. wishful thought: The reconstruc- lousemens Union as their sole position to give valuable service to vote each. their establish shall nein Delegates all future tionists might even come back to )argaining agent the lawmakers and the people of ' water-roauthority to represent their units PRIMARY ELECTION Utah. Washington next January with gotiations with West Coafit credentials signed by MOST IMPORTANT employers associations. Mr. Child has been engaged in by means of and chairman something they could refer to as a of the BATTLEGROUND the secretary The C. I. O. union was certified building construction for many mandate. Stranger things have affiliate union repreunit or they of its one in yy the Labor Board , happened.1 years. He .is a skilled artisan in sent. The recent Minnesota primaries the most decisions, outstanding which Wall mandate The masonry and has been a member members in good standing are an interesting example of the Only a establish geoto union irst major for many of Bricklayers Street prays and works for has may be elected as convention dele- realignment which is taking place been carefully defined by its graphical bargaining u lit in the years. with increasing sharpness of He is married and is father of gates. industry: spokesmen during the last few marine this 1st day of July, 1938. division between the progressive Dated 0 of out found that The Board three children. months. Foremost on the calendar FRANK BONACCI, and conservative forces. workers in the appropriate would be the mutilation of the NaChairman. Old party lines were almost fordescards tional Labor Relations Act. Charles union, 9557 had signed WILL M. I. MARTHAKIS THOMPSON, when the Republican and their O. C. I. as umon gotten R. Hook, chief stooge for the Na- ignating the REELECTION SEEK Democratic Secretary. primaries were virtualchosen representative. tional Association of Manufacturdeserted by the rush of conservly The certification wt.3 a crushers, recently recited with appro- ing defeat for the A. F, L. group, all camps into the 326 COUNTY from atives LAKE East SALT First S. P. iMarthakis, Farmer-Labo- r priate gestures the unending re- the International Longshoremens South street, has announced his LEAGUE COMMITTEE primaries, in a vain frain of Wall Street: Rights for Association, which had protested candidacy for a member of house effort to defeat the progressive labor have caused the depression, the Boards jurisdiction on the of representatives in the state legSalt Lake county central com- and governor, Elmer and recovery bgawd and bjasus basis of an agreement between the islature subject to the Democratic mittee of the Labors Benson. will not be allowed to occur un-- r West - Coast Longshoremen and primaries in September from Leg-- ( League will meet 8 p. m.. Monday, One lesson from this for labor " Continued on page 3) (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 3) July 11, at Trade Union halls, 168 (Continued on Page 3) 25-ce- 35-ce- nt nt . Non-Partis- an Non-Partis- . - well-bein- nt - 12,-86- . pro-lab- Non-Partis- an or an . |