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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. JULY 15, 1938. Page 6 ftlhie Qaitewaiy it Otolhis OiresitfcesTfc Melpeir, iVHiimiini? OfisforScfc (Coal Labor Department: 1. Fifty-eigper cent of the strikes involved union organize tion, and 81.8 per cent of the were considered union vie strikes (Continued from Page 5) tories. 2. Wages and hours were the large majority of them belong to Local Five of the C. I. 0. interna- major issue in almost 30 per cent tional. of the strikes, and 84.8 per cent re suited in definite union gains. Less than 3 per cent of the ORGANIZING NEW JERSEY strikes were jurisdictional battles LAUNDRY WORKERS between rival muons, it wa, found. A drive to organize 15,000 laun RUBBER LOCAL dry employes in New Jersey under FOR PACT the direction of the United Laun dry Workers Organizing Commit LOS ANGELES, Calif., (UNS) tee, C. I. O., was announced by contract Draft of a wage-hou- r the of Sidney Hillman, president officials of the to be submitted to Workers Amalgamated Clothing local plant of the Goodyear Tire and chairman of the committee. The committee has organized & Rubber Co., has been approved 30,000 laundry workers in New by members of Local 131, United Rubber Workers, C. I. O. York City during the past year. LABOR ON ITS ARCHAIC LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE FORWARD MARCH RLOCKS NEW DEAL LEGISLATION (Continued from Page 1) Oliver said, that there must be political mechanisms that will translate Into law the popular decisions determined at the polls. The and tremendously important on purely political grounds, does derive its major significance from current economic conditions. Pos- sessed of the natural resources, the industrial equipment, and the techhonmust winning political party to maintain our nical estly and efficiently make effec- entire knowledge in reasonable population tive the will of the voters, he we nevertheless have comfort, to warned, if political parties are millions of that many population institutions social remain as useful lacking the very necessities of life. Changes Needed Our principal national task is Congressional committees re- broadly defined by these condisponsive to the will of their party we must so modify the manand the voters were demanded by tions; agement of American industry and Air. Oliver who said: as to provide substantially finance It becomes obvious that if higher standards of living and ecoeither of the two major parties is nomic all of our people. to to serve as a vehicle for social ac The securityform of this task is tion the condition within the Re- not political to order under preserve only publican party is much the same democratic government during a as within the Democratic the conof fundamental social trol of the Congressional machin period but also to make the most C. I. (). WON 1825 change, STRIKES IN 1937 ery will have to be placed in the effective use of governmental hands of leaders really representagencies in the necessary modificaWASHINGTON C. I. O. unions ing the majority of the party. The tion of prevailing economic organibe to will have rule seniority participated in 1825 strikes during zation and practices. 1937, and won an overwhelming scrapped. Committees and their Condemns Rules Committee chairmen will have to be made re of them, figures released recent actions of majority United States Department the sponsive to the decisions of the theCondemning by House Rules Committee, Air. of Labor reveal. party within the nation, and of the Oliver pointed out that its function elected representatives of the parWhile A. F. L. unions participatwhich bills ed in a order of the in deciding of houses both Congress. ty within larger number of labor disUnless such a. change is made, the may come on the floor of the putes, the workers involved in the House has been stretched the expressed attitudes of the people committee until it exercisesbya vir- C. I. O. strikes were twice as embodbe of the country will not great in number, the department tual censorship on bills to which found. ied in legislation. Liberals within the Democratic a majority of its members object. Other statistics found by the While the House as a whole, party could probably alter the sens, of party iority system at the next session, guided isby the action commit-;e- e mittee is less weighted with older to elect that supposed Mr. Oliver predicted, adding chairmen. Air. Oliver explained members, but the Congressmen without such action there is little in practice committee posts elected in 1934 and 1936 are inadethat hope for the enactment of a legisfilled are by the Ways and Means quately represented on the commitlative program at all proportioned Committee almost solely on the tee. economic our of to the seriousness asis of the number of years a Vote Against Pledge necessities. member has served in Congress. Mr. Oliver added: Illustrating how the seniority This problem, political in form Alembers of committees are con- system works in opposition to entinued from year to year, only va- actment of social legislation. Air. cancies being filled. Senate com- Oliver traced the history of the Welcome, Labor mittees are also picked on a sen- wage and hour bill and showed how AMERICAN CANDY STORE iority basis. it met opposition in both Senate John Milon, Prop. The newer members of Congress and House from those whom their Friend of Labor elected with President Roosevelt on party had honored wdth commitNew Deal platforms are, as a re- tee chairmanships.' The attitude Confectionery, Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Cigars, Candy sult, the speaker said, completely of committee chairmen upon this dominated by in the bill is, he added, indicative of their Helper, Utah Democratic party. There was no attitude on most other progressive new deal no real fight in most legislation. In the House, twenty-fou- r of the districts represented by Democratic committee chaircommittee chairmen, he explained. men, a majority, voted against the This long service of committee platform and contrary to the chairmen is in sharp contrast with party votes of a majority of their party the membership of the House itself members, on this issue. Good Meals at Reasonable where, Air. Oliver pointed out, of There is ample reason for be330 Democratic members, 223 were lieving, Rates Air. Oliver concluded, first elected in 1932 or later. The that the adaptability of our polititwo-thirof the Democratic mem- cal institutions will be tested to the Chop Suey and Noodles bers elected since 1932 are a ma- limit by the problems of our unOur Specialty jority of the entire House. The stable economic equilibrium. Uncommittee through which they der such circumstances, the people function are headed, on J;he other of the country should not permit UNION HOUSE hand, on a ratio of by their political expression to be members. thwarted, and their political deHelper, Utah Old Fogies cisions to be set aside, by men How the most important com- whose power results from an mittees are headed by men who archaic procedure within the party were chosen long ago was further organizations of the two Houses of Best Wishes to shown by Air. Oliver in citing the Congress. ORGANIZED LABOR facts that the chairman of the powerful Ways and Aleans Committee wTas elected in 1911; ApproWelcome to Labor priations, 1909; Judiciary, 1913; Buy Your 1938 Kelvinator Banking and Currency, 1915; Infrom terstate and Foreign Commerce, and Rivers Harbors, 1917; 1917; Palace Candy Co. Alerchant Alarine, 1918; AgriculHELPER, UTAH ture, 1917; Naval Affairs, 1914. Plumbing and Heating The speaker added: Electrical Supplies On the more important commitSporting Goods tees, not only the chairman but a Welcome to Labor large proportion of the members Phone J Helper, Utah are of long service, r With two-thirof the House Democrats WORKMENS elected in 1932 or later, only two-thirof the Ways and Aleans MERCANTILE Committee members were elected ASK FOR in those years and of that CO. none was elected later than in 1932. Of ten members on the Groceries - Aleats - Grain OLD HEIDELBERG BEER Rules Committee, five were electFlour Fruits - Vegetables ed before 1928, one was elected in Union Made for 85 Years 1928, three were elected in 1930, Phone 146 one was elected in 1932 and no Helper, Utah and one Congressman elected in 1934 or FRIENDS OFLABOR 1936 is even a member of the comBECKERS BEER mittee. The Appropriations Com- Also cau-:use- old-time- rs Helper Cafe ds 3-t- by o-l pre-deessi- Welcomme Yotul sure on Hall 7-- ds indicated who will be placed in charge of the new Wages and Hours Division in the Labor Department. Several names have been mentioned, but there is no evidence to support the fact that any one of these has an inside track on the ht job. Labor Hails Bill Congress included a $400,000 appropriation for the new division in a deficiency appropriation bill in of as3 the session. Labor Department officials had asked for a dollars, but their request was on Page 7) j half-milli- Welcome, Labor The Elite Jewelry Company Alusical Alerchandise Kodaks and Kodak Finishing LABOR DEPARTMENT BEGINS STUDY TO PREPARE WAY FOR BILL WAGE-HOU- R Exclusive Agency GRUEN WATCHES Expert Watch Repairing Watch Inspector for D. & R. G. Ry. and Utah Railway . Helper, Utah , . WASHINGTON De(UNS) have Labor economists of partment begun a study of certain industries to pave the way for application of bill. the wage-hou- r The Bureau of Labor Statistics and other divisions in the depart- ment will conduct the studies, one of the aims of which will be to determine what constitutes a seasonal industry. This problem will be one of the most complex with which the administrator of the act will be faced. President Roosevelt has not yet A Best Wishes to the Miners, Railroad Men and Other Labor of Carbon County BLUE HILL Welcome, Labor. We Appreciate Your Patronage DAIRY PATS SUPREME Raw and Pasteurized Milk and Cream SERVICE CONOCO PRODUCTS NATIONAL TIRES Washing - Greasing Phone 310 Helper, Utah Supreme Quality and Service . Order Today Mayt Highway at Spring Canyon Junction LUCKY LAGER 1 TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION BLANK The Utah Labor News, 28 Fourth East Str., Salt Lake City. Enclosed finF$ tions at your special rate of Name , P. 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