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Show ' UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. SEPTEMBER To Broaden Social WALL STREET Security Program of August did not distract Wall Street from meditaThe Next steps toward a broadened and liberalized Social Security program should bring benefits to more people as well as simplifying methods of administering the law, according to recent statements by President Roosevelt and by all three members of the Social Security Board Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer, Miss Mary W. Dawson, and George E. Bigge. The President said on the oca-sio- n of the third anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act: What we are doing is good. But it is not good enough. To be truly national a Social Security program must include all those whoneel its protection. Today many of our citizens are still excluded from e Federal Insurance and Unemployment Compensation because of the nature of their employment. This must be set aright; and it will be. Sometime ago I directed the Social Security Board to give attention to the development of a plan for liberalizing and extending the Old-Ag- e Insurance system to provide benefits for wives, widows, and orphans. More recently, a National Health Conference was held at my suggestion to consider ways and means of extending to the people of this country more adequate health and medical services and also to afford the people of some protection this country against the economic losses arising out of ill health. I am hopeful that on the basis of studies and investigations now under way, the Congress will improve and extend the law. . Chairman Altmeyer, in his statement to the press on the Third An- Old-Ag- Re-ele- ct WALTER H. do-da- tion onr the ways and means of producing a bigger and better reactionary America. been Various matters have financial weighed by the great minds during the hot summer days, but the greatest measure of cogitahas been tion and wishful-thinkin- g devoted to the prospects of bolstering profits by slashing the standard of living of the people generalin basic inly through wage-cut- s dustries. Having been won over by fancy speculative profits to tho idea of a bull market despite unsound policies in Washington, the Street is now concentrating its maneuvers on sweetening the pot by undermining the improved wage standards won by organized labor last year. There are two strategic fronts in the present struggle for and against wage - cuts: the steel industry and the railroad industry. Of the two, the steel industry probably represents the more crucial battleground from the standpoint of industrial labor as a whole. Since steel prices were cut late in June, hardly a day has gone by in which Wall Street gossipers and financial commentators for the Big Business press have not hopefully predicted a drastic slashing of niversary, said: Certain new lines of development are beginning to emerge, particularly in the field of Federal e Insurance. These lie in the direction of extending coverage to agricultural labor, domestic service, and other occupations not yet inOld-Ag- cluded. The Social Security board is charged by the law with the duty of making studies and recommendations for legislation to improve and extend the scope of social legislation. Regarding this as one of its most important responsibilities, the Board is studying these questions, as well as others relative to immediate problems of administration. Miss ANDERSON Salt Lake County Commissioner FOUR-YEA- R TERM Check His Record Vote Democratic (Paid Political Adv.) Nominate and Elect Vada Jacobs Coles County Recorder Democratic Ticket For Efficient, Economic Courteous Government Qualified and Experienced Primary Election SEPTEMBER 13, 1938 (Paid Political Adv.) Re-nomina- and te , ys ( steel wages sometime in the near future. There are various reasons why Wall Street attaches such great importance to the outcome of the wage fight in the steel mills. In the first place, of course, the steel industry is basic in American Big Business and by its own strength as well as by the power of its controlling banking groups, command great influence over the policies of American industry generally. For this reason, many other auto for exambasic industries on are the side lines ple standing to see what happens in steel before in their own risking wage-cut- s bailiwicks. Split Steel A second reason for the basic importance of steel developments is the wide split which has developed within that industry, with the two factions at swords points over the tactics to be proper politico-labo- r followed in the present emergenOn the one side is Big Steel, cy. controlled by the House of Morgan, which has decided that it is smarter business to deal with the C. I. 0. and to make compromises with the New Deal than to fight both labor and the government, and thus risk strikes and embarOn the rassing monopoly suits. Tom other side is Little Steel Gene Girdler, Weir and Grace, E. T. (Tear-Gaothers of the who have Steel crowd determined on a war to the death with labor and the New Deal, no matter at what cost of tear-gafixed murders, and expensive propaganda a la the New York Herald Tribunes George Sokolsky. Big Steel, of course, precipitated the jresent crisis by carrying the fight into its rivals camp by price-cut- s for and changes in basing-poin3rices which placed the Little Steel :zars at a competitive disadvantage. And since this action, the loudmouths of the Little Steel crowd Girdler, Weir, Grace et al out of all proportion to their size or importance, hav& made the air ring with demands for immediate wage-cut- s. Nevertheless, despite all of g, and their been not so have far they able to effect a cut. The reasons are not hard to find. In the first place, consideration must be given union argument to the ready-mad- e that would be provided for the organization of their workers if the occurred in their initial wage-cut- s unorganized plants. Reason number two is that even these tycoons, despite their arrogant defiance of the New Deal, hesitate to carry their battle too far without Big Steel backing, in view of the ample amwhich munition for counter-attac- k is held in Washington. The issue, of course, is far from settled and it is possible that Little Steel may shoot the works with a wage-cand gamble on the consequences. Already there have been a few n actions taken by some small companies under the thumb of Little Steel. The reason Big Business likes company unions and why workers can look for defense of their rights only from legitimate unions was recently made clear by the Wall Street Journal, mouthpiece of Big Capital. In explaining hopefully would probwhy steel wage-cut- s ably start in the Little Steel plants rather than in plants organized by the C. I. 0., this organ said. It is pointed out that any one of these producers (i.e. Little Steel) could come to an understanding with representatives of their employes under the- working plans (i.e company unions) in effect in their mills and inaugurate a wage reduction. There is no doubt that representatives of workers in these concerns would Understand conditions and problems of their organizations more readily than outsiders representing the SWOC. Thus, it is contended that negotiations for an agreement on wages might be reached in these companies with less difficulty than in some others. World Relations Bethlehem Steel, which believes in beating up its own workers and caressing them with gas bombs, is turning a pretty penny by cooperating with Japans effort to coax China into a saner frame of mind through bombardment of open cities and mass slaughter of civilians. A recent Wall Street trade (Back-to-the-Far- s) Bethlehem-Republic-Nation- al s, ts chest-beatin- tub-thumpi- ng Dewson to the amendments to the Social Security Act which were laid before Congress at its last session. She said Old-Ag- e of Insurance provisions: The age limitation that now prevents a worker from continuing to build up benefit credits after reaching the age of 65 would be removed. Under the proposed amendment removing the age limitation, wage earners now 61 or over would na longer be prevented from qualifying for monthly benefits. This proposal would also simplify taxpaying procedures and the bookkeeping required of both employers and the government, because all workers in included occupations would be covered alike, regardless of age. Mr. Bigge said: There is the major problem of providing some protection comparable to unemployment benefits for those who cannot qualify under this program; those who havent had enough work, those who have exhausted their benefits, and the like. The Board is giving attention to this and to several problems relating to unemployment insurance with which the State systems cannot, or do not, deal. There are some workers who while they work a good portion of the year, move about so much from one state to another that they do not qualify for benefits in any state. The Board is trying to find some reasonable way to make special provisions for them. pointed the-Feder- 65-ye- ar Re-ele- ct MRS. FRANK PAGE STEWART Democratic Candidate for State Senator Supporter of New Deal. Sponsored $5 Automobile License Law. 80 Per Cent Voting Record for Labor Legislation. (Paid Political Adv.) BEST WISHES TO LABOR PARK CITY BOTTLING WORKS Bottlers of High Grade Carbonated Beverages ut trial-balloo- ' BECKERS PHONE 142 UNION MADE BEER PARK CITY Page 3 credited Bethlehem with and plaids are all woven in the selling ten thousand tons of pig same direction as the rest of the iron to Japanese interests. blanket. Unsightly puckers and ripHenry Ford, the Darling of ples may result from the first Dearborn, is finding it harder and laundering of blankets with taut harder to reconcile his real sym- or over-fu- ll stripes and borders. pathies with his old pose as bene- Notice, too, if the end3 of the blanfactor of the masses and enemy of ket run parallel to the filling Wall Street. First came Henrys threads as you hold it up to the touching admission of his long light. This will tell you if the blanfriendship with and admiration for ket has been cut straight. J. P. Morgan. Now comes his fawnThe nap (fuzz) of the blanket ing acceptance of the Grand Cross should be uniformly distributed. of the German Eagle from Adolf Beware of thin spots in the foundaHitler, this being the highest dec- tion fabric where fibers might have oration which Aaolf can bestow on been pulled loose to make the nap. a foreigner, and the first time it Beware, also, of fuzz that pulls has been tendered an American. In off easily. many ways, of course, Henry is Good tensile strength of the most deserving of this great honor blanket is a check against later from his spiritual Nazi brother. on (Continued Page 5) Henrys rampant receded Adolfs advent to power y many years, his demagogy at least in the old days must have caused considerable envy in Fascist quarters, and his brutal exploitation of his workers provides a model for Fascists everywhere. The growing prestige of the airplane and especially of bombers, in report anti-Semitis- m LABOR... Lets Elect military circles, is fattening the e larders of manufacturers in this country. In the first half of this year, sales of American aircraft increased 47 per cent over 1937; sales of military aircraft increased 95 per cent; sales of commercial aircraft decreased 5 per cent. And the profits of plane companies jumped 125 per cent over last year. Export orders accounted for more than 40 per cent of the total sales this year. war-plan- CONSUMER NOTES n; H. ADIS Democratic Candidate for County Commissioner Two-Ye- ar Term WIN WITH ADAMS Primary Election Sept. 13 (Political Adv. paid by friends of Wm. H. Adams) DO YOU KNOW HOW TO BUY A BLANKET? Bargains in blankets dont boomerang into wasted dollars for consumers who learn all they can about blankets before they buy. Blanket labels that really mean something to the consumer, writes the Consumer s Guide, should tell these things: amount of wool and cotton in the fabric; tensile strength (the pull which a blanket should be able to stand before tearing); weight of blanket (useful in comparing blankets of the same size and fiber content); and, finally, size of the blanket in inches. A good amateur method of weave and the blankets judging construction is to hold it against the light. A ket has a uniform weave and no thin spots. This method also tells whether the contrasting borders, stripes, well-construct- ed blan- Nominate and Re-ele- ct George M. Haley COUNTY SURVEYOR Democratic Ticket Always a Friend of Labor (Paid Political Adv.) Annie Pike GREENWOOD DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATE Her work for Labor praised by U. S. Senators Frazier and Shipstead Primary Election Sept. 13. (Paid Political Adv.) IRe-ele- ct cUo Ujo - N DISTRIBUTORS BEST and UINTA CLUB 9, 1938 WHEN IN PROVO ITS SUTTON CAFE A Good Place to Eat isanm-iLDemocratic Candidate for Cowatly CoEunaicciioGiCF 4-ye- ar term During Mr. Mullins administration wages at the County Road Department have been raised from $3.44 per day for laborers to $4.40 per day. Every mans pay has been raised at least 40c per day. Let s keep AN EXPERT It Costs Less (Political Adv. paid for by friends of J. B. Mullins.) r |