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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. OCTOBER 21. 1938 Page 4 Utah Educators ;DTKIAL! (Continued from Page 1) in molding the new generaCut ment, and all relief, and instead established bread, lines. tion to that point, of view, teachers People are determined that they will not permit Republic I ire in a race vrith catastrophe, land their yes-mecandidates to .he speaker set forth. The economic an campaign spell-bindefor 10 astern has staggered lines bread lie them into Hoover again. (Continued from Page 1) n" rs I democracy. Perhaps public opinion a t II, earned into effect until millions starv-- 1 the plan the Republicans democratic countries can never be on and were of marshaled again for war, in result the as greed blundering Republican ing the verge of revolution when the tyrant Hoover was driven from I which case they must accept ' the White House. ; Voters, you are awake to the situation. Your meetings Vicious Forces I throughout the state disclose that. Arouse your friends and And nearer at hand Dr. Watson rise of forces in America your neighbors. See to it that every Democratic voter is reg- - I saw the to divide the threaten istered and will vote on November 8. If you will do your part I if victorious, put an countpr and, in this humanitarian cause the election results will be an over freedom. tep41-- " whelming Democratic victory. Supporting those forces, he said, are persons who consistently back measures to reduce the influence THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS than a help to organization. I The C. I. 0. has now become the I majn tjje maj0rity movement of American labor, and as such it feels a responsibility to represent If1 wishes and interests of all of labor in contrast to the factional' and spiteful spirit shown by craft leaders at Houston, Election day, j... November 8, is of outstanding significance to the public school system of the state, and to the working people of Utah. On that date the voters of Utah will accept nor reject the proposition to add three amendments to the state constitution. Two of the amendments deal with our school system and one of .the amendments deals with hours of work on public 'An interesting incident showing Constitutional Amendments Nos. I and 2 provide: Unifrm Kh01 fU"d (a new ,,a,e Ch1 fUnd) R 'SrrP their own rank and file comes Second The revenues in the new fund distributed to the from the recent convention of the F. L. Bricklayers union at Mil school district will help to: (I) Equalize educational opportu-A- . . for all youth of the state. (2) Maintain .school standards waA,C- nities . a wire had been read to a Utah with on states. more in nearly par (3) the convention from William progressive Shift part of the burden of school support from tangible prop- - Green, saying he would attempt to come to address it, delegates arose erty to other sources of revenue and taxation. A F ea Third The amendments transfer land grant revenue to jer schools the new fund and give the legislature power to enlarge the fund Lounced him particularly follning I Btpunrir resolved by th Legislator as the school needs arise in the future. J up with the Republican Uur present state school funds will remain the same in forces m Pennsylvania. concurring therein: and distribution. manner of amount The local revenue will SonToTnvile wil5 Constitation cl th. .state of Ot.h as not be effected. The amendments provide more state aid to GPr?en wa, fin2Uy wUjdra 7 5. niorl (nr fk Allf ft in o the district schools. No nronrtv Tli a AnfinA mav new fund. record. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 provides: ' legislature would be empowered to determine .Fir,t When Green iauched his bitter the hours that shall constitute a day s work on all works or un-- 1 attacks on John L. Lewis and in- 4a, luo dertakings carried on or aided by the state, county or munici- - I dustrial unionism at the Houston centum oiTthe imtwroceeds of the lands sales or I Mt&.TS'.lS I , I I I n of United States public convention he spoke with all the j pal government "padi' ZVl id! Second The legislature may enact law. to provide for btaAlf ,0?? the health and safety of employes in factories, smelters and If industrial organization be H'bi .nd'remin s pnmsMntfaad! mines and shall determine the number of maximum hours of Communistic, as Green alleged, to be called the State School Fund, then he himself was a Communist, th interest of whih only, shall be i service per day. aV0 mon schools. Ihe interest on the State The Utah Labor News is heartily in favor of all three of t hTs' these amendments. We urge you to udy them and then cast when he madc cracks I about Lewis addressing Mexican escheat or forfeiture, all unclaimec your vote intelligently on November 8. of any corpora- organized workers at the great I shares and dividendsunder the laws of -- I W i M I I NEWS AND COMMENT (Continued from Page 1) of their collective bargaining rights and are eager to defend it against all attacks: that they favor unity of all labor, and that they welcome all progress in unionization and the winning of better conditions. But youd never guess this from listening to the speeches of Green, Frey and the other craft nabobs of the A. F. L. They have repeatedly endorsed Deal candidates the most anti-Nerunning in recent primaries. And at Houston they seem to have devoted most of their time to attacks on the Wagner act and the board which administers it, and to denunciations of the C. I. 0. for its work in organizing and improving the conditions of millions of workers. Yet every rank and filer in the ranks of labor knows, what the A. F. L. leaders seek to ignore, that the success of the C. I. 0. in doubling the strength of organized labor has immeasurably aided the workers in all industries. The C. I. O. has never been hostile to any bona fide union that was rendering service to its members, and many a weak and dwindling craft union has been granted w . WELCOME. a new. lease of life by cashing in on the union spirit stirredup by the organizing drives of the C. 1. 0. Further than this, every A. F. L. member can thank the C. I. 0. for protecting his wage standards by organizing the basic industries from which general wage-cuttin- g drives always started in past depressions. WHAT THE WORKERS WANT It is a safe bet that the C. I. 0. convention, representing as it will the latest trends of thought among American workers, will be too busy with the constructive tasks of pushing union organization to devote much time to the type of recriminations which have marked the A. F. L. convention. It is also easy to predict that the C. I. 0. convention will reflect the attitude of the great majority of American workers by an uncompromising stand for progressive and New Deal policies, for defense of the Wagner act, and for the unity of all labor through organization and general solidarity. Through the C. I. O. a new and more progressive labor movement has come into being, because the old leaders lay down on the job, ost contact with the rank and file and became an obstruction rather LABOR Come See Why the Modems Are Saying, BUICKS THE BEAUTY! BUICK 193 PRICES ARE LOWER AHCIHI DEIOWKHNG, Dene. 570 South Main Salt Lake Street, City, Utah MexiVn Citv rnllv rmt member that he too .had once Hid La ra- - tion incorporated ap- - 2; and hTpeLV rile peared with Samuel Gompers in Bal or other disposition of minerals that self-sam-e bull ring in Mexico or other property from school and I state lands, other than those .granted City, in 1925 ? for specific purposes, shall, with such other revenues as the Legislature may from time to time allot thereto, con stitute a fund to be known as the Uniform School Fund, which Uniform School Fund shall be maintained and used for the support of the common and public schools of the state and apportioned in such manner as the Legislature shall provide. The provisions of Section 7, Article XIII of this Constitution shall be construed as a limitation on the rate of taxa tion on tangible property for district school purposes and not on the amount of funds available therefor and, further, no moneys allocated to the Uni form School Fund shall be considered in fixing the rates of taxation specified in Section 7 of Article XIII. SECTION 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of . January, 1939. AMERICAN LINEN SUPPLY COMPANY Cleanliness First! Cleanliness Last! Boost, Build and Sup- port your State. Use American continuous towels and all kinds of linens they furnish. Support industries that support you. 33 East 6th South Was. 2484-8- 5 IT PAYS TO KEEP CLEAN 17 7 LABOR, Store your coal now Take advantage of these special summer storage prices. Hand-Picke- d Lump . . . . Stove Lump , Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RATE OF TAXATION A $75 Fancy Nut . . . Dustless Stoker Slack $050 $500 CLEAN DELIVERY PROMPT, DISTRIBUTION two-thir- concurring therein: , Wasatch 2650 A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7, ARTICLE XIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATING TO THE RATE OF TAXATION, PURPOSES AND Be tt resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of all of ths members elected to each house SERVICE CL Order Early as ' PURPOSES DISTRIBUTION $700 Safeguard J I (Continued from Page 1) dorsed candidates in Salt Lake county, and would also be harmful to the reelection of Senator Elbert D. Thomas and Congressmen J. W. Robinson and Abe Murdock, who are the principal candidates endorsed by the League. BEST WISHES Premier Scale Co. Weighing Machines and Scales Salt Lake City Idaho Falls Coin-operat- ed which shall constitute the fund; said furd shall be apportioned in the manner the Legislature shall provide, to the schoo districts maintaining high schools, and such levy for district school purposes which together with such other funds as may bo available for district school will raise annually an purposes, amount which equals $25 for each person of school age in the state as shown by the last preceding school census; the same to be distributed among the school districts according to tho last preceding school census; and in addition an equalization fund t which when added to other revenues irovided for this purpose by the Legis-atushall be $5 for each person of school age as shown by the last pre- I a Labor League Endorse Democrats Eurposes, fonfMencfo anti-lab- the supporters of liberalism. In to teachers he take sides, urging warned that if and when the democratic forces lose, there wont be any next election, and the power may not be overthrown for Constitutional Amendments AN UNWANTED LEADER YfoAt. is of the common man." They would deny to people on relief the right to vote. They would make sure that only 'safe ideas get out through speeches, pamphlets, books, newspapers or radio talks to the masses of the people. They believe the nation will be better off to leave any business in the hands of a few directors, seeking personal profit, and they regard anything labor, or the consuming public or the electorate does to increase its business responsibility as unwarranted intrusion in their affairs. Oppose Liberal Ideas They will want measures more effective than our present loyalty oaths to make sure that teachers do not approve extension of democracy in industry. You will find them in opposition to the constitutional amendments in the state of Utah. They would limit the ber of young people who go to college. They will be violent in op- position to compiunists today, to socialists tomorrow and to liberals and democrats the day after that. Dr. Watson anticipated a Coflict soon between that group and ds re ceding school census; said equalization fund shall be apportioned to the school districts in such manner as the Legislature shall provide. Said rates shall not be increased unless a proposition to increase the same specifying the rate or rates proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors of the state, as in tne year next preceding such election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the state, and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, in snch manner as may be provided by law. ' SECTION 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state in the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of January, 1939. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 HOURS OF WORK ON PUBLIC WORKS A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION 6, ARTICLE 18 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF UTAH, RELATING TO HOURS OF WORK ON ALL PUBLIC WORKS. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, of ail members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend section 6 of article 16 of the Constitution of the state of Utah. Sec. 6. The Legislature shall determine the hours that shall constitute a days work on all works or undertakings carried on or aided by the state, county or municipal government; and the Legislature shall pass laws to provide for the health and safety of employees in factories, smelters, and mines and shall determine the number of maximum hours of service per day. SECTION 2. That the secretary of state is hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by aw. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of this state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of two-thir- ds January, 1939. I, E. E. Monson, Secretary of State of the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the 3 Constitutional Amendments proposed by tho rejruiar session of the legislature of 1937 as the same appears of record in my office. I further certify that they will appear on the official ballot at the general election November 8, 1938, under the number and title herein designated. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, this SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend section 7 of Article 13 of the Constitution of the state of Utah, as amended by the vote of the electors at the general election of 1930 to read 26th day of August, 1933. as follows: Sec. 7. The rate of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation, two and fou tenths mills for general state purposes. of ono mill for hig gcltt'4 Secretary of Stats. two-tent- hs |