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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 18, 1938 Page 8 . and . practical greater number who will be need- -- also, ultimately be GOOD. Other-e- d existwho to produce the materials re- wise the beginning and the process felt that trade unionists not meet did union the forms ing quired in the construction of auto- - would be failure and farce, needs of their times. They thought mobiles in mines, mills, factories, ! Much is still unrevealed to us (Continued from Tage 1) that strong international unions, forests and countless other indus- - but this much we can say with the That the world alog the craft lines of the day, tries. great Emerson: in the senate. The records show that Senators Gerald P. Nye would effrom our release more education is the only is 2 a to for prove According and Lynrt J. Frazier of North Dakota, Hiram Johnson of Cali- fective eventually than the more evangelical the Labor Department in Washing- - sane solution of the enigma. All I fornia, William Borah of Idaho, and Arthur Capper of Kansas, and formless general unionism that ton, permits for residential con- - have seen teaches me to trust the line up more frequently with the New Deal Democrats than with prevailed in the Knights of Labor. struction issued during August for Creator for what I have not seen, The A. F. L. grew in strength so the entire country outside of New Whatever it be which the Great the reactionary Republicans. This leaves only 20 Republicans as the skilled crafts were the York City increased 55.9 per cent Providence prepares for us, it must long who can be counted upon to defend the party of Hoover. element in indus- in the value of residential buildings be something large and generous, predominating Senators Shipstead and Lundeen of try. Its period of stagnation and over August, 1937. These statistics and on the great style of all his The Farmer-Laboriteworks. Minnesota; Progressive Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, and decline began only when the great were obtained from 2048 cities. standard new 50 mass of industries 3 production Monthly range Independent, Senator Norris of Nebraska, are out and out New started to make craft conscious stocks as regularly reported on the POLITICAL Dealers. OUTLOOK highly skilled workers a minor fac- financial page of the New York The survey of the line-u- p in the House of Representatives tor in industry. . from increase showed an Times of the A. F. L. 70.80 in March to 106.38 in October (Continued from page 5) gives the New Dealers just about A strong an edge to the New to It was the failure to condiitself the 35.56 new of increase an adapt line-upoints. in the Senate. p Dealers as does the Washington, 100: lost by 11. tions and to permit the industrial stream4 Every light-weigis Deal New elections 30; lost by 32. of indicate the that the Wayne, Summing up organization which they necessi- lined train operating in this counreceived 3304. 5000; Weber, managing to hold its own but by narrowing margins in several tated, that led to the formation of try produced more traffic than is the score on the The the C. I. 0. otner trains and substantial earn- countiesfollowing instances. we placed in the column The realists of today are, the ings, showed that more people are Of course the election returns have given the Republican leaders sure for the G. O. P. as reasonably of the C. I. 0., who start increasingly using these luxury c&ndid&tc election front since their to over spread with principles of organization de- trains. pages papers plenty Garfield, 300; Thomas carried it 5 The Board of Education in day. But from the genuine news point the much heralded Re- vised to follow the lines of mod- 42. New York City has had great diffi- byKane, 250; received 200. publican successes at the polls are not proving as successful as ern American industry. culty in securing teachers in the A some anticipated, but as newspaper Sevier, 500; received 271. copy it sure is . being 15111 G. I. O. starts with an sciences and in vocational training. iTi Wasatch, 400; received 211. worked over from every conceivable angle. Ihe balloon is due enormous advantage over the real- - The salary is $4,500 per year, with The following is the result in the to burst shortly and whenever the kept press balloon blows ists of 1881, in that its sound prin- - long vacations, pensions, and other seven counties we placed in the little-trie- d About forty such doubtful list: idea but advantages. up from over inflation, they have another fright inspiring rubber ciples are not a whose elastic hide is filled with press gas and hot air, bX teachers are now needed, but very monster, Daggett, 25 as possible majority . are being received, I either taking the form of strong few applications way; Thomas carried it by to give the voter an attack of political nightmare. permanent industrial unions with although during the depression I voteg I It is predicted that when the kept press gives up its fairy millions of members in all the basic hundreds of teachers made applies- - lg Davi 100. Thomas received 14 tale about New Deal defeat they are going to endeavor to con- - Mnsf5Jes tion for these positions. The mdi-- 1 majorjtyes cations are that those who are . Ju vince their readers that F. D. is craftily endeavoring to win a not Iron 200; Harris carried it by , for growth upon qualified are getting better-payin- g iqo tniraterm. . Kai(inK existing unions, as did the I jobs in industry because of the de . Morgan, 100; Harris, 49. I here isn t a scintilla of evidence to support the expected A. F. L. It is already established mand their services, for Rich, 100; Harris, 88. competition in I These are just a few samples of yarn. Naturally, admirers have suggested a third term. Un- - without effective San Juan, 75; Thomas, 15. n mSt mportant es-1 the if desired the President shatter to jndustrmsSt doubtedly, precedent Sanpete, 400; Harris, 141. pI?f pf so bad when you take into Not I tablished by George Washington, the next Democratic national 'TheTompletion of whffiJr? 'a re were 0TOC1AIL hard-heade- d -- s, ht havTwiv j j 1 convention would pick him as its standard-beareHowever, everything indicates that the President ex- pects to retire to the privacy of Hyde Park early in January. 1941. He hopes his successor will be a Progressive Democrat. the reactionary wing of the party control the national convention, he might consent to make another race, but not organization r. I membership so far in excess 1 I the hmzom AIlof I S'toftoshoereof.JaiaJjit, Jhafhad1ibeaovereomee inThevT of who declare that the country has I ficafjon campaign conducted bv 5, tr.ade Twbjca gone to the dogs special interests and their kept ake up ?.ost of the A. F. press. they are likely to" be "drawn It was not the fault of the Retually into its orbit, in one form that Senator even-Shou- ld publican daily papers Thomas was not defeated. They otherwise to best done their that accomplish ... . Gompers Called Red By M. L T. sent The end. its If Roosevelt runs for a third term in 1940, it will be just morning paper One historical comparison the political writer throughout another cake-wal- k for him. But Roosevelt will not run again will amuse C. I. O. union leaders I on THE PASSING state and his articles made valuable if he can find another man who can ( 1 ) win the nomination, ho today confront so many red j OF A RELATIVE for the Republican propaganda had the incumbent He candidate. (2) win the election, and (3) be a proven New Dealer warrant- - caare.3. apd slanders, is that al The sun broke through the clouds I practically speaking beat in almost ed not to fade, shrink or give. But the rub is that such a man for a few moments as we laid her I every county in the state, cannot be found, which will virtually force Roosevelt to run weary body to rest in its mother I Then, again, the publicity com- again in 1940 to continue the work of the New Deal. I President Franklin D. Roosevelt is not expected to make I wiif Samuel Gom-- 1 It was the first time that death, campaign headquarters apparently ame mistake that President Theodore Roosevelt made in tobfograX of attack hv 7ith, a!J 2essae had made several serious mistakes. The 1 90S. when he .pon.ozed William Howard Taft a, hi, ,ucce,- press; daily kept sor. Taft was a flop so far as following of policies and program I tbe lm f the Pittsburgh conven- -' prayer. , of the the while friends Senator, as a rep of Teddy" was concerned. President Tafts failure to carry I Some of the children were all but I the weekly press, was left holding resentative of the Socialist rule-oShe had died very I the sack. inconsolable. on resulted in the formation of the Progressive party headed by ruin element. I suddenly. The Utah Labor News did its full Mr. Roosevelt, and consequent defeat of the Republican party History repeats itself, it seems, While realizing the weakness of duty for the Senator. This was in 1912 presidential election and election of Woodrow Wilson, but its repetitions are in the na words at such a time, a thought, I done without the aid of the state 325 ones before had'bee a com- Democrat, to the presidency. H C7 O I Ti? Your Observer predicted that to. to . Wtod on,being ex--1 Many things can happen in the next two years, but our ago, represents a realistic at pressed. to one of the grief Congressman Abe Murdock is rea- said I t. is the Deal that New sentiment guess is lndustrlal stricken boys: stronger today genuine sonably sore to carry 22 of the 25 than it was a year ago, and indications are that in the 1 940 cam nreblL. a think Do not for let counties yourself comprising the First Con- Uni in oAdtiiren S0Ufu moment that you are LEAVING gressional district. He carried 23, paign this issue will sweep the presidential, congressonal and Drinoinlp to Jtf Y0UR MOTHER HERE. If she losing only Kane and Rich. L- - ll T3 state elections by big majorities. "d As was predicted by your Ob- memr$MpUSand Vestablfshed pog I kd b"n in I I foot to hand came a or a here server bury Congressman J. W. Robin-f- n a F L .reasonable to you would not think that we were son carried each of the four coun- Two Pittsburgh pmbprein ippe tbe an c,pate mother- - 0r, should a ties in the Second district. thatjb, future progress, The Federation Conventions w&ch was bringing a won- iaL.r.r.T.ddai,!-radioless move- - derful Pittsburgh in 1881 had no full-tim- e voice to you, be suddenly AN OBJECT LESSON no ment and which is it to executive, headquarters super-- 1 smashed coming a not think would for By LEN DE CAUX you very little money. It had to bat- sede. moment that the music had disap You want more money Why, It is an interesting coincidence tle bitterly for many years, with peared out of the universe. that the first convention of the C. many ups and downs, against the SIGNS OF my boy, I worked three years for Yes, I know, he replied, but $10 a month in this I. O. should be held in the same city prevailing labor movement before business. did they take her now? She Now Im the owner! very why and on almost the same day of the it finally forged ahead. PROSPERITY was so young. The C. I O., on the other hand, Well, you see what happened to year as the convention from which We cannot yet fully fathom the which did not start as a dual the A. F. L. dates its origin. boss. No man who treats his your By DR. CHARLES STELZLE mystery of life and death any workers like that can hang on to On November 15, 1881, there movement, has become the main Executive Director, Good Neighbor J more than twenty-fiv- e years ago his job. gathered in Pittsburgh a conven- body of organized labor in three I we had much of any idea how, in League tion of 107 labor union delegates, Will Rogers used to say: All the twinkling of a lash, a voice among whom a young man of the I know - radioed from London is I could be in what newsread the name of Samuel Gompers was a The not in New heard papers. York, newspapers . may H(111 leading spirit. ailIimLrw But we can trust the Infinite always be a safe guide, particularly They voted to establish a per- tional unions and with in deal that with who planned both the laws Creator ,matters politics manent Federation of Organized lished and well financed o?ganiza- an because of and human developments. radio of economics, many Trades and Labor Unions of the tion of lare-- nprsomiAl To advertise in the their editors are He who parswayed by keeps the seasons de- -United States of America and Cantvia a L, copied its first con- - tisan opinions or who promprejudices. pendably in their order, ada." . Gompers became the first stitution almost verbatim from t..at I BUt the trends toward greater ised us as recorded in Genesis vice president. prosperity in the United States 8:22, While the earth remaineth, Five years later this Federation have recently been so obvious that seedtime and harvest, and cold and merged with other unions and even the most conservative newspa- - heat, and summer and winter, and adopted the name of American The ads in this paper , cannot avoid pointing out that day and night, shall not cease, pers Federation of Labor. But the A. we are on the in this has proven that he can be trusted, are read 1 0 times more F. L. has long considered that He who thus dependably provides country. Pittsburgh convention was the real carefully than those apHere are a few of the signs I for human physical need can be re- i i , i date of its birth. r ThlV! whicb have recently appeared in lied upon in each instance to some- pearing in an ordinary ar o p r i iliarUr Contrasts and Similarities how see to it' that the ultimate pur-- 1 newspaper. The first constitutional convenHenry Ford looks forward to pose for creating each soul (for tion of the C. I. 0-- , held exactly 57 one of the most prosperous years in which the physical exists) is ade-oThe readers of this paper years later in the same city, prehistory. He is to rehire 35,000 quately fulfilled in time and eter-me- n sents many instructive contrasts at once. Chrysler has hired nity. are studious readers and with the early convention. 34,000 since August, and more will He who made roses and sunsets not headline hunters. The A. F, L., for one thing, startThere is one significant similar- - be added soon. General Motors I and mother love also planned ed as a minority dual movement in ity, however, between the two con- - also rehired 35,000 men and re- - death. When he had finished s. That is in a realistic ap- - scinds pay cuts. All of this means ing everything in the beginning, opposition to the main union body Try an advertisement in known as the Knights of Labor; proach to current labor and indus- - greater prosperity not only for the he his workmanship pronounced the Utah Labor News. ' over 100,000 men to be taken on in whereas the C. I. O. holds its first trial problems. Then it stands to reason good. convention at a time when it has The founders of the A. F. L. automobile plants, but an even that the final end of it all must J flews and Comment or another, by the force of organ! zational gravity. gS 1 r- , ys SuW Trr J r rth 1 It Pays... ' f Utah Labor flews up-gra- de ur I mak-vention- I v |