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Show Evemnio r3& 2 Cuaipireirutk nU a EDUCATE ORGANIZE cticzt 7 DECi3m t--i COOPERATE SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. DECEMBER VOL X; NO. 23 President Roosevelt Urges Liberals to Keep Up the Campaign For Humanity 5 Cents Per Copy ifh&b Big Business Make Jews and Comment r the Elections By M. L T. LABOR GROUPS JOIN IN NATIONAL OUTCRY AGAINST HITLER TERROR The following is the splendid address of President Roose- - I President Roosevelts strong con V'1 atthe University of North Carolina at Ch.pe! .Vove, The late Justice Cardozo of the supreme court Wrote a r I jewa js beingr matched by similar I expressions from labor leaders, years ago : in law educators and liberal of were If churchmen, a We live in a world of change. body existence adequate for ,h. civilization of .oday it could not I meet the demands of tomorrow. Society is inconstant. gave newspapermen a prepared I . . law. in be no . . can . there statement is it inconstant constancy as saying long opinion Law defines a relation not always between fixed points, but public shocked by the news from Ger-toften between points of varying social our for recover and system many that he himself could positions. . . . There is change I & o I Price: Wall Street liked the November 6 elections. On the day following, the speculators and big capitalists jumped into the stock market with both feet and sent share prices up with a rush. There were not any torchlight parades in the caverns of downtown New York, it was reported, but the demonstration on the Stock Exchange was a near equivalent, designed to convince a skeptical public of how lovely it would be if confidence" were restored by returning the G. O. P. to Washington that is, the new reformed" G. O. P. And you can expect to hear a great deal about the new liberal G. O. P. in coming months. The jubilation of the Street was only partly spontaneous. In larger measure it was part and parcel of the campaign, led by the Big Business daily press, to inflate those actual gains made by reactionary elements in the November elections, into a false projection of the complete overthrow of the New Deal. It is a campaign to found the illusion that the reactionaries are as good as back in the White House and in control of Congress, and to conceal the real situation that, despite some losses, the New Deal is still the majority party, is still in theVhie House and is still, potentially at least, in control of Congress. The reasonings behind this strategy were transparently n revealed by the comments of Walter Lippman, Wall Streets Number One Thinker." Falling back on his own peculiar mythology, Walter contended that the Republican gains were simply a result of the old law that in each twenty-yea- r period the Republicans win the presidency for three terms and the Democrats for two In other words, that the New Dealers will inevitably terms. be turned out in 1940. Then, reversing his own argument, Walter said Roosevelt possibly can violate this law, but only if he takes extraordinary ground which had been lost under I scarcely believe that such things his conservative predecessor, and could occur in a 20th century civili to restore something of the fight-- 1 zation. I President John L. Lewis of the ing liberal spirit which the nation had gained under Theodore Roose-- 1 c. I. 0. and President William velt It seemed one of our national II Green of the A. F. L. vigorously tragedies that just when Woodrow denounced the Nazi Outrages. Wilson was beginning to accom-- 1 Scores of other labor leaders and I plish definite improvements in the I many local unions have issued living standards of America, the I equally strong statements. World war not only interrupted his President Max Zaritsky of the course, but laid the foundation for I United Hatters, Cap and Millinery 12 years of retrogression. I say Workers, is heading a national this advisedly because it is not committee to raise $100,000 for a progress, but the reverse, when a new Jewish colony at Galilee in nation goes through the madness northern Palestine. , of the twenties, piling up paper Officers of the State, County and profits, hatching all manner of Municipal Workers, C. I.. O., in York protested to the German speculations and coming inevitably to the day when the bubble bursts, consul general, saying liberty-I- t is only the unthinking liber- - loving Americans will not stand for fds in this world who see nothing I these policies' (Continued on page 2) Heywood Broun, Dorothy Thompson, General Hugh S. Johnson and other writers have formed a comECONOMIC mittee to raise funds for the de(Continued on page 8) fense of Herschel Grynszpan, the Political Outlook HIGHLIGHTS assassinawhose Polish Jew young tion of a German diplomat gave the MEETING TO WAGE-HOU- R Utah and U. S. CHIEF As we approach the Christmas Nazis an excuse for their mass atJewish on the '' tack people. . 'season, PROTEST NAZI HAS A BUSY DAY IN r?rrti march forward on practice jrT w.i TrtziizZX . I Ji yizZ fronts. It is true there have been (Continued on Page 7) SALT LAKE CITY some sharp reverses in the security markets of late, but they have been NATIONS VOTERS PUBLIC IS INVITED LABOR ON ITS CONFERS WITH COMMITTEES, due, not to the business situation, DECIDED ON MANY A TO SUNDAY ADDRESSES EMPLOYERS but largely to the severely strained STATE PROPOSALS FORWARD MARCH NIGHTMEETING relations between this country and AT FIRST AND EMPLOYES A great many laws, amendGermany an immensely serious METHODIST CHURCH matter whose end is not yet in ments and principles were voted on C. I. O. STOCKYARD UNION Wage-Hou- r Administrator Elsight, and whose ultimate effect at the November 8 general election, WORKERS RETURN TO JOBS mer F. Andrews A of Washington, D. voice to a PLANTS proCHICAGO now public cannot meeting on commerce and trade in various states. Here are a few: IN C.r in a of test Nazi put busy day in Salt Lake be accurately forecast. persecution a against California rejected the $30 Seven hun- Jews, Catholics and other minori- City Monday, explaining the workCHICAGO (UNS) A glance over the complete fig-- ( week payment in scrip to the unAct. During Continued on page 5) Germany, will be held at the ings of the Wage-Hoemployed and aged and the anti- dred C. I. O. workers in theto Union ties in Methodist the forenoon he conferred with the 202 East work First returned Yards here church, labor amendment to the constitu- Stock committee from the Trade two Union Second South a street, Sunday night, tion. Monday morning following LABORS I weeks 8 oclock. The gath unit of the Labors The December members 11, strike. men, scheme The pension NON-PARTISA- N was advocated by Jackson H. Ral-- 1 of Local 567 of the Packinghouse ering is under the auspices of a League H.of Utah, visited GovernorBlood, had a press conjoint protest committee sponsored Henry ston, friend of the late Samuel Workers , Organizing Committee, be and received several delewommen ference, at-to and 1 almost voted accept LEAGUE many prominent unanimously Gompers and for many years his at hotel. At noon he en Lake gations submitted the of Salt a n L. City. by A. F. peace proposal the tomey for addressed a n com-siomeetThe announcement the of meeting of representaNATIONAL OFFICES Oregon turned down a $60 pen- Union Stockyards and Transit tives of business and employers, W. A. Rev. the made was Edward J. ing by to the aged, but instructed itslpany through Mayor OUTLINE PROGRAM and in the afternoon at the State Lake the of Salt Lyons, national president Kelly, Congressmen to seek a FOR ACTIVITIES a Senate chamber he addressed chairto Ministerial and The Association, would consider which agreed company convention recognize orof of on of the committee representatives program. gathering E. L. Oliver, executive vice pres the Townsend plan as an amend-- 1 the PWOC as sole bargaining man labor. addressed be The will ganized continue negotia-I- t and would meeting Federal ment Constitution, to the agent the of directing ident, in charge At the Hotel Utah meeting Mr. n hours, working by several speakers, including the pro-- 1 tions on wages, also approved the national activities of the Labors Andrews I conditions and other C. I. O. de was introduced by SenaRev. the Unitarian Jacob of def eated it. Trapp League at Washing- posal while Washington D. Thomas, chairman of tor Elbert D. Rice, deputy Utah church; John Colorado has an old age pension mands. ton, D. C., has outlined activities committee which the conference E. one Senator State voted men The attorney general; stipulation for the League branches for the of $45 a month. A tremendous wrote final the of the Wage-Hou- r draft conclude H. M. D. must and nego-DakopresiOliver, the Royle, failed. North company coming year. In a letter to State drive to repeal this Act. I approved minimum old age tiations with the C. I. O. and sign dent of the Negro Congress. and Local Officers of the League, Wesley O. Ash, Western regional a written contract within the next Mayor John M. Wallace will inmonth. a of $40 pensions he says: of San Francisco, and director, E. Lawrence be would Senator 10 troduce State Missouri reduced the 'old age days or another, strike Elections of 1938 are over. State James F. I of will act chairman who as King, chief of the edicalled. Nelson, and local branches of Labors Non pension limit from 70 to 65 years. section torial of the administrthe meeting. The Rev, J. E. Nash, The union is demanding a Arkansas voted to retain the poll Partisan League must turn their ator I hour accompanied Mr. Andrews week, with time and a half pastor of the Third Presbyterian attention now to the battles ahead Music lere. a will offer prayer. inter- for overtime, wage increases, church, Maryland voted a of us. To Prosecute Chiselers a closed union will be provided by an augmented These branches of the League val between the granting of a mar- - I written contract, In interview with the Utah an check-of40 dues union of and choir of f a voices, singing Negro made an excellent showing in the riage license and the performance shop Mr. Andrews anLabor News, Wide support for the strike was tfegro spirituals. In a word, it primary and general elections of of thetheceremony. would soon instinounced he that I meetthe of the sponsors Among "" old man time to catch up. secured from other locals of the this year. But progressive forces gives chiselers on pay tute of prosecution are: J Workers 1 Committee, ing apPackinghouse s, both in Condid suffer Oregon by a 4 to majority scales and hours. State Attorney General Joseph well as from commission medical exami-la- s proved gress and state legislatures, bethat his legal staff I chants and s. The Chez, women. and bemen for Judge Herbert M. Schiller, is He intimated cause of rural discontent and of violaout Dean complaints sorting Levi rofessor Edgar Young, cause our organization in some voters also defeated two proposals best to the act pospick Vfyrtle Austin, the Rev. Theodore tion of the districts is not yet as strong as it to legalize gambling, and approved WIDE PUBLIC WQRKS Jud-dn- s, court sible cases for hearings. Houston Rev. G. PROGRAM the FOR JOBLESS of Lilley, destruction gamthe seizure and can be made. Mr. Andrews expressed satisfacMrs. A. J. Gorham, Mrs. It is all the more important that bling equipment. Maryland, by a URGED BY DELEGATES with the working of the Act, tion Dr. H. James Plumb, Wolfe, HT. we put our best efforts into the narrow squeak, defeated a proposal Theron pointing out that the diviMrs. K. though Mrs. John WASHINGTON (UNS) Noting Hardy, to legalize gambling. job now coming up. are still so limited that funds sions HerColorado voted down a proposal the existence of a body of 12,500,-00- 0 armelee, Allen T. Sanford, First We must get ready now is not yet posenforcement GraB. and Ada proper bert Maw, Mrs. Taylor unemployed workers able to fight for progressive and labor to repeal the chain store tax. 24 men are working in sible. Only conO. A. C. Dr. W. Rev. I. to the the Lucas, ham, work, Illinois instructed the states willing laws in Congress, state legislaDa-field the for the J. division, and a congressional delegation to vote vention "went on record for a two-ye- Ruth P. Koshuk, Hiss Mabel M. I. number of regional office appointtures, and city councils. federal public works program nuser, William Higbee, Second We must build local no on all legislation for drafting A. to Clem S. ments have not yet been made. in wide Lewis, J. scope on provide enough to Thompson, American foreign more boys branches fight strongly League W. all R. Tyn-dal- e, the Dr. Benefits Under Law and Mrs. for jobless. Schramm, employment and more completely for city and soil. as W. the conEvidence Dr. Provisions for that the law is benethe from program, eliminated Angleman, Sydney Texas county elections, wherever such Genfiting the nations workers was stitution a provision which requires outlined in the resolution, included Dr. F. M. McHugh, Brigadier elections are to be held in 1939. in Dixon A. workers eral seen in a survey conducted by the Carl jobs Badger, George Third We must redouble our all candidates for office to swear employing joblessneeds to skills Mrs. and Bureau of Labor Statistics, which suited E. Gail James their duel. Snell, Martin, whole organizing efforts, because they have never fought a oh amend-Amos and K. A. and that 35,000 workers in found necessary ( socially constitutional thir-projects Hogle, Bagley, Several ( 1940, our critical year, is only on page 4) others. (Continued on page 3) Continued on page 7) Continued on page 7) whether we will it or not. It is recognition of this philosophy that has made the University of North Carolina representative of liberal teaching. And it is my recognition of your recognition of that philosophy that brings me so willingly to Chapel Hill. It is a far cry from the days of my first visit to the university, nearly a quarter of a century ago. I came then because my old chief that great North Carolina liberal, Josephus Daniels told me I should see for myself a great institution of learning which was thinking and acting in terms of today and tomorrow and not in the tradition of yesterday. In those days the leadership of the nation was in the hands of a great president who was seeking . high-pressu- re post-electio- , - r,v ur Non-Partis- $30-a-we- an ek anti-unio- Non-Partis- an ta 40-ta- x. 48-ho- ur set-back- pre-marit- mer-natio- ns al stock-farmer- ar . cot-(Contin- |