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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MARCH 24. 1939 NEWS AND COMMENT (Continued from page 1) right, to the Federal Government. of more than have ratified a new contract signed between the union and the B. F. Goodrich Rubber company, Akron, Ohio. GOVERNOR USES -l, t CHICAGO STOCKYARDS Monopolies Investigating SIGN C. I. 0. CONTRACT committee is obviously out to show C. I. 0. stockhandlers in Chicago the need for regulation. VETO AX ON OLD AGE CHANGES are overjoyed at the final settleWilliam Randolph Hearst has ment of their strike of last Novemn dollars in ber against the Union Stockyards lost a coo,l a as revenue result of and Transit company, signed last advertising his stubborn opposition to the Chi- week. cago Newspaper Guild strikers on r. LABOR UNITES AND the Evening American and WINS AT POLLS half-millio- Herald-Examine- The regional office of the National Labor Relations Board in Kansas City; overruling , protests of Ford company attorneys, took steps to shorten testimony by the company as the Ford hearing entered its second year. Tom Mooney has accepted an invitation to attend the 1939 convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, to be held in Denver starting on August 7. Standing shoulder to shoulder, C. I. 0. and A. F. L. union members in Soux City, Iowa, got out the biggest vote for a special election in the citys history to help smash an attempt by reactionary business men to change the city government from the commission to the manager form. Labor Pact Made By Contractor . HELPER An agreement wher by all local union labor will be on the Helper pipe line been signed by the C. I. has project ed MINE AND SMELTER WORKERS TO MEET The Utah District convention of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers, will meet in Salt Lake City beginning 10 a. m., Saturday, April 1, announced E. M. Royle, district secretary - treasurer. President A. Davis will be in charge of the sessions which will continue for three The accomplishor four days. 0. and the Niels Fugal Construction company, Frank Bonacci, Utah field representative for the C. I. 0., . announced.- - Work on the project will start immediately, and will take about four months. Employment will be furnished for about 75 men. THE PEOPLE WON ments of the organization for the THIS TIME past year will be reviewed, and a (Price program for the coming year will The people of Utah won a real del. be mapped out. More than 50 unions victory in the closing days of the egates from the local late legislative session when the dithroughout the state will attend. rect primary election bill was with an amendment in it passed STATE C. I. 0. COUNCIL which provides for secret balloting TO MEET IN PARK CITY at party conventions where the organization takes place. ' The annual convention of the party In a number of counties thi$ reUtah Council of the C. I. 0. will quirement has not been necessary open its session in Park City on for the party organizations in Wednesday, April 26, announced those instances have have in the President A. M. Petersen of the ( conducted their party 'officer State organization. More than a past elections through use of secret balhundred delegates are expected to lots. However, in some of the attend. other counties this was necessary, particularly some of the larger CONGRESS GETS PROTESTS centers where the political manipulator gets in his work. The primary election measure F. L. peace Though C. I. O.-retains the present law innegotiations stole the news spot- passed as basic principles are consofar light, labors protest against any the runoff feature changes in the Wagner Labor Re- cerned, the retentions. It wasbeing imlations Act continued to mount, among be retained runoff this that portant said a report from Washington. if the interests of the people are to served. A determined fight was be SAN FRANCISCO PRINT waged by the reactionary interests TRADES JOIN LEAGUE to eliminate the runoff because it is beneficial to the interests of the The Allied Printing Trades Coun- people and detrimental to the pocil of San Francisco, with a mem- litical bosses and their hangers on, bership of more than 6000, has af- it will strengthen the power of the filiated with Labors people and lessen that of the political boss and manipulator. California. of League Under the new measure, providMore than 500,000 California workers are now represented in the ing it is signed by the governor, it will now be possible for a public Leagues California branch. employe to attend a convention and vote 'his honest choice for officers GOODRICH SIGNS of his party organization without UNION CONTRACT the possibility of his action being checked up on by the cogs of the Members of Goodrich Local, political machine. United Rubber Workers, by a vote Yes, Utah won a great victory Sun-Advoca- te) A, Non-Partis- an FOOD GOOD 1 SUTTONS CAFE I -- 127 South Main St., Salt Lake City The Only Wrecker of Its Kind in Intermountaln West No cables or chains to break bumper arms, ladiator grills, dent or mar radiator shells, head lights, feeders or paint, as done by ordinary tow cars. It IS your right and privilege to call any wrecker you want INSPECTION STATION NO. 21 Brakes 44 North Xnd West providing for a junior college at Roosevelt. S. B. 264, an appropriation for the purchase of $100,000 Waa. Wheel Alignment Motor Work Washing Body and Fender Work Greasing Painting Gas and Oil Accessories IU Towing of prop- erties adjacent to the Weber college campus. H. B. 285, providing for a survey by the state engineer looking to the cleaning of the banks and channel of the Jordan river and a general improvement of this water course. H. B. 270, relating to the fees collected by the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural College. The Governor claimed the provisions of this bill were covered by S. B. 214, which he approved. Signs Appropriation Bill Governor Blood signed the 'general . appropriations bill following a veto of individual items to the total of $298,000. in the passage of the direct primary election measure and it is to be hoped that the people of the state will follow this up by exercising to the limit the use of their newly won freedom when they par- ticipate in public elections and the elections at their tions. conven- party 30-ho- Non-Partis- ur an TRADE UNION LEAGUE MEETS Welfare Group Will Entertain THURSDAYS The Utah Conference for Human Welfare, recently formed by Utah The Trade Union unit of Labors men and women, will entertain the League will meet general public at a musical tea to Thursday evening beginning March be given Sunday, March 26, be30. This change was voted at the tween the hours of 5 and 7 p. m. regular meeting held Monday night at the Utah State Art Center, 59 at the Association halls 168 South South State Street. West Temple street. The conference was formed to Legislation passed by the recent combat race prejudice and discrimsesion of the State legislature was ination against minority groups. reviewed. Among the speakers Aims and purposes of the organwere State Senator Lawrence E. ization will be explained at the Nelson and State Representative by Dr. Ruth P. Koshuk, P. S. Marthakis. conference chairman. A' musical President A. M. Scott had charge program arranged under the aus' of the meeting. pices of Mr. Freddie Stanley will include vocal and' instrumental numbers. Dr, L. C. Zucker is secCONSUMER NOTES retary of the conference. Non-Partis- an tea-meeti- (Continued from page 2) yams that extend all over the reverse of the fabric. Damasks and brocades do not hold up under hard wear. Choose them for bedroom pieces or for parlor and formal furniture, not for furniture that will get lots of heavy treatment. Has large designs Tapestry: or even pictures woven into the fabric. . It is a rib weave on which you can see the corded foundation of the fabric. It wears extremely well if pliable and firmly woven. Repp: A solid color fabric with a cross-wis- e ribbed effect. Wears well if firmly woven. Armure: A rib weave, similar to a tapestry, but with small designs woven into the fabric. It is WILLIAM QUINN FUNERAL RITES HELD WEDNESDAY A funeral Beautifully arranged rites were held over the remains of William Quinn, well known labor leader, Wednesday afternoon at the Neil ODonnell funeral chapel, 372 East First South street. Burial was in the Iron Workers Union plot at the City cemetery. Speakers at the chapel services were M. I. Thompson, representing the Labors League; Frank Noller for the Building Trades Council, and Rev. Jacob Trapp, pastor of the Unitarian ng Soltless Soul A backwoods woman, the soles of whose feet had been toughened by a lifetime of shoelessness, was standing in front of her cabin fireplace one day, when her husband addressed her: Youd, better move your foot a mite, maw, youre standin on a live coal." She said, nonchalantly Which foot, paw? Welcome, Fellows j First Aid Equipment, Safety I I Supplies and Clothing I UNIVERSAL SAFETY APPLIANCE CO. j JACK COOMBS, Mgr. - 69 E. 4th So.- ' Was. 1629 Leading Manufacturer For Over 38 Years Presenting the Last Word in Knit Goods Salt Lake Knitting Store . . 42 SOUTH MAIN I I j , SALT LAKE CITY THE CHRISTENSEN MACHINE CO. an church. Musical selections were rendered , by the Evans sisters. Mr. Quinn died at a nursing j home, 818 Sixth East street, 10:30 p. m., Sunday, March 19, following an illness of several weeks ENGINEERING AND DESIGNING CUSTOM MACHINE WORK GRAY IRON CASTINGS , duration. He was bom February 2, 1870, in Gloucester, Mass., a son of William and Mary Quinn. He started out in business as a newsboy, then a seaman on ships plying all the seas and visiting ports in many countries. The biggest part of his life was spent as a bridge and structural iron worker. He came to Utah 25 years ago, making his headquarters in Salt Lake City, while working at his trade in all of the states. For many years he was a secretary-treasurand business representative of Local No. 27, Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in Salt Lake City. He served for two terms as vice president of the Utah State Federation of La inter-mounta- er GRAY MOTOR SERVICE, Inc. Waa. tfOS Richfield. Non-Partis- 4 j Among the bills passed by the recent legislature which were vetoed by Governor Henry II. Blood was S. B. 296, which was originally introduced to reduce the old age assistance rolls. The bill was strenuously opposed by old-ag- e groups, labor and other liberals. In the closing days of the legislature the House amended the bill to make it more liberal, and .ihe Senate accepted the amendments. The Governors veto means that the law passed two years ago will continue in full force. The Governor also killed by his veto the legislation for a low-co- st housing enabling act, slum clearance and legalizing housing authority bonds. These were S. B. 66, 67 and 92. v Miners Hospital veto-ax The was also used to kill S. B. 69, providing for the establishment of a miners hospital ih connection with the tuberculosis sanatorium in Ogden. The veto of this measure was a great disappointment to the thousands of miners in the state. Another important bill vetoed was H. B. 225, which provided for the organization of medical and dental cooperatives. The measure was sponsored by farm and labor groups. Other measures vetoed were: S. B. 27, providing for the establishment of a junior college at S. B. 54, bor, and for the last three years as also a durable fabric. vice president of the Trade Union n unit of the Labors DO ACID FRUITS League. AND MILK MIX?" Mr. Quinn served as one of the labor representatives on conciliaYpu can eat acid fruits and wash tion board in labor disputes under them down with a glass of milk if NRA. This board made a 100 per you want to with no fears that an cent record in settling misunder- acute case of indigestion will folstandings between employers and low. employes in Utah. He was also a .Taken separately or mixed, member of the minimum wage es- writes the Consumers Guide, acid tablishment committee, created fruits and milk at the same meal should be no bugaboo. following the passage of State week and minimum wage law The fruits may curdle the milk, on public works by the Utah legisbut what of it? Gastric juices in lature in 1933. the process of digestion will curdle For 23 years he made his home the milk anyway. with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bosley, The fallacy that acid fruits and 2941 South Second West street. rpilk 'dont mix has no truth to it His friends were many, and his at all." good deeds were known far and wide. FEDERAL PROTECTION The Tuneral arrangements were FOR GAUZE BANDAGES made jointly by the Iron Workers local and the Labors Manufacturers of gauze bandLeague. ages sold across State lines will have to be sure their products Lifes work well done, reach consumers in a perfectly sanLifes race well run. itary state hereafter if they want to keep clear of penalties under the Lifes work well done, Then comes rest. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. John Mills. 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