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Show 1 t KlGsruew o2 Ouunreinift E-veirat- o may i ; 0i EDUCATE ORGANIZE COOPERATE VOL X; NO. 44 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 5, 193 Trecpasoing at the Capital ROOSEVELT-THOMA- SUGGESTED TO HEAD TICKET IN 1940 By A. I. HARRIS Editor Utah Labor News: I see by the press reports that the Utah C. I. 0. unanimously indorsed ROOSEVELT SEEN AS THIRD TERM CANDIDATE Evidence is accumulating daily that the presidential candi date which the Republicans will have to face in 1940 will, it not unlikely, be none other than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. is This evidence points strongly to the probability that if the Democratic convention nominates a New Dealer that New Dealer will be Roosevelt; and there are many close to Roose velt who feel confident that if the convention nominates a conservative, Roosevelt can be induced to head a third party move ment in order to prevent junking of the New Deal. With the anti-NeDeal bloc within the party possessing great potential strength, many New Deal leaders are beginning to feel that Roosevelt is the only New Dealer capable of win ning the Democratic nomination. Appointment of w tives by the administration to re- sponsible positions where they can control state delegations has proven a great mistake; the- - chickens are now coming home to roost. Talk to a New Dealer who has an entre at the White House about the Presidential outlook and when he gets to the confidential stage he will almost invariably say, Roosevelt, of course. He will run if he has to, I am sure. And had Roosevelt definitely made up his mind not to run under any conditions, he would have announced that fact, so that his friends could get back of Hopkins, Jackson, Murphy, Hull, Wallace, Douglas, Farley, or any other potential New Deal candidate. This S is most significant. Not only do many liberal Demo- crats feel that Roosevelt is the only New Dealer who could win the Democratic nomination, but they also feel that he is the only candidate who can secure a Democratic victory at the polls. The rejuvenated Republicans wearing a liberal coat of paint to cover up their we want to conservatism the make liberalism work kind are not going to be so easy to take in President Roosevelt for a third term. Good for the C. I. 0.1 Every other branch of organized labor throughout the nation should follow suit and, not only organ' ized labor, but all working people. Who is there today who could step into Roosevelts place and carry on the fight for the rights of the people as Roosevelt can. Thats the question. Who can successfuly carry on? So I say lets all of us the great American Labor Movement get on the band wagon and shout and fight for Roosevelt for a third term. The small independent farmers, or at least the farmers who are struggling to remain independent; the small business men, the professionals, and the great mass of still yet unorganized workers are aU in the same class or condition. They all need Roosevelt for a third term. The plain, simple fact is the people must be served and saved. The black forces of reaction, ex- ploitation, domination and oppression must be stayed and stopped. Who can lead the forces of progand liberation as Roosevelt ress 1940. can? Which adds up: Roosevelt has Roosevelt will need a running to run. mate and who is there better for If you are looking for additional vice president than our own Elbert evidence consider the following: D. Thomas? I heartily endorse the C. I. 0. (Continued on page 3) endorsement of Franklin D. Roosevelt for president and respectfully propose Elbert D. Thomas of Uah E. A. M., for vice president. Utah State C. 1. 0. Annual Meet Asks Third Term For President Roosevelt Price: SS 5 Cent Per Copy F .trality A Hot Fight uw 1 Beginning By MARJORY HARRIS Come May and June, and the nations capital isnt the coolest 'spot on the map. And its not going to be any cooler when the neutrality fights gets under way. What part will the United States play in the international scene? Opinions vary on the neutrality issue. AH progressives do not agree on what plan to follow. And all conservatives do flock to any one particular banner. Unlike most issues, neutrality is not a question of liberals versus conservatives. the peace of the country. Materials stop the aggression of the dictator nations. Still others would scrap the neutrality law altogether. Will Be Fireworks Hearings before the Foreign Relations committee in the Senate started April 5 and will continue until May 6. In the House committee hearings began April 11 and were concluded last Friday. From the 15 House bills presented the committee will rewrite its bill which will probably be ready this week. And when the bills, House and Senate, get out on the floor, there'll be some nice fireworks! One of the main provisions of the present Neutrality Act expires May 1 that having to do with cash and carry. This particular section gives the President power to prohibit American vessels from carrying materials other than mucountries nitions to belligerent when it is necessary to preserve conapplied to the flict the act would not aid China, since Japan has a large, merchant marine and navy. There are those who see as another weakness in the present bill the fact that undeclared wars are not taken care of. And the present fashion is not to declare war. Those who are strict isolationists believe that the present law should be maintained, and scores of them would like to see it strengthened. An important peace organization, the National Council for the Prevention of War, wants the resolution enaetjed, for it feels that the present act would be strengthened by this. To some neutrality means abso- cannot be exported until all title lute isolation. Others would co- and interest of Americans in the operate with the democracies to materials have been given up. If Sino-Japane- se Nye-Bone-Cl- ark Nye-Bone-Cla- rk The resolution sponsored by Sen- ators Nye of North Dakota, Bone of Washington and Clark of Missouri would give Congress, as well (Continued on page 4) y Provo. STOP LABOR DRIVE NEARS CRISIS Young Democrats were given some sound advice by President Roosevelt the other day when he inA. M. PETERSEN UNANIMOUSLY Thursday, the day the Utah La- formed them that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans REELECTED AS HEAD WOMENS bor News goes to press, has alone can elect a President. the deadline for a nationreached AUXILIARY REELECTS MRS. SCHERER Independent voters who owe no allegiance to either old wide walkout of coal miners, the conferees for the operators party are the decisive force in presidential elections. The sucThe third annual convention of Utah State Council of the and the United Mine Workers of cessful candidate must have the support of millions of these nonreach a settlement. partisan voters. For this very rea .Congress of Industrial Organizations, meeting in Park City last America Ever since the Appalachian joint son, the man who succeeds Roose week when the notorious Tom Gird-le- r week, indorsed President Roosevelt for a third term. The reso wage conference opened at New velt cannot be either an issued a blast against the law. lution was sponsored by Rains, Kenilworth and Spring Canyon York on March 14, collective bar- Democrat nor an e Few Congressmen wish to be Republiclocals of the United Mine Workers of America, the Park City, gaining has been undergoing the an who appeals only to party vot- linked with Girdler openly. test in all history of the ers. Senator Elbert Thomas, Utah Eureka and Garfield locals of the International Union of Mine, severest movement. Democrat and chairman of the Senabor President Roosevelt has thus Mill and Smelter Workers, and the Salt Lake City local of the ate Labor The sinister hand of outside usua his to with notice Committee, who is prebrought United Ice and Refrigerator Workers Industrial Union and the has been apparent in the happy faculty for public education siding over the hearings, is one of Salt Lake City local Oil Workers. proceedings. This has kept the the real political situation in this the staunchest friends of the WagI conferees in deadlock. It explains the reason ner Act in Congress. Several times The resolution declared that the Presidents policies had move- country. vicious this of Regardless for the policy of Labors Non he helped out Madden when the latcontinuous proved eminently successful despite the labor by sabotage principle to ment stop Partisan League. True welfare o: ter was baited by Senator Robert business groups and the agents of ' collective bargaining will con- Jhe nation and its workers is best Taft, R., of Ohio and Senator Alof for the past great wealth, and that no other secretary-treasurto function and the U. M. W. served by support of principles, len J. Ellender, D., of Louisiana. statesman yet on the political ho two years, did not seek reelection. tinue When Madden was questioned by will still protect it. A. not parties. It is progress, no The members of the executive of rizon could forward the pro.WASHINGTON un-e- ss old-li- ne old-lin- in-ere- sts of-th- e er carry gram as effectively as Roosevelt board elected are Edward Scherer of Latuda, coal miners; Ray H. himself. Leavitt of Eureka, metal miners; Ability and Courage It was prefaced by a declaration Stanley Duffin of Murray, smelter that President Roosevelt is the workers; Emil .A. Strom of Salt only statesman in recent years Lake City, oil workers, and Vem with the insight, ability and cour- Bullough of Ogden, steel and iron age to put into effect a positive workers. They will succeed David L. Day program to meet grave social and of Columbia, Ralph Rasmussen of economic problems. The preamble to the resolution Garfield, M. Visser and William D move- Thomas of Salt Lake City, none of stated that a nation-wid- e ment should be launched at once whom were candidates for reelecto draft the President for another tion. four years, in defiance of precedOgden was unanimously chosen ence. To achieve this end the as the 1940 convention city. Resolutions Utah C. I. 0. was directed to comresolutions adopted municate its action to progressive the Among labor, agricultural and political United groups , throughout the States. A copy of the resolution will be sent to President Roosevelt. Reelect Petersen te A. M. Petersen, member of local union of United Mine Workers of America, was reelected president by acclamation Friday afternoon. The office of the president was combined with that of the secretary-treasurer, and Mr. Petersen will assume the additional duties. E. M. Royle of Salt Lake City, Cas-tlega- - Hews and Comment By M. L T. EQUALITY AN ILLUSION TEACHERS ARE TOLD Two thousand American parties, that really count. Rally to Save NLRA Thousands of petitions - protesting any changes in the Nations' Labor Relations Act are going to Capitol Hill these days by way of Labors League. The petitions, or forms circulated by the Leagues Washington office, are being signed not alone by labor but also by small business men and citizens generally. Hearings before the Senate Edu cation and Labor Committee have Would Gag WPA Workers offered defenders of the Wagner Labors political forces over the law and the Labor Board their best opportunity yet to get the facts nation are warned to be on guard before the public. Exceptional use against efforts to gag and hamhas been made of this chance by string WPA project workers and Senator Robert F. Wagner, author government employees generally. of the law, and Chairman J. WarActing under a Congressional Elren Madden, of the Labor Board. resolution, Comptroller-Generruled statements that supervisory : Their upholding the liott has law; were models of clarity and and administrative employees of logic and were bolstered with care- WPA are not eligible for memberfully prepared charts and factual ship in Labors data showing the law has operated League. This ruling in itself is in the interest of industrial peace. not so harmful, but there are those Both made such good impressions who misinterpret it to apply to that there has been a noticeable project workers. The man or woman on WPA has slowing up in the drive to emascuAct. 6f Friends late the Wagner just as much political liberty as the Wagner Act had a break this (Continued on page 3) Non-Partis- school teachers were told that they should teach the principles of fascism rather than of democracy, if they want to win the approval of Big This revealing message was brought to the teachers at a conference of the New York State Vocational association in New York were: 1. Urging a loosening of citizenCity. The theme of the conference honThe Employer Speaks to was those for ship requirements Vocational Teachers. estly seeking naturalization. 2. Opposing creation of concenKeynoter of the meeting was Mark Jones, president of the Akron tration camps for aliens, as proConbefore bills Belting company, who told the posed in pending teachers that they should stop gress. il3. A demand for an investigateaching young Americans the setion by the 1941 legislature of the lusions of equality, democracy, and handling of the miners hospital curity, collective bargaining collective apa and fund planning. legislative asking to replenish any propriation We hold these truths to be shortage that cannot be accountthat all men are created ed for, if such is found. on page 4) on (Continued (Continued page 2) ' self-evide- Taft on the subject of what might constitute employer coercion. Senator Thomas broke in to say: The relationship between employer and employee is such that it is not even necessary for the employer to openly express an opinion to intimidate his workers. Even a shrug, a wink, or other gesture, might be coercive. Any action indicating that an employer frowns on the union is likely to influence his employees who are so dependent on him. an -- al Non-Partis- an wy Hfynw.r |