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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MAY 12, 1939 Page 8 MENACING INDEPENDENT FARMERS CHAIN-FARMIN- G nomical to kill them off. Major (Generals Die in Bed) Dyer is quite fearless when it comes to killing of other people. Its simple arithmetic to him; less mouths to feed means less expense. And by that dangerous logic, what better way to balance the government budget than by killing off some million unthus and this ending employed annoying business of - PWA, WPA and home relief? And when this is done, the Majors best friends will have less taxes to pay. Said Dyer, "I dont advocate taking EVERY ONE (Caps ours. Ed.) on relief rolls out and giving them a shot. . . . Society is finding so many ways to spend money. This might be a way to save it. In a way, our Major is much cleverer than those Congressmen who voted to slash WPA funds and so condemned at least 400,000 to starvation. At least, his scheme eliminates the possibility that those who were fired from WPA will vote against the budget slashers. Slow starvation, rather than outright slaughter, of the unDealers have used employed is the method that our anti-Neto cut down government expenditures for relief. The Majors call for the "mercy killing of the penniless and helpless is a repeal of the ethical law, Thou Shalt Not Kill." Our reactionary Congressmen have merely amended that Commandment to permit starvation. - (Continued from page 1) acre, whether water is used or not; farmers have to pay this, and therefore, have to reduce wages, they feel, if they don't 1 ex-Maj- or ; .. 'V,, T:r ( yyi I) strike-breakin- arch-reactiona- coat-tail- ' offices. bwAt:t. the ' Bennetts Paints in the most charming colors youve ever seen (including a dozen Ask for these large chips here. Theyre FREE. off-white- of workers ployed in the nations aircraft Select Qjoui Colot the Use the large. Individual color chips showing the 66 shades and tints of newly-electe- PAY LOW WAGES ;; .v Sasy Cfflayf ry s. , sVhr,2': w union-smashin- President R. J. of the United Automobile said he had conferred with leaders and obtained a of support for the Thomas Workers C. I. 0. promise 1 make enough to meet both bills.) Miller and Lux, one of the biggest old corporations in the West, now owns 78,000 acres in three western states; its earnings in 1937 were $2,087,565. California Packing Corporation, or CalPak, operates canning and packing plants in 10 states, Hawaii and 45 cities; it has 20,000 acres in orchards, employs 35,000 workers season ally, and made a profit of close to five million dollars in 1937. These are some "farmers of California. The Caliornia Railroad Commission reports that the four big railroad companies, Santa Fe, Western Pacific, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific, were all financing Associated Farmers, as were the Pacific Gas and Electric (who kept Tom Mooney in jail 22 years) and Southern California Gas Company. The interlocking business organizations have octopussed beyond all imagining in recent years; they, are intermingled with citizens' g g committees and womens "patriotic groups, such as Neutral Thousands and Women of the Pacific, Take as an example (though hes no "worse than many others), a Charles McIntosh. I as governor of California. Mr. OlMr. McIntosh is a director of California Packing Corpora- NEWS AND COMMENT son Is also a native of Utah. Mr. Christensen is not new in tion, director of Miller and Lux, and president of the San Fran(Continued from Page 4) Los Angeles city council. Two the cisco and Fresno Land Company. Hes a director of the San an cant stand it. years ago, after serving one term, Joaquin Power and Light, just merged with the Pacific Gas and Not that the Democratic party as he refused to become a candidate Electric, of which he is also a director. He is president and a whole is much better. President for reelection. Roosevelt as an individual is libdirector of the Bank of California, which is the banking concern eral more liberal than his for his farming and packing operations CalPak. He is a direc- The Democrats prate a goodparty. deal AUTO UNION LAUNCHES ORGANIZING DRIVE tor of the Merchants Exchange, ,of the Oceanic and Oriental about liberality, and many reac- IN AIRCRAFT been elected into reNavigation Company, which is tied to the American Hawaiian tionaries have and Matson Lines, and a director of the Pacific Telephone and sponsible offices on Roosevelts d The executive Telegraph Company. Mn McIntosh is a director of the San The Republicans could take a board of the United Automobile Joaquin Kings River Canal and Irrigation Company, a director lesson from the Democrats in Workers, C. I. O., held its first of the San Francisco Clearing House Association and a director meeting in Toledo, Ohio, and announced plans to spur organization of the Russ Building, where Associated Farmers have their OUR PRESS IS FREE-- TO emof thousands 1 councils, and local unions of air- craft workers. s). in- They are roping the innocent independent farmers. Many of the real independent farmers are beginning to see that the Associated Farmers prorate act, and the Associated Farmers constant warfare on labor, lowering of wages and persecution of migratory is not in the interest of independent farmers at all. The real farmer is badly caught until he realizes that his interest is with the working farm laborer and industrial worker.' If the worker makes low wages, he cannot spend in the shops around. He cannot buy his children shoes so that they can go to school. And he cannot buy milk, vegetables and other things that the farmer produces that make up the principal menu at the workingmans table. Every time an independent farmer is patronizing a chain institution be what it may he is placing shackles upon himself and at the same time he is blocking the future opportunities dustry, The child labor provisions of the The board voted to set up an airGLASS & PAINT CO Wage-HoAct do not apply to craft organizing committee com- BENNETT 5 W. First South newsboys under 16 unless they get posed of a drive director, representheir newspapers from the plant tatives of state and city,C. I. O. where they are printed, the Childrens Bureau of the Department A A Hearty Welcome to Labor Refresh Yourself of Labor has announced. Elisha Hanson, lawyer for the CONS CONFECTIONERY AND GROCERY American Newspaper Publishers Fountain Service Fancy Groceries association, said he was very pleased with the ruling, because it 202 East 5th South Wasatch 9765 Always at Your Service would exempt practically all of the newsboys in the country. Newspaper publishers wont yell so loudly against the Wage-Hou- r law now that the freedom of the BEST WISHES press to pay less than wages has been The independent farmer and the industrial worker have everything in common. They should learn to cooperate and work together in combatting the spread of the interstate chains, whether they are in farming, merchandising or anything else. Farmer-labo- r cooperation and understanding of each other's problems is the need for the salvation of American democracy. FORMER SALT LAKER WINS CITY OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES crop-picker- s, ur 61-6- j 7 R. W. FRANK & CO. for his own children. WHOLESALE LUMBER Parley P. Christensen, native of Utah and a former prominent at-- 1 tomey of Salt Lake City, was elected city councilman in the recent city election in Los Angeles. He defeated an incumbent by a large majority. Mr. Christensen has been active in support of the liberal cause in politics for many years. In 1920 he was the national Farmer-LabHe camnominee for president. Follette-Wheel-La paigned for the ticket in 1924. (Building Trades Union Press) In 1938 Mr. Christensen did efThe last word on "Stop Government Spending was ut- fective campaigning in California tered by a retired Major Edward L Dyer of the United States for the successful election of his g friend, Culbert L. Olson, Murder the Unemployed And Cut Relief Costs 5th West Wasatch 6434 y 0ER1TURY or er mmm Utahs oldest and largest UNION Printing Plant life-lon- army. The Major, retired, but apparently for, tossed out this bright suggestion on how the government can save money on the old folks. 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