| Show 5:i :3? M 38f3it® —- editorials £gtiigbl April 1871 15 tpj l9ud overy JMt £ato tribune by Tbo morning Sait Lk Trtbuno Salt Ltkt vn How About the Weeds? Wednesday May 7 1947 Publishing Co — FRANK KENT’S COLUMN Bogus Scares Fail to Shake gress on Labor Curbs Utah City Free People Are Not Herded by Masters Who Order Them to Work or Quit In an advertisement appearing in many leading newspapers of the nation set in heavy type and signed by the American Federation cf Labor a few statements appear which had been uttered by trust magnates when antimonopoly legislation was pending a half cen- tury ago “A free America cannot exist without free enterprise" was the cry of industrial monopolists “A free America cannot exist without free labor” echoes the labor leaders- who - check production cripple transportation and deprive consumers of living essentials at intervals throughout every year from one end of the nation to the other Congress enacted laws several decades ago to curtail the power of such monopolies on the ground that their practices restrained trade under pretense of exercising freedom of enterprise Congress is now considering measures to prevent a similar abuse of "freedom” by the exercise of which organized labor at the whim of some disgruntled or dictatorial labor boss deprives infants of milk adults of food families of fuel and the government of its right to shelter returned veterans or rey habilitate a population e In advertisements appearing in metropolitan newspapers the American Federation of Labor makes the following declaration in a series of announcements intended for "advice” to the lawmakers and the “education” of taxpayers and producers in the United States of America: L Control of labor is the first step toward totalitarianism Yet labor unions exist and operate in this capitalistic democracy with greater freedom than in any government controlled by socialists or laborites t 2 The pending labor program is designed to destroy free enterprise by destroying labor Yet the federal government has been defied and the general public has been deprived of beat for homes or fuel for cooking because cf power by which organized labor inflicted deprivations and discomforts on the people to whom these appeals are addressed 3 The proposed labor legislation would drive people into the ranks of communism— as "only reactionary fascists would consider any bill which would make a person work against his will” That is so manifestly absurd coming from labor leaders who compel workers to join' unions to obtain work who close shops against men and women willing to work e that it refutes every appeal of the advertisements war-wear- full-pag- ’ full-pag- Shooting at Road Signs By Phony Hunters Warnings which should be unnecessary have been issued by the state highway commission regarding vandalism wrhich is destroying road signs in all parts of the state Pleas should not be needed because anyone of sufficient responsibility to carry a gun should know that shooting at highway signs is not only a waste of taxpayers’ money theirs included but a certain method of providing the state with bad advertising “We have spent an extra large sum of money Utah’s highways” paid Ray H Leavitt road compiission chairman “in preparation for Centenfaial travel Ytnd we urge citizens to cooperate'' with law enforcement 4 bill to make both parties to a labor contract equally responsible for its enforcement is slavery is it? Any bill to protect a person seeking employment from being forced to join a union and surrender his individual Independence is slavery is it? Any bill to require full and free expression of one’s membership without direction or intimidation is slavery is it? 5 “The recent mandate from the people given to congress” was not a mandate to curtail strikers who were destroying the power and prestige of this nation but "a protest against bureaucracy and wartime regimenta- ex-vi- ce ce 3IY LOYAL FRIENDS By JAMES J METCALFE My greatest treasures are the Who always are the friends same In poverty or plenty and In humbleness or fame Who comfort me when skies are And everything goes gray And counsel me to try wrong with courage new and again They are the ones strong So much whose kindly words To live a better inspire me life each day And practice In every way they charity show that they Are generous and true And any favor I may ask They are prepared to do And someday I may search the world For riches I have known But I Shall never be without The friends I call my own trade tenfold more injurious to health and rights” ‘ft wel- man and Clayton acts of 1890 and 1914 “Free labor has made this country” says the advertisement Free labor will continue to develop this land of opportunity where the equality of citizens is recognized and maintained — where men and women are ready and willing to work on their individual merits to earn or advance without listening to the crack of a whip in the hands of a John L Lewis or a Harry Bridges or a Philip Murray Free labor means the same as every other freedom enumerated in the “bill of rights” — to worship according to one’s choice to vote as one feels impressed to speak or print one’s opinions under legal restrictions no one deplores For freedom is anarchy unless those who exercise it observe the rules which protect the rights and reputations of others “The mandate from the people given to congress’” was too plain and pronounced for any labor leader to distort its meaning and its purpose It was to protect the helpless American consumer rather than the producer Under previous lenient administrations! labor leaders had become arrogant and indifferent to the needs and welfare of the ‘public No man in this republic can decree the punishment of innocent millions because of some dispute over a d contract No man can ignore the authority under which he claims a right to disregard it Nor does any man who orders others to work or to quit or to strike or to picket have any occasion to complain about slavery All he lacks is "a one-side- o’ nine-tails- ” agencies in cutting down the number of highway markers destroyed by vandals who use them for target practice” Police officers county peace officers and highway patrols have been instructed to arrest anyone caught destroying or defacing these road signs It is the business of all citizens to report such vandalism in the interests of the state and their communities Anyone who drives knows the value of highway signs particularly in remote sections where travelers have no other means of getting directions This year many visitors are exand need the for legibile road markers pected will be more necessary than ever Using road signs for targets by hunters is not only destructive but dangerous It is up to the people of this state to see such vandalism is stopped out-of-sta- te so-call- ed United Auto Workers and who was one of the big organizers of the Ford workers has taken a job with big business He’s the new assistant general manager of the Allen Industries One of his jobs is to negotiate contracts with unions Frankensteen has finished 300 pages of a book he’s writing about labor One of the stories he’s including is about strike at Chrysler the eight-wee- k when he accompanied John L Lewis to a negotiating session with Walter Chrysler and K T Keller Lewis and Chrysler each other by their first names but Lewis and Keller irked each other “Mr Keller” Lewis finally roared “there’s only one thing you’ve got over me— a few dollars" Wit: Despite the telephone strike Henry Morgan was awak- ened at 3 am by a long distance Call from Hollywood He heard Mrs Morgan’s - voice: “Hello darling I’m too sick to take the plane back tomorrow and” "What plane? You must be crazy" Morgan replied “You’re not supposed to be coming home tomQrrow or by plane or" Just then the phone was disconnected by the operator who realized that this was not as alleged an emergency call The next day Henry Morgan received a wire from his wife: “You and your quick wit” Distributed by McNaught Syndicate Inc so-call- ed AMERICANS ALL By DR DANIEL A POLING On general principles I oppose special appropriation bills in gress but I’ve just finished reading one that gets all my votes It is a senate bill sponsored by Senator Langer chalrmhn of the civil service committee and Sen- ator Bridges chairman of the appropriations committee This bill would change provisions of a law affecting retirement benefits of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents At the present time if they have served thirty-fiv- e years and reached the age of sixty they may retire on fifty per cent of their basic salary The amendment sets a voluntary retirement age at fifty after twenty years of service in th s bureau are completed Rather unusual? Yes definitely so These men not only face the special hazard of an unusual casing but constantly they are under the mental and chysical strain of a public service that has a schedule On the old basis few of these men are ever able to enjoy the modest benefits of their retirement The Bridges-Lange- r bill Is both In the interests of the FBI agent and the American public 24-ho- ur :4J ' fare than all the policies and practices of industrial monopolies that provoked the Sher- cat Distributed by King Features Syndicate by arrangement with The Washington Star DAVID LAWRENCE SAYS Abused Members 'See Light’ In Coercion Ban on Unions WASHINGTON — The rank and file of the workers are beginAing to see that a majority in congress — Republicans and Democrats — is really seeking to protect laboring men against abuses by union bosses This correspondent received in the mail from St Louis Monday a letter from an employe in a hardware plant who says: “I think you will be interested in the enclosed clipping These refused anboys other shakedown in our place — so the union fired them The (ex-soldier- s) We wQl draw the curtain and show you the picture —Twelfth Night The Bridge Club Meets Well girls here I am still n so to speak It’s so nice of you all to call’ My doctor says that in a couple of weeks he’ll put a walking cast on my foot so that I’ll be able to get around with the aid of a cane We certainly have a collection of canes and crutches around here What did you say my dear? Oh the flowers Yes aren’t they lovely? We had so many for a while that when one of our friends called the first thing he asked was where was the body Just this morning I managed to get my husband to put them in my vases He had them in fruit jars One bunch he put in a milk bottle Imagine What did you say? Where Is my husband? Why he gone over to the grocery And is he mad! Yesterday I asked him to bring home a fresh vegetable and he brought a cucumber I asked him what it cost and he said he didn’t know but he didn’t think it was much because he used to have a hard time giving away the ones he raised on the farm I looked at the slip and he paid 35c Well he just about blew a gasket! He has gone to ask the grocer for the setting He said that when a thing is priced like Jewelry it ought to be set like a jewel I’ll be so glad when I’m able to take care of things myself I’m afraid my husband Is developing a split personality and I want to take over before it splits anymore Is It my lead? chair-ridde- mirror two-colu- and fired from their jobs at Shapleigh Hardware Co it was learned today “The men are Edward Richards 24 of 1952 Wyoming ave navy veteran of the pacific who worked as a clerk and packer in the hardware company and Harry Leach 23 army veteran of the Pacific and former packer at Shapleigh Both had worked for the hardware company before their war service i “ T probably would have taken them (the tickets) but when they told me I had to or lose my job that was a different story’ Richards declared ‘I spent two years fighting against that sort of thing’ " The article goes on to say that the raffle tickets were chances on a new automobile raffled off by the St Louis joint board of retail wholesale and department store union! CIO Officers and shop stewards voted last February that each) of the 7000 union members be required to take a $2 book of tickets so as to raise $14000 for organizational purposes j It appears that about 150 of the 700 members of thel Shapleigh unit first decided to hold out against taking the tickets but the union “put the heat on” The union’s contract with the Shapleigh company provides for a “union shop” and maintenance of membership When the union declares any employe no longer in "good standing” the company is obligated to dismiss the employe without further question Both men were told they could appeal the decision "before! a trial committee” of the union but they felt it would be useless This is a typical instance iln which the employer is required by contract to fire workers at the mere request of the union The senate bill would change all this and set forth that nobody could be fired from a “Closed shop” or a "union shop” for anything else except refusal to pay regular dues Even this concession by the i j That unto Eve her dainty charm proclaimed She went undraped without a single fear or Thought that she had need to j be ashamed ‘Twas only when she’d eaten of the apple That she became inclined to be : a prude The snake should pass the apples 'round again —From an old clipping (incomplete) Notes on the Cuff Department Speaking of flowers I’d like to say a word or two of praise for the garden between the Hotel Utah and the LDS church offices I don’t know who the gardener is but I do know that he’s an artist I've never seen a more- - beautiful arrangement and display of blossoming flowers anywhere I saw a special press preview of “Stairway to Heaven” starring David Niven Kim Hunter and Raymond Massey It’s a delightful fantasy on the order of “Here Comes Mr Jordan" Fabulous sums evidently were spent on jhe sets and the special effects department really went to town The “stairway” is an escalator so tremendous that it practically stuns the imagination The start and supporting cast all are excellent I often wonder what our postman thinks of some of the letters I receive I’m not inferring that he reads them — I only mean the way some of them are addressed Like for instance one I just received It was addressed to “Senor Jamon Park El Rancho Belvedere” i ! There is no basis for such claims and all save the incurably' fanatical and obtuse know It- - It is natural of course for the labor bosses to resist any effort to curb their power but vituperative violence of their propagandists and spokesmen toward this bill marks a new low in cheap and unrestrained demaIt is to goguery note that the vote gratifying in the senate on Saturday as in the house some time ago proves that these tirades have had little or no effect An emphatic majority in both branches (in which are counted many Democrats) strongly favors an effective bill and such a one will be passed The other fact to emerge Is that the accusation made by Senator Morse the Republican “liberal” whose heart bleeds In print almost daily for the “rights of labor" that Senator Taft by ref using to split the measure into four or five different bills is “playing politics” — that accusation could be n?ade with far greater force and reason against the administration Actually the charge that Mr Taft is "playing politics" does not make sense In the first place if his primary purpose was to promote himself politically he never would have taken the chairmanship of the labor committee and the responsibility for the bill To do what he did was an example of political courage not political cunning and few informed and fairminded men will dispute it TP assert now as Mr Morse does that Senator Taft is deliberately loading the bill down with "offensive amendments” in order to compel the president to use his veto and thus end all chance of getting any bill at all is so silly that one would think senate bill is wrong in principle for the right to work is not protected when authority is delea private organization — gated to — a union to deprive a man of his job for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with the service he Is performing for his employer The union bosses of America — the group who benefit from "closed shops” and “union shops” -—naturally are crying out against the pending labor legislation They are trying to make the people believe that the purpose of the legislation Is to “destroy unions" when the truth is the new bill if enacted would require that unions operate democratically and honestly The mere fact that the union lobby here Is fighting so strenuously against the simple safeguards that would protect the workers against abuse by union bosses who are perpetuated in power by the "closed shop” or the “union shop” creates a suspicion that much of the union membership strength of today has been obtained under duress and that some of these unions cannot face the issues involved in the senate bill Reproduction Rights Reserved ' Senator Morse would be embarrassed to make the charge In what way for example could such a course possibly profit Mr Taft politically? Already ha has the intense hostility of the CIO bosses and all the professional liberals He is their shining target and will continue to be Should because of “offensive" Taft amendments Mr Truman kill the bill with his veto it might endear Mr Truman to this element but certainly not Mr Taft To Mr Taft it would mean flat failure He would at least be partially blamed for not getting the bill through and the great bulk of the American people who want protection against the abuses of a labor monopoly would be deeply disappointed If that is the way Mr Taft “plays politics” he should hava his head examined Of course he is doing nothing of the kind What he very clearly is trying to do is pass a bill which will satisfy the public demand and extremes that might yet avoid justify & veto on the grounds of unfairness If he succeeds that will be very good politics not only for him but for the country Moreover if he succeeds in passing an effective bill which despite CIO and radical pressure Mr Truman approves the president will share in the credit So what’a wrong with that? Where does that leave Senator Morse and his angry charge that Mr Taft is “playing politics" ? If the forecasts of Democratic National g committee strategists and I O journalists are pro-true that Mr Truman intends to veto any bill offensive to the labor bosses (which means any bill with so much as one tooth) it will be very easy to make out a case of playing politics against Mr Truman The very simple reason is that unless one takes the sheer CIO view and mouths the “drastic” and “punitive” jargon it wall be extremely difficult to think of any other reason With full knowledge of public sentiment on this question of labor abuses and in view of his own experiences with labor bosses like Mr Lewis of the United Coal Miners and Mr 'Whitney of the Railroad Brotherhoods who so frequently threaten the nation with economic strangulation Mr Truman will be hard put to it to justify to the country as a whole the veto of a bill viewed as “drastic” and “punitive” only by the labor bosses the professional liberals and their journalistic mouthpieces It is sure to seem politics to a great many — and very shortsighted politics at that Distributed by McNaught Syndicate left-win- C None Better or for Less! 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Copyright 1947 New York Post slaves Not only that but the unions hold back production If a fellow does a good job and tries to get ahead they pass the word ‘take it easy kid you’re doing too much on this job’ ” The clipping has a headline: “Vets Fired for Not Buying Union Raffle Tickets” The article says: “Because they refused to buy union raffle tickets two combat veterans were declared “not in good standing by the union By HAM PARK Needed Apples he serves The law with strengthen the bureau make it more attractive to those young men of character training and ability required by the bureau to maintain its present high- - level of efficiency and it will give to all American citizens the satisfaction of knowing that they have said a generous “thank you” for benefits received In some measure at least the law compensates for the exceptional strains and dangers that men experience in this branch of the nation's serv- rest of us had to pay because we have children “It's getting so we are just SENATOR FROM SANDPIT When every pool in Eden was a Corp the the struggle over labor legislation now going on In congress One is that the political and journalistic groups in and out of the senate who appear to be representing the CIO bosses are not going to scare the Republicans away from their program with phony appeals In the name of “liberalism” and unfounded allegations that the bill Is “drastic” "punitive” and designed to deprive labor of its “inherent tion” says the labor proclamation It was a protest against a continuation of strikes and other actions of laborites in restraint of By LEONARD LYONS tea-servi- WASHINGTON— During past week two facts emerged more clearly than before from Slave labor is never productive and any THE LYONS DEN Search: When Britain’s royal family arrived at Pietermaritzburg the capital of Natal a reception was given in honor of the visiting royalty One of the guests became so nervous that he accidentally tipped a over Princess Elizabeth While the cabinet members and government officials hastily offered the princess their handkerchiefs and helped her dry her dress the nervous man backed out of the house and fled He still hasn't been found Natal’s psychiatrists now are trying to find him to study and record his reactions Compromise: Serge Rubin stein the financier who was convicted of violating the selective service law has been barred fcv England for many years His difficulties with the British government arose from his manipulations with the Chosen Corp Once Rubinstein sent an offer of settlement of the claim “His majesty’s against him was the official government” reply “does not compromise with rascals” Labor: Richard Frankensteen the president of the - And TIMEWAY’S money-savinbank rates bring welcome news to family budgets Be sure when you buy to deal with this bank-oa dealer who displays the TIMEWAY BANKREDIT seal g r J |
