Show Gii frrJ§ October Thursday Page 5 1967 5 Rural Youth Outlook Meet Set Oct Conditions affecting rural youth will be spotlighted Oct 23 to 26 in Washington DC at the first National Outlook Conference on Rural Youth Sponsored by the President's Council on Youth Opportunity and five Federal agencies the Conference is designed to promote State and local action for better meeting the needs of rural young people Vice President Humphrey chairman of the President’s Council termed the Conference “an Important step in the national campaign against poverty undereducation and A Special Report on the Copper Strike The Conference he said will help "bring into sharper focus the specific needs of rural young people Inemployment recreation and education Federal agencies Participating are the Departments of Agriculture Interior Labor and Aware that the people of Utah are vitally concerned with the nationwide strike by unions against the copper industry the Industrial Health Education and Welfare and the Office of Economic Opportunity Plans for implementing the Conference theme of "New Prosfor Rural Youth are now being accelerated in Washington to participate Invitations will be extended to about 750 persons from more than 100 public and private organizations and agencies throughout the Nation Delegates wiH be chosen to repre- Relations Council of Utah makes public the following report in the hope that fruitful negotiations can be resumed immediately to end the strike: THE STRIKE AGAINST THE COPPER INDUSTRY Everywhere there are questions about the lack of negotiations in the copper strike The damages to business industry and the working people of this community have been far greater than the much cried over loss of tax revenue Local union leaders tell us stories that cross check closely None of these men is willing to be quoted but many of them deplore the strike and the reasons for it This is what we hear: International officers of the Steelworkers have been in complete and persuaded the control ever since that union merged with Mine-Mismall unions to go along with a united front against ALL COPPER COMPANIES Local union bargaining teams have had no authority to make any settlement They are only puppets on strings held by the men at the top contract because this will give The men at the top want an industry-wid- e them greater control over future bargaining and over the smaller unions In fact the big union may smother out the small ones and in time absorb their members Industry-wid- e bargaining makes it easier to service the contract Less union agents are required More union dues money can be organize new workers or for political activity The international union leaders think that they can get an industry contract NEXT TIME if they prove that they can SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY THIS TIME They will probably try to at least win common expiration dates this year used to Almost all the basic industry and refineries will have been struck by October first The last big refinery will be struck in November Many fabricating plants will have been brought into the picture by then At some time after October first most insiders expect that the union leaders who are calling the shots will be satisfied that they have proven their ability to shut down the entire industry Only then will they llow effective bargaining More likely they will privately encourage cooperating federal government officials to use the emergency provisions of the Act to get the union members back to work for 80 days That 80 day period will then cover any time needed to allow a few more Govfabricating contracts to expire Government officials including our ernor are well aware of these objectives Union leaders will protest and grumble about any return to work order Such grumbling will be for the benefit of the public and for the for more poor union member who is nothing but a pawn in this game union power pects sent as adequately as possible the thousands of individuals and groups unable to be included in the necessarily limited attendance Topics for discussion Include: ‘Rural Change As It Affects Youth "Youth Programs — Are They Doing the Job for Youth in Rural America? Adjustment of Rural Youth to Urban Environments and ‘Movements in Federal Legislation of Significance to Rural Youth Work groups will focus on: —Education and training acthe needs of special centing educational groups fecilities and d education —Health health services and rehabilitation with emphasis on health and nutrition status the relation of poverty to health trends in mental health directions in dental care and availability of health services of rural youth —Employment in rural and urban areas with on earning emphasis occupational achievement occupational emtrends and opportunities ployment readiness guidance and placement —Quality of living giving main attention to youth in rural families housing recreational and cultural opportunities and community planning for youth services In rural areas The Department of Agriculture is currently preparing afaetbook on rural youth which will be furnished as a guide for conducting State and local outlook con- are satisfied that almost all those in the bargaining have long known that an offer that could easily be sold to the union membership could have been obtained EVEN WITHOUT THIS STRIKE if a nationwide contract had not been the undisclosed goal Bargaining probes and private talks with the mediators would disclose this fact to any skillful bargaining representative These men are not beginners They well understand how to learn approximately what can be achieved Until the international union officers are willing to permit acceptance of an offer none of the companies can shorten this strike by making a final or a better offer This is the reason nobody wants to meet and the reason mediators do not call for meetings ' Rank and file union members are not supposed to learn that they have lost MANY WEEKS of work and income NEEDLESSLY The union members and the public are to be told over and over that the strikers had to suffer all this hardship in order to get the companies to increase their offers The unions absolutely refuse to budge until companies offer more They do this in order to lay the blame at the company door The real purpose is to hold up any settlement and keep the men on strike The most vicious part of this whole scheme is the fact that the first ELEVEN or TWELVE WEEKS of this strike could all have been avoided Union leaders could have extended all contracts until now They could have begun this strike at a time when it was possible for them to shut down the entire industry almost immediately Instead they chose to get 37000 men out of work on strike in JULY and then stall effective negotiations until OCTOBER or NOVEMBER This may seem fantastic and cruel to you You do not think like a union leader thinks How could those 37000 union members scattered all over as they are and with years of practice in negotiating their own terms be persuaded to forego wage and benefit negotiations in the summer and strike for a national contract in the fall? Too many union members and local leaders are indoctrinated with the idea that the strike must We ferences Speeches publications other materials stemming the Conference distributed be in the summer that any of the companies would want that they want it extended for even one day longer than necessary The cost to the companies is staggering The cost to the community is staggering The cost to the strikers is staggering Only the Steelworker Union leaders at international levels stand to gain by this long strike We believe that most of these facts are well known to government officials and to the Governor of Utah You should know these facts so that you can properly evaluate this strike and the public statements that are made and the actions taken by government officials The strikers and all who have lost because of this strike deserve our sympathy NOBODY HAD TO LOSE It a strike is sheer nonsense to believe Wish or I’d Said “There’s consolation in the thought that if the Congress spends all its time in investigations there will be no chance to pass any more giveaway laws"— Harold S May Editor Herald Florence (Ala) may become the first country in history where welfare checks are delivered by the butler" — Hill Trimble President Little Valley (NY) "We The Hub Ross E Thorcsen "Man all wrapped up in self make mighty small package”— Charles Cunningham Editor Natchitoches (La) Times Manager Relations and from will be widely That a Yours truly s Ross Tiiokkskn Industrial 23-2- 6 Council ol Utah LETS GO ’’"SlERir IADOLIRV WIAR IOOTI frltndly WiSTIRN Vitll our lloro Wldit ilaction ol typiol Wilrn clothing nd lowattprlcti Sand lor Your Nw Mil Witrn Ctalfl II p4 fully lllui litd catalog with full mny ttyli natural colorl Writ Dpl "I” 41 I Indio tall Uha City Utoli WjU&sxsi ijyp i I W£AR I |