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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT Union (Continued Subsidies a ‘Must’ For Price Rollback Wins-from preceding page) nonchalantly began its violations all over again. At no time did it live up to its pledges to the National Labor Relations Board. When the National Labor Relations Board ordered the dis-establishment of the old ‘‘Kmployees General Committee’? a few years ago, the Company immediately organized its Snipe Hunts at the open pit at Bingham and at the mills—organized them to carry on the identical policies condemned by NLRB in its order of dis-establishment. And when it appeared certain NLRB would order dis-establishment of the current Snipe Hunts a little over a year ago, Company Union stooges let it be known they were ready to organize another under a new name almost over night. They also let it be known that Utah Copper would immediately recognize and ‘‘bargain’’ with such a new Snipe Hunt. Under Charlie the expert Parsons the manipulation Company of Chilly has developed a technique of systematic legal delays, caleulated to wear out and disorganize all legitimate labor organizations in the Copper Domain. That technique is not only supplemented the activities of the Snipe Hunt, by but through distortion and otherwise is kept pretty well from the public through news and editorial fix- ing arranged by that would-be gladiator, Noisy Nels Aldrich. However, justice requires it to be said that in the current disturbance news treatment of the strike by the Tribune and Telegram has been fair and factual. Moffat’s propaganda has been put in quotes without comment. On the other hand, the Deseret News has run true to form. It broke out with a typical editorial that, while claiming not to judge the case, attempted to argue from every angle except from the viewpoint of the railroad unIt finished its tirade with a threat that ion. a new and even more vicious HB168 might be pushed through the next Legislature. There was, of course, no thought in the editorial News that Utah Copper Company should be required to comply with the laws, nor that State legislation should be considered that would Barons crack down and lickspittles. on offending Copper Eggs in Salt Lake City are 66c a dozen—an in- crease of 18c a dozen in less than ninety days. Reports in food stores are that they will climb to 75e are a dozen. Oranges, lemons, and about doubled in price. Certain are similarly It seems curb out of line. about time that the food profiteers. action Daily grapefruit vegetables is taken to talk of papers wages and the possibility of inflation. Why not discuss the soaring costs of foodstuffs and the probable hardships on wage earners who are between the upper mill stone of mounting prices and the nether creased stone of stationary and in- subsidies to taxes? Washington.—CIO’s make wages the food demand price rollback for a reality was made clear to the House Banking Committee last week in testimony prepared for presentation on behalf of CIO by Russ Nixon, Washington representative for the Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers. Pointing out that labor has accepted wage stabilization in the confidence that price stablization would accompany it, Nixon reminded the Committee that prices have gone steadily up and that the rollback oram, Urging full problem, Nixon is now of the unless achieved, it will be question “on the basis The ciling CIO must on the war pro- application of subsidies to this warned that labor is watching “the price actions item’, and that theory of the a government item total stabilization forced to reopen the of the whole not and facts by is the question.” recognizes the needs no of the real difficulty farmers for in recon- proper prices and the needs of the workers for a break on living costs, Nixon added, and is asking for support of CCC as problem. “The and the CIO sees in best means recognizes the the is of getting needs intelligent no inevitable encouraging he said. dilemma this farmer of the CCC without inin the twin production and food prices. The avoiding inflation through CCC and its potential activities break that dilemma.” farm rising over of the operations farmers’ needs the means of meeting creasing the cost of living”, “There objectives of |