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Show THE SEARCHLIGHT CIO Wins Copper Election (Continued lenged votes thrown from in. page 1) on the workers who voted Its majority will in- crease as the challenged votes are either thrown out or are allocated to the respective units. The results may be summarized as follows: Ist. CIO Industrial Unionism once again is a victor in a great mass production industry. 2nd. AFL Craft Unionism has little appeal to production workers, as is evidenced by its pitiful total of 47 votes out of a total of 1347. 3rd. The efforts of Utah Copper and its labor agents, headed by Mackay, 4th. could not slow up the CIO tide. The “No-Union” vote in reality be comes a CIO vote, since it leaves the CIO as the sole bargaining agent in every unit at the mills. As time goes Post-War “No Union” will rally under the CIO banner. One of the remarkable aspects of the Copper election was the insignificant vote cast by the AFL crafts. At the NLRB hearing when bargaining units were being determined, the AFL crafts submitted evidence of membership for more than 360 employees. But when the workers voted by secret ballot the AFL craft strength had shrunk to an anemic 47 votes. That result could indicate two things. the AFL members, when given a secret Either ballot, express a strong preference for industrial union- ism, or a considerable group joined Mackay-Utah Copper group to vote ion’, in the hope of eliminating the CIO picture to give the AFL a chance at a tory. However, the prevailing opinion (Continued on following with the “NoUnfrom the later vicin Cop- page) Planning tion of needed housing would support the struc densome rate. ture of increased business—and ness does not mean inflation. profit by having its citizens better housed and self-supporting. ‘Relief’ could be pretty well In fact, the measure of increased so-called busv- inflation that could be attributed to such a program would be exactly in proportion to the inflation that in normal times comes into being in the construc tion of any home under prevailing lending methods. To charge “inflation” against any needed building program would be the essence of dishonesty and absurdity. _ Mining in western states would have added stability and permanence. Increased outlets would be available for copper, lead, zinc, steel, cement, lumber, brick, and other materials used in construction. The western miner could be reasonably certain that he would have stable employment conditions. Indeed, for thie first time in a generation he could feel secure enough in his employment to risk building a home for his family. State and local governments units would find themselves with additional taxing values and taxable property without increasing the present bur- dispensed The with national government would under a system of coordinated planning that would provide steady employment. Those factors, in turn, would enable the nation to service and reduce the enormous public debt resulting from the war. The nation would not have to go into debt a single penny to inaugurate this building program. The Federal Government already owns the accumulated profits from purchases of silver. It also owns the real values arising from the writeup in gold. Consequently, this plan merely offers a beneficial outlet for use of unused assets. It would put the idle silver profit to work for the benefit of the entire nation. And, with the utili- zation of that profit as a base for a building pro- gram, America’s silver mines can become the financial mainspring of an enduring prosperity. With other elements it can ward off the danger of mass unemployment. Silver can become to the nation that which it should be, a symbol of enlightened monetary usage. |