Show y 3 Apostle Sees Abuses in Labor Set Up We quote the the following from the Salt Lake Tribune Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une of recent issue ar A throng of L. L D. D S. S church members heard J J. J Grant bring the semi annual conference to a close Sunday afternoon by 1 Endorsing the speech of Dr Jo Joseph ph F F. Merrill of Gf the council of twelve apostles assailing the PrinciPle principle k pIe of the closed shop as a new tyranny which denies Americans one of their basic baste liberties 2 Declaring that the nation is moving as far away from the fundamental foundations upon which it 1 was wag founded as it or politically can 3 Expressing the hope that if anyone in this 1 gov Jov- government ov- ov is trying to get this country into w war r that that person will be confounded 4 Endorsing speeches of J. J L. L member of the presiding bishopric and A. A E. E Bowen member t of the twelve apostles both of oi whom urged urged urged i ed vigilant protection of liberties which they deemed deemed deem dem ed threatened by present day trends Dr Merrill after quoting from the Declaration of 1 Independence nce and the Constitution expressed the view that this country has never faced a darker situation situation sit sit- situation than it does today country The very foundations upon which this country t has been to become great and mighty are gravely threatened and her basic principles of personal personal per per- liberty are fast fading away The most basic of all the one emphasized in the Declaration of Independence Inde Inde- p n nce the right to life liberty and the pursuit of 01 haPP happiness ss When we deny and bodied able man the right to work we rob him of his independence and destroY destroy destroy de de- stroy his happiness happ nes It is this denial that faces myriads myriads myr myr- y of willing workers in America today because c a new new one never dreamed of by the founders founders- has founders has Jias arisen that of the closed shop in- in luding the off check-off system He quote Professor Johnson of Columbia That he was born when every Ar was a free man man man- manfree free to work when how howand and where But in this age of plutocratic control of industry and union over labor he would not be employed at the factory unless he joined the oJ- oJ union He would not be admitted to the union unless un- un less l shortage hortage e of labor appeared in prospect Once on the job he would like likely be told to go goslow o slow for we weare weare weare are not going to work our heads off If a follow workman should be discharged for negligence and laziness a strike would be called demanding his reinstatement reinstatement reinstatement re re- instatement on the spurious plea that he was let out Kr h. h for union activities activities- a violation of the law If a worker refused to strike believing the discharge merited and attempted to continue work he would be in danger of being severely handled and beaten his car wrecked his home picketed No protection for him would come from the sheriff and and the the x or of the state would not order out the militia to stop mass picketing for fear of bloodshed This is not a mad dream but a calm statement r of what has been happening day after day 1 some of it here some there All worl leers union union non-union held wol ers or are under under under un un- der a I un It is a Y which denies to American workmen their most fundamental fundamental fundamental fun fun- rights limits their free freedom om stifles their in- in initiative initiative in in- it checks their energies and holds them down downto to the low level of their less les competent and less diligent diligent diligent dil dil- igent fellows It is a which preserves the right to strike which nobody opposes in normal times times times tim tim- es while denying to many the right to work It places moderately paid workers at the mercy of the highly paid agitators Most of all it saps ther the r independence of the dampens his ambition ambition ambition ambi ambi- tion and shuts for him the doors of hope of a better future stepping lock-stepping him with indolent less comPetent competent competent compe compe- tent and less ambitious associates i DISPLAY |