Show steel fence posts WAR SURPLUS IDEAL FOR FARM RANCH OR HOMI HOME drive type U shaped inches wide 18 inch ch thick extra heavy weighing over two pounds per foot Avii available lable now in the following lengths and prices F 9 B ogden utah 8 ft 7 ft 5 ft 2 ft these posts available to general publics public special discounts for quantity purchases over WRITE PHONE OR WIRE VETERANS SUPPLY CO INC west st box 1129 ogden utah PHONE w ible e responsible ve P i 11 r r ov 0 00 P i 1 yes you and everyone else who comes in contact aiji tiji j with tourists can affect 1 tourist business s consider this facil two million tourists II 11 travel through utah each year if each V of them him could bo be induced to s toy stay just ONE EXTRA DAY they would spend an EXTRA in utah amazing but truel waitresses service station attendants clerks hotel operators you can influence fluence in tourists tourist to stay by I 1 I 1 your cou courtesy your explanation of I 1 many tourist attractions remember a satisfied tourist today means a q return trip to utah next year BRING THEM BACK IN 48 UTAH stati A W le ilyf r fedj industrial 1414 development A THE TELEPHONE STRIKE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST which the public is loss elpe we regret the incon veni ence and the 1 economic interested party and S T he public is an has rien ans cing because of the telephone strike a deep stake in the present controversy which ich make tele the I he company recognizes it its s clity to lohe the three groups and telephone employees the th hone the telephone using using public ici p phone service possible interests of pirl the best ol 01 each in t the he business people eople who have invested their savings for fair treatment each in of these three groups are no not t opposed to the others the its responsibility man the e long run is in the best interest of all in discharging argement was faced with these conditions THE UNIONS DEMANDS the union s demands included more than one hundred items and the total annual cost for the mountain states company had the demands been agreed to would be there were ten items amounting to that were listed for national bargaining the remaining items which had a money value of were submitted for local bargaining the total asking is five times the company s net earnings available for interest and dividends in 1946 it is 50 of total gross revenue for 1946 the company s earnings in relation to its investment low due largely to are ae now at an all time the fact that the hourly wage rates have increased W 69 over 1941 A program of increasing rates is now under way in some areas where earnings are lowest in order to keep the company on a sound financial financial basis increased labor costs mean of course increased charges for the service TELEPHONE WAGES telephone employees should receive goo good wages the management thinks that the employees should be paid wages that compare favorably with wages paid generally in the community for work requiring similar skill and training HERE ARE SOME TELEPHONE WAGES IN MORGAN A girl just starting as a STUDENT OPERATOR in morgan begins at a minimum rate of 2500 for a five day week she gets two raises the first year and at the end of 18 months her basic rate is 2800 regular increases bring this basic rate to a top of in addition there are overtime and premium payments for evening and night work etc for CABLE and CENTRAL OFFICE REPAIRMEN the minimum rate for beginners learning the business is 2800 per week regular increases bring this to a top of per week this is increased by overtime and premium payments there are many other advantages to working for the telephone company these include steady work eight holidays a year with pay vacations with pa pay y of one two and three weeks depending upon length of service liberal sickness benefits and pensions with full cost paid by the company ARE THESE GOOD WAGES our studies indicate that these wages compare very favorably with wage levels in this area if they do not an impartial board of arbitration composed of citizens of this state or the mountain states area C can an quickly settle that question the company has su suggested cf crested to the union that this be done the union has not accepted to date one of the stumbling blocks seems to be the ten items among which are wage rates which the union is insisting should be determined mi ned on a national basis it is of course wholly impractical to negotiate a settlement in two installments especially when substantial costs are involved in both groups of proposals an and d the cost of one group would be affected by the other fully 80 of our revenues come from our operations within individual states and our charges are regulated by state or city regulatory authorities it seems fundamental that any arbitration of an issue so important as this with its resultant impact on the p public bublic and its problem for regulatory authorities should be done by citizens from the area in which the revenue is obtained for service and from which the wages are pal paid id the offer to arbitrate is still open the union should agree that workers should return to their jobs while the issues are being settled in a fair and sensible manner the continued coo cooperation p aeration of our customers i is s greatly appreciated THE MOUNTAIN rth AIN STATES TELEPHONE EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMIL COMPANY AA INY |