| Show f this week has been like being caught between the devil and the deep we cant gt get home because devils gate Is out there is always the threat of not having enough gasoline to drive the 85 miles to kaysville Kays ville on week ends and now 1 i there is a bread strike on and who ever heard of halting baking bread on a hot plate 0 W with I 1 th the oil strike going into another week meek without settlement I 1 am reminded of the early days of 1929 when my older sister bister and I 1 obtained our first jobs I 1 was plenty satisfied with mine even though my salary was 40 a month because jobs were scarce in those days but I 1 often envied my sister for the good job she had with utah oil refining company in the first place this company had already inaugurated without being pushed by a union employed benefits which are now referred to as fringe benefits and which are so commonplace that only the employer who pays the bill actually leall zes that they are part of the he employed emp loyes pay check my aly sister had saturday afternoons oft off something I 1 lid did not have and the chance to advance in n her work and in that day the opportunity of bettering ones self through good work and loyalty not seniority was a highly prized asset of any job A few years later when a younger sister was looking for a job she jumped at the chance to work for the utah oil Re co here she was given a cost of living increase whenever a fresh inflation spiral began and here too she was given an opportunity to buy stock in the company she still Is receiving a reward in the way of dividends for her work with the company all this I 1 know first hand so BO dont tell me the employed emp loyes of this company are ill treated or are justified in striking for higher pay when our country is at war and aviation gasoline is badly needed to the 65 percent ot of loyal em aloyes may I 1 extend my heartiest thanks tor for remal remaining ning on oil the job 0 the high cost of living js Is riot not felt by a few nor is it caused by a few its something we are all in together and it certainly is a in matter at of give and take |
