Show 4 I J I I COMMUNICATION I 4 4 4 Editor Standard Examiner When the tho Utah State Federation of or Labor was In session In Ogden den last mat lasteel week eel a number of important reports were rendered and an decisions ions tons arrived at Tho The one which the theman theman theman man who writes the headlines seemed to think was the most Im im- Important irn- irn J was a resolution on po po- political action The federation voted to with with- withdraw withdraw withdraw draw from affiliation with the In In- In Progressive dependent e party or any other political organization The writer of this is not Inter Inter- Interested Interested Interested ested in the welfare of the Inde Inde- pendent Progressive party part If it such party arly J still exists but falls fails to get the viewpoint of organized labor in inclosing Inclosing inclosing closing the door against affiliation with any other political tion It It- would seem that political J action through the Independent- Independent Progressives is infinitely better than no political action at all Was as it Shakespeare who ho said that It Il were better to have loved and lost than not to have havo loved at all alt Just so so when organized labor discards the ballot as s one of its Ita weapons it is like tho the pugilist pu who ho deliberately steps Into the ring with one hand tied behind him hime if f It Is 19 still fresh in the tha public mind that when hen recently a group of players came to Ogden to give gi I their offerings in a a. tent and the public showed signs of liking it it the organized theatre owners went over o to the city hall ball as they had perfect right to do and had an ordinance passed which virtually forced the tent players to leave leaveton town ton That was political action And when tho the public persisted in following the tent players out into the country the theatre owners went up to the courthouse as they had a perfect right to do and had the county count commissioners pass an ordinance which put the same li license li- li license l cense requirements on tent players as the city had exacted More tore po po- political political po- po political action It appears to be accepted as ns the proper thing for the theatre own own- owners owners ers era to be organized and that they should have ha the right to use their organized power political and economic for the tho best interest of ot the theatre business There is another large group of employers who are organized un un- under under der the title of Associated Indus Indus- tries They labor assiduously as they have o a perfect right to do to sell the idea of the open shop as asin asIn asIn in accord with the American plan of running the industries In Jn the economic field the Issue between the open shop and tho the closed shop is squarely joined There Thero is no asking for quarter and but little is given Still we do not find the organ organ- organized organized organized employers refusing to tako take po po- political political po- po action That arrow is al always al- al always always ways In their quiver ready at hand The owners of Industries arc are closely affiliated with another or or- organization known as the Utah Tax Tax- payers This group also docs does not despise political action They just eat It up In fact we have now reached a a. point in Utah when no city or county commission or school chool board thinks of taking any important action Involving the ex expenditure ex- ex expenditure of money without having havinga a committee from the organized taxpayers present Indeed the tho voters oters must mut be at times confused when reading newspaper accounts to determine whether public affairs are being run by the duly dub elected officials or by a a. committee of tho the larger larger taxpayers The organized taxpayers do not hesitate to take tako political action Then why wh should organized labor shut the door In Us its own face the face the door leading to political I power The industrial history of our country Is filled tilled with Instances where labor fully organized In an economic way v woke up too late to o the discovery that the employ employ- ers era through political means con- con controlled controlled trolled rolled the tho sheriffs the prosecutIng Ing ng attorneys and might even cven In In- Juries and judges One more instance of local inter interest est cst where political action proved helpful Jl to organized business It was vas desired to the tho main street in the business section ot the he city elty The street treet car company set up frankly frankl that it was as not pre- pre prepared prepared pared ared to do its share sharo of the Pay pay- PayIng Ing ng It looked like a deadlock dea lock But no The legislature e was still till In session and an before It ad- ad adjourned adjourned it passed a a. law exempt exempt- exemptIng lag Ing ng the street car company com pan from the he burden of or paving Very neatly done perfectly legal and all through political action Then why should organized labor object to political power power-If cr if it can get et t It O. O A. A KENNEDY IE |