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Show 'SULLIVAN APPEALS FOR UNITY AMONG WORKERS PROVO, Sept 15. Discussion of various problems and the reading of reports from officials took up the morning and afternoon sessions of the Utah State Federation of Labor yesterday. Slxt;-flve delegates were present from many labor organizations of the state The resolutions rommlt tee was busy, all morning and will today present some thirty resolutions for final action. ' ne of the resolutions read yesterday yester-day was for better education In the state and nation and recommended the creation of a federal department of education. It also fixed teachers' salaries at a minimum of $2,000 a year for all who have had one year or more experience. The requirement that all teacheis do some professional Improvement work every three years was embodied In the resolution. One of the most Important problems which the federation has up for discussion dis-cussion Is the greater co operation of the labor organizations of the state. Seeretary J. J. Sullivan. In an exhaustive exhaus-tive report, took up this subject from i many angles. His report made clear the attitude of the state federation relative to the federated soviet and the "soviet revolution." which for a time threatened to disrupt the Utah state federation and did cause the lo.vi of a number of local unions. According Accord-ing to Mr Sullivan's report, which was supported by the officials of the organization, the state federation had In mind not the changing of the federal fed-eral government of the I'nlted States or that of other nations, but the sympathy sym-pathy and support for the workers of Russia and the word "form" had been Inserted which changed the entire meaning of the action of, the federa-' tlon. Mr. Sullivan made a plea to! the locals of the state to Join In the i state organi&at ion a,nd to do their pari In making It a strong factor for th Improvement of labor conditions and! for the general betterment of the wage earners of the state. |