Show lood U ad accused I 1 of favoring fa liff i I 1 1 jap ja pe IS 1 democratic nominee for governor embarrassed by question put to him about I 1 oriental colony on his davis county holdings the standard examiner nov 2 received the following communication com muril I 1 from lafayette gibby west oden service station operator le relative dative to questions he saya say he asked henry II 11 blood democrat ic I 1 C candidate a noli date for governor at a meeting monday night at syracuse concerning mr bloods attitude on the foreign labor question last monday night I 1 ait attended tended a democratic rally at roy where henry H blood democratic candidate for governor OKer nor stated in efert that he understands the problems of the farmers stands standa firmly for the Amer american fean chome lome and its it a ban crity and la Is sympathetic with the plight of labor 1 I received permission front from chairman joseph W jensen to ask mr air blood what I 1 believed was wag ai question exceedingly pertinent to farmers and laboring men of this cormin community unity my qu question astion was waa substantially this assuming mr blood that you as related in one of your campaign pamphlets are president ot of the kaysville Kays ville canning company which owns and operates the syracuse canning factory which in turn owns and controls about a section of land in the syracuse vicinity assuming further that you control and operate tor for the benefit of your wife an additional section of land assuming further mr air blood that this situation has existed for the past 15 years and that during that time this land has had been leased exclusively to japanese te tenants and that japanese students numbering between 80 and axe are attending the small syracuse school widely discussed the question I 1 have to ask of the candidate for governor gov emor has come up many umes times and has been widely discussed by farmers of this community As ar an american citizen and a voter and taxpayer of weber county I 1 would like to 10 know 1 I 1 if you as a candidate pre for laparre japanese je to white tenants and labor 2 who pays the school tax for these japanese students at the syracuse school mr blood did not deny that tile the condition as outlined has existed I 1 tor for many yean the only answer he gave as I 1 understand it was that japanese wre are better tenants and pay more rent ile he said that it if I 1 or any other white peidon would pay the iame rent he would rent the land to us 1 I again asked why this condition had existed for 15 years and allme J maw democratic democrat ic candidate for le ie election as state undertook to answer for mr air blood lie ile said that he be has rented to japanese that the they take better care of the land akan than do white men that athey pay their rents better and pay higgen rents so that he could see aee no objection to mr blood renting to japanese leavitt leaving the meeting to attend another I ally at kaysville Kays ville mr blood c cana ma to my seat beat in the middle ot of the audience and asked me to accompany him outside question embarrasses embarras Em bairas es outside and alone mr blood put hs his hand band on my shoulder and baid mr air gibby I 1 ant am sorry that you brought this thia question up tonight and left to attend the kaysville raysville Kays Rays ville meeting 1 I asked this question of mr blood to determine his attitude on a matter which has been so vital to farmers of this section tor for ciany italy years whether or not japanese filipino mexican and other foreign labor Is to be given preference over native born bo rn whites who it if given an opportunity would lease the ground establish homes and earn a livelihood for or thern themselves selves and their families lies incidentally I 1 am told it costs about per year of 0 f school tax money to educate each student in the grade school it I 1 this lye the case it costs approximately ima to i y 9 ot of tax money to lalni maintain ain t the he 80 to japanese s ac icenia tents in the syracuse 1 I 1 reel feel that instead of leasing ana an proximately 1000 acres 3 of land he be controls to say ten japanese tenants a who hire other la japanese pariese it could be cut into 25 5 acre plots and a man can make mage a good living tor for his hia family from 25 acres acrea ot of this land and BUDD support ort probably 40 farmers and their families ing suggested Suge Suez ested in V view e of f the fact that mr air bloods candidacy Is being supported by the trades and labor assemblies of both ogden and salt lake city it seema to me ine that further investigation on their part of mrs ira bloods attitude toward for foreign reign labor would be a 1 wise move from my observation I 1 have hafl had an opportunity to observe i them and thear their customs the japanese nave a very low standard I 1 of li the japanese te nanta nanti 1 of this rich utah land do not even hire american labor to operate it they employ other jap I 1 ariese anese many of whom do not peak the en Eng llah language mexicans caris filipinos and other foreigners practically all of whom nave have art an exceedingly low standard ot of living and are in the peon labor class of which we hear bear so much about they do not even buy american products instead of ing Califor california nii rice they import it from japan they work their wives arom daylight to dark they work their children they scrimp anil and save and thrive on food th tiro likes or which would starve an american they take little part dart in community activities their only ant ambition lAtion is to acquire acau lre enough money to warrant thir their return to 10 japan to retire and live in luxury there lafayette gibby ogden examiner nov 2 paid political adv |