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Show SUGAR HOUSE, UTAH THURSDAYJUNE 18 1959 PAGE THREE JIM CQfMWT by James W. Douthat Ass't. Vice President, Gov-ernme- nt Relations Division of the National Association of Manufacturers. "NO COMMENT is a report of incidents on the national scene, and does not necessarily reflect NAM policy or position. S ii Washington, D. C, June 10 The "coercive power of . com-pulsory unionism, transformed into a massive and irresponsible political power," is described by" Senator Goldwater (D-Ariz- .) as the "most pressing and danger-ous internal problem which we face in America today." Senator Goldwater expressed his views in testifying before a Joint House Labor Subcommit-tee that he did not believe the Kennedy bill (D-Mas- s.) passed by the Senate would be "good for America." The Arizonian, outspoken ad-vocate of effective labor legis-lation, contends that the Senate-passe- d bill would not remedy the abuses spotlighted by the Senate Rackets Committee and would not strike at the actual "disease." Then he explained in detail what he meant. "The disease I speak of," he said, "is POWER, and nothing else. "Power of the nature that al-lows Hoffa to threaten the en-tire nation and to issue this threat with impunity and the ability to carry it through with-out the law being able to touch him, and in fact, protecting him. "Power that allows Al Hayes to uphold the expulsion of three goon who beat up a non-strike- r. "Power that allows George Meany to openly tell the Con- -, gress of the United States just exactly what he will permit to be written into labor reform law and extending his dictates into the corridors and rooms of the Capitol where his lawyers wrote amendments to the labor bill. "Power that allows COPE (the AFL-CJ-O Political Action Committee) to cross state lines to engage in politics in part with compulsory dues money taken from Republicans and Democrats alike in violation of the spirit of both the Taft-Hartl- ey and the Corrupt Prac-tices Acts. "Power that flaunts the laws of the land and scorns the rights and prerogatives of the people. "Power that is denied, and properly so, to other segments of our society, but which is used by labor leaders with the knowl-edge they are protected by law and that their strength in Con-gress insures the continuance of of those laws." Explaining that under compul-sory unionism, "corrupt lead-ers hold a clear-c- ut power of economic life or death over their members," Senator Goldwater added : "Now let us take this compul-sory unionism and go one step further and it is a step which has already been taken. Let the union official take the over-whelming economic power he holds and transform it into com-pulsory political support of any party, faction of a party, can-didate or issue as chosen by the union official. At a single stroke the union afficial can transform the union dues originally col-lected for economic purposes into a war chest for political purposes limited only by the size of the union treasury. "Every union member under of his members because they dared to speak out against a position of the union, exercising a right which the constitution recognizes as inherent but which the union denies. "Power that allows Walter Reuther to carry on the brutal strike at Kohler, defying the clergy, the bar, and the public and even exerting that power in ajiolher state to prevent for three years the extradition of a such a compulsory system must continue to support such politi-cal activities with his union dues. Failure to pay dues is grounds for expulsion from the union, followed by black-listin- g on every union job. A union member can be deprived of em-ployment opportunities by his union official for refusing to pay political assessments, or dues which would be used for politi-cal purposes." Tax Division Warns Public On Vacation Claims A warning that tax paid vacat-ions are viewed with jaundiced eye by Internal Revenue Service agents came today from Commissioner Dana Latham with approach of the summer vacation season. He said Federal revenue agents have been alert for some time to abuses by a small minority of tax-payers who claim tax deductions for purported business trips which in fact represent vacations at re-sort hotels, hunting trips, at-tendance at sporting events, etc. He said Federal tax agents will also closely check amounts claim-ed for the cost of club dues, en-tertainment, and company-support- ed autp mobiles, yachts, air-planes, hunting lodges and beach cottages to make certain they qual-ify as bona fide tax deductions. "We have no desire to tell taxpayers how to spend their money," Commissioner Latham said, "but in fairness to that vast majority of our citizens who pay every penny of their Federal in-come tax liability, we do not in-tend to permit tax abuse by a re-latively few who attempt to short-chan- ge Uncle Sam". He added: "Our self-assessm- ent system of taxation is the best yet derived, but I feel strong-ly that the surest and quickest way to undermine public confidence in our system would be to fail to see that each and every per-son pays his fair share under the law." . m EMC (Mlpintoooo f SAVES TIME Because you avoid V frequent trips to the market. saves work Lets you cook food in I quantities to freeze to 1 V serve in a jiffy weel . later. S saves money You can stock up I through food sales, J and buy in the season when prices are low. . ..I, i.i. in Gta 02J? dtecfe? Ease PAINS OF HEADACHE, NEURAL-GIA. NEURITIS with STANBACK TABLETS or POWDERS. STANBACK combines several medically proven pain relievers ... 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Moss (D-Ut- ah) Thursday in-troduced a bill to resolve a con-troversy between the Department of Interior and individuals who claim oil and gas leases on lands in Utah recently conveyed to the Navajo Tribe. The controversy arose because of land exchanges made for the site of the Glen Canyon Dam, the Sen-ator said. In exchange for land needed for the project, other Fed-eral lands were made part of the Navajo Indian Reservation, subject ,. to "valid existing rights," he ex-plained. "At the time of enactment of this law withdrawing land for the Navajo Reservation, Utah was re-peatedly assured that passage would not affect rights of the State of Utah or of its citizens," said Senator Moss. The Moss bill proposes to amend Public Law 868, 85th Con- - gress, approved September 2, 1958, by adding after "valid existing j rights," the following: "including but not limited to the rights of applicants for mineral leases." |