Cedar Rapids Tribune (Newspaper) - May 31, 1951, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Publicity of Iho Cedar of Labor A NEWSPAPER WITHOUT A MUZZLE Vol XLVII RAPIDS IOWA MAY 31 1951 Just Quoting by Carl Kane What with a record judgment in Cedar Rapids district court last week plus interest fn trials of one kind and another throughout state in recent wo arc remEnded of cur favorite courtroom story It happened in Nevada years ago in a mining claim The action was before a judge for his open minded attitude toward approaches the courtroom On opening day of trial the judge announced This court has a check ft om the plaintiff for and one from the ant for The court will re- turn to the defendant Then we will try this case strictly on its Then the erne about Iho young lawyer who droned for several Im summing up a He had succeeded in domg bur irritate Ike jury When tha youthful one Mating the opposing jr an eld hand in Iba room and said I will follow the example of my young friend and will submit the eaio argument Last week's here from Fied Henson on early roading brought a letter from a reader about a train which ran hereabouts years ago It was absolutely never on time but Hs regular patrons finally the fact and even were able to joke about it One day a traveling salesman who had occasion to ride the train frequently commended the con- ductor as he got off at his I've traveled this road for yea re and this is the first time 1 have ever arrived on the man commented To which the conductor replied succinctly This is yesterday's train The Truman Berryh i I family eating out one hit week and of course Mike en having a Burger ke had be wat equally about wanting a toothpick WAatS Vn father Wai meat replied the Jt wai Bob Thiel passes along the one about a tourist in Germany The guide on a bus tour said We are now passing the most famous brewery in Berlin We are contradicted the American tourist as he hopped off the bus A friend of ours got into the swing of thing Tatt week by ing the usual couch the told We have to faca facts in order to get anyplace in thti kind of treatment Now face the faer You do KOT have an inferiority complex You ARE Interior Frank Kemp came up with a couple interesting facts in his tional 3 Minute Talks this week He reports that casters are used on the Voice of America beamed to Jroh Curtain countries Their higher sharper voices can gel through the Russian jamming blots out low tones And then did you know it takes five rabbits lo produce enough felt for one may in answer 3 Cedar Rapidi wife of a when her new hubby tested off one about Why can't you make like my Mother used lo maker tha with Why can't you miki dough my Did And that comment once made by If C In his Bit of and Bit of That in the Lenox Time A dentist Is about the only man who can safely tell a woman when open and shut her mouth Busy Session For Delegates At Federation Back Resolution Rapping Program Of Firm Rep orts on 1 gan izing drives endorsement of a State Federation of bor resolution condemning allegedly union em- ployer and approval of the purchase of new furniture for tha Labor Temple were in- cluded on the agenda at last Thursday's meeting of the Cedar Federation of Labor Furniture fov tho Labor Temple includes new chairs and an water fountain The chairs already are on order and arc expected to be delivered scon Harry Wilford of the Teamsters 238 reported that the local had organized the ambulance drivers at University Iowa It also was reported that negotiations are now underway for a contract at the Cedar Renderers where the Teamsters recently named bargaining agent in an election A communication was read from Local 334 In DCS which called particular attention to a resolution approved at the Iowa State Federation of Labor convention Conditions The resolution which then was endorsed by the Cedar Federation sets forth that the wholesale grocer firm is following tactics lo defeat the legitimate efforts of its employes to better themselves The declared that firm is operating conditions in Estherville Ft Dodge Waterloo and Dos Moines and Continuation of such anti- labor anti-social acts 011 the part of the employer react to the detriment of all working people In Iowa anil to HIE aee of the company's employes the resolution stated The declaration then concluded with Be it resolved that the non- union and other tices of the company are hereby condemned Best Ever Pete Farris and Ben man Cedar Federation Delegates to the state AFT con- vention made their report at the meeting terming the conclave the best we have ever attended In another r e r t Wilford called the first annual ship Completion dinner and ceremony very ful The event was held May 22 at the Roosevelt hotel with 267 representatives of labor and agement in attendance Zimmerman representing the Boa Drivers local reported that the drivers were hop tha t arrangements could be made lo Improve in buses next winter Legislation selling n minimum temperature for public ances failed to pass at the last legislature but Zimmerman said j the Cedar Rapids local was con- It to work on the problem I here Laborers to Vote On Business Agents At Tuesday Session Members of Hod Carriers arid Construction Local 43 will elect two business agents at their meeting next Tuesday June 5 The session will be held al p.m in the Labor Temple Ted Lodge incumbent and Jack are candidates for the Cedar Rapids business agent post Nominated for business agent In Iowa City are Roy Skriver incumbent and Orie lacek Officers for all other posts were nominated without opposition at May 15 meeting Lave ber Ir it swne to the body and good for the mind It fruit of Nn 33 Rumors of Big Pay In Alaska Spiked by Territorial AFL Rumors of an abundance of jobs and fantastically high wages in Alaska were spiked in a letin received this week by the Cedar Building Trades Council A Tetter from the Federation of Labor rapped the Shangri-La publicity in newspaper ads in the Midwest and on trip west const Hen have been pouring into Alaska and our season hasn't opened up as letter said It works a hardship on the men both financially and morally ing to stay around until work is available Those who are fortunate e to obtain work im mediately become disgruntled when they find they are making a month instead ot the and over In the ads The letter then quoted a Angeles Examiner ad w h i c 1 quoted wages for laborers and ditch diggers and over for carpenters nay check for a penter with two dependents for a week the Alaska said Gross pay 5163.28 Withholding tax 25.10 Alaska income tax 2.52 Board Room 40.25 Social Security 2.45 Total Deductions 10.32 Net Check 48 The letter also pointed out that milk is 40 cents a quari bread 35 cents a loaf eggs 95 cents to 51.30 and no meat is much lower than per pound That is a picture of what find in Alaska so don't come up with visions of fortunes being made in a Sew the fetter concluded A Strong Weight Lifter C R Predictions On Craft Elections Backed by Results A few weeks ago when the ordered bargaining tions in the building crafts Cedar Rapids AFL unionists were in their opinion that the results were a foregone Fion and that the effort was a waste of Those preti EC t ions were borne out this week with the ment of the results of the first elections conducted under the edict In Olean Md employes live company members of the ing and Heating sociation on authorizing Plumbers Local 55 to enter into a union shop agreement Eligible to vote 39 3D yes 39 In Baltimore employes of 22 company members of the ing Contractors association voted on whether they wanted to be represented by Plumbers 48 Eligible to vote 449 voting 429 yes 398 no 9 challenged votes 22 Even the admittedly Robert Denham opposed such elections when he was eral counsel but a recent board authorizes the elections throughout the construction in- dustry Expense of the undertaking would bo tremendous AFI point out and the has announced it will go to congress and additional funds to con- d ucl the foregone con clus ion elections Rodeo Opening Night to Be Colorful Western Event Second Annual Contest Program Will Start Thursday Next Thursday night over 2a horses and riders will stream into arena at Downs for opening of the second annual Mid- Championship Rodeo Opening night will be o special affair There'll be the crowning of Rodeo and the tion of a faun and white pony to some youngster It will be Kids night with youngsters unden 12 admitted free and the pony will be a gift from tho Retail Merchants bureau of the Chamber of Commerce Saddle Clubs Members of several Eastern Iowa Saddle clubs will join the competing cowhands and the rodeo in the grand entry each night of the rodeo Might shows Thursday Friday and will start at and the four-day event cl oses with a Sunday matinee June 10 at Sanctioned by the Rodeo boys association competitive events will be Brahma bull riding saddle and bareback hronc riding calf roping and bulldogging steer In riding events both animal and the rider are scored on the bask of 100 points Judges from the Rodeo Cowboys rate the competitors on how well they ride how rough the animal Is whether the boy spurred the animal out of the chute whether he kept his free hand in the air 2nd points Tn order lo qualify the cowhand must ride broncs lor 10 seconds and must stay atop the Brahma bull for eight seconds Calf roping arid bulldogging are AFL Council Sets Blood Donor Record Against Beast time events with the cowhands working against a stop watch In both those events the cowboy's horse is an important assistant A quick clever cow pony can do much to increase his owner's in arena Each competitor in the dogging is entitled to a who rides beside the steer to keep him in close enough so that the boy can dive from his horse to the norns of the steer A cowboy is two loops in the calf roping but if ho misses his calf with both tosses of lariat he is disqualified RO Since the Cedar Rapids rodeo is points won here will count national cowboy championships Immediately lowing the rodeo a record of the winners be to the Rodeo Cowboys in Worth Tex to be added to scores posted by the cowhands at other major rodeos One point is awarded for each dollar won The chutes this year will face the grandstand and all stock will come out of the chutes headed toward the grandstand The en- raceway will provide ple room for the competitive action In addition to the competitive events there will be western en- at each performance There'll be Arkansas Shorty the nationally known rodeo clown and his mule Josephine the England eist ers trick riders and ropers from Ott awa Kan Buck and Ann Martinj 7 and trick riders from Rich Hill Mo and many others Reserved seat tickets are on sale I at the covered wagon at Second avenue and Second street SE Free children's tickets for the Thursday night opening also are available there General admission is 51 and 25 cents for children Boxes are and and reserved grand- stand is riim C Central anj Later Council and Suffolk ami Mn donate to Red AFL and families 297 pinti to tet a new record for liland tha 291 given by of Point ir Great Neck sard irt tie that to potential doMn to that could to facilitate the Almost All Crafts Have Job Openings Officials of the Cedar Rapids Building Trades Council reported th is week tha t the re are now openings in virtually every con- struction craft The need for laborers continues although some of the slack will be taken up by students seeking summer work Several students ready have applied at the Building Trades office in the Labor Temple 90 avenue X Rough Ride AFL in Fight to Block Repeal Of U S income Tax Amendment Green Points Out That Federal Sales Tax Shift Of Greater Burden to Lower Income Groups Will Result If Setup Is Changed WASHINGTON AFL president William Green called on all State Federations of Labor to fight the amendment to the federal constitution which would repeal the income tax This amendment sponsored Proportionate basis onto the The American Taxpayers J hacks of those who will least be D C would Pay and who are repeal the amendment to the bearing the greatest share of the Constitution which authorizes con- taxes This means the low to levy an income tart A proposed substitute ment would limit taxes to 25 percent Green said If this drive Is it could inean enactment or a federal sales tax the shift of an even greater burden of the load to the Income wanre earners He said the drive has already resulted in 24 states out of 36 ratifying the plan called on state federations in the 21 remaining states to use influence to block tion He urged those in stales where ratification has occurred to sponsor legislation to recall that action Following is the text of his letter to the state I direct your attention to the current campaign in all the states to repeal the amendment to the United States Constitution which reads as The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on in- from whatever source de- rived w i t u t apportionment among tho several states and without regard to nny census or enumeration Sponsor Repeal This is known as the income tax amendment to the Constitution The American Taxpayers tion of Washington D C is soring the repeal of the present income tax amendment and the of an amendment to limit federal taxes to 25 percent Not only would income taxes be affected but inheritance and gift levies likewise would be limited to 25 percent Tf this substitute amendment the Constitution is adopted it can only mean that a national sales tax is on the way in aud the burden of taxation will be shifted to an even greater He Just Walked Out the Door The boss Just walked out trie door Friday he will walk out the door for the last time And when 1 C door to The Tribune on that final trip the Cedar Rapids labor ment will be losing one of its most active champions and we at The Tribune will be losing a highly respected employer Blodgett will leave Saturday for Des Moines where he will become a member of the Iowa employment security commission on July 1 He will visit relatives in Wyoming before assuming the post to which he was appointed by Gov William S Beardsley The boss won't see this little piece until it's too late for him to do anything about it It would never appear if he had any advance knowledge This is strictly a tribute to the man who has treated us square at every turn Sure we've griped like any crew of workers But when the going has been tough and there's been a call for a little extra effort we've tried to come through for the boss There isn't a one of us but who has had occasion to say I wouldn't do this for anybody but Blodgett Those of us around The Tribune know the hours he has devoted not only to the labor movement but to civic and community affairs too many to mention here He has devoted countless hours of service in myriads of assignments for which he neither sought nor desired anycredit To cause of organized labor importance second only to his religion One of the city's major industrialists this week praised Blodgett's forts as a major factor in the growth of the city and in the development of the city's excellent labor climate Seldom if ever has a man who has been involved in as many important matters of a controversial nature left a community with as much respect from both ad- and friends as J C Blodgett Unquestionably Cedar Rapids labor has lost one of its and most respected champions Even more important to us from a selfish standpoint is the loss of the finest boss we ever had THE TRIBUNE STAKE groups It won Id relieve those making enormous salaries by reducing their taxes Of the 36 states necessary to call constitutional convention the legislative bodies of 24 states have adopted ratifying lutions Florida the most recent Opponents of the substitute amendment recently defeated it in Ohio But Battleground the still re- mains in 24 states and if half of adopt the substitute Hint would be a sufficient number to require the congress to call a constitutional convention And we would be confronted with an accomplished fact as two- thirds of the states would have voted approval for the wiping out or the present Income tax ment Our nation to all intents and purposes is at war to preserve our way of life To knock out ports to cur financial structure of government would ho to make us objects of ridicule in of the world tVe wage a defense against the predatory interests n o w on the inarch us without having the means with which to buy the of war I ask therefore that every fort possible be made in your stafe to withhold approval of the pian to cripple the financial com- of our country now in its hour of dire need No greater patriotic step could be taken at this time It is also necessary to protect the the low in- come group of which the ship of labor a part Iowa Employment At Record High with Workers Iowa employment reached a record high m when workers were carried on Iowa payrolls This Is an increase of over April the em- ployment security conun re- ported inent in manufacturing also reached a new high when workers were employed in Iowa plants This is more workers than were employed in this Jine of work in the same month a year ago The commission the increased business activity in part to seasonal causes and to the in- fluence of Defense spending for and supplies Nearly all lines showed ment gains in April A notable ex- ception was mining and quarrying which had substantial seasonal losses The manufacture of machinery including farm machinery and tractors added COO workers to their payrolls during he period Indicating a heavy demand for farm machinery offset the handicap of farm help shortages Manufacture of electrical showed phenomenal em- ployment gains during the month due largely to defense contracts for various items in radio and radar by various Iowa companies Food processing employing 050 workers showed 110 Important employment change from to April Included in this class is meat packing canning grain mill products breakfast foods and oatmeal PUBLISH KOREA NEW YORK United tions has just published the second of its story the in Korea Called A Korea the pamphlet Is a detailed summary of the debates and actions taken by the United in regard to Korea
