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Show 143 is the fact that the LOS Church has much influence in th.e state and has generally been regarded as antiunion, cation, and conservative in outlook. anti-federal aid to edu At the same time the NEA Affiliate movement has supported federal aid, unionism, and has taken liberal on the general lead rural tendencies. In addition to the Church influence, atmosphere of the to 'bel ieve that unionism one state might in the larger organization was urban areas radical was more radical the along been usually of the nation. conservative enough in 1920 to help enough in the early 1960's than the NEA. areas success that ensure of the nation, to be characterized as the UEA Although more unions, Yet, while the Utah the NEA would not be dominated by the urban it western state could a not flourish since with the exception of mining areas, have ful as helped move path toward unionism during the 1960's, based the NEA on the rhetoric of the two o.rganizations today, the UEA is probably less militant than the NEA. The UEA without some revolutionary policies buildup. least talking about of the 1960's did not happen Prior to 1920, some of the some Utah teachers advantages of unionism. were at During the 1920's and 1930's, and into the 1940's, the UEA became in creasingly concerned with teachers' benefits. of J. Bracken Lee to the office of Governor open struggle between the UEA and the tinued Clyde 'I as was recess II In began Governor. 1948, the election a bitter and The struggle George Dewey Clyde assumed the position of Governor. governor when the UEA "revo l ted' of 1964. and sponsored the con |
