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John L Lewis — Part 28
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8 What pa path should labor take now?
". Phe Lewis path of atrikes is certainly out, for It doesn't
win wage increases, and what is more important, it negates
the basic consideration that this is labor’s war and any |
qualification of the no-strike vote is scabbing upon the
war to wipe out fascism.
_ The constructive alternative is the mobilization of :
labor's vast, and still hardly used political strength. No.
this doesn’t mean waiting until next election to cast a
aa
ballot although a» blow to the defeatists and reactionaries ;
in the many elections this coming Tuesday wil] be very |
important. If means a drive RIGHT NOW to win the -
re majority of the pecple—who are not in labor's ran
s—to the idea that a sound stabilization program is i
rative for a quick. and decisive victory over the
The Transport. Workers Lision of New York gave
practical example of what this means on a Jocal basis.
A fight which seemed almost impossible to win ended in
& great victory for the union—and the war effort—with-
aent ote be
WU &@& BLL LAt.
' ” . Congreasmen will continue to sabotage the stabiliza-—
tion program, stabilization authorities will continue
yield to them, employers will continue to think only
profits—just as long as they fee] labor's political ape
and know that the public generally is not yet aroused.
” If labor wants a sound stabilization program, with
the President’s seven points fully applied; if a wage policy °
is to be realistic with production and a high morale the |
rpermost consideration, then_Ieahor must unite its forces
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{iwunch its greatest drive to win the people. :
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