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i Ais. dite ea, a ts | ed § What path should labor take now? “ ‘The Lewis path of strikes 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 tf 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 ' - ballot although a blow to the defeatists and reactionaries | in the many elections this coming Tuesday will be very important. It means a drive RIGHT NOW to win the vast majority of the people—who are not in labor's ran -—to the idea that a sound stabilization program is irt- perative for a quick.and decisive victory over the The Transport Workers Upion of New York gave practical example of what this means on a local basis. A fight which seemed almost impossible to win ended in a great victory for the union—and the war effort—with- out a strike. ’. Congressmen will continue to sabotage the stabiliza- tion program, stabilization authorities wil] continue yield to them, employers will continue to think only #f profits—just as long as they fee] labor’s political apat and know that the public generally is not yet aroused. ’ Tf labor wants a sound stabilization program, with the President's seven pointa fully applied; if a wage policy da to be realistic with production and a high morale the | wppermost corsideration, thenlahor must unite ita forces {2 teunch its greatest drive to win the people. nes Bo en nme ae ne tt et eS a EE RE I NE ere Linsey