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On ——- . —ae . . ji, Se —emeee . B What path should labor take now? - ‘Phe 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 wee qualification bf the no-strike vote is scabbing upon the | war to wipe out fascism. The constructive alternative is the mobilization of Jabor’s vast, and stil! 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 Tast majority of the people—who are not in labor’s ran #—to the idea that a sound stabilization program is i ‘perative for a quick.and decisive victory over the The ion of New York gave practical example of what this means on & 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 will continue yield to them, employers will continue to think only $f profits—just as long as they fee} labor's political apa and know that the public generally is not yet aroused. ‘ T¢ labor wants a sound stabilization program, with the President's seven points fully applied; if a wage policy — ds to be realistic with production and a high morale the uppermost corsideration, then labor must unite its forces @ieumeh its greatest drive to win the people. e