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i —s Bw ie re eee . : ieee & 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 bf the no-strike vote is scabbing upon the war to wine out fasciam, ope Ve ae ew: _ The constructive alternative is the mobilization of | Jabor’s vast, and still hardly used politica) strength. No. this doesn’t mean waiting until next election to cast a ballot although a blow to the defestists and reactionaries ; in the many elections this coming Tuesday will be very | important. It means a drive RIGHT NOW to win the . yast 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 e Transport Workers Lion of New York gave’ practical example of what this means on a socal basis. A fight which seemed almost impossible to win ended in &@ great victory for the union—and the war effort—with- ent a atrike, _’ . Congressmen will] continue to sabotage the stabiliza-— tion program, stabilization authorities will continue yield to them, employers will continue to think only profitsa—just as long as they feel labor’s political apa and know that the public generally is not yet aroused.§ ’ * Tf Isbor wants a sound stabilization program, with the President's seven points fully applied; if a wage policy | 4s to be realistic with production and a high morale the | uppermost corsideration, then lahor must unite its forces {J teunch its greatest drive to win the people.