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ont . . a * t "ON : ad §B What path should labor take now? ; " ‘The Lewis path of strikes is certainly out, for it doesn’t 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 ia scabbing upon the ke war to wipe out fascism. f The constructive alternative is the mobilization of Iabor’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 fn the many elections this coming Tuesday will be very important. It means a drive RIGHT NOW to win the ast 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 Transport Workers Union of New York gave practical example of what thia means on a jocal 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. Congreasmen will continue to sabotage the stabiliza- tion program, stabilization authorities will continue yield to them, employers wil] continve to think only #f profits—just as long as they feel labor's political apat 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 $s to be realistic with production and a high morale the uppermost consideration, thenlahor must unite its forces {@ twunch its greatest drive to win the people. ee vn A RR A RI A oF a AEE AR A ma SP IRR ES ERE A RL A