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i ee oot 7 B 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 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 ° 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 yast majority of the people—who are not in labor's ran s—to the idea that a sound stabilization program is i ‘serative for a quick.and decisive victory over the . The ; ion of New York gave Ss practical example of what thia means on a loca] 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 cnly (if profite—just as long as they feel labor's political apathy 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 da to be realistic with production and a high morale the wppermost corsideration, thentlahor must unite ita forces (O teuneh its greatest drive to win the people. sii Tas cieeillll onetime, enna alah natalia hen mmreiea iene elem chiatie Taide, - eee _iaeateied annie nem amendmen th dina, Hieniie anh inlet. hance dette denen dmtahe: itaiiel need: