Show labor unions doing effective work in the cur ing of economic ills by MATTHEW vice president A F 0 L labor of america is functioning in america its activities do not trespass foreign labor fields it does docs not transgress upon the activities of foreign labor movements american labor likewise holds that it is best qualified to determine the course of action that american labor shall follow Hollow this right to self determination lias has been and is being questioned by bv foreign influences pnra parading ding under tho the guiso guise of condemnations d dem lem nations and gratuitous advice by foreign labor and political movements are but sill silly y antics american labor needs no foreign guidance much less the showing of violent demonstrations politically labor in the mass can most effectually participate in a affairs afa i rs by associating with no particular party but by working within the major political parties for where the suffrage power that makes for the delegation of political authority is so largely in the hands of an agrical agri cul tural population as it is in this country the appeal of industrial workers for a distinctive political party is doomed to failure this form of political action by american labor may not be na as appealing as the more exciting and dramatic form of other lands but it is ia nevertheless lar far wiser and better suited to our time and to the institutions of america economically labor if organized into strong and effective trade unions can exert n tremendous force through its combined purchasing power and a pooling of its savings |