Show Labor Facing Great Chance For New Deal By BRUCE CATTON Some sort of showdown in the field I of labor relations seems Just ahead The national recovery administration i prepares to tackle the company union i issue congress debates the Wagner l labor labo board bill and industrialists flock to Washington to protest both measures And the whole business puts upon organized labor the heaviest responsibility s it has had in years Organized labor unless all aU signs f fail ail is about to be given more power t than han it ever has had before Its Magna Charta is In the making these days What is it going to do with it It is not exactly a secret that there are labor organizations whose officials officials of of- f are arc more interested in lining t tt their heir own pockets than in advancing t the he cause of the men they are supposed sup posed to represent that there are cases in which labor unions have been turned into unscrupulous rackets rack ets eta by designing men that selfishness greed and stupidity have in some ome in instances in in- stances s given both employers and reason to distrust the labor organizer Such things do more to lo retard the cause of labor than all aU the employers in the country Unless t they hey can be eliminated the current drive to give labor a new freedom cannot in Jn the long run do labor any good They are arc evils that can be corrected corrected cor by nobody but the leaders and the rank and file of organized labor It n often Is said that public office is isa Isa isa a public trust The same thing applies applies ap ap- ap- ap plies to the job of representing organ organ- i zed workingmen The man who has such a position not only speaks for the legitimate aspirations of his fellow workers he also occupies an exceedingly important tant position in the industrial setup of the country as a whole and this position evidently is going to be more important in the future than in Jn the past The intelligent and honorable labor Jabor l leader and leader and there are arc many such- such can do a great work in the years ears just ahead of us But the labor movement no longer er can afford to carry the racketeer the seeker self s the chiseler the man who plays both ends against the middle lor f or the sake of his own bank account Its It's up to labor to clean house If Ii t the he unions are to get new rights they must recognize the responsibilities t that hat go with them |