Show SOCIALISM SAPS A NATION y For more moro than 50 years y ars the Wisconsin State Fed Fed- Federation Federation of Labor carried a n plank in its vt advocat advocat- advocating advocating ing public ownership of utilities Now that plank lank has been dropped The reason reason according to the Duluth Herald Her Her- Herald ald is that actual bargaining experience ce has led the chiefs of of the larger unions to the tM conclusion that labor can get moro mora generous contracts from private em em- employers employers and corporations than from government agencies These labor leaders should also have learned from simple observation of affairs broad that government ownership of industry means the death of the free labor movement and of stong unions No Noone one can strike against the government No Noone one can challenge the decisions of the government There can be no redress from injustice when powerful all-powerful officials dominate labors labor's source of livelihood Worst of all aU when government takes over business it is almost impossible to get government out of Business A revolution revolution or a complete collapse of the government in power is necessary Even then the transition back to toa toa a free enterprise system is difficult and costly Social Social- Socialism Socialism ism exhausts the energies of ofa a country and dissipates its capital It places a premium on mediocrity and discourages discourages ages initiative It makes mak s for a sheep-like sheep people condi condi- conditioned conditioned to blindly following leaders After a n period p of I 1 years of that that the people eople lose the ability to manage manage their own oWn affairs The Wisconsin in State Federation of Labor has learned that free labor and free enterprise are one It is isto isto to be congratulated for admitting it it 0 |