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Show These clever but somewhat meaningless declarations bobbed up repeatedly at the El Paso convention and were given a halo of sincerity sin-cerity in the form of solemn resolutions that the National Labor Council, that dictates policies of American Federation, would be good and modest and not undertake to run state or national politics. The public generally will take all these protestations of humility with a grain of salt, knowing it has been the habit of these, leaders to jump into the political arena at any time and offer to take charge of state or national affairs. The November election was such a condemnation of bloc, class and special interest politics that belated modesty of any class organization organ-ization seems too much like a compulsory flare of virtue assumed for the time being. BELATED MODESTY. The country has received a rlisfactory thrill from the announcement an-nouncement made by the American Federation of Labor that it will keep out of politics, will not support a Thrd Party and will remain strictly nonpartisan. |