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Show Labor Unions Facing Problems of Society The great economic power of labur unions has somewhat deadened old sentiments. sen-timents. The position of wage earners today Is Incomparably better than it was 40 years ago. The laboring classes fighting for their rights have become Indistinguishable In a common mas? of humanity, nil fl-htlng for the nest way out of the problems which Confront Con-front them all as a whole, Mr. Green s demand for "an abundant life a life of freedom, of self-expression, of sir-Itnal sir-Itnal beauty . . with leisure, recreation recre-ation and material" blessings," mark the chasm which separates him from those leaders who 40 years ago were fighting for what might be called "the living wage." The chasm Is an b.I-vance b.I-vance and the plea Is reasonable. I securing Its fulfillment demands nit merely the success of the organized labor movement but the success of society so-ciety as a whole. In which organized labor must find Its place an a con j structlve force. There are ' many abases to be eliminated. But the proh- ! lema of the present are not altogether the problems of Injustice; they are 1 the problems of human Incapacity, New York Herald-Tribune. |