Show LABOR AND DEMOCRACY the president of one of the principal labor unions recently said to make secure the gains that have been made in the past our union as vell v ell as all labor must hold fast to the principles of democracy no one can quarrel with willi that statement as it is an unanswerable truth but the unpleasant fact is that certain labor leaders have been and still are about the worst and most persistent enemies of democratic principles this country has known these leaders want to make it impossible for any man to hold a job and earn a living unless he pays dues to a union these same leaders have often established exorbitant or bitant initiation fees to get in their unions fees that are far beyond the ability oi of the majority j J i workers ers to meet it is these leaders who have closed unions to nev ne men and have said in effect that non members cannot be employed and can starve so far as they arc concerned you can t have a labor monopoly or any other kind of df a monopoly and also have democracy many 0 our labor leaders are sincere an and a farsighted far sighted men but that proportion r of labor leaders which is making a racket out of unionism casals a growing stigma on the entire union movement because they are destroying ying democracy |