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Show United Labor Is A Political Force The unexpected move of ' John L. Leiwis, founder and former .president of the Congress Con-gress for Industrial Organization, Organiza-tion, to resume peace conferences conferenc-es Aith the rival (American Federation Fed-eration o Labor, is a step of momentous importance. The division of American labor la-bor has threatened tine stability of gains made in recent years. , Naturally, when lalbor organizations organiza-tions stop .fighting eaoh other, they will be able to Ido a better job 'lor live laborers they represent. rep-resent. Looking into the future a bit, it seems probable tJbat eventually the .nation imaiy (find that the unified labor organization organiza-tion will become a political party. par-ty. This does not mean that labor will, of necessity, nominate nomin-ate its own candidates, but that the leaders of labor will ait-tempt ait-tempt to mobilize the labor votes to influence national policy pol-icy and secure .full recognition of the rights of labor. There is nothing inherently' wrong with this but there is always the possibility that labor la-bor leaders will over-reach themselves and, conscious of their political power, attempt to secure unwarranted .gains for labor. This, in the long run, would be destructive to the interests of American lalbor, and, consequently, it is to be hoped that the labor ongandza- . tion will be headed by resporu-1 isible' officials who will exer-, cise .their power with judgment and wisdom. |