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...annual speakfest of the American Federation of Labor proceeds another source of discord is becoming evident which is likely to disrupt the ranks of labor. That is the candidacy of John L. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, for the office of President of the A. F. of L. This move apparently marks the solidification of opposition to Samuel Gompers, who for thirty-nine years has held the office now coveted by Mr. Lewis. Labor's "grand old man", however, has declined to give up without a struggle. His supporters have resurrected the well-worn charge of a "slush fund...
...constant menace to the solidity of the Federation. The candidacy of Mr. Lewis, which is described as "the first serious opposition which President Gompers has had since 1894", is an attempt on the part of the United Mine Workers to get control of the policy of all of organized labor. There is undoubtedly a crisis in the affairs of the Federation; the election of Mr. Lewis may well mean an almost complete change of methods and aims. No wonder then that developments are awaited with the greatest interest...
...same thing applies in other relations of life of a public or semi-public nature. We hear much of the rights of property and of labor. Is the owner of property justified in managing it to augment his own profits, regardless of the general welfare; and is the laborer justified in curtailing production if it be to the detriment of the community at large; and if not, what are the proper limitations? Again, it is not my object here to express or imply answers to such questions, but to point out that they require answers; because the tranquility and welfare...
...feeling of antagonism against the courts, and in particular against the Supreme Court, has long been brewing in the minds of Labor men, and it found very definite expression at the time of the Supreme Court's decision in favor of the U. S. Steel Corporation last spring. The result of the long fermentation is the "specific recommendation" quoted above...
...considered an absolute impossibility, but it is safe to say that if the Federation succeeds in this purpose it will be gambling -- and in a game in which the dice are loaded in their favor only for the first throw. For without the steadying influence of the conservative courts, Labor, no less than Capital, may be at the mercy of hysterical legislatures...