LABOR ORGANISATION.

Evening Star, Issue 18979, 29 June 1925, Page 12

LABOR ORGANISATION.

10 THE F.DITOH Sir, —The first part of Mr Halpli Harrison’s leUt’r, wherein he says he hatl no intention of introducing bitterness into his correspondence, and expressing; sorrow if lie did so, shows him to he an honorable opponent. He says my criticism of the Alliance of Labor has boon “ chiefly concentrated upon the limited powers of its executive.” Admittedly that is so, hut again 1 surest that it is a most vital point. I agree that “if the units of that organisation think it fit and proper at any time to extend its power ” they can do so. .But if their leaders arc really leaders, then why have they not suggested alterations that would make the alliance an efficient alteration ? Having in previous correspondence suggested the reasons, I shall leave your working-class readers to solve that part of the conundrum for themselves. While Mr Harrison is opposed to placing executive, power in the hands of the executive, ho states that in the ease of a great national emergency, such as war, very few members of the nation would refuse to obey the instructions issued by the executive of the State. By such a statement I believe ho has unconsciously played right into my hands. If it is right for the executive of the State to control the nation during such an emergency as war, how can he logically disagree with mo when that before the Alliance of Labor or any Labor organisation can be effective its executive must have placed in its hands by its affiliations full executive power to issue instructions (commands) in each and every case of emergency? Mr Harrison says there may be avaricious employers. I ask him how an employer to-day is to succeed financially unless ho adopts the methods of avaricious mon, Mr Harrison again states that workers lose because of their lack of knowledge of economics. How would he suggest they can gain such knowledge? Docs he not realise that what he would call democracy is purely a myth, and that so long ns the capitalist system remains so long will the great majority of the workers he incapable of gaining a true and lasting knowledge of economics or of their true position in society ? Our educational system is nm so that, as far as is humanly possible, no teaching detrimental to the interests of tho capitalists is permitted.—f am, etc., G. S. Tuomsox. J,llllO '2G.