The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-02
Don't Weep At
The Ice House.

him. IN addition &c this. there - 10
DENYING TIE sHrewtness Of the leader
Of the A p OF L, and his 20
liticai sezsCity. which has enabled
4 him to keep a frm grip on the ma
4 chIuerT or the organization. and 10
have his faithful henchmen in tne posi-
F.. tons where tneE could do him the most
good whenever their services might be
needed
Further than this. he has never
failed. at the last conventions. 70 have
some sensation 20 spring on the con-
vention az the psychological moment,
which would place him in the Light OF .
martyr 70 the Gauss OF untOn1am, and
excite wave OF sympathetic euthu-
siasm for him. which would carry the
delegates or their feet and result in
his reelection
That his long leadership. and this ap-
parent Inlposs11iIty 20 Nh his place has
gone TO his head, and made him i'm
agine that ne Is much greater man
than Re really is, Is undoubtedly the
case, and accounts for the tactics he
has adopted in dealing with questions
; necessarily anJaEoniZed men 10 whom
organized labor must look for TeCOEni-
/ ton Of their demands, and where labor
measures are often opposed on account
Of this very a0taEouisu which would
otherwise receive support
There is no doubt but what organized
labor in this country would be much
stronger with a leader who was more
1 IN touch with conditions as they -actu-
ally exist, and who would bring TO the
front the new policies which organized
labor must adopt Il 1t expects to even
, U1Iinta tain Its present standing. TO say
I nothing of making future progress.
I We quote portions or another article.
{ q reprint, from the same labor paper
: Organized labor. through its leaders.
/ must recognize the mistakes Of the
/ past If they expect 10 perpetUate their
4 organizations or 20 develop the move
/ ment which they head No movement.
]
/ beyond the iuteIIects which guide these
/ OTCaniZa tons, and il the leaders are
{ dominated By a selfish motive the or
+ ganization VIII become tinged with a
/ spirit OF selfshneSs. which has never
l appealed to mankind in any walk of
life at any time since history began
1T can be said in extenuatiOn Of certain
/ leaders Of organized labor that the pre-
carious position which they occupy as
| leaders has had a tendency to cause
them 10 lose sight Of the object behind
the organization. The natural instinct
| in man for power and position is in no
small measure reSpOsible for the mis-
q takes or the leaders. not necessarily IN
labor unions alone. but in every branch
OF society This desire for power and
leadership and personal aEgrandfze-
ment causes men who have been earn
est and sincere in their efforts in the
start TO deteTiOrate into mere polite
IanS whose every act and UtteraRce Is
tlnged with the desire to cater to the
NfFS~N ES-SSAtA4H "a N4S
JoE1ty in the societies or OrganiZa
tions and this IS undoubtedly true wher
applied 10 the present leaders of TIRE
Federation. We mention the Federation
of LSbOr particularly in this article be-
cause that organization is the only or.
gauizstion Of labor which has yet founS
itself IN direct opposition TO the laws Of
the land There are other organizations
of labor whose leaders have made mis-
! takes, but they have always kept them
selves and their organizations within
the bounds Of the law ard respected tbs
I rights OF every other man in considering
me rights Of themselves and their con.
| Sttuency- whereas, the motto OF tht
, Federation is just the reverse, and IN
less the leaders conform themselves Sug
? their organization in accordance witt
3 the laws of the land. the leaders and
the organization itself must be disinte
grated and pass into history, for II
r. America the common sense n mankin-
IS developed TO a greater extent thai
IN any other nation on the earth anS
= the people, who are the court Of las
= resort in this country, viii never allow
2 any system to develop n this country
which does not meet with the appTOva
= Of the majority Of the citizens of th'
T country
This must have forced itself upon tn
! leaders d the Federation by this time
II II has not, the leaders must be elm
= mated. The organization which the
. head has done many meritOrious thing
= IN times past and the people are alway
] ready ana willing to acknowledge IN
D benefits which their efforts have brOuEh
, to their constituency as a whole. but q