The Connecticut labor news., 1922-01-06
CONNECTICUT ORGANIZED LABOR GIVEN MERITED PRAISE FOR WAY
 IT HAS CONDUCTED ITS AFFAIRS
New Haven Journal l. Courier, in Editorial, Declares COmmunit- ies Owe More to La bOr Than They Are Aware of.

Organized Labor i'll Connecticut has not only enjoyed remarkaDlt increase i'll numbers since the war but is now coming in tor well de served credit for the sanity and just ness in which 1t has conducted Its affairs with the employer and the pub lie as is evidenced by the commenda- tory editorial published by The Ne" Haven Journal Courier, i'll its issue o1 Thursday, January 5. The J-C states Our communities ot OonneCt1Cu' owe more to the spirit ot progress and observance of law i'll labor circles than many are aware ot, the edltoI ial being III full as follows:
 Labor's Part In These Times.
 The post war period has seen strengthening ot labor organlza- tion- in Connecticut, certainly III point of numbers, as shown by the increase from T52 groups un- der the state federation ln 1918 to 232 in 1921. A membership ot 22.ooo has increased to 57,ooo. The orators, whether sympathetic or not, have gone about say1ng labor has a right to organlze, and the trades have taken them at their word. It IS great com bination of races, CreedS and col orS.
 1t is here to stay; the problem is to make 1t function reasonably and without undue prejudice. 1t is the business of any interest to advance its Welfare-there can be no fault found with that. But to do this in orderly fashion, under fair and dispassionate leadership, to seek justice and no more, to get the other mans view point here is the task of organized la bor, and not less of the other side If it be argued that there IS lack of discipline and control 1n the average labor gathering apart from some groups, whose daily tasks and training equip them for judicial dellberatlon with the best in any calling-lt may be retorted that at least the subtlety and indirection ot the able and summing are absent; the audiences makes medium through which fine as well as lawless passions may sweep. There is a great deal of ignorance among the schooled and protect ed classes as to the nature of a labor union. It is waiting to hear some just word. A man with message, whose manhood con firms what he has to say, could ask no better hearing, certainly if he comes before mlsunder- standing and suspicion unsettle those who lack steadiness. But working with raw materials and fronting life's realities makes men impatient with seeming and lr- revelance. No audience sooner senses the man who has nothing to say or putters i'll his thought.
 The confusion and grim re- suits that attend situations where great numbers of men are ex- cited who work with their hands and have their daily bread to consider are such that intelligent and ir-minded leadership of this great interest IS the concern ot all. Americans have not yet got to the bottom of the so-called la bor9 question, though now and then there is a gleam in the east. Meanwhile every day justice and mutual forbearance and co-opera- ton by those on both sides who use their heads to think with and their hearts to practice kindness carry us on until a wiser and bet ter generation of men shall find way out.
 The fact is in Connecticut we have got on in this matter very we'll since the war. There have been many adjustments reflect ing credit on both employer and employe Ordinary police super vision has done the business among us when the strike weapon has been resorted to, whereas i'll other localities there have been grave disorders and terrorism. Our communities of Connecticut owe more to the spirit of prog ress and observance of law in la Dor circles thanmany are aware