The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-12

this country within decade is fore seen as possibility by Henry H. Heimann. Executive Manager, Ma tional Association of Credit Men, in his Monthly Review of Business sent today to the Associations 20,- 900 manufacturing, wholesaling and banking members.
 Coupled with this view MT. Hei- mann expresses the hope that If labor gains control of our govern ment, it can avoid the pitfalls of labor government in other countries. Their record is not greatly encour- aging
 Labor controH of government, in the credit executives viewpoint, may be exercised through either of the two parties, although neither of these would be an out-and-out labor party.
 But unwarranted strikes or un- reasonable demands in the defense program activity at this time," he says, will reveal an unsympathe- tic public mood to labor and the growth of popular demand for OdPS1 N4oEOlls O44A RSL haps even control, of labor unions.
 Labor Outlook
 Since labor is on the march in this country let us analyze our la bor outlook. Labor's rise is the most important recent development in this country, affecting as it does our production, our standards of living and our credit in all of its phases.
 How will labor become more powerful in government? What are the weaknesses in the present labor movement? What will be the atti- tude towards labor government? These are but A few of the queS- tionS that we as economic and poli- tical citizens should be turning over in our minds.
 First, a bit of simple arithmetic will develop that if labor were united it's political influence would be almost unbeatable. If the gain- fully employed in labor and their families moved as unit they could come very near to controlling elec- tionS.
 Labor Leadership
 "One of the weaknesses of the la bor cause in this country is in some of the personnel of its leadership. We have witnessed in the immed- fate years past certain type of ir- responsible leadership that by its action has defied law and order. We have noted certain injudicious de- mands made by this same type of leadership that could not be grant, ed save at the expense of other segmentS of society.
 We have been aware of the fact that many so-called labor leaders have brazenly assumed to speak for all labor when, as 8 matter of fact, they did not truly represent the labor that formed component part of the unions they directed We have seen SubverSive influences worm their way into the ranks of labor leadership.
 we have witnessed certain types of labor leadership openly defying the Sherman Law and, in some in- stances, being abetted by industries which with labor look only at an immediate profit without consider ing the consequences of their action upon the general welfare of the country.
 "A measure of all of these was to be expected in the beginning and could be temporarily tolerated uh-. der the terminology of growing pains.' The day is here, however, when the labor child is due for long pants and must grow up.
 Labor Policies
 During the past years it was rather easy for labor to get the types of legislation it desired. The proposals were accepted in good faith by members of Congress as being in keeping with the spirit of the times. But subsequent injudi- cious, partial or poor administra- tion interpreted laws in such a flexible style that 1t warded labor more gains than intended, or more than had been earned.
 If this statement seems . little harsh just ask yourself this ques- tion: Had Congress known in ad- vance of the decisions. rulings and regulations of the National Labor Relations Board that came after the act had been passed, would t have enacted tn nieasure9
 q think the answer Is tn the neg ative. The post-election Labor Board personnel changes-and the