﻿POLITICAL ACTION 
 
A LA BELGIUM 
A sample of government, as a slave driver, comes to us from Belgium. The postal employes on strike for more pay were conscripted into the army and were compelled to work—regardless. 
The value of organization was emphasized, in so far as it showed the uselessness of “the individual walk-out” the men had undertaken— singly, disconnected, they had attempted something that is difficult for solidarity even to accomplish — they were going to win on a “technicality” . . . 
They fully intended to crawl through a loop-hole (one at a time) and circumvent their boss, the Royal House of Belgium. Alas, the government “missed” them from their usual posts, stepped out, and invited them to join the army. The men’s, patriotism got the best of them (or was it army beans) and they reported for work bright and early next morning; fully resolved to starve if necessary for the king—and the flag. 
Belgium is not the only country in Europe using force on wage earners, almost every country has so mismanaged its production and distribution thereof, that it is now imperative to subject to slavery those still inclined work. A large and happy family of voters enforce this condition upon the workers thru a medium called political action. 
But, by organizing industrially, in a One Big Union, the working class soon could absorb a big percentage of these “restful” voters; thus increasing their production; thus, too, making commodities more “purchasable” to all— economic solidarity is the thing. 
T-B. S.