. The National Civic Federation review . on with or without legislation. The radicalgroup of socialists, represented by Mr. Snowden,Mr. McDonald, Mr. Webb and others in theirrespective schools of political phantasy, are re-garded suspiciously by the average Britishworker, and unitedly opposed by British em-ployers. RADICALS DEMAND BASIC CHANGES The basic principle of radical thought in GreatBritain is iliat present industrial conditions de-mand changes in scheme, purpose and believe that the capitalistic system is sofaulty chat new arrangements are necessarywherein the worker is pr
. The National Civic Federation review . on with or without legislation. The radicalgroup of socialists, represented by Mr. Snowden,Mr. McDonald, Mr. Webb and others in theirrespective schools of political phantasy, are re-garded suspiciously by the average Britishworker, and unitedly opposed by British em-ployers. RADICALS DEMAND BASIC CHANGES The basic principle of radical thought in GreatBritain is iliat present industrial conditions de-mand changes in scheme, purpose and believe that the capitalistic system is sofaulty chat new arrangements are necessarywherein the worker is protected socially and eco-nomically against the oppression claimed to beinherent in the existing system. They contendthat industrial society owes its allegiance pri-marily and organically to the source of commonwelfare, which is the .State. If men fight as sol-diers for their country, they argue, why shouldthey not also work for their country from simi-lar motives of service and devotion 1 Their plan, The National Civic Federation Review. A. PARKER NEVIN in principle, is for a nationalized sense of service. This may be generally accepted and designatedas socialism, but it is not certain that some ofthe radical wing in British industry would ad-mit that it is socialism at all. Industry must exist within certain definiteclassifications: either it must be the result ofprivate enterprise with private capital employedand with labor an integral factor; or, it must becommunized, which means that the two main fac-tors are the State and the workmen—the Statefurnishing capital, paying wages and appropriat-ing profits if any are made over the cost of serv-ice ; or, industry must be proletarianized, whichwould abolish capitalism, eliminate employers,private or State, and combine all labor, manualand brain, in each industry into one large collec-tive unit. If an industry should become thusproletarian in its structure, it would necessarilybecome either guildism or syndicalism. If in-dustry
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