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Harold J. Laski: The business of the state, therefore, is not to prohibit, but to find how best to make the use of the strike the final…

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The business of the state, therefore, is not to prohibit, but to find how best to make the use of the strike the final and not the first instrument in conflict.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the importance of using strikes as a last resort in labor disputes.

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