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putes were tinged with the passions and prejudices of extremists on the sides of labor and capital alike, but led to improved working conditions and union recognition.

The Oregon Federation of Labor with a present membership of approximately 70,000 represents craft unionism in Oregon, with its corresponding purposes and motives. The idea of industrial unionism, or the vertical plan of organization as opposed to the horizontal, has been powerfully revived through the C.I.O. headed by John L. Lewis; and the late 1930*8 in Oregon have been marked by spectacular struggles between the two union systems. By initiative process a rigid anti-picketing law was adopted at the general election of 1938,