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No. 28

DI SCHARGED AS I. W. W.

REVOLUTION VERBOTEN

Rchenet'tad 30', Ma3o' 2.- Fellow' Vorker Frank Johlison , who has beenworkin~ for the General El ectric Co.for o\'er n ine years was re('ently di~chal'Ked because he is a member ofthe I . W. W. and had taken part int he recent con ference of Metal andMachin er)' Worke rs Industrial UnionNo. 300 in Cleve lani!. There wa s nofault fou nd with Johnson's work, andhe was no t la id off because of slackwork, as there was a la l'Ke a mountof work Rht'lld in hill de partment andanother man was put on at once tocomplet e it.

:lEMAND AN INDUSTRIAL UNION

SEEING CORRECT UNESOF LABOR MOVEMENT

Why Not Now?

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Ff'lIow Worker Mey ers of Eldorado,Kansas, who t estifi ed in the Ch ica j(ot rial is llske d to write to Geo. F.Yllnderv e-e r , Re om 17, La bor Temple,Seattle, Wash., a t on ce on a. matteroC ul'Kent importance.

(Specia l Telel':Tam )Spokan e, )[a )" 18.- Strike a l("a inst

Io:ureka Lumber Co. on the Forti neRiver is won . The settlement is for$5 .00 an d board and free blanke tsfor eigh t hours wor k.

The str ike on t he Rutlf'dg-e Lu mberCo. on Marhle Creek is also won. ThewaKe~ a re $6 .(10 a nd boa rd a nd Creeblankets for eig-ht hours work .-FredKennedy.

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they can't, It will take hundreds ofjob delegates to do it. Eve ry mem obe r of the I . W. W. tha t is j ob-loosein t he industrial centers, e nd thosewho follow seasonable work, shouldmake it a poi nt to come to the Kan ­sas fie-I ds with j oh delegate crt tal s a nd a stock of supplies . Ig raill belt you have a clea r fielorj!,"anizing- because there is nounion to contend wit h. The hiwill be star ti na, on or a bou ,middle of June.

Do you recollect the big (Ir ive thruth e harvest in 191 (j when overeigh teen thou srand new members werelined up in t he A. W. I. U. No. 400 ?One of tbe contrrbuti r ur rec t ors ofth a t Krt'a t success, WllS the large num­ber of job dele~l\tes in the field.Wh en we think of the number of menIleeded in Kansas this season, and th enumber of dele" ates t hat should beth ere, we reali ze the g igantic taskwh ich con f ro nt!'. us. Bu t we mustnot let the "biKg'nf'l\s" of t he t hingdash ou r hopes. When a propositionis " biJ!,'," "p:o lifter it in a 'big wa y',"" Organize on a large sca le. "

We ar e i ssuin~ a clarion call f orone thou sa nd (toOO) job delegatesfo r th e State of Kansas. Come onyou Wobblies and lend .ll hand . ]{ theFarmer has a "bumper crop," le t usge t in and orll':anize the aKl'iculturalworkers for a " bumper .members hip,"a nd " bum per WaKeS." What do )·ousay ? Are yo u with us? If so, t henlet our slogll ll be: " On to Kansas,with one thousand job del~ates."

Org-anize! Organize ! Org-anize !Agricult ural Wo rkers Indus tria l

Un ion No. 400C. W. Anderson _

INDUSTRIAL UNIONISM Ipo~ition clear regard in.ll': the class warpriso ners, the convention adopted th e

MAKESRAPID GAINS following d ear cut r.esolutions :. .Whereas, oreanieed eapi tal lst

- - - hatred ha s thrown in to the j ail s theThe Workers' Council movem ent, bravest spokesmen of la bor for terms

havinJ!,' for its obj ect the organization mO~E; sa vagl? than those me te d out to. .. polltlca l pnsoners by the old auto-

of the workers on industrial, instead eeeetes of Ru ssia and Germanv be.of craft li nes, a f ter the pattern oC ca ul' they dared to spea k what 'theythe new "shop st eward" idea in En/{· thou~ht the tr-uth, and refused toland, is spr eading rapidly a mong the prostittute their conserenee, and~~ment trades i ~ New York and is Wh ereas, Iaws osten~I)' intendedbclnK advocated in other trades and Cor the punishment of en emv spiesin other industrial centers thruou t hav e bee n used by the powers-that b~the cou ntry. In Cleveland, Ohio, Cor to crush every expression of labor'sexample, th e organization of "Indust- solidar ity and (orwardlooking thoughtrial Sovie ts" is a lready well u nder andWa)·. . . Whereas, the imprisonment of t hese

'I'he move ment in New York had IU, people is pri marily a ma nifestationort gm amo.nl(" the waist and dress oC the strulO{le between grou ps ofmakers dur-ing the ir r ecent pr-olon ged nations be itstrike a nd gained added impetus by the •demand of the workers for more de· Resolved , that we call upon themoc rat ic cont ro l of thei r own affairs cla saconsclo us wot-kers oC. th e coun­than is provided under th e present t ry t o ex er t the ir indu strial pow erst rade union form of organization. In to . face the release of the class warthis respect , it bea rs a st riking like- priso ners.ness to simila r revolts against the ex - .ecu t tves of the British and Scotch Th e followin g resolution was alsotr-ade unions durin/{ the past winter. adopted relative to two New York

Aft er several conferences an d mass papers wh ich claim t o 1,1' workingmeetings, a Workers' Council has class publica t ions:bee n definitely launched in the Waist R... olu lionand Dress Industry, with de legat es Whereas, the official Socia list ne w s-representing over 14 ,00 0 workers, papers of this ci ty, the "New Yorkwhile a council is in process of or- Call" and the "Jewish Daily Fer­g a mzation in t he white Goods in- ward," have pe rsisten tly refu sed todustry. Other branches where the pr-int news items or accept paid adnew idea is takin g defi ni te shape a re verttsements of the Workers' Councilthe eloak rnakers and bo:rl!' ..htrtwai st ot the Waist and Dress Indus tc-v andmaKers. • - . ' wnerees this a t th ud.. j " aidin~ the

The trade union officials a re watc h- officia ls of the Am erican Federationin/{ the development of the workers' of Labor to ke ep the workers in sub­co uncil move ment with Il!; much un- j ec tion and ign oranceeasi ness as th e employe rs, as it s pells Therefore, Be it resolved that wethe end oC their autocratic regime condemn such ac t ion as II betrayal ofeven more surely than the su('cessful the rea l in terests of the working class,overthr -ow of the wage s30'stem: With Crom which tbe3o' get their su ppo rt,llll the wor kers of each establ ishment Resolution Committee-rrganized in one shop unit, regard­' ess of craft or t rade, and with di rec t

antrol of all matt ers placed in th ennd s of t he worker!'. or t heir shop~Iegates, the foun d.llt ions a re being " The r il("h t of revolu t ion does not

aid fo r II de mocratic and class-con- extst ! A . " ..• F kli K. I b r ovem nt in this coun m me rrca, sa tu ran In .

l>C10 US a 0 m I' -ILane, Se cretary of the In ter ior oft ry. • the United States , at the banquet of

th e Americanization confe rence lastFor the purposc of making the ir eveni ng. "We had a revolution 140

years aKo which made it unnecessaryto have any other revolution in thisco unt ry, hecau~ it was fu nd l\men tal.One of the man)' meaninJ!:S of de­ma('ra('y is that it is a fo rm of ll':O V·ernmen t in which the ri ll':ht of revo-

. . lut ion has been lost b1' ~ving th eThe Kr~wmJ!: move.ment III the ranks g"over nment wholly to the people.

of ~he W. I. 1. U. In favor of aban· Rev olution means re\'ol t. Al{a inst~IOlllng th t' hope of t he .wor kers fre~ · 1 whom are we to revo lt, in the Uni tl' dm I(" . th,:mse h·es . by ~as~m~ ba llot;'! ill States, exce pting t he peo ple oC theC!!PI~ltst e!ec!lOns I!; lllll ieated m aIUn ited Swtf's?Sl/tll1fical)t lllClden t th~t occ urred. at "Xo man can be a so un d an d ster­the semi-monthly .bus llless mt'etlllg" ling America n who believes tha t Corceof ME't<l1 and ;'I-(a~hlllery Local 2 17?f is necesl'ary t o effe(' t ua te the popul arthe W. I. I. U. In Brookl30'n , N. '\ ., will , Al' we have taken from t heon May 6, 1.919. duelis t his pistol lind com pelled him

A rp"ol Uh on was pr t'st'~ted_ by a to seek r f'drel\S in the law, so in theg-roup of the mem hers rea rlmg- III part larger affa irs of the ~ation we haveas .rollows: .. sa id: " This is 3o·ou r cou nt ry. Milke

The ~orhl wa r has d ~ !'.?rgllmzed it what )'OU will , but )·ou mus t notthe functl om; of th~ pohtic!l~ class wse fo rce, for wh en l'OU come herestate.. The st ratep ca l position of lind beeam e a citizen, you gave overl~bor IS c ~an.ll':ed entnely. Its revolu· the r i/{ht to r esort to llnythinll': buttlOnary vltah.t~· has be~n t ransfer red public op inion and the me thorls off ro"! the pO! ltl c~1 par ties to the eco' the law in the determination of na­noml(" ~rgall lzatlons of la b? r. Ins!ead tiona l policies . You are the so vere i/{n? f fij!,"h.tlllg- fo r seats a longS ide c~pltal- citizen, and as a !;overeign you can­1st leg1!l1llto~s, la bor must orgalllZt' on not repudia te your.:;plf. If you llrethe econ om iC fi ~ld~ for the sole pl:lr· in a 1l1inor ity, you mu st wait unti l

(Special CablegTam) l)Ose o! esUibhshllll':' thc Industnal you become a majority, and as a ma-- - - Re,~ubhc . . . jori t3o' you must be content to prevllil

Aml'terdam , 1\la30' 17.-To I nterna-I The wa r h~s dlS!lOlved t~e Illulu- by processes wh it'h respect th e r ilrhtsti onal Workers of the World, Chi- t l:ldE'. of worklllg- c1a:s!'. facbon~, as- oC the minori ty.- Christian Scienceeal':'o: According to resol u t ion take n plrlltlOn~ Rnd conc,:ptlOns a~d 111.111 the Monitor .at Be rne have decided in mutual aC· 1fou ndation Cor ullI fied aetlon. _cord to~onvene internationa l con· . "Ta~iJ1~ th e ~forerryentioned condi - THEI R CONVENTION NOTfpn'nce of a ll trade uniOJl ce nters a t t~OIIS llltO c0!1sHleration, the under- ,AnlSterdam on July 28 and following sll,,'1~ed commIt tee proposes t he ( Ol- , RA IDEDd l\ ~'s. Eac h c('n ter mll30' se nd ten de le- ' 10w1Jl~ : . , ,~ates as a maximum. Wire to address . I.-That we strlk.e out the c1l\use :i'e v.: l ork, May 14.- Fede ral cus-" Cudeg('('l't, " Amsterdam, name;; of 1Il our Pre~mble wh Ich call s f.or the toms .1Ilsl'eetors . and appraisers metyour delegates. Ta ke immediate , - - mal) l~estatJon of o~r .revolutl~n~ry Ihe re. In convelit l? n pud ado pted re'eSSar)' steps for the ir passports. p..c tiv rty thru a dlstlllCt POh tJ('1I1 1sol utions f~r a r~ l se 1Jl waj!,"es. Thereter I{iving f ull details an d ag, party of la bor. was no police ra id oC th e conven ti on.are Collowin /;!". - CudeKl,pst J ou h . 2.-That we ca ll .upon a ll .our McAdoo. spoke a t the open ing of the

X1el1lbers to seve r th el r connectlons cOnvent IOn, llnd j!,"ave th e ll':overnmentwith the S. L. P., S. P. or an)' ownership and operation of r ailroatl~ther polit iclll pa rty, as th ese bo- unrler his adm inistration some verydies have OU~WIl t heir u >:iefu l- cord ia l support.ness and are bpcomin/{ de t rimental ::-'::-:c=:-:-:----::--::to the cause of la bor.

3.-That we go on record asfavori ng affilia ti on with the I. W.W. , llS t he on ly organiZllt ion in theU. S. A. advocating the corr('ctapplica tion of the princi ples of t heclass struggle.

4.- That our del l.'p:a tel\ to theXationll l Convention of the W. I.I. U. be instructed to introduce amotion to th a t effeet.(Signed) Ca r l F inkeldey,

'Vm. GrundmanJohn Alexander."

The motion was bitterly Cought bythe S. L. P. polit icians but came with­in fOllr votf'S of being adopted. '"

CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, MAY 24,1919

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Now tha t the work of the conve n­tion has be-en disposed of a nd thedecks a re cleared for action, let usmus ter- our membership together fora real concerted effor-t, to or g-anizeone oC the mos t imp ortant basic in·d us t ries-c-namaly, the Aj!,"riculturalIndu stry. In the State of Kansas,one of the largest produc ing sectionsin the great g r ain belt, it ha l' beennu nounced that th ere is a bumper­crop this year. Wha t will this mea n?Labor ! And Labor a plellty will be indemalld !

Already the newspapers of thecountry are ca llin l(" for " hands. " IIIfact th ey a re mllking a eall f or anunusua l number of men-b~R'er inproportion thlljl eVfi' r before . It isesti ma te d that ov,=r two hunrlredthou sa nd men will be needed, hu twhether or not th is num be r clln beused is doubtful. Howeve r , it hasusu ally been the cu stom in past )'earsto. over-estimate t he r eal num ber, sothIS )·ea r we can look for an ove r 'whe lmin,e-ly lal'Ke surplus oC men be­ca us e of thf' vas t a mount of une m­plo YIl\ent 110W rampllnt.

Su cn a st...te of a ffa irs is desirableand usuall y welcomed on the part bythose who seek labor pow er. Why ?Simply becRuse it keeps th e work erscluthin~ at one anothers ' throa tsCor t hat ever last ing- job, so a s to bea ble to a('qu ire " hands" at the chea p­es t possible wal!." e. Th('re is olily onerellson for su ch conrl it ions existin J{,and that, because the wo rkers lackorg-alliza ti on .

It has he",n generally stated t ha tthe wages Cor hllf\'est wo rk ers are tohe tifty and l'ix ty eents a ll hour, andten ho urs ..... ilI const itu t e a workingda)·. But do )'OU ac tually believe thatthis eonditioll will prevuil , if thereare t wo m('n to a joh? Most assured·Iy not! Those who employ la bor willno t hes itate to ta ke adva ntaKe oC asurp lus numher of men , r eJ,:"ardless ofthe aj!" re emenl':l or promises t hat hav eb('en ma de , becau se this has prac·tkally a1wa)'S held t rue in the past.And what is tru e of the past a lsoholds t rue for the fu t ure, unlt'ss thework "'N! are on,:'an izt'd . T he em ploy·ers of la bor are out for a ll they canget. •

Now when W I.' a re almo!;t sure thatth ere is bound to be more men thanj obs in the Kan"as ha n est fields, howean we a lt er situati on, in ('as(' th ",sepromi!;e-d wajl.'es a re r educed andworke rs discr imi na t t'd ag-ainst? Th efirs t t ho ul("h t t hat comes to the aver­l\jle in t ('lli l("ent worker is ol'Kanization.Bu t in order to make or~nization

real il't il', it!; memher~ or r ep re!<enta­th·es must be there . Thf'r e mustbe job de le[o!"ll tes !

Fellow Worken<! Think of thethoul'and s of wor kers who will be inthe Kansa~ har vest t his year ! Thi sen ormous mass is in di re need of

rgan iza tion ! Don't be of the opinionthat a handful of men can weld thisll':reat IIrm)' of men toK('ther, because

DEMOCRACY, THOU ART MAKE THIS YOUR .SLOGAN!AJEWEL IN SEATTLE "ON TO KANSAS"

Sea ttle , :'o1a )' 6.-Since J anuary Iwe have received bu t two bu ndles ot" The New So lidari ty. " On the 2ndof t hi s mon th we had the honor of ar a id b)' ' t he auur-cbiat ic police forceof this city, a t which ti me they con­fiscnted nil radical liter-atu re in sight ,\Il l' a t once secured It',gal counsel a ndmade form III protest, and propose t ocarry th e matter up an d show themth a t we do not propose to submittamely to such ou t rages.-Chas. D.Raymer. ' .

Seattle , Ma~' 15.-We would heg lad to receive the pllpe r re gula rl)'if it coulrl be I:"ot ten to us. The policeb:-oke up a Mooney nwet in/{ two daysa~o and arrested the s pea ker, whowas talking" a bout the To m Mooneyca,se-. One day this week the " bulls"took a bout 100 co pie:o; of the " Nation"from a news de a ler. Wouldn't thatsha ke you ? The damphools didn'tkn ow it Crom th e redrlest of red lit e­ra ture,

Oh, Seat tle is g"e tting" to be thehotbt'(] of dt' moc raey ! You need nothe surp rised to hellr of any crazythin/{ done here. We have not beenable to ge t back th e literature the" bulls " stole.-Chal'. n. Ra)·mer.

SEATTLE NOT WORRYING

You Will Eventually Join the I. W.

No. 28

SEETHING CAULDRON INMINES OF THE WEST

Seattle, Wash.-The bunch herea re a ll well llnd th e predominantspi ri t is tha t " we shou ld worry !"Wherl' one helonlrs to a n or/{alliza­tion wh ose tea chi n ll':S show that wehave a true diagllosi s of the socialailment an d a con!;t ructive prol!:rllmto apply as soon as we hav e develop­ed !;ufficien t economi c force to nullyfy

Butte, :'ora y H.-The st rike in Park the power of the " mastt'r" hOKS, weCity is a g-rell t suceess. So far not can afford to sillg in the "masters' ",a man with the exception of a few dungeo ns .olrl moll ~·coddles are on t he job. We know J oe Hill'!; Illessa ,:re illTh('re ar e a bo ut sev en all told a t vibratinl! from ('oaH to coast. T hework. Th e teamsters a re ou t in sym' bee of solidar it y is buzzing in the

h ·th th . bon nets of the Ameriean work in /.:"P:lt y WI I' mlnprs.The miners in E ureka held It meet- class. Prof,..'Te-sl\ com",s from the bo t­

ing" last Su nday and presen ted de · tom up. We must organize f r om themands to t he mini ng com panies. bottom up, direct f ro m the bottomThere Ilre no reports yet as to any Upj the top il\ in deca~' . Socie ty isfurth er . ctlon they ha\'e takell. . sl~ph~jI.' with its f('et on the pillow

Conditiol18 are s uch m all the mm- whIle Its h~ad poundtt t he foot board.;nj!," Cllmps oC the West th.at therel -n. S. Dlfi' tz .m:lV come a br(';l,k a t any tt me. The - -miTii nj!," compnnies oC Ida~ , e~pecial- FICTION AND FACTIy in t he Coeur D'All'ne DistrICt, ~re l ,go inll': wild oVl.'r the COUlltry 100kmJ!," Archan gel, ) la1 4:-The r~c fi' nt re.-for men, shi pping them in there a nd port th at 60 Amen ca n so ldler~ ~a.dtelli nl':' them that the wa~es are $4.75 bee n behead ed b)' the Bolshevlk l ISa da)-, but are paying off a t $4.25 u~founded. Th ere have been no soi­a da)' and making a charge of $1.50 d lers a t a ll beheaded, an d those re­a dav f or board and room. ported missi nR' rect'n tl y have a ll been

The A. C. M. is carr)'inl(" on a aecounted for. Sevpral of those w~ocall1paign with their cont r actin/{ and have bee n captured b1' the BolsheVikbonu s svs1t'm that is vicious. Som e army have been sent to Stockholm.miners have reccived as low all five Chical':'o , May 9.-!,he ~ent scarecents in their pay enve lopes alter heads that were pnnt ed by . mlln3o'working the inllelves white in the hot daB)' papel'S about the beheRumg ofboxes. The cost of liv in jl.' is go ing 60 Am ericall soldiers ha:ve not be t'nskyward and Wlljl.'es are a t a stand· delliI'd by any of the Chicago pa~no

sti ll.--Joe Kenned30'. as yet.

whereas-c'I'he eve nts narrated t hru­ou t ht storv have demoatrated the facttha t in Uni on ther e is s t rength, anda lso the eonclusio ne of the past showthat so long as workers a re organizedin to littJe groups of craft orgattlza­tl on s, not knowing th e desires or a imsof each individua l group-just solong will the class stru~~le continue-or even gro w, until it is forced thruit s own manipula t ions to pass away,before the eve r-evolutinK mass efhumanit y.

whereas-c- It is plainly ev ide nt thatr ra f t union ism has accomplished fo rits memoersb tp, al l that It can pv s·sibl ~.' attai n, and already the curtainof hu man proeresa has been run ll."down upon t he great drama, in whiehit played so great a part, we there­Core believe tha t the a r raying of ourfo rces, r f'gardles.... of race, color orcreed, is absolutel y ne cessary, if w.ea re t o meet suceessf'ully the eondi­tiona that a re not only upon u~

but lire growi ng greater each suc­ceeding venr,

Wher;a!l-Our emph~)·ers havefou nd it to thei r vital interest tobrea k away f rom the traditions ofthe ind ividualistic eec, and havefo rm ed one la rge organaation fo r thepromoting t heir interests, we a lsor eali ze that it is time that the work­e rs were forming- otle ereet industr-ialunion, be cause wit hout that union wea re constantly bro ught in ('ompeti­t ion wit h t'ach othu , wh ile ou r in ­tere!;ts are iden t ical in ever)' senseof the word. The workers cannothope to accomplish the fu llest se nseof Brothe rhood, as long as they arearra)'ed ll~ain l;t each other , throughth" ma nipulutions of th e ties of crll ftorg anizati on.

T herefore, Be it Resolved-that wethe members of t he Four Brother·hood!'. of Railroad E mpIO)'ees, as­sem bled in the <'i ty of Camhri dge, 0 .,this the 27th dlly of Apr il , 1919, goon record in reque!;ting that a conventioll of the d if f eren t craft union sbe called as soon as possible, fo llow'inK the recei pt of these resol utions,and enoul':"h affirmative re plies a rere eeh'ed th at will warrant the SUI' ·cess of such con ven ti on . •

Be it Furth.. Resol ved-That aco p30' of these Resolutions be sp readupon our minutes, and be sent toever)' lodg:e of railroad men thruoutthe United States and Canada.

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Committee.

Industrial unionism is the mostvital topic of discuaslon among theworke rs in the United States tod ay.The best method of obtaining the re­sul ts of shorter hours and betterwa ges a nd working eondi t.ions is ev eran a bsorbing topic among organizedworkers, and since IlO many of the<Taft u nions hBVC failed in their e f­fo rts to provide an adequat e r et urnto thei r mem bers for their laborth ose members arc taking steps tobuild an o r/(lllliZlltioll that is mor eerrectrv e.

One of the lat est examples of t hisis tha t of the me mbers of the fourrailway brotherhoods in Cam bridge.Ohio, at a r ecent meeti ng fi t whichthey took the f ollowing ac t ion:

RESOLUTIONS BY B ROTHER·HOOD OF RA IL ROAD TRAINMEN

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WI' had hoped to pr in t a n I'illht·P~E' paper this week in ordf'r tomake a co mplete report of the een­venucn proceedings. The report W all

writ ten in ti me, bu t the machinervof the present printinK pla nt was a b­50Iutely unable to ha ndle the work,a nd even the four-page paper is ada)' late ; a nd other papers a re he ldup fo r lack of machinery of a n ade­q uate ca pad t )·. And all the time th ework is gro'l.;nl{ hea vier. A new pressis a necessity.

(Special T~IE'lU3m)

Spokane, May 15.-Tri..ls of How·ell and Ha wkes a t Moscow, Idaho. eetCor J " ne . J . B. Bender hm been ....le alled at Coeur D' Alene on writ o fd is miSl'al. -

There ',".-.--:-,.CtC..C,--"n-C",C- Ch ic.-agoBranth f or Kurt Muller . For thislet ter addretl!l J a mes Crowley, 951W. ) ladil;On St.. Ch icago , Ill ..

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THE ONE BIG UNION MONTHLY

merely Cor a ri se in wages, but fo rthe fu ll product of our la bo r . W.won, because the wo rkers a nd sol ­diers o f Russi a stood ~ther. T herewere 110 se. be.

J ut all in a s trike a ll th~ fort"ftof a ca pitalist llO"E'rnll'M!nt, .nd itsa R nts a re e mpl oJed -«ai_t theWOf'ken, eo in thil grHt s~_ful

atrike of the RuMian werkers, thef~ea of in ternational caJtitalisrn are~ng set in motion to erush the Tk·torioua " 'orbn in RUBia,. and robth~ of the froi b of their v k:tor}'.Th~ capitalilt d aM does no t allow

n.tion.1 di ft'~"'ncE'fl to intf'rler~ wi thits cia. int«' restL The view". of t6tRuai. n ..·orken waa _ mue.-h a blowto the ca pitalisu of En~and andAm.rica. a. it was to the RUM ancapitalist&. Th~y ha,. e therefon com.to take their reVeflR.

AU thei r talk of int«'r'YftItion t o"save" Ruui.. am<nln t8 to this : thatthe)' a re ltOinll to return the land toth~ landlo rd s,. t he factoriell a ndmines to the capital ists, a nd incident­a lly to ~ab a bit fo r themse lves inthe wa y oC tI'lldifll{ r i",ht.s a nd eo n­cessions, F urthermcee they wa n t toco mpel the Ru ssi an wo rkers t o repa yth e loa ns con t racted by the t yran­nical and corrupt T zar.

An d yo u a re doing- it for them.You a re the tools of our mutual e ne ­mies-the ca pita lists. You hold therifl es, you wo rk the I/."u ns with wh ichto shoo t uS,- your fellow workera.

Call not )'OU see that thi s is partof the same class w ar- that yo u hav ebeen ca r ryinl{ on in Eng land andAme rit:a !

Now )'OU are pla)i nl( t he co ntempt­ib le pa rt of a scab, You a re sidinRwith t he boss es, a nd helping defeatyo ur ow n class.

Com rades! Drop this dirt)· work.Turn your guna o n your real enerniea ,the swea ters and ea pi talists. .

Come wi th us in the far noblerat ruf:J::'le--to establi sh the triu mph ofla bor th~ wo r ld ove r ,

(SiRnt"d) No LElI.'1 N,l"nsident of the Cou nc il oC Work·

men' , and So ldiers' Deputies,G. TCHJCIIERIN ,

People's CommiMRf)' fo rForeiJm Aft'a its.

FRESNO P ICN IC •T he Fres no Branc hes of thc I . W.

W. a re a rranll illll to hold a picnico n SUllday, :lla)' 25 . Rnd ha vE' a r ­ra n""l'd a ~ood progra m and enter·tainml'nt. ThE'Y will a lso have a ~pell k·e r to ex plai n the pri nciples of the I.W. W. T he F resno Branches hav e aha ll a t 1942 T ula re St., whe re allworken a rE' we lcome.

The addres s oC the I . W. W. ha llin . Des Moines, Iow a, is 2 10 W~ttThirJ St. Br )"an Ald ljdgf' is the s~e-­I'E'tar)' in chargE' . A'fl worke rs nrewel com e. There is ma il a t the ha llfo r Harry Sahnd and He nry Sahnd .

NEW PRESS A NECESSITY

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RUSSIAN PROPAGANDAIN ARCHANGEL

IGNORANCE

W he n egtcS go high lind butter sLarsAnd milk I:'0es up a dozen floorsAnd old J ohn Pu hlic.- stands a nd roars

In right eous ind il:nation ;ThE' legisJ ators ri_ a nd s inJ: :" Leave that th~re st ull" to us. by

j inc !"An d the n thf'y gathe r ro und a nd

flpri nll'Old ?tlan Investiga tio n.

OAKLAND ENTERTAINMENTTh~ Oakland Bl'1lnchH of the I. W.

W. will gh-e an en t«'rtai nme nt andda nce in J enny LinJ Hall. 22 29 TE'Ie.JlrIIph Ave., o n S a turday eve ni nl{,J une 7, a t 8 o'coc k p. m. T he ad­missi on will be 26 t:ents, a nd a goodt ime is auuted to a ll. Ever)' onE' in­vited .

INVESTIGAliON

T here will be a .,-and ba ll a nd en 'tertainment under the a U6 pic.-es oCed ucationa l and propagand a Il'a KUeof the 18th wa rd Socialist Party atthe Workers lI all , 11 9 Throop St.,ChicaKo, 011 Saturda)' eve ning, May2 01. T he admissio n is frcE'. Refresh ·ments will he s('rved.

Add u .. WantedWe have a report of II. meetin~ in

E~lee Hall on J\.I lIy 11 whe re ,$ 123Will ~(I11ected. a nd wh ich ill s iglled"Prelll\ Comm... . bu t there is no cillo's ta ted. Where W il l i t !

Cou ld I se nd It me«.<O,jIIge to the gnoatAmer ic,w worki n~ class I wo uld sa)':

" Good literatu re alone ill not \IIu f ­fleic nt, T he litera t ure requ ires be­hind it a virile orgRni7.ltt ion lik e theOne BiK Union oC th e I. W. W.

"we do not adv oca te the ove r­th row of eovem ment ae; so me are mis­informed, a nd as WE" a re c ha~ed withhere in Sea t tle.

" We lire orKa nilr,i nl/." to batt leaeainst the indu str-ia l hoe s who CO ilst tt u te the I/."r ellt Am l.'r ica n sco urge.

"Wit h the ecourae re mov ed , we ,the worker-a, th e p rod ucers, th e realfo un dation oC 1;0Cl('t y , can then build'more to the heart's de\ll ire.'

"No mllth' r how Kood a pape r is ,it is scra p unless applied to t he job.

"A n a~relll\ ive memberahip f ull ofv im, villo r, P(·P. mt'th04icall y organ­iaed, will ~ive our good litera tureR more COl1cn te value a nd influence."_0.

Old )fan Invelltigat io n corn el!With martial ai r and roll oC ~rurl\s

And for a whil~ th~ na t io n h'.Jm~

With no ise a nd agitation.An d prE'sentl)· t he noises d ieAn d no man stopll to make re ply­He is a g",ud old a libi.

Old )fan InVl'stigat ion.

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THE LINE OF CLEAVAGE

MASTER CLASS

THE NEW SOLIDARITY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

~ovember 1737" Freed om of spee ch is a prtncipa l

p illar oC Cree ge ve m mcnt ; when thissu pport is ta ken a wa y. the consutu ­tion of a free societ y is dissolved ,nnd t)Tflnn y is erected on iu ruins .• • • T hose a buses oC t he f r E"t'­dom of s peech a re the excesses ofliberty. Th e y oueht to he rl'pr .e!;l;l.'d;hut to whom da re we com mit theca re oC doina it! An ev il malli lll tra teintrusted wit h the power to punishfor words. wou ld be armed with it

weapon the most dest ructi ve lind ter­ri ble . Un der pre te nce of prun ing o( ftv- ~~ 'lbl' rant branches. he wo uld ben destroy th e t ree. [H er-e he

"I to give ma ny histor-ic ahu ses, 1 powl' r by the co urts.) • • •t'... ood on ly d reads the at lllck . and,... ut fo r a uxi lia ries. Truth ne vl'rf ea rs the encount er ; she !!Cor ns thea id o f the secular arm. a nd t r iumphsb)' h",r natural st rength. • .. •

In the former pa rt o f t his paperit W all endea~'ored to pro\"!:' by his­tor ica l facts, the fata l dan~rs thatnecel! sari l)' attend a r l'strsint of f ree 'dom of speech a nd the liberty of thepre~; upon whith !hI' rol1o~inl( ~flection naturally occu~ VIZ: tL.1wh_"er attempts to .uppre.. eitLero f Ihr.e our " atural ri.Lh. ou.ht tobe rellarded •• aD ."em, 10 libert,and the ed ucal"''' ' (Emphasis illF rank lin'L )

• • • Upon the w bo le, to sup­press inqu iril's i~to .the admi~istra 'tion is good pohcy In a n arbItrarygO~'ernment : but a Cree co nsti tu tiona nd frfl'd om of speech have such afP('i procal dependencE' o n each other,that the)' cannot llub!;ist wi thou t ('On·llil!ting toget hE'r. "

And thus Lincoln : -" But you ( the pro-sl.averY;st.5) l18y

)·ou a re co nservative-emi ne nUy con ·Iil.'n la th·e--while we a re revolutionarydelrtructh'e , or som eth ing of the sort."''loS; ill conserva t is m ! III it not ad-1;. . to the o ld a nd tri l'd againstC ' and untried ! We stick to,e for , the idE'ntical old poli cyc poi nt in controversy wh ich

pted b)' our fa thers who f l'lllm'~ the government unde r wh i('h weli ve '; while )'c u ,,'; th one accord re­ject, and !lCou t, and s pit upon some­thing new. .. • • Le t us be d i·verted bv no ne oC t hes e sophisticalcontinu.l!.nces wherewith we are 50ind u!ltrioUldy plied and belabort"d­("ontl- ivan("es such W" JI:fOpin~ forso me midd le ground be tween the ri~ht

a nd th e wrong ; va in as the l>t'a« h fo rII 111a l]. who l!' hou ld be ne ithe r a li vingma n nor a dead ma n. .. • •Neit '-er let us be sla ndered f rom ourduty by f alse accusations alla inl;t UII,nor frightened ( rom it by me na cell oCdClltructicn to the llovernment, noro f ,lungeons to ourselves. I ,d ushav e faith that right ma kes might,a nd in tha t faith let U!j to the enddare to do our duty al' we under­stand it." (From his addre llS at Co o·per Institute, February 27. 18 60.)

ONE ENEMY

InclUlItrlaI Workenof the World

ONE LABEL

AGREEMENT AT LASTT he seem ing ly im possible has finally been accom plis hed .

A commo n stand ing ground for agreemen t bet ween Go mpcrsand th e industrial uni onists of t he Uni ted States has been found,a nd it was Gompers who found it. Listen t o this : " Mr. Bu rlesonneeds on ly a wi de r field and better opportunity to fit hi m fo rsuccession to some of the world's best known but unl amentedex-dic tato rs .'

Then Go mpc rs goes on t o say th at Burleson must event ua llywalk th e plank. Which is true . And will al so be true of sev­era l other offic ial s to whom Gompers now kow tows very 011­eeq uiouely. Rut more t han anything else will it be true of theindustrial ma st ers to whom Compere owes all egiance and towhom he looks t o keep him in hi s present job of Mast er Mis­leader of Am erican Workers.

VESTED RIGHTS VS. COMMON RIGHTS'Ve, the working class, re cognize 110 such Lh ings as a ves ted

righ t. Vested rights a re taken as privileges by one ~U()n orset of pe~onl'l t ha t t hey deny others t he common r ight ' .0 enjoy.

Regardl ess of what vested rights may say or clai m , the\\~ork ing cl ass dema nds tha t the entire wor ld and a ll its acth'­ities shall be disc ussed anew eac h da)"; t hat the who le field ofhuman life sha ll be readjusted and every subject exa minedanew each day as if it had arisen fo r t he fiNlt time. We d vthis, not fr om a vicious mot ive toward a ny of those who nowclaim t he ir vest ed r ights. but because every d8)' th ere are ot he rpeople coming on th e stage of life who must be given t heir pro·per share of opportunit )" to function in !ife. .

'Ve do not make this appeal t o those who h ave vestedrights, those who have special privileges to lose by such .di~

cussion a nd action . ' Ve make it only to the workers, for It 18

they who a re the ones now shut out of th e common r ights oflife , a nd it is they wh o wou ld gland to benefit by t he ren ewedexamination of all s ubj ects on a basis of eq uality.

•TAKING IT BACKOle is beginning to cra wl. All he owns is in Seattl e , a nd

he wants to g o back th ere. H en ce th is st a teme nt , as reportedby t he Philadelphia Ledger of Ma y 8:

"This report a bo ut my advocat ing ha ng ing part ies is wit h­out truthful foundation. It is a report growing out of the im­agination of some one more give n t o the s pre a di ng of se nsa­tion than of fac t. How could I, in a posit ion which requ iresth e genera l enfo rce ment of laws , ask ot her men to brea k the m,as wo uld have been t he case had I ever asked my fellow citizen.'l,as h as been reported b)" se nsat ion mongers, to a ttend 'I. W. ,V.ha nging parti es ? ' T he idea is absurd:'

Next thing we know Ole will be claiming t hat he was thebest lmpporter t he gene ral strike had in Se attle of last Februa T)·.Bom bast generally has that rocket and stick e ffect.

One of the greatest b ulwarks of capitalism is the ignoraneeof t he workers. T he workers th~mselves must remove it . byeducation.

C. Eo PAnE, Maaaaina: Editor

IWE IT YOUR BUSINESS NOW

1001 W. Madison St., Ch ica&,o. lIIino~

J ails unspea kably f oul have been the portion of many (Jf

our Fellow workers during the past two yean . Hundreds haveBuffered at the hands of the commerci a l clubs and their la ck eys,the constituted officia ls. Many have died un d er their vicioust re at ment . a nd it is safe to say that at least twen ty per ce nt ofthose who have been incarcerated for mo re than six monthsh ave had thei r health permanently ruined. Yet there are manyof t hese men who have been in jail fo r over eightee n monthsand have not yet been brought to tria l.

These conditions ca nnot be allow ed to continue. The work­ers of the country m ust awake and take some action t o re leasethese me n , for a time at least. Things must not be allowe d togo on in thi~ manner any longer. Every worke r who has any i'consideration for t he welfare of his Fellow Workers will getbusy a t once. There is on e t hi ng t h a t all can do. That thingis to see everyone of their frien ds and acquainta nces a nd dotheir ut moit to obta in suffic ient bail t o have th ese me nliberated .

The bond ha s been set for several of the Fellow W ork erswho are held on the Wich ita indic t ment, a nd these men shouldby all mean.'! be liberated a t once. A rule of t he co urt is to theeffect tha t on ly prop erty in Kan..sas can be used, but this doesnot apply to liberty bonds, which may be from any part of thecountry if de pos ited with the court in Ka nsas. For so me t hebond has been se t as low as $500, a nd it sho uld be possibleto obta in the release of a ll of them a t t hat fig ure.

Some of these men in Kansas h ave been held in the rotarytank, which has bee n d esc ribed severa l times, and the mindsof th re e have given way under the terrific st ra in, one has died ,and se vera l of the others are permanently inj ured in healt h .W ith such conditio ns as t hese which ou r Fellow Workers arecom pe lled to end ure, every one must get busy a t once and helpto get them re leased . See eve ry one who can possibly lend t heusc of liberty bonds for a time, and induce them to do so . Donot de lay in t his ma tt er, but see to it now, so tha t our Fellow'Yorkers may have a fe w da ys of strengthening s unshine be­tween now a nd ttre day aet Ior Ihe tr t rIa l in September.

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ONE UNION

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"AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL'"

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General Convention Continues ItsPAGE THREE

Work

T UESDAY. MAY t~

Late Sat urday the matter of themarine transport workers . wh o a re atpr esent un der three char ters. wasbro ught up. These char ters olre No.100 of t he Atlantic Coast. No . 700of the Paci fi c Coast and Loc~1 8 ofthe Philadelphia docks. It is com'monly understood tha t t r.e"e unlOn3wish to unite; under one cha r t"'T. Theuf' legates in the con vent icn, however,fel t the y were not familia r enoughw;t h the marine "rf<'l ~port inJ ul't ry nsa whole to just if )' t~{"m in t aking anyarbi t rar y action, an.l t ~ {":-e !ore a~opt"

l!d the followin!{ r('so lut;"m:That this body go on record that

all of the Mar ine Transport Wurkersshould be in one Industrial Union ;th at just as soon as poss ible lifte rthis convention ad journs, the MarineT ran sport Workers call a cOllvention ;tha t deleKates be se n t f ro m thesed ifferent bod ies. 100 , 700 and 8; tha tthe delelrates be sen t on the samebasis that th ey are sen t here, onedelegate for ever)' so many members ;that in this Co nven t ion they shall

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CONSTITlJTION TAKEN UPFOR CONSIDERATION

-By Rober ta Bruner•

MONDAY, MAY 12T he conventi on acc epte d several

reports f r om the Gr ieva nce Commit ·t ee of a minor natu re and two ort hre e more impor tant ones as fol­lows :

We find , t hat the fellow workersin Still wa te r were misled b)' th eira t torney, and were railroaded. Webe lieve them innocent , and recom­

mend t hat an atto rnev immedia te ly• invesfiga te, and do what he can to

obtain their release .The Committee's recommendation

s tanding as a mot ion to concur, themotion was seconded, put and car­r ied. .

Your Grievance Committee findst ha t ever )' effort ill be in g made toraise bond s fo r the J ellow work ersin Wich it a. T he bonds have beenre duced fo r some, and efforts arebei nz made to have th em reducedf or t he balance. We will report fromtime to t ime as to the success wehave.

We fu rther recomm end tha t allg ri eva nces be in writinK, fu lly ex­plainin/i:' each side of the case , as wecannot ac t in telhgently on themotherwise .

We find fa lse impr essions havebeen g ive n rel{a rdinK the settinK ofba il for fellow workers in Leaven­worth. W e are sure ba il has beenset fo r only pa r t of them. We haveAttorney Christenson ins t ructed tohave bail set for the balance. An'othe r party is invest il{8tin/i:' t he ap­peal in t his case, and will brin/i:' ina t rue report, which wi ll be s ubmit­ted to the Convention.

We recommend t ha t the con ven 't ion consider the deportation cases.

We recommend t ha t the conve n't ion take so m", ac tion on Griffith 'su se . F rom t h",. l\I",tal Mine Work­e rs ' Ind ust r ial Un ion 80 0.

The recommend ation of the Com'mittel' is : We r",commend that dele ­gates f rom Butte Rive the stat us ofthis ca!re in wri ti ng.

T he convention conc urred with thea bove r",port of the grievance com­m ittee .

The accepted r eport of the Con­, s t it ut ion Com mittee as amen ded by

the conv",n t ion follows : •Article I , Sec tion I, paraJn"BpluJ D,

E , F , G, and H of the su~estedamendments to t he cons t it ution byt he pro visional l{enera l ex ecut iveboard , with paraKraph F as an amend·me nt :

(d) An Industri al Department shallbe made up of Industrial Unions ofclose l)" ki nd red indust r ies appro pri ­a te fo r representation in the d",part­mental administra t ion, and assiKnedt hereto by the Keneral executi"eboa rd of the Industrial Worken oft he World.

(e) An Indust r ia l :f)epa rtment s hallconsist of two or more Indust ri alUnions a/i:'p:reKa t inp: a memb ersh ip ofnot less th an 20.000 members. Thedepartments shall have Kenera l su p­e rvision over the atTa irs of the In­dustr ial Unions composinK sa me, pro ·,·idcd that a ll matten concerninR theen t ire memb ers hip of the I. W. W.,shall be settled by referendu m.

(f ) The Department..~ !!hall be de­siKnated as follows :

Department of AKr icultu re , Land,Fisher ies. and Water Product..~.

Department of MininK.Department of Transportation and

Co mmunication.Department of ~IanufRcturinK and

G('neral Production.DePartment of Const ruetion.Departme nt of Public Se rv ice .(K) The fina nci al and indus trial

a ffai rs of each Indust ri a l De partmentshall be conducted by an ExecutiveBoa rd of not less than seven (7) normore than tWE'n ty-on e (2 1) , se lecteda nd e lected by the Ken era l member 'shi p of sa id Indust r ia l Departm<,nts.provided tha t the E xecu t ive Boardand /i:'eneral members hip of the sa idIndustrial De pa r tme nts sha ll a t a llti mes be su bordi nate t o t he Ge ne ralE xecutive Board of the In dustrialWork ers of the World. subj ect toa ppeal. an d pro vided t he expen!!e ofsuch r efer endum sha ll be born e b)"the Industria l lI epartments, or Indus­t ri al Un ion s involved.

(h) Industria l councils fo r t he pur­pose of esta blish inlr I(",neral solidar­it)" in a Kive n dist ric t rna)' be orKan ­ized, a nd sha ll be composed of dele '1':"ate~ fro m no t less than four Indus'trial Unio ns. a nd ~hall main ta in com "munic ations between the IndustrialDinion s and the Genera l Headquar·ters.

Industria l Unions within the di s­t rict defi ned in the charter of a d is­t r ict cound l shall be requ ired tomaintain affiliati on with sa id co un­cil.

Office rs of the Keneral offiee and<lllta nizers under pa)' of the Kene r alotl:;anization shall retain their mem­bers hip in industrial unions of whichthey are mem bers.

Du t ies of t he Genera l Secretary­T re as urer.

Sect. IV . The duties of the Ken.sec·y·treas. shall be to take char/i:'eof all books. pa pe rs and effects ofthe office. He shall be no minatedand elec ted as pro\'i lled for in Ar'ti cle II, Sec t ion 2. and shall holdoffice unt il hi s successor is duly e lect·ed, qua lified and installed, except incase he shall res ign or be removedfrom office , wh en his plac e "hall befill ed b)' the a lternate or t he Gen er alExecut ive Board. He shall furn ish aCOP)' of all pro ceed inKS to each it.J- ·dus t ri a l union reKardless of the ircon nec t ion , if any, with any of thedepa rtments of the In dust rial Work·ers of the World.

He sha ll eonduct t he eo rrespond 'ence pe r ta in inJ;:" t o his office; he s hall

" ' be cus todian of the seal of the or 'ganization, and shall attach t he sameto al l officia l documents over his of·ficia l SiKna ture ; he s ha ll pro vide suc h

sta tioner y and offiee supplies as a re that the motion passed on Sat urday, vention f rom the industrial unionsnecessa ry for t he conducting of af · providing t ha t the ed itors sho uld be shall be in continuous good standingfa irs of t he organizafion ; he shall elec ted. and as to thei r wages, would in the genera l ol}::anization a t leastac t as secretary at a ll mee ti nKS of be inser ted by the Commit tee. The one yea r, a nd in their union at leastthe Ge neral E xecutive Boa rd and a ll report proceeded as foll ows : ninet y days pr ior to the nominationcon vent ion s, and fu rnish the com mit- Seet ion 10. The me mbers of t he and election of delegates.tee on credent ia ls a t each convent ion General E xecutive Board shall have Section 10. The ex pe nse of dele'a statement of ethe fina ncia l stendine power ft> visi t any subord inate body gates a t tendi ng annual convent ionsof each industr ial . un ion. He shall of the I. W, W. and have f ull au thor- sha ll be born e by t heir respectivehav e a voice but no vite, in the it y to examine a nd aud it a ll accounts unions, except mileage. which sha ll/{ove rn in/i:' bod ies of the organiae t ion, of said subord ina te bod ies. and a lso be pa id by t he J;:"ene ra l organizat ion

T he Ge ne ral Secretary-T reas urer to I th f th . aI f f d 'd d f IIshall close his accounts for tbe fiscal compe e use 0 e unrsees ou t 0 a un proVl e Q 0 ows :

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ea r on the la st day of Mercb, H . sys tem of bookk eepi ng as adop ted by On or before Se ptember I of eachshall make :: monthly financial r e- t he conven t ion of the 1. W. W. from ye a r , the General Secreta ry -Treaa­

ti me to ti me. ure r shall iss ue a specia l volu ntarypor t to th e gene ral executive board Se ction 12. Charges a J;:"ainst ge n- conven tion stamp at 50 cents to alland to the genera l membership, and era l officers . industria l unions. The secretar ies ofhe s ha ll make a comple te itemized II . d . I . h II d' freport of the financi a l and other af- Charges azainst any of the general a m us t rt a Union s s a ISpo5{' 0f a irs of his office to each annual con. officers shall be filed in wri tin J;:" wi th these vo luntary convention stampsventi on. the Genera l E xecutive Board. or the and remit all moneys so collected to

Genera l Conve nti on , a t the option of the General Secretary-Treasurer a tHe sha ll prepa re an d siJ;:"n a ll char- the end of each month.

t . d b h G I E the person filinJ;:" charges.ere Il!SUe y t e enera xecu tfve All unsold convention starn.. sha llBe ard H. shall eec .•.••11 m If t he charges a re filed before t heru . . " e rv cne ys be return ed to the gener a l office byfrom the recruitinK union f or dues , G. E. B., t hey shall a t once have aassessments a nd supplies, and receive co py of t he cha~es sent ~o the ac - July 1. nex t,a ll mo ney for charters f rom indus ' cused, tOJ;:"ethe r With a notice or the Secti on ll. Two or more indus'trial unions and industrial eoc ncne. r date of t he hearing of t he charges. trial un ions. with a j oint members hipHe shall receipt for same, and ca re I Chw:ges filed before the gen era l con' of 500 or less, may jointly se nd afor a nd deposit all moneys as in- vention mus t be sent to the Gene ral r epresentati ve to the con vention, andst~ucted to do b)' the Ge neral Exec ' Secreta~)'-Treasurer a t least s ixt)· t he vot e of sa id delegate shall beunve Board in so me so lven t bank or ~aYl! frlOr to the date of the conven- based on the representation herein­banks. which shall be d rawn out only 1l\R" 0 the convention. before provided fo r , provided suchto pay inde btedness a r ising out On receipt of the charges, the Gen. de legate is a mem ber in good stand 'of the due eondu eti ne of t he bust - nera l Secr etary' T r easurer will for- i ~J;:" i n one of the unions eo sendingness of the oreani ea t icn, and the n ward a copy' of the same to the ac - him.only after bills shall have been first cus ed, an d notice to a ppear a t the I Industrial Unions that a re ind ebted~u ly presented by the creditors when con vent ion for tria l. to t he official organ or the pubhshingIn payment thereof a check shall be An)' decision of t he G. E . B. on bureau cont rolled b)" the general or-drawn and signed by him. charges tried by them shall be sub- gani:l:a ti on. having sufficient fu nd s to

Fo r t he honest and fa it hful d is' ject to a ppeal t o the next J;:"eneral pay their indebtedness, and failing tocharg e of his dut ies , he shall give con ven tion, a~d from the general do 80•• shall not be en ti tl ed to repre­a bond in such sum or sums as may l c0!'lvent lOn t'? . t~e gen era l member- se ntat tcn In th e genera l convention.be fixed by th e convention or Gen - ship. ~he diclsic n of the general Se ction 13. The convent ion of thee~l Executive Board, the bond so I convent IOn on challl:es ca n be ap' Industria , Workers of t he World isKlven to be a pproved by the Genera l pe.aled from to the general mem ber ' the legisl a t ive body of t he olll:aniza­Executive Board and kept in their ship. . t ion, a nd its enactments a re of va lidc~stody. He shall devote his entire The cost of .a ppeah nJ;:" to the gen- force when sustained by a r eferen­t~me to t he affa irs of the organiza· eral members~lp shall be borne by dum vote of th e membership touchingt lOn. and shall receive fo r his services the party makmJ;:" the a pp",a l. If the an)" and a ll of t he amendments t o$4 per day, whi ch shall be pa id out vot e on ap~al results in favor of the OfJ;:"a nic law which the conventi onof the funds of t he or/i:'a nization in the pa r ty takl!'lJ;:" ~he a ppeal. then the may adopt. As to such a mendments,t he .same manner as it is provided general Oll:"amza ti on sha ll r efund the the)' shall be submitted to a referen­fo r m the pa)went of oth e r bills and CO!!t o f the a ppeal. dum vote b)' the Gen eral Executivemdebtedne lill. The Secr~tarY'Treasure l', the Gen - Boa rd with in th ir ty days afte r the

He sha ll employ s uch ass istance as e~al Executi ve Board and other offi· adj ourn ment of the cdtiven tion. Theis necessary t o conduct the affairs of <;Ials of the J;:"eneral office shall be sub, vote shall close six ty days af ter thehis office. Renumeration for suc h em' ~ e~ to recall upon a r efer endum da te ba llots a re issued .ployees sha ll be fixed by the Gener al ul~lated by tW?d 0; i or e . Indus~ir Article VI Section 1. The reven ueI::.xecut ive .Boa rd and pai d as C? the r VIions as provi e or In Artlc e of the orga~ization sha ll be derivedbills and mdebted nesll. as herembe· · " as follows ' Charter fees for indus-fore provid ed. He shall conven e the AJ;:"reem ents. . r>;o part of the l. ywo. trial de par"tments shall be $25. In·General Execu ti ve Boa rd , as he rein ' W. ~hd!I.~ntlr mto any c0!1t rac t Wi t h dus t r ial Dis trict Councils and Indus.a fh r pr ovided . an In IVl . ua. or cOrpOrat10n of em' , trial Un ions $10. Industrial Union

Art icle III, Section 1. The General plo)'ers bmdl~j.t t he "!e.mbers to any ' branches $2.Exec utive Board shall have gene ra l of the followlnK conditions : . Sec t ion 2. I ndustrial Departmen tssupervision of t he en t ire affa irs of ( ~ ) Any aJ;:"reem~nt ~h",rem. any shall pa )' as dues into the genera lthe organiza t ion between conven ' rPeCdihed lenK~h of timef IS n:entlOned treasury a t the r ate of five cents per~ions, and watch viKiianti).· ove r its or t e cont inuance 0 sa id aR"Tee · month per mem t,..r .mterests thr uout its juri!!dicti on. ment. . ..T he)" sha ll be assisted by the office rs ( b ) A~)" .aKreement w~erem ~he Industna l Umons shall pa)' a t th",an d members of a ll organizations sub. membership .IS bound to g ive no t.lce ra te of 15 cents per month per m~m­ord inat e to the Indu strial Worke rs of before ma k mJ;:" demands a tTectlng ber.the World. They shall a ppoin t !!uch hou rs, wSKes or shop conditio.ns. . . Industrial Un ion Br an ches shaIIol}::anizel'S as the condit ions of the (c) Any llJ;:"reement wherem It IS purch.as'" a ll due stamps and otherOrKaniza ti on rna)' j ust ify. speCified that the members shall work sup.ph~s f ro-:n the. headquar ten of

(a ) T he General Executive Boa rd only fo r. e:mptoyers who belunk ~,)·I t hei r '!'Jdustrl8l u m l? n: . .sha ll no t a ppoin t or ca use to be a p- an assoc llltion of empl oye". Secti on 3. . T he 1 ~ lbatlo.n fee fo rPC?in ted any d elE'l':"a te or olll:an izer (d ) An¥ aJi:'l'eem~n t th~t proposes members of mdu!!t r la l ulli ons shallWithout firs t notif)'ing the union ( if to regula te the sellml': pnce. of the be $2. . .any ) where the or J;:"ani ze r or delega te produet they are emplo)'ed 111 rnak· . Th e. reKular ~ues o~ industr ial un 'is a bout to opera te. inK· . Ions ~lfe,:t1y united With the J;:"eneral

Section 2. T he Gen e ral Execut ive (e) An)' a R"T el'ment en tered Into be- organlzat10n shall be 50 cents perBoard sha ll no t a ppoint as an organ- tween the members of an)' Industria l mon th.!zer of the I. "l. W. an)'one who is Un ion or o~anization l!ubordinate t o No pa rt of th.e ini tiation fee orm the employ of any pol iti ea l party. the lnd~stnal Wor kers of the World . dues ~bove meTItlon ed shall be used

All olll:ani:zers shall a t al l t imes tilld the Ir emploren, as a final s@tt le_ as a ~Ick or dea th ben('~ t.work under the instruction s of the ment of an)· dl ffieult )" or t rouble Ar ti cle VII. Mem bership. etc. Sec­Genera l Sec re tary-Treasure r. All or- which whic h may oec ur be tween t ion l. None but ac t ual wa ge work·ganil'.ers, while in th e emplo)' o f the the m. . . . er.s shall be mem ber s of the Indul!-Industria l Wor ke rs of the World ( f ) No Industna l Umon or an)' 1t rial Wor kers of t he Worl d.sha ll r epor t to the Gen"'ra l Secretary~ part of the Indus~ia l Wo rk ers of the Section. 2. A majority vo~e e.astTreasurer in wr iting on blanks pro' W:or ld shall enter Itt~ an>, ~"teement l .shall , ru l e Itt th~ ~reneral or~anlZatlOnvided fo r that purpose at least once ..... Ith an )' .1a~or OrKalliza tion eontrary ' and It ,. subordl.nate part~. ex<:.ept aseach we ek. T hey sha ll receive as to the. prmclples of the . I. W. W. ot.her~lse prOVided for In t hiS con -compensation fo r their services fo ur Arh~le IV: ConventIOns. . st ltu t H>.n.dolla rs per da)· and ,;eneral organiza_ . SectIOn 1. T.he a nnual conven tion Se~t lon 3. No memhpr of the In·t ion and tran sportation ex penses. ' o~ the Industrial Wo rkers of the dustr lal Worker s of the World .shall

All orxanize rs unde r pay must Vior ld shall conVI'ne on th e second be an t;lfficer of a pure and Simplefurn ish t he seer etar )' o f the indus- Monda)' o f May of each )"ear where t rade un ion.tria l union in the local itv in which the ~eneral h&adQuarters is loc.d &><! . Sect ion 4. No one employed in anhe is wor king' an exact lI"uplieate of Sect ion 2. T he Genera.1 Execu t ive !ndustry whi.c~ is or~an ized i, e liKib lethe re por t tha t he se nds in to Gen - Boa rd sha}1 dr aw up a hst of dele · In the rec rul t ln/i:' unton. and no mem oeral Headquarters . ga tes aFalllst whom no contest has bu of the r ecruit ing union can reo

Section 3. The decision of t he been filed a t the Reneral offi ee. The main the sa me a fter an indust r ia lGen eral E xecut ive Board on all mat· K"'neral sec~e tary- treasurer shall ca ll union of the ind us t ry in .....hich het ers pertain ing to the Oll:"an i:l:at ion the con:ven~lOn to order a nd read t he works has bee n olll:an ized.or any subor dinate part thereof shallIaforesa ~d !I.SL The delega tes on t he Secti on 5. Th", Gene ral Exe~utivebe binding. subject to an a ppe al to aforesaid hs t shall. pr?eeed to fo.nn B?ard. ?r no~ less than three !ndus­the next conven t ion or to the ent ire a tempora ry organl7.atlOn by electJnK tnal U1l10nS In a t least three mdus·mem benhip of the ~lll:an i :lllt i on . pro- a temporary ch.airman an d a eommit- t ri es, m!ly ini t ia te a re fe rendum onvided tha t in case a re ferendum vote tee on credentials. an )' subJecLof the membership is demand ed b)' Section 3. . Delep:ates to the ~n- (a ). An)', industr ial u nion in KOodan)" subord inate pa r t of the olll:aniza ' nua l con v,:ntlOn shall be as herem' ~ tan.d lll l( Wlt~ .t~e general office rna )'t ion. the expense of subm itting the <lf ter prOVided. The General Seere- Ins t it ute or m ltla~e a call fo r refer·mattcr to re fe rendum shall be born e tary-Treasu rer a nd othe r me mben of endum t o be subm lt tt>d to the Generalb)' the or /i:'an iza t ion takin/i:' the a p- th e General Executiv~ Boa~d shall be office a t on ce with reason!! and a r/i:'u ,peal. except where the dec.ision of deleJ;:"a tes at la rge With vOlc,e but no ments for sa me. . . .. .the Gen era l E xecut ive Board shall be vote. and sha ll not be accredited dele · (b ) Upon rece ip t of the In lt la tJv",reversed by a vote of the membpr ' Kat es , nor carry the vote of any uni t call for a ref erendum. the J;:"eneralship ; then the expense shall be born e of the organizat ion. No delegate office shall. publish same in the officialb)' the Genera l Olll:an izat ion. sha!l .cast mor.e than one vote when olll:J:ln. With a lll:uments. ~or and

Section 4. The Ge ne ral Ex ecutive votml{ on seatmg of a contested del· aKalns t , and mu!!t submi t 1t t o a llBoard s hall have full power to issue eKat e or deleR"a tes. industrial unions and industrial de­charters to Indu strial Departments, Section 4. Un io~s char tered d irect· partments for Seconds within thi r tyto In dustrial Unions and Branches, J) ' br. the Industrial Worke rs of the da)'s ,and Indu!!trial Counci ls. T he)' s hal l Wor d shall have on e deleJ;:"a te f or .(d ) All seeo~ds f ro m industria la lso have power to eha r t"'r and c1a!!si· two hu~~red member.! or Ie!!!!, and U~ I0 !1 S must be m the General Officefy u nions or organiza t ions no t herein o.ne add itIOnal deleJ;:"ate for each add i- wlthm forty-five days from the dateprovided for_ t lonal two hundred or major f raction the ca ll is submitted to the ind ust rial

Seetion 5 . In ca!re the members t hereo f. unions fo r seco nds. Should sufficien tof any sub ordinate orJ;:"an iza tion of Section 5. When .two. or mo~e del · seconds not .be .rece ived a t the Gen 'the Industria l Workers of the World eKates are represen tmg IndustrIa l un- eral Office Wi th m fort)"-five days. t hea re invoh'ed in a strike o r a lockout, ions in t he convention. the vote of ea ll for r e ferendum shall be null andif in the op inion of the General Exec' the ir res~e.tive ofl!;aniza tion shall be void. .utive Board , it becomes necessary to equally d iVided betwe en such de le · .(e) After suffiCient seconds ar e re-ca ll out any ot he r Industrial Unions, (iates_ . celved , the l{eneral office mu st submitthey shall have power to do so . S('ctlC?n 6. Representation in t he ~he motion fo r r eferendum vote with-

Sec t ion 6. The Genera l Exeeutive co~ventlOn shall be based on the dues In fifte en days. Tabulated returns ofBoard shall meet on l)" on ca ll of the pa id to the in.dus t rial union for the the vote of th e industr ial unions mustGenera l Secretary-Tr"'llSurer, or vote fiscal yt;ar prl?r to ~he eo nvent ion. ~e r~turned to the I(ener al office with·of the Gener al Execu tive Board, or ex cept mdustr lal umons tha t have III sixty da)'S f rom the date the r ef ·upon the ca ll of two or more Indus- be en chartered less tha n a yea r shall e rendum is subm it ted to the indus ·t r ial Unions. have representation fo r the averaKe t r ia l unions.

The books of the Ge nera l Sec re- amo unt of dues paid s ince the ir char_ (f) The re turn s of the r eferendumtary-Treas urer shall be a udited twice ter was issued. vote shall remain in the headquarterswit hin the fisca l )'",ar , the first ti me Sect ion 7. On or bef ore Marc h I in sealed en velopes until the elect ionby the Ge neral Execu tive Boa rd mem o of each )'ear the Genera l Secretar)"- committee as pro vided fo r in pra 'bers at their semi-annual meetin/i:'. T reasu rer sha ll send to each indus- gra ph (/i:' ) meet!!. S uch comm it teeand the IIC c~llld time b)" a com mittee tria l union cr edent ia ls in du plicate shall meet not later than ninety daysof five , elected on the floor of the f or t he num be r of del e/i:'a tes and al- f rom the date of the re ferendum isJ;:"e neral convent ion. • I tern ates they are enti tled to in the submitted to the industrial union.

The General Secretar y-T re asurer convention, bu ed on the dues co l· The Kener al secretar y·t reasurer shallshall publish the Audi t inK Commit· lected fo r the last fiscal year. not if )' t he industr ial unions or bodytee's report alonK wit h monthly reo Section 8. Industrial Unions shall initiati ng re ferendu m of da t,e set fo rport, and shall g ive t he na me of the pr operl)' fill out t he blank credent ia ls committee mee ti n/i:'.a ud iton t oge t her with the ir ca rd r ece ived fro m the Gen ",ral Secretary· (go) The ele ction committee t onu mbers and thllll numben rJI the Tr easurer , and return .ne COP)' to· the canvass the vote on re ferendum sha llIndustrial Unions of whi ch they are J;:"en eral office not la ter than April 15. be composed as follows :members. The other copy sha ll be pretlt' nted by F <tur mem bers of a t least one )'ear's

Section 8. The General Execut ive the delel(ates to the commit tee on conti nuous J;:"ood standing in t he or'Board shal l have fu ll power over the credent ia ls when th e conven t ion as' Kaniza t ion , pr ior to the ir eleetion tooffiicial OfJ;:"an. and guide its policy. se mbles . th is committee and in /i:'ood s tand ing.

Doyle, for the Commit tee , stated Section 9. Del",ga tes to the con- shall be eleete d by the indu!!tria l

unions in t he city in which general Ie lect thei r own offieers and dra':v upheadquarters a re loca ted, to aet as an their own by-laws , and get t oget he r ,election committee. T hey shall have It is generally fel t t ha t this willchar g e of a ll e lec t ions and eaferen- solve most of the d ifficulties of "heduma. In re porting thru t he monthly present s ituation, as the marine trans 'bullet ins, the r eports of referen dums port workers are practi ca lly a unita nd elec t ions, the genera l secretary' on t he princ iples of the I. W. W.treasurer shall Kive the nam es of the The question of hiring a t rsvelinge lec tion committee, together wi th auditor was .opened for d iscussion.thei r card numbers, a nd the number The a rg uments wh ich los t the propo ­of the indust ri a l unions of which they siti on were these :a re members . 1. Expenses being great, makes

(h ) The industr ial union or body plan impract icsble .in it ia t ing the r e.ferendum sha ll pay 2. Takes . in iti a tive away f romthe expense ?f 113 own delegate on mem ber-a, therefore makin. for in 'e lection committee un less the r eferen-dum is car r ied , in wh ich even t the efficiency.expense: shall be paid by the genera l In rega rd to stamps the Ways,a fJ;':a~iza~ion as pr ovided f~~ in th~ Means, F ina nce aud Ge n. Head-const~ tu tlon under the D ffl cers quarters committee made th f II .~~_~ " . eo~

mg recommend ation whic h was con-Referendums initia ted to change cu rred in:

d.ates for any action, or to defer ec- We r ecommend that the pr esentuon or postpon~ da tes a lready set , oreanlsaticn stamp of $I be retained;must have, s utfic!en t endorsements to th ll;t the presen t class war prisonersbe opera tive and to allow the vote reli e f stamp of $1 be retained ' andto . be sen t ou t . a t leas t six ty daya that two genera l defe ns e stamps bepr tc r- to da te wh ich referendum seeks issued in denomina tions of 50 ce ntsto change. and $ 1 each ; and that a ll other gen-

Ref erendum returns f ro m lndepen - eral oll':an i:r.ation assessment stampsdent un ions or departments cannot be called in.ex cee d th e pa id up average member - It was voted t o se nd greetings toship of the industria l union for the the soviet gover nments of Russi a andthr ee mont hs previous to the vote Hunguj-y and to include the I. W. W.on the re ferendum in question . preamble in the letters, •

Section 6. As soon as tw o or more ' ,T.he. clause in ,.he . consti tu t ion onindustria l un ions in closely ki ndred trut ianon fee~ ~as dtscusaed. Manyindustr ies see fit , they rna)' proceed favored a shd~~~ ml ti at lOn. ,f ee toto ca ll tI con vention of these ind us t- permit .ad .a ptablh -y to locah tles . butri al un ions. and organize themse lves the major-t ty fa vor ed a fixed, umver­as an indu st r ial department of the ~I fee of. $2.00 as !J pom t of con 'Industrial Worker s of the World. l!lst ency With the Umversal Delega te

Se. . .. System.

etlOn 7. All. u~d?strlal unions. The Consti t ut ion Commit tee thendepartments and In.dlvldu a l member s proceeded to re port, as f ollows :mu!!t .procure suppl.les . suc h as me mo Article 8. The Committee recom'bershlp books, offiCial bu t ton!!, la bels. mends s t rikinK out the entire articlebadKes, and !!tamps, fro m t he Gen e!81 and inserting a new one, t o be I!UP~Secretary"Tre~surer, J.lll of whIch plied by the convention.shall be of umform deSign . This was carri ed .. Section 8. There sha ll be a free Article 9. P ledgi' s of offi cers , etc.In te.rc hange of ca rds between a ll or ' Sect ion 1. All officers in the I . W.gamza ti ons subord inate to the In' W. when beinl{ installed in to officedus~al Worke rs of the World , and shall be requi red to give th e followingan)" mdustria l union or industria l de ' ple dge : " Havin g been entrusted bypJ;lrt~ent sha ll aeeept. in lieu of in- m)" fe llow WllKt' workers with the po_Itlabon fe e, t he pa id up memben hip ~ i ti on I am about t o assume I do sol­ea rd of any reeOR"llize d labor union or emnl)' p ledl":e my word a~d honoror/i:'an iza ti on. tha t I will obe y the consti tut ion rules

Whenever an applicant wishes to a nd reJ;:"ula t ions of th e Ind~stri alre tain his members hip in anot her la ' Work ers of the World . and t hat keep­bo~ union, said a pplican t shal~ be r e- ing al ways in view its f undamentalqUlred to pay an init ia t ion fe e . princi ples and Rna l a ims, I will to

Section 9. All depar tments a nd the best of my a bili t ), perfo nn theother subord inate orJ;:"anizations of task assiKned t o me. I believe in an dthe Industria l Worken of the Worl d understand t he two sentenees, 'Thesha ll use th e official Industrial Work· working class and t he emplo)' inJ;:" cl assen of the World stam p!! in member- havinK nothinK in common' and 'La"ship books. All stamps shall be paid bor is entitled to a ll it pr oduces.' It

for as provided in Ar t icle VI , Sec tion Section 2 . ObliJ;:"at ions to new2, and no member sha ll be cons ide red member s shall be prin ted on the a p­in good standinJ;:" who fa ils to - pa )' plication blanks.dues and assess ments inside of sixty Section 3. :Ko /i:'e neral officer ofdllYS_ the orgll.ni:ztl.tion or pa r ts thereof, or

Section 10. Editors of papers no t an )' sala ried oll:"anize r, sha ll be per­con troll l'd by the I . W. W. shan not mi tted to aceept an)' offi ce in any po'be eliKible to membenhip in the I. lit ical organization. nor shall they beW. W. allowed to accept nominations fo r

Scction 11. No members of the any political 'offiee except penn iss ion1. W. W. sha ll re presen t the Or/i:'a n- be granted by a referendum vote ofization before a body of waKe earn- the en ti re organ iza tion.ers or o thers without first having Ar ticlc 10. Am endments.bee n authorized by the Ge neral Ex' Sect ion 1. Proposed amendmentsecut ive Board or a subordi nate part to the cons titut ion shall be in theof the l. W. W. hands of the Ge ne ral Secretary and

Section 12. No organi?e r of the I. pri n ted in the official publication atW. W. while on the platform for this least t wo months before the assem­organization shall advoca te any poli - hling of t he con\"en t ion.tica l pa r t )· or political part)' plat· Section 2. All proposed amendfonn. ments to th e Consti tu tion and B y·

Section. 14. The ge ne ral ofg aniza- laws sha ll clear ly state the article.tion. indust r ia l departmen ts. ind ust· section and parag ra ph to which th eria l unions, and r ecruit inK unions. am endm ent a pp lies. Kew ar t icles andsha ll be prohibited from emplo)-ing or secti ons shall be so stated. Eachreinstatinj:::" expelled member.! unless clause to be am(' nded sha ll be on aas provided for in the by-laws of the sepa ra te shee t .Industrial Workers of the ;Vorld Article 11. Char ters. Section 1.Const itution. until &ueh ex pelle l! mem · The number of signers requ ired onber "ha ll be re instated and placed in a pplieation for charb· r shall not begood standinK by t he union f rom less than 20.which the )' were expelled. Se ct ion 2. An )" union or depart·

Seeti on 15. All persons hir ed b)' ment of the I . W. W. t ha t fails t o pa)'the I. W. W. sha ll be members of its per ca pita tax fo r a period of sixthe I . W. W. f or a t lea!!t six months months shall be considered def unc t.wherever possible. and all prope rty, boo ks, mone)'lI and

A resolu tion off('red by A. W. I . effects shall be surrendered t lil t heU. No. 400 was then coneurred in gen eral office of the I . W. W., to beafter beinK amended to read as fo J· held in t rust f or a period of one yea rlows : , pend ing the re-orKanizat ion of such

" We. t he members of A. W. I . U. union or depar t ment. At the end ofgo on record as being opposed to an~' tha t period t he fun ds and pr opertyofficia l of the general organization shall beeome the property of t he Ken ·holdi ng office for two con sec ut ive erRI organization . -te rm s. wit h the exee pt ions of ed itors T~e change in this clause ca u"e dand tha t same he em bodied wi thin conSide ra ble arJ;:"ument. The chief a r ·th(' const itu ti on." /i:'Ument in favor of the chanJ;:"e was

T he aftern oon session of t he sev- that pe r eapi ta could be held 10ngE' renth day disposed of the ma tter of in case of st ri ke wit hout causi n/i:' ex 'de legate" ex penses. Th e /i:'eneral or - t ra clerical work at headquarters ortanization is to pa )' the fare one way of beinp: held defunc t .(not a llowinJ;:" f or slee pers ) . Section 3. The charter of an In·

It was a lso resolved , t hat a ll de le- dustria l Union shall not be surrender_gates be instr uc ted t hat whe n they ed so 10nJ.': as t en me mbers wh o aJ;:"reesend in to the office for suppliu, that to a bide by the rules and rell:Ulationsthey shall J;:"i ve an it emized lis t of of the genera l orKanization obj eetsuppli es on hand and when and from t heret o, nor "hall the fu nds of anywhom their last su pplies were ob- OrKani :l.at i~n be divid ed a monK itstai ned. Be it further resol ved that membersh ip.a ll delegates shall be provided with ~rticle 12: ~Il pflr~ of the Con sti ­repor t sheet!! pr inted to !<ui t this ru l- tu t iOn con fhctlllJ;:" With amondmentsing. ratified by refe rendum vote a re here '

b)' decla red null an d void. 'A delegate f ro m 573, then made a

statement to the convent ion with reofe rence to a pplicat ions of new mem­bers accept ed in to the Recr uit in/i:'Un ion and 'not t r an sfer red into 57 3,where the)' be longed , and of which573 had no r ecord , and concern in/i:'money wh ich the G. R_ U. had r ece iv 'ed. cr ed it fo r which should be /i:'i vento 573; and then offered the f ollow ·inJ;:" mot ion: Tha t Cons t ruction Work·ers Indus trial Union No. 573 be ere 'di ted with the amount due f rom t heG. R. U. at headqua r ters . and thatt he record of those members of In·dustria l Union No. 573 be J;:"iven overb)' the G. R. U. t o In dustrial Un ionNo. 573, in which they be lonK.

This motion was ame nded some-wha t. •

After a lenJ;:"thy d iscussion, therewas offer l'd the followinJ;:" amendmen tto the amendment : Tha t we wipe thef inance out , an d instruct the G. R.U. to turn ove r the!!e members t o573, which was carried .

The conve nt ion hereupon adjourn­ed to Wed nesday, May 14. 1919, 9o'clock , A. M.

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FEIJ.OW WORKER WRITFSFROM LEAVENWORTH

Leavenworth, May 15._1 wish toca ll you r attention to several thinjl:!1th at have ha ppen ed and will continuet o happen unless you, the members,put your shoul de rs to "the wheel testop them. ,.-

F irst, I and se ve ral others h ere forthe past eight mon th s hav"e not r-e­ce ived one let ter o r bulle ti n from ou rrespect ive Industrial Unions o r theG. R. U. We may De isola ted fromyou personally, but we ar e st ill I.W. W. and are alwa ys anxious toknow how ou r movement is proerese­in~, therefore we ask you , the mem­bers, to sucees t to our various secre­taries to keep us posted by bulle­ti ns or letters of what is ""oin~ on .

Second, we pr ot est against smok­ers or collections for t he ben efit ofcl ass war prisoners and the proceedsbeinJ!: se n t to some of the prisoners,while others get nothing. Therefore _we ask that such mone y be sent tothe general defense, where we knowit will be equally divided or spentfor th e best interest of all. :rhis isthe only way t o ""et unity of actionand ke ep bad feelings f ro m ari sin"",so let our slogan be a ll together forall a like. •

Another t hinK that will he lp ou rpeace of mind . is for members f romdifferen t parts of the country to writeoften, lI:ivin"" outline of cond iti onsfrom their locality. By doin"" thisyou will gfve us live issues t o discuss•thereby ehminuting t he misunder­standing'S we e et when we have todepend on the daily papers on ly.

I La st, but not least, we in herekn ow tha t anything- we eet, whetherit be our liber ty or anything else,mu st come b)' the efforts of you . theworkers. We know tha t you willproduce t he goods when the timecomes. It will be a hard fijl:ht, butyou will overcome a ll obstacles bysteady plu~lting' and ~ building theOne Bi~ Union. That will take lotsof hard. ste ady ~rindinK. but don'tf orxet the part ea ch must play. Manytimes you will feel down-hea rted, bu tjust arlnd your teeth and use self·di scipline to overcome all in yourway.

For it is you , t he rea l democrats,who will usher- in · by your effortsa lone the New Day of the world fo rthe org'anized workers. With bestwishes I bid you farewell until youhave accomplished the task you havese t yourselves._Jack Law.

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JAILS E MPT IED TO SUPP LYPAC KE RS ' FLE ET.

WHY THE SIX-HOUR DAY

Fr ank Conbog' wishes to hear fromMike Morris. Impor tan t.

By D.n Co nleyA mummy has a good excuse for

placjd in activity, fo r fa ilure to adif'h imself to ('hanged conditions. ecan't be blamed be cause he does notkeep a breast of modern progress. Hedoell no t have to fi""ure cos ts or st udycharts of sales or worry about theoverhead ex pense of the pyramidswh ere his bod)' lie s, f or he has beendl."ll.d som e s ix thoullBnd )'ears or soand that's a perfectly g'ood a libi. Andanr"vay he isn't wll.lkinjl: round con­suminK food or Occup)'in"" space thathetter men co uld use to good adVllnt­aKe.

- But there is no Iivin~ man whoseblood sti ll circ ula tes and wholle br a ince lls st ill a re on the job who can furn­ish any alibi for not meetinl«" chan!/:edconditions with chang'ed method s, fornot filling any gap that may occurwith other thin KS to take their place.

You kn ow thinjl:S a r e not rijl:ht.You a re not satisfied with cond iti ons.but wha t have you done to help bet­ter condit ions ? You can do nothin""with inactivit)·. I t is on ly by orxan·izing' that we work injl:me n can ever~et results. Read our papers. findout what we stand fo r and then lineup with us.

I am one of three Wobs workinjl:on a section, the wages a r e but 40cents an hour and t he board is $8 .50pe r week. but we are determined t odo a ll in our power to pu sh the OneBijl: Un ion for all workers. Do you.....a nt t hree section men t o lift ourown load and yours too? Get in andtote fai r .

ARE YOU MAN OR MUMMY?

Briefly , the a rgume nts for t he s ix­hour da)" inclu de the Iol lowlng : Un­employment pu shes the weak to thewa ll- the six-hour day lessen s un­employm ent. The boss wants an ar myof unemployed, therefore the wOlkershould seek to eliminate it . Improvedmachinery increases efficiency andfewer worker s a re requ ired , thechoice is therefore between unem­ployment and shorter hours. The war Illlmltt""tiiitiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiitt""""""has brought the cr is is of unemploy­ment under t he capitali sti c sys t em,therefore the t ime for the six-hourday is KOW. Shorter hours meansmore workers and more mach ines .This would make still more work, butwould reduce profits, therefore the l=======:::::=======boss opposes it and the worker sup­ports it. Long hours and overtimeca use un employment, fati~ue, iII­he alth, uninformed minds, j aded sp iroi ts an d shorter lives. Shorter hou rsme an the opposite. Un employments pells competition between workera nd work er for the same job-short­er hours mean s eo-operation. The On eBi~ Union is one way to jl:et shor terhours .-Western Labor xews.

RUSH ORDER ARRIVES

BAIL uRGENTLY NEEDEDBY LEAVENWORTH MEN

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TENSE SITUAnON

RIGHT MA N IN WRONG

CONVENTION RESTATESUNCOMPROMISING

!'OSmON

1I01)'ok{', Mass.• May 16.-The po!'toffice has " r ushed" 120 copies of The San Francisco and Oakland

Conneaut, Ohio, l\-1ay 20 .-The in- "The New Solidarit)·" of six recent cit )· j a ils a re beinK emptied of theirdustrial situa.tion here is ve.ry tense . is.<;ues here yes terda)' a nd today. Also prisoners to 'supply the canneri~ andThe lords of Illdustl)' a re fin nj.(' ev ery six bundles of " Golos Truzenika" of fisheriE'S of Alaska wit h labor thison e who a tt E' nde d the Ma)' Day ('el l'. :'1 0 copies each f rom March, Apri l and }'ea r.bra t ion. AI!. tht; " tit:ed .ones" ~a!,~ot IAla)'. ""e .a re expec t ing' more to Men facin"" sentences for petty~t an~ther Job III t~ l s city or .VIClnl ty arrive an y , tlll~e. Icr imes ar e bei ng herded aboa rd t hethey Will havc to mIgrate. ThIS ou"ht The ca pltah~ t g'oyprnm ent ca nn ot ships of the Alaska P ackers' fleet.to make mOrl' Wobhlles. . understand what sa botage . meanf'. Tw o walton load s of pri sonl' rs SE'rv-

The mHsters have thln l«"s P.rett)' They use sa bo taR"e b}' hoIdlflj.(' the in" se ntences of six months or lesswcll in hand. They have a r eg'lstra- bund les t ill th ey a re to o old to se ll, were hauled to the steamer "Gover.tion bureau where a ll !he un empl o:y- an d we must tht'n take them in our nor." Four hundred San Franciscoed are supposed to regl ~ter. In .th ls pocke ts a nd go f ro m plal'e ,to place pri soners have been sent aWa)·.wa y they hope to keel? tab on agltat - where the workers a re and jl:lve them The men a re ca refully Kuardl'd byors an d a t the same time .eet enoul(h aw ay t o read .-W.J . B. t he police en r oute to the docks tolIenr~ Dubs to fill the ~ll.pS made by prpvent the ir escape. In t he policethe dIsch arge of rebel wo rkers. But ENTERTA INMENT AN D BOX courts t hey a re ~iven the choicl' ofthe workers a re on to the A'amf", and SUPPER !\ervinl{ a lIt ilT sentence (or a minora r e not so easil y caught. Ra ilroad workers Industrial Union offe nse or li:"oing to the la&ior <'amps

:-00. 600 will ltive an entertainment in Alaska._S. F. Daily News.on the evenin~ of l'oIa}' 3 1 a t the ' .-:-:::::--:-:-:::-'-_Workers Hall , 119 Throop St., Chi· J ohn Avery, or an yone who wascaKo. All llldie s are in \'ited to br inJ!: workin R" wi th P eter F. Aiken at Southa box lunch for two. The bo xes will Hammond, Ind ., in February 1917,be auctioned. A prize will be t!ive n or a ny of the section men who work­to the lad)' whose lunc h box br inl(s ed t here a t that t ime, a re asked toth l highest bid . There will be a g'ood communi cate with Pe ter F. Aikenprogram with dancin~ and good mu- E lroy, Wis. 'sic. The admission is free, and a lla re invited to come and have a good

t ime.-Committee.

A noti('e a ppear ing' in the ButteBulletin recently to the effec t tha tDoc Cronin is a stool pi~on doesnot re fE' r to J ames Cronin of I. U.Ko. 400, better known as "Doc," T heDoc Cronin referred to in the Bu lle­ti n is a member of the Cooks andWaiters L'nion of Butte.-Joe Ken'ned)' .

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We, the delegates of th e Indust r ialWorken o( the World, in convent ionassembled. hereby reaffiirm our ad­herence to the ca use of the Interna­ti onal Proletariat and reassert ourprof ound convict ion that the pro­erem of Industrial Union ism not onlyfurnishes a method of s uccessf ul re­sistance aeatnst the aJ.:"g're!\sions of arabid master class , bu t provides abasis for the re- construction of sect­ety when capitalism shal l have col ­la psed.

We regard the ereat. European waras convt nclng evid ence of the ripen­ing of the capitabat syst em and it!!a pproachin g dis integration, and weha il the r ising- workers ' republics inRussia and other co unt ries as eVi-1deuce tha t only the proletariat, thruits economic fo rce and by reason ofits st rategic position in industry, cansave the world from chaos and z ua r­ant ee the fundamental r-ights of life.

We pu blish aKain the preamble toour ecntsitutton and call upon theworki ng class of the world to un itewith us upon the bllllis of t he pein­ciples th ere decla red, in order thatwe may, by our combined economicpower, displ ace the wage sys t em withits horde of parasiti c exploiters andsubstitue fo r it t he communal sys'tern know n as " industria l democra­cy," thereby libera t lng hu manityfrom its ilIl:e -long' degradat ion andf reeing it to go forward, not onlyto universa l pr osperity and ha ppi- Ine ss, bu t a lso to a high and nobleculture.

Worker s of the world, unite! Youhave on ly yout' cha ins to lose! Youhave the world and life to ~ain !

THE NEW SOLIDARITY, CHICAGO. ILLINOIS

THE workl "ll cw.. and the em~lnli cow..~noIhlnll incommon. ThereClIlI be no po'KI

.., long lI$ hun.,r andw",,1are found amonll mil·Hono of the >W>fklna peopieand the lew. whomakeUP the ",",,,Iorinlld _ have all the 1l00d thinll$01II~' . -.- -.- .

Between t"- lwod_ a struagl.. "''''I ao ..r. ThI S eommumcetton explains the.,nli! lbe workersof the world or\lUllze .. a cw..., I ne cessity of I(ettinjl: some of the Fel·take~ of theearth and the mad>lner)I of low Worke rs out of j ail all early asproduction, andabolW1 the ""'$1""" possibl e.Weti.ndthaltbe""nlerl~olthemanaaementof Four F..llow Work..rI, W.I.h, Lor·

Induslrle1l intofewer and re-.. hanlh make$ thl. to", H. milton and Plahn .1''' in per­tr~ unions unable tocope with the eVET lIlowlT,1l m.nenI i.ol.lion . "c r"g. l ..d from IhelJOWl'f 0( the emplo)- inll c~ The trade unioN • •1l>$ler a . ta te 01. affaiB whICh allows Olle set. 01 o th ..rI . nd h.v. no way of k pln l'NOI"hn to bepitted"llllinst anotherset.(II worken in communic.lion with Ih. olh boy•.Jnlh.. IIa ..... lnd"'try.therebyhelp1nlltodel... l one Th... .. boy• • re .lw. y. in danc..r 0 1anotherlnw"ll"'wan. M~...t he ~_r~~ .,n\(lrl, • viol..nce from Ih .. officia l• • nd .houldaid theemployinaclass 10m_ the ..."..en ntolhe belief that the workinll dai s ha..e Intere.h In I... golten out on LODd. immedi.t..ly .""",mnnwtlh th..lremp\oyen. F..llow Work..r P..rr.,. i. in th.. hOll.

Th_condltlon_ can b<' chanll"'d and the Inter. pital with luL..rculo.i•• h• • h.d . ..v_eslof the worklnll daI ~ upheldonly 1»' an 0fIP,n1. ..r.1 r..l.p. ...._. H.a no on" who c.nullon fo<med In .uch a way thai all 110 rnernbo-s h· L d AI A d h· .. ., I ,_" 1_'_1_ _ II 1'0 I. ....n.. ao n reylc ... .. I.on anyone tnuUO ry. or n_ ~ .- neus- L I I. h f d 5 I foat)'. cea.M work whertevff a . tn..e or Io<:kout I. lu ..re u... u l • • un.. ..v....a 0

...... In ""y <kpartmenl thereof. thus rnakln.- ..n i ... t h.. F..llow Wo..k..r. of th.. on.. 7 .....IUTY to onean Injury to all. m..n will h.. ....I. ....,d .boul June 18.

' ...t....d of thecon$e1'Vldl\'e motto, ~A I....r d..y·s 191 9 . Thoa.. who will he h..ld for d..._ fur a lair day's work:' ...... muot inKrtbe en po..ta l ion will he . r r ..at..d UpOD theirour banner the r.....:>I..,Uo""ry wldchword. ~Aboli. r ..I...... f rom pri .on . nd will h.v.. totlnn of the W'lltles)'OI"",: ' .t.y i" j.il unlil th.. di.po. it ion of

It Is the historic ml..km of theworkina claSlI to.do away with ",,-pltallr.m. n.. armyof product><>l1 Ih .. c..... b7 Ih.. App..II.I.. Courl..,>ust beor""nlZ<'<! . not only"'" Ihee""fYdaystrOlll' which ma7 b. f rom ai,. month. 10 •gle wIth<.apltalist., but lOlso ttfcany on production y..a r Or tw o. If th..... m..n c.n b..when apllaliomshaoll have bee n O'\Ierthrown. By r ..I..: ...d On bond. of $1 ,000.00 th..orjanizinll Ind...trially are lonn;nll the >trw;;. .uthor ili ... will h.... e 10 pay th ..ir-.w tbe new sodetv · hln tl>e r.h<o ll<>1 tbo>old.

tr. n,porl.lion 10 th ei.. hom....

SAFE AND SANE IN MASSot

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Hol yoke, Mass., May t6. -Pros- I WWPUBUCATIONpl'ct s for a jteneral st r ike in this city • • •on Jul)' 4 in s uppor t of a demand fora new trial for Mooney and Billinj;;S The prisoner s held for deportati<!ndo not a ppear bri ll:ht for the Moone)' on Elli s Island, N. Y. , a re issuin jl: as uppor ters here. Loca l leaders lIaid paper they call the " Hell's Isl andyesterd a)' they would follow the lead Goat," wh ich g'ives th e news pcrtain ·of the A. F. of L. in takinG' action ing to the deportees now being- held

.. there. It is called t ile " Goat" foron the ca lle. Accord ing' to the local the reason that those held for de'leaders the st r ike vot e authori zed b)' portatlon fe el tha t the on ly reasonthe Inte.rnat!onal Workers D~fense for their de tention IS that som e ofI. ea~ue IS WIt hout the authont)· .of the official s do not want to admitthe A. F. of L . and ca~not he In - t heir mistakes and vicious actions ofdo r sed .b)' local labor unIOns except I the past and a r makinjl: those menas an msurgent movement. d' b' f h · b·

Tb A F f L has indorsed t he an wom ,,:n t e jl:oats or t I' ll' ar I'e . . . o. trar)' tactICS.

campa.llI:~ for a 'n,,:w t r Ial for ~Iooney Th e in ternat ional news containedand Bllhn/tS, bu.t III not com ':'lltted to in the "Goat" is well written up fromthe j!eneral st ri ke , they cla Im. . the standpoin t of men of a ll nation s.

Rena Mooney 5poke t o an audl- T he majorit)· of those who wer eence of 1,SOO here .on May 3, and a ru sh ed across the countr}· from Se at­resolution ~as un afllffiously pa~ed to ti e in Feburary httve be en r eleasedtake part In th~ Ken.era l st r Ike on but th ose now held a re representa~J ul)' 4. f.or the IIheratIon of .Moone)· t ive Of the most mil itan t spir it s fromand Bl llmgs. rf'~ardless of. what the the European count r ies . The tone oflabor le,:,ders thmk find sa }'. The la ' the "Goa t " shows a fint' con temptbor f akln! do not yet see that t~e for the petty officials who have thot·.' gre~t" leader, Compel's, has los t hIS to crush all forms of workinjl: classJob I.n Ca~ada, and that the sa me ac t ion b)' a scar e a bout deporw.tion.fate I S cOm!nK to them here. . The men and women who are threat.

The sentl!"e~t of the mee tmJ;:" was en ed wit h the depor tation have notto dE'mand Ju stI ce fo r Mooney, Deb~, "sca red " a lit tl e bit, and a r e laugh 'Haywood and a ll other c1.ass .wa r prJ- ing- a t the discomfiture of pom pouswners, and to exP.ect Justice only offic ial s.thru the g'eneral st r ike.

Omaha, May 13.- A smoker washeld here on the evening of the 11thwhich was highly enj oyed by a le rg ecro wd, among' whom were manystranger s. Fellow Worker Pat Noonanwas the principal speaker and gavea fine talk on industrial conditions.We proved to the workers of Om ahathat the On e BiJ:" Union is st ill on thej ob and ~winli:' every day.

All those present were we ll sa t is­fied wi th the en tertainment and mu ­sic . A pie eartng- contest caus edmu ch laughter. Two colored dancerskept the crowd on thei r t oes by ex 'hibitions of f ancy steps in pigeonwing, turkey in the st raw, etc. T heWobblic quartet sa ng' song'S of therevolution and popular melodies oft he day.

The senti ment expr essed by theaud ien ce was certa in ly ancourazmgand proves our ca nten t ion thatthe idea ls of rig'ht and j us tic£ cannotbe cr ushed, nor r evulu t icna ry indust­ri a l unionism turned back by sup'pression of meetings or denial of rreespeech.

The ~l'neral resul ts of the smokerwere successful. Tbe audience re­ceived the truth a bout our pos it ionand pu rpose in orjl:anizin .e t he worken and the need of edu cation with ahearty response . We had a goodliterature sa le and took two newmembers.

Coffee, cake and ice cream wereserved, a lso plenty of smokes, andafter the enter tainment everyoneleft vowine they had had th e t ime ofthe ir Iives.- Joe Fi sher,

The general membership meetingsof the Chicago Branches a re heldevery Tuesd ay evening' at ei~ht

o'c lock in the Workers Hall . 11 9 So .Throop St. Attention is a lso caUedto the open forum meetinl':"s wh ich areheld every Sunda}' evenin~ at ei~ht

o'clock in the sam e hal l.Every I. W. W. in Chicag'O is u~{'d

to ('orne and help make these meetin KSa s uccess. T he open forum meetingsa re open t o a ll worke rs , and a ll ar eurJ("ed to come a nd take part in them,There is a lwa ys an interest ing sub­j ect t o be discusse d, and t here is anopen ing fo r every one ' to take partin them.

CHICAGO MEMBERSH IPMEETINGS

J as. Connley, member of L. W. I.U. Ko. 500 collected $10.50 for theAmer ican Workingmen's Club ofSpokane for which he has not reomitted.

On AUll:Ust 22 .1918. $9 5 was turn­ed ove r to Emmett Chase , a memberof L. W. I . U. Ko. 500. to furni shbond for J ack DO)'le who was then inj ail a t Wallace . Idaho. After thisbail was withdrawn it was turn~over to Chase by Attorney Streiff.On December 25 I received a letterfrom him sayin!/: he would come t oSpokane and turn in the mone)' tome, which he has not yet done.

H. Hickson, a member of L. W. I.U. Ko. 500, sold Butte Bulletin ll f ortwo months and never remitted forthem. He owes the Butte Bulletin$240.--John Gr ad)'. Sec'y DefenseCommittee, Spokan e. District.

HALL IN DET ROITThe new I. W. W. ha ll in Detroit,

Mich., is loca ted at 215 Gratiot Ave.Everybody wel come. Educationalmeetin~s every Wednesday evening a t8 o·c1ock.-H. Van Dorn, Sec.

STRIKE ON, STAY AWAY

WORKERS WITH MAYOR

San Francisco , Ma)' H .-The pri­soners at county jail No. 2 have g'oneon strike and refuse to work on adiet of mush and stew that is pre­pared as only a public institutionwould tole rate.

Som e fru it has bee n sent t o theFe llow Workers, but the sher iff re­fusea to a llow it to be taken in. Whenasked the reaso n he r eplied. "Somemore I. W. W. stuf f. We will sh owthe I. W. W. and their friends w'hois running' this place. We will ~ive

them . ha t We want t hem to have toea t, lIrId the)' may I«"et their head sbroken be sides ."

This same charact er made the re­mark that Fellow Work er Miller oUjl:htto be taken out and hun~. He is set­tin~ a bad precedent in view o( thefact that those refuse to performuseful work may soon occupy theja ils.

GO NE TO PARTS UNKNOW N

Sioux City, May l S.- As a resultof the speech of Mayor Short at theop E'n injl: of the A. W. I . U . conventionher e recently. the business in terestshave star ted a r ecall asainst themayor. As part of their scheme todown the mayor, the)' have nominat­ed a union man named Carne)', doubt­less thinkinjl: to thus divide the voteof the union workers and allow someone of their own number to make aneleventh-hour campaign with achance of winning. Many of the moreac tive union men of the city have de 'nounced this mov e. sa);n~ that so f aras they a r e concerned the on ly can ·did atea that is worth)' of t he supportof the workers is Ma yor- shor t him 'se lf.

" If we don't stand t ogether," saidWalter Hess, union street ca r em 'ploye e, "the labor ticket will suffer.We've ect to sti ck. T he nomi nationof CarWey is nothing more thaa anattempt to break up the labor tlcket,The men back of the recall hope tosee part of the unioniate swi tc h therevotes to Carney, and w.th a split inour ticket they'll try and, if we a renot united perhaps ele ct, some manyet unnamed-one who has nothingin commo n with labor. That'll thesituat ion. They'Il never succeed. Theirobject is too obvious."

Man y of the bu siness men of thecity a re very bitter a t the acti on ofthe war department in r ef using toallow the city tc keep the war tankthat has been he re for se ve ral w eeksto assis t the victor)' loan.

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Philadelphia, May 19.- The Mari neTransport workers Indust ri al Unionswill hold a conferen ce her e on the24t h of this mo nth. The reason forcalIing' the conven t ion on such shortnotice is the decision of the G. E. B.and 'the eleventh general cenve nfio nre een t fy held in Chicago, and a ls;ofrom the consideration that there ISno t ime t o lose and som e action mustbe taken to put the M. T . W. on themap of organization. .

Delegates f ro m I. U. No. 700 ofI' acific coast , I. U. No . 100 of !heAtlantic Coast and Local 8 of Phila­delphia will be present in the confer'en ce. An invitat ion has been sent tothe Russ ian Seamen's Union of NewYork. Every Bran ch of the M. T.W has been a!'1>ed t o se nd one de­le~ate, but the r epre;;entati on in theconference will be on a proportIOnalba sts.

The la test news received fr.ol}1fore i~n countries shows a gr-eat. spu-itfor the One Bill: Un ion fro m allEurope and Soutp America. .T hemarine transport workers eSP.liic1a.II )·are t ak injl: up the idea of so!ula n tywith a vigor th atIs encour ag llJl/:.

REFERENDUM COMPLETEFOR COMMITIEE

CONFERENCE ·OF MARINE GRAND ENTERTAINMENTTRANSPORT WORKERS• IN PHD.ADELPHIA

Debll, who called t he Kaiser "Ger­man y' s see ptered savajl:e" in 1900, isbehind s teel bars to day, while Kich­olas Murra)' Butler, presid ent of Co­lumbi¥ University, who praised thesame SlWB\l:e to the skies in 19 13, inreturn fo r the j eweled baUble thatthis royal scoundr t'l bes towed uponhim, lives in f reedom in the lap ofluxur)·. Capitalist civilization cer­tainly ill a stench in the nostrils ofthe devil himself.-Western LaborKews.

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Bulle tin No. 34Chic ago, May 20 . 19 19

The ballots (or e lec t ion of the Org'Comm. have been counted by a com'mittel' and the following is the reos uit :

Albert Bare _ _........ . 160Geo . Aldridge _.._. 153J ack Terrell ,-. 139D. N. Simpson I~iW. Rumfie ld _ 1H. Bradley .- --.- - 1

100

75C. E. S mith _ .

Joe Hir;:Kins 79Dave Rommell . __._ ..... .... ..... 60J ames Dunn _ _. 56G. Fitzpatrick -.... ...... . ~;J . A. Parker -. ................. 45Oliver Weaver -..J ohn Downs 43L. Rassmussen ._.. ......... ..... .. 3

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Walter Wismer - . ~ .F red Bowman 1-••_. .......... 33H. Seleceski .. -...... ..... . ...... ... 3

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Fr ank Sc ott .- -.._ -.W R P arker _._ _... .. .. 28A." L. ' garg ent -_. 19Bob Rebman -_. 17The first seven con stitute the Gen ·

eral Orxanization Committee and ~heothers will act as a lt ernates accordlngto the vote received. Those whosenames were on the ball ot and do notappear on the above list have a lrea dydeclined.

All members who ar e elected on theorg'aniza tion committee or who are Inthe fir st se ven a lter na tes should getin touch with the main office a t nnce ;a meeting will probably be held ab~utMay 26 if we can g'et In touch WItha ll the inembers in t ime.

Reports coming in from the har­ve llt. belt a re t o the effect t ha t hay·i n~ has started down in Oklahomaand wages a ro und Enid Cherokeeand vicinity a re $4.00 for ten hours.

There il! two weeks work , do,,":nthere on t he ha)' and then It 'WIllstart fa rther up the co un try, wheatharyellt will be read)' in Oklahoma and1I0u ther n Kan sas a bout t he 10th ofJ une and the Government has po~t!lrsout in hundred s of t owns adver t lsln J("fo r ove r ten thousand men to come toKansas.

The wag'es a~ed upon b)' thefarmers this )-ear a re $5.00 ( or a tenhour day for ot hers than stacken istacken will g'et $6 .00 per day a ndwill be a llowed time and a half forove rtime. .

The commercial clubs of the dI f­ferent to wns have decided that therewill no man allowed to hang a ro und

,an)' town and they have mad e pro·visions for the enforcement of avaln'ancy law .

There ill a strike J(" oin~ on at t ' ontReed's camp a t Latham; abo ut, adozen of ou r members alo nl( wlthsome blue ca rd men qu it the job afew days a jl:o . . .

At Lu sh WyominK there IS a bIgOil Boom and wa~s are $3.60 a '.ldboard; there will be a r efinery bUiltthere ver)' soon . .

There is a dem and fo r 011 Workersthruout the oil fie lds all ove r Wyom­ing and men can always connect outof Casper ; we have a few deleKatesthere now but they need some helpso a ll memben in that vic inity shouldse nd in (or su pplies .

The fellow workers on the Wichitacase a re st ill in j aili all members whohave Libert)· Bond s or who kn ow ofanyone who has bond s or other pro­perty that they would care to put upfor those boys shou ld I(et in touchwith this office at once.

Remember that for $5,000.00 wecan R"et eil(ht fellow workers r eleased.

Thc ball ot.q on the B)'-Iaws a r e nowoff the press and a ll membe rs shouldwrite in t o this office (or them; it isvl'ry impor tan t that all members voteon t hem as thE're ar e some ver)' im­portant chanjl:es sUA'jl:E'sh·d.

Dan Lemon should write t o thisolfice a t once.

D. N. Simpson, :'IIat. K. Fox,Chai rman. Pro-Tern , Sec.·T r E'as

A:W. I. U. No. 400

IN SEASON AND OUT

AGRICULTURAL WORK ERS IN·DUSTRIAL UNI ON No. 400. I. W. W.

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