THE I. W. W.

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13967, 18 August 1919, Page 2

THE I. W. W.

AIMS STAI'ED AT CHICAGO. OUT TO MAKE TROUBLE. Ccmipai'^tiively Lit'tla was heard libcnixti tiho jproceedings of'tho aamual meeting of the I.W.W. in the Urci'tud Stiaites, just held ia Ch.itsa.go, so quiet? Ly, so fao* as outsiders knew, the business of tho orafaiaif-aitdoai a-.'jir'iaul an (remarka tihtr Christuam Soiearc? Monitod-). TJie small stir occasionied by tlie nieetikig was, no doubt, in laago' mielaißua"'e dxie fto 'tihe fact tbat it w>v,s deeoaed wise that tflxis llrst, araiiital session ehould tiaike tho farm of :i. gaitihexing otf a relatively small number of' delegates, raitihor than, that of a miaaa- anieetimgl of tlie members Whatever may have henu the purpoea in oomduot'iTig the session im tliis mianmer, tSbe naitiion sihoukl take niote of tiho fact tha* sudh information as ! was miade public oomfimis im,pressiions which, had already berome geneiiil with reg'aird to certaiu impoaittaoil"matters. It, aippcors, for. imistancie 1, thaitl thils oirganLisation dt^ires to estaiblisii relatianis with, all revoluitiioaiiai^ orgamiisaitdoinßi, in other' coumlbrie», whiich, suibsoribe to the- declaaralttiom that "eonployens and the - working class have nothing in, ooinanon"; that it as bemib oin. fomectfinjg 1 la,bout tirpuibles. FOMENTING REVOLUTION. It ia aimdng ait industiiai revolution; and thalb it de iiiaiking 1 persistenrts ©ftortisi ifca imfluenioe in ithis diireotdon tiho lairgea' gii'ouips of ipeaple in the country who do nob umdersitain.d the Eingliish lamgoiage, ixrjd bo are umable to inform themoseilves im any ad>qualte- degree conoeffning the in&titu-' tiiongi and admis of tiho nation: Quit© dleaa-ly, 'the disoocrag'tng' -"m----cadenfas which, the I.W.W ha s thus far met with in ita €011116© in, the Umii|tiedl Staites have not upset, its, purpose :to make the . ■ inowt of its opportunities to enl'argie scope <>i its aotivitlies and ssa&uencei, for thlis oooivettiitiiioia adopted a xesolutlion ia favouir of a more vigorouk oaimipaign of ag^tatiop to be oaffiried ont through the 1 cdrtiiuilaitiion of I.W.W. literaltuire, and by naeajne of w speeches- , The apeciifieaitadn of apeech'cs as one of tihe ptriaiiciipal feaituires 01 the propagaaidai seena^ to imiply intentdoini to, spireiad tho tieachingtei iini a more. ope.'i, mamner' than in, th© past. AGAINST FEDERATED LABOUR. Its is a Baitdi3factioin', though an.uiinecessary one, to have the -testimony of tile 1.W.W., as tiho conimitiioD frankly fumisihed it, iv addition' to tihiaitl, of itih© Americifiai Fcderatiiooi' ot Labbnir, to the facib that there is no affinity beltKveeai, thesei orgamli'saitiionis Andpi&fiiadditiioinßi faict, thaib thei-e is no pirospeoii otf a,ny such relaitiionishii'p was made pLainieir tlhaia ever by tho aipipa:ofy:al da the cjomive'iitaojn of a. ppoVfisioii" an the conisitiittutiion of the I.W.W. tlhait a member of thait <«'- ---gtanoisaitdoia Who may become an officer of the American Foderaitiion <i Laboujr sihall ma lonigiem 1 bo a! member of the J.W'W. DeJ.ega.tesi declared, mioivieovea', that, ithe twio orgaiuißaitiioous were oippased tk> each ottlier, and that this pirovaaioni was nieicessary in order' tk* jpirtxt'ectb th© I.W.W. fiomi the influence of the gmcb Le.bour fedea'atfcoitt. The Ameaiioaiii) Federajtiioin c> Laiboaiir, whiich., siimce it, eliowed itisclf so distinctly .loyail and dependable duiring .thio war, hasi atiood high ia the esteem of the nation), is to be conga"altulaitied upon ita evidontiy definite agireememt tw disagree, with, the I.W.W. •