Financial Statement - Washington Secretary of State

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to ha ve voul"hen f or all money received and 1'1':
eeiptls for all money expended. beginning R5 soon
as po.'l8ible. Carried unanirnou!!l)',
Adjourned 5 ;QO P. M.
AUl'u.t 30, 191 9.
Meetinl':' called t o order 9 ;00 A. M. b)' chai rman.
The morning was spent in going over th e minu!;(os
and di ~ u s.~inR various mat ters pertaini ng to
t he organi211tion work.
Adjourned sine die a t 12 :00 M.
(Note)
In the bod}' of these mi nu l.e~ not es ar e occasionally
inserted in explan ation of th e actions of t he
Board , an d a commen tary is now added as further
explanation of some of the m otions, as follows :
The matter of refu sa l to enter into t ime agreements
is a fundamental pr inci ple of Revolutionary
In dustrial Unionism . and is writ t en into ou r eonsti
tuti on. How ever, we have alwRYlI observ ed tempor
ary ac com odlltions be twee n th e workers and employen,
and since the condition s are peculiar to
each indu stry and cannot well b€ re l!.ehed by a general
recommendati on. we feel t hat th e..e mat ters
should be handled in each instance by th e Indu s­
trial Union involv ed in t he set tlement.
In these times of intense labor un r est, it is high ly
ne cessary that the I. W. W. shall do al l in itl! power
t o sLabl1i!e the situation and endea vor t o lead se nti .
nrent to wards sa ne econom ic Rction, rather than in
th e dire ct ion of fanatical insurrecti onism. We approve
th e resolution that the Uni ons send delel:ates
to r adical conf erences, as the r eby we bave an opportunity
to exert a rational influ..ne e a nd at t he
same t ime keep our finger on t he puh e of wor king
elan sentim ent .
l:very strike situation or aggravat ed labor condit
ion produces a ('ertain amount of hJlst er ia from
which even members of the I . W. W. are not immune.
H ysteria begets exaggerat ion. t he worst
fo nn of misinform ation. We can onl y act hitellige
ntly as t he actual f ads are kn own, and in the
labor wor ld, hasty or ill advised action may ruin
t he best laid plans of organiza tion. The master
elass will tell us enough Ii!"! in ord er to- misle ad
us, so let us avoid the pitfall s of exaggerntion. As
you val ue Industrial U nio nism observe this motto­
Truth. T he whole truth and nothing but the truth.
The holding of correspo nde nce be yond a reasonable
t ime serves no go od purpose. Errors are usually
dieeoveeed and corrected within 90 days and the
retaining of eOrTe$po nden ce in regard to accounts
that hav e been definitely closed is a w ast e of space
that can be use d to better lld,'antn.ge.
Thil is a ti me of greatest ac tivity in lahor organization
and r eacti onary uniona are ~iall y busy
in this r egard . It ia characteristic that workers are