Financial Statement - Washington Secretary of State

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EPORT AN D MI NUTES OF T HE GENE RAL
EX E CUTIVE BOA RD SESSIO N FROM
A UG. 14 T O A U G. 30
Chiea~ . JIlinoi s, Au~. 30, 19 19.
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T he ne wly installed Ge ne ral E xecutive Boa rd
sends greetings to al l the member ship, both in an d
out of jai ls, lind to t he wo rking cl3.S8 in general.
As to the gener al condi tion of our ort:"a nizat ioo.
we lir e pl"'B..\Ied to report that , d""Pit e the pen e­
cution of our mem bers by t he hire lings of the plu-"
to crscy, we are growing at a most eneourag-mg
I rat e. The wor kers are awake ning to th e dangers
tha t lie a head and are turning to Ind ust r ial Un ionism
as a solution of all economic a nd socia l ills an d
inequalities.
The re-or gr mieed ::'IIa r ine T ransport Wor ker s' Industrial
Uni on No. 8 is expertencme a spl endid in .
crease in mem ben hip on both t he Atlantic a nd Pacific
coasts, and along the Great Uikes, an d is in
active an d sym pa t hetic to uch with T ra ns por t Wor k­
e rs of t he oth er Mar iti me motion s of t he w or ld.
AgTicultural Workers' I nd ust r ial U nion No. 40 0
is in til e midst of a n enormous drive f or member ­
ship. With hu nd reds of del...gates in the field, they
are -tn aki ng good on their slogan, " Come on, 400 !"
and confidently expect an incr ease of 10,000 by
Seph>mber .1,.
Co nst ruction Worker s' Ind ustrial Union No. 57 3
is growing s to:>adily in all parts of the country, and
will com me nce a co ncentrated d rive in t he middle
"tates in Se ptember . From now on n pr inted bulletin
w ill be issued by t his union every week, which
is ex pected to be II model in eve ry wily.
Met al and Machinery Wo rkers' Indust r ial Union
No. 30 0 is ha ving better success than was antiej.
pete d, a nd cond it ions are now so sha ping themselves
that the pr ospects of this union are mo re
th a n encouraging. It should have a ,-ast in cr ease
in m embership during t he coming Fall and Wint er ,
Railroad Workers' I ndustri al Union No. 600 is
inc r easing steadily. One great Ilign of increasing
int erest among t he Railroad Wor ker s ill the fact
that on ma ny roads only the migrat or}' wo rker with
a Wobbly card is able to get by.
H ot el, Rl"!taurnnt a nd Domestic Worke rs I ndustrial
Uni on No. 1,100 forges st eadily ahead, preparing
0. e wa y f or d i ~ni fying a servic-e that eve n
the workers have hereto for e re~ard e d as menial.
E very wor ker can help stren~h...n this union by
demanding that the waiters and others wear the
H. R. e D. W. I. huttons.
In t he Lumber and Mining Ind ust ri es of tile
Northwest we find L. W. I. U. No. 500 and M. M.
W. I. U. No. 8 00 going strong. ThiS"is very eneouraging
when we consider that this section h ll.8
been un der the Iron H eel mor e than a ny other.
Other sections are stirring etec, a nd both Lumber
'Worken a nd Metal Miners have mo r e calls foc organizen
. than t hey are a ble to supply.
The T extile Wo rken ' I nd ustrial Union No. 1,000
is prOgTef;Sing, and reeently began publishing the
Textile Worker at Paterson, N . J .
T he other unions are growinj!; aceocding to the
vij!;or of.t he ir me mb ership Rnd the lipread of kn owl.
ed j!;e emong- the workers in their indust r ies.
Now, Fell ow WOR O" , ou r present g ro wth is ..
positive demcnstratlon that we ca nn ot he d Clltroyed
all an organization . We may receive setba cks, but
the principles of Ind ustrial Unionism sr e immortal.
T he wo rking world is now awakening to class con-