Financial Statement - Washington Secretary of State

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~ I Fellow I 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. 'Worke n : 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-
• sd ousneSll, a nd we have the opportunity t o de mon IItrste t hat t he Industrial Union s can take over the in dustries a nd save II civi lizati on t ha t has been wrecked b y the greed and corruption of its plu tocratic over lords. W e hav e been accus ed of attempting t o wreck the ' social structur e wh en we poi nted ou t its inherent rottenness and wa r ned th e world of the impend ing d isaster. Our fu nction ill t o !!:lve th e good there is in lif e a nd rest or e th e wor ld t o &::Inil)'. A hun dred f or cdul and det ermined men coul d no w overthrow car italism. but in t he present disorganized slate 0 t he workin J(' class, only chace could re sult from such an act- a d isaste r that would be ir re trieva ble. Our d ut y is t o organize t he wo rken, not 50 mu ch to _overthro w capitalism, for it di"soh -es be f ore our \ll'r )' eyes, as to ('lIr ey on production and !;l'nt : J oh n J acks on , Fred l'Oe}l;On, Cha r les Miller, Geo rge Bra dley a nd J a mes R inl'. J ohn J a ckson was elected temporary chainnan. J a mes King was e lected reco.rdin l!: secre tary. Resolut ion s, «>mmu n ic:lltions lind bllls taken up a nd placed in t he ir p ro per or der as nearly as poesible. A dj ourned a t 5 :20 p. 10. August 15, 1919. Mee ting ca lled t o ord er a t 9 a. m. b y t emporary chairman. Ne w h usin e.... Move d b y Nel so n, IIt'conded b y King, tlmt r esolut ion pertaining to te ntative agreemen ts be referred to Indust ri al Unions. Carried. (Note-This resoluti on suggest ed g ettinl!: out leaflets, stat ing the wag 'l9 a nd condi t ion l'l we would work lor. Also th at tentative IlIl'J'('Cments be m ad e wi th employees. As this is a matter for t he Indus_ trial Unions, it was re ferred to them fo.r action. ) Moved by G. BrBdle y, seec nd ed by H . Brad ley, t hat r eeolutien as k ing f or a bo ok of instruction and advice for d elegate", be referred to I ndustrial Unions, with r eeommend at lcn that they J:"et out B book of ins t ructions to d elegates. Carned. Moved b y King, sec onded by G. Bradley, tlut t we r ecommend a ll Ind ustrial Un ion s to aend delegate s t o radica l confer.. nces in their locality. Carried.
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