The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-03-21

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II. Uodgins. Member Everett Fifth
Fifth Ward
Everett, Wash. Feb. n. 1913.
state Executive Committee, Socialist
Party of Washington:
Comrades Since reporting TO you
last the local women's correspondents
have been clrcularized for contrlbu-
tions for school campaign. Though
the results were not surprisingly
large, yet for the first attempt they
were satisfactory. Twcnty-threc dol
lars and twenty cents was contributed.
with this money locals were sent the
school edition of the Commonwealth;
that is, those locals which we knew
This propaganda together with the
$4,000 leaflets gotten out by the state
executive committee should give us a
good start toward capturing the
schools.
Fourteen hundred and fifty leaflets
and papers. thirteen different kinds,
were sent out to the local woman's cor
respondents. A letter embodying that
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was printed in the Commonwealth and
sent to all local correspondents, Inn
pressing them with the need of cele-
brating Womans Day, February %.
There are now 10 local woman's
correspondents in the state. This list
is growing constantly. The six state
lecturers now in the field are giving
special attention to this department
and are insisting that locals they visit
which are not represented elect cor
respondent
The next work to be undertaken will
be to secure the names and addresses
of all the women party members in
the state. This list will be used to
educate the women members in So
cialist fundamentals and in securing
their cooperation in this work for
women.
Fraternally,
HORTENSE WAGENKNECHT,
Woman's State Correspondent.
Report to the State Secretary for the
Month OF February
Tacoma, Wash, March 6, 1913.
Comrades-The month just passed
has been the most active of all. Com
rades all over the state are beginning
to take hold of the school proposition
in earnest and letters asking advice on
all phases of school affairs have been
coming in with great regularity. The
call for literature dealing with school
subjects was so great that early in
the month a call was sent out to quail
fled comrades for the submission of.
manuscripts. AS none were submit
ted, the state secretary requested me
to write a pamphlet This was done
and fifteen thousand were printed for
distribution.
Calls were also sent out to socialist
teachers to contribute articles for
special school election edition of the
Commonwealth. The result was very
gratifying. Some able articles were
submitted, and it was pleasing to note
the revolutionary character of most of
the communications.
Failure on the part of local secre-
taries to report vacancies in time has
enabled the capitalists to keep control
of several school rooms this month
when we could easily have filled the
places had we known in time. By all
means let us urge upon the comrades
the absolute business necessity of
their Immediately reporting every pos
sible or probable vacancy in every
school far and near that they may
know anything about This informal
ton is the life of the bureau. The
name of the clerk, his address, the
salary the nature of the position and
the length of the term should be given
when possible. Even partial
is tremendously useful.
AS soon as possible blanks will be
sent out for the collection of this in
formation Each local secretary and
each woman's correspondent will re-
ceive these from time to time and
should lose no time in getting the de-
sired information to me or to the state
office.
An especially distressing case of
capitalist persecution of a socialist
teacher came to our notice this month.
By skillful Juggling the county super
of Ferry county not only
kept Comrade Fuss from teaching but
by inuendo and bluffing blackened his
character so that even unsuspecting
comrades were turned against him
and denied him support which he
sorely needed. Investigation has salts
fled me that Comrade Fuss has been
driven out of his chosen profession for
no other reason than that he was
socialist who was unafraid to stand
up for the working class. His case
will be taken up during March and
something definite done to reach the
comrades who were deceived by cap
italist trickery.
Other cases of persecution are daily
coming to notice, making ever clearer
the necessity of the working class
running the schools in their own in
terest by taking no other than tried
and true class conscious teachers into
their schools.
Your comrade,
]. e. SINCLAIR,
Secy. Socialist Educational Bureau, r.
r. No. 4, Box 128, Tacoma, Wash.
Report of canvassing committee on
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