Arizona republican., 1914-04-24
ALLEGEG AIM
 0F THE | W. W.
Reply by Secretary of Local to Article Against Order bv Socialists and ResOlu- tions Adopted by Phoenix Trades Council
To the Editor Republican.

To the Editor Republican.
 Sir
 In reply to t!:e severe attack on the !
 l. w. w. Industrial Workers of the .
 Worfd) local union made by the SO !
 Cialist party and some officials of the i
 Phoenix Trades Council who have talk 1
 en it upon themselves to speak for the ]
 rank and file of that body we ask your !!
 paper to give us d square deal and | print our side of the question as there l is always two sides to every question. The article in yesterdays paper was ! headed Pronunciation of the l. w. w.. which heading Was very appropriate as the whole article was mere assertion, ! tlenunciation. Reclamation and an ap- 1, peal to the prejudices of the good peo- pie of Phoenix and contained no proof or argument to show that political ac- tion OF craft unonism are the best means of freeing the working class from wage slavery and solving the question of unemployment. Until the l. W w. began to show it's strength in Phoenix the Trades Council and socialist party never recognized | the unemployed problem and in fact even yet have done nothing toward q l solution. The I. w w. is superior 1 type of labor organization because there are no class or craft distinctions, 1 no deifying of the skilled artizan and ! it aims to build up an orga nization on | the economic field that will be able to , operate the machinery and means ot l production and distribution. To quote l from the Preamble of the l. w W The army of production must be or
 ganzed not only for the everyday struggle with capitalists. but also to | carry on production when capitalism | shall have been OveTthroWn. By or
 ganizing industrially we are forming
 the structure of the new society within i the shell of the old" It is impossible 1 here to describe the fundamental diff | ferences between craft unionism and industrial unionism except to state that | craft unionism are separate unions on 1 the basis of crafi or particular trade l whereas industrial unions are on the l basis of the whole industry whatever | that industry may be. It is admitted l today even in the American Federation l of Labor that industrial unionism Is
 the superior and most progressive type of labor organIzation and some of the 1 unions of the A. F. of L. are of an in dustrial type. The | w w type of union is formed on the basis of the | strong tskilled) worker protecting the weak CunskilIed) and has both skilled | and unskilled, steady and casual or | migratory workers in it's ranks. Many l of !. w. W. members are also in good I standing in the A F of L. and are | boring from within in an endeavor 1 tvery often successfuD to transform it The chief consideration in the De nunciation aricle seems to be the grouch which the socialist party near
 politicians have against the I w. W. | for getting recruits from the old fash l toned craft unions.
 | Time and again politicians have at 1 tempted to use the working class as d
 means of obtaining office and the so- 1 cialsts have been no exception, but | time and again the labor movement has 1 rejected them. Samuel Gompers, the
 head of the A. F. of l.. himself d deser- I diated the political program Of the so-
 cialist party.
 1 Once more we ask those who de- 1 nOunce industrial unionism to point out 1 the superior points Gf there are any)
 of craft unions instead of berating us in unkind terms.
 | The l. w W. is not free from faults and errors it has made many mistakes | but can anyone say that the same can 1 not be found true of craft unionism? i It is q human organization and is open
 to honest and sincere criticism which i it gladly welcomes
 l The l w W. hall at so South Third l street is open at all times and is free I to anyone who wishes to use the lib- rary. read pamphlets or get an unpre- i iudiced view of the subject
 x. A. SCHROFF'
 Sec'y Local 212 l. w. w.