The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-07-10
TEAM D1sEttSsEs REs1GEg37oN
or Mr.. f0GERSt
To MY Comrades and Bros:

the Socialist party. AS he has held
no office in the party I am at loss to
know just what he resigned. He gives
as an excuse for The column of rot in
his Official organ, that he will not serve
under lne as chairman Of the County
Central Committee. As he is not :.
member of the committee il is no rea.
son at all and in that expression he
discloses his utter ignorance Of So
cialism, as all vino understand knows
that our party teaches distinctly that
we need cooperation and not leaders,
only accepted the Office of commit
teeman because my comrades chose
me for the place and in the Socialist
party mebemr is supposed to fill any
post to which his comrades call him.
There is no salary attached to my Of
fee, and no power, and am at loss
to understand how any comrades can
take offense at who fills the place.
No committee of branch Of the So
cia!ist party can change in any man.
ncr the great fundamental principles
Of Our party, nor can it outline a po-
LEY or do naythin which might con-
fiict with the established principles.
Rogers excuse is childish and flimsy.
He threatens to remove me from the
industrial organization, and accuses
me Of fighting against the organiza-
ton: | wish to say that l anne willing
to take the actual facts in the case and
compare my work in the union with
his accomplishments. was one of
the first men in this district to start
agitation for union organization; Sc
cured the first leases on land for the
organization, organized Raleigh coun-
ty and gave the first obligation to the
men who composed the first local or
ganiZed in Fayette county; this meet
ing had been advertised and Rogers
understood thoroughly when and
where it was to take place; but when
he heard that the Baldwin agency had
70 men at Thurmond instructed to pre-
vent the meeting, Rogers had urgent
business at Charleston What could
have been more important to the min
crs of District 20 than the holding of
the first organizing meeting. For the
occasion two organizers had been
promised from Charncston-none
came. Comrade NJ +. Coulter and
myself had come in from Raleigh
county, and hearing that the meeting
was to be held we attended, with the
result that we had to take charge OF
it, as the men who had been promised
failed to appear. The places that the
operators claimed to have an Iron
wall around" such as Laurel Greek,
and the Winding Gulf, and Mt. Hope,
where organizers had been brutality
beaten Ly thugs, helped to organize.
l.. e. Rogers WAS prcscn tat NONE
Of these places. Rogers received 81
per day and expenses from the begin
ming up until the LIST Of July, 1919. |
received total Of 81 for the work ]
did in the district, or as much Tor
three months work as Rogers received
for one day. and he did none Of the
organizing in the beginning and none
Of the planning. lie took full charge
after july /, 1919. The agreement
was signed and Rogers started with
Il district having membership ol
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