New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
HAYWARD HOLDS UP
 LAND or PROMISE
Labor Must figAt for What Capital
 Holds, He DeG:alts.

Washington, May 1s.--A revolution that would wipe out Americas pres ent industrial and political system and establish an ideal era of freedom was described to the federal commis- sion on industrial relations yester- day as the ultimate object of the In- dustrial Workers of the World by [ William D. Haywood it's secretary and treasurer. A world in which labor. organized into a vast compact union, should control all the means of production and in which there should be no such thing as 'capitap' was held up by Haywood as his land of promise. He declared that only implacable war between labor and capital, ending with general strike and confiscation of the means of production, could bring the workers to their ideal ex- istence.
 Class Struggle Must Go on.
 This is a class struggle that must so on," he told the comm ission. There can be no identity of interest between the workers, who have only their labor power. and such men as Rockefeller and Morgan and their stockholders, who contribute nothing to production. The struggle will go on despite everything this commission can do or can recommend to congress. The battle is inevitable. Labor must fight for what capital now controls, the means of production, tools, ma chinery and all of those things which should be controlled by labor alone.
 I have had a dream of new so- ciety some time in which there will be no struggle between capital and labor, in which every man will have free access to the land and the means of production and livelihood. There will be no government, no states, as we know them now. Congress will be made up not of lawyers and preachers, but of experts from all branches of industry, come together for the good of all the people"
 Commissioner Weinstock questioned Haywood as to what methods would be employed to bring about this change.
 Any Kind of Tactics.
 T believe in any kind of tactics" said the witness T don't care if it means revolution. That's all.'
 In reply to other questions Hay wood said the I. w. W. differed from the trade unionists because it believed in the organization of single great union instead of craft unions. Its ul- innate purpose, he said, differed little from socialism.
 T might say it is socialism with it's working clothes on,'' he added.
 No Great Cities. In the new a era, Haywood said, there would be no great cities"
 t.What is to become of New York, and the other great cities?" asked Commissioner Weinstock.
 There would be no idle brokers, lawyers and financiers to occupy sucn cities,'' replied the witness
 "But what would you do with New
 NIonument to F,oolishness.
 Tear it down or leave it as a mon- ument to the foolishness of this age < Haywood sketched the stormy inci- dents of his past life telling of strikes in which he had participated, from the early troubles in Colorado and Utah to the recent outbreak of Law renee and Paterson. He will continue his testimony today.
 Police Comn1issioner, Woods of New ork discussed the use of New York gunmen in labor disputes and the protection accorded free speeches and free assembly in that city. Dr. H. R. ] Seager of New York, spoke of the diff1culties of labor in the courts.