The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-10-01


dustly, including oil refieries, lum-
Der mills, etc, the>writer continues,
Other delegates will he dispatched as
the movement progresses and results
Justify reinforcement of agitators
and leaders in the dissemination of
Red propaganda among the labor
ing classes.
Headquarters of the l. w. w. an
nounce in the letter their intention
of securing the services of a Mexi-
can delegate to handle the laborers
in lower Texas, inasmuch as large
percentage of the labor there is Mexi-
can. Plans for the agitation, edu-
cation and organization of this class
of workers to keep them from being
tools in the hands of the employing
class" are being skillfully laid. AL
ready delegates in Northern Arkansas
are reporting good progress, an
nounces the correspondent. The fur
ther intention is to send colored del
egates to Louisiana and Mississippi
to agitate and organize the negroes
to the RED" cause.
| CAUTION is URGED
The writer cautions his fellow
worker to be extremely conserva-
tive, in order to avoid premature
conflict with the capitalists in the
South, which he states would be
playing into their hands.
The entire history of the I. w. w.
movement is one of sacrifice and
struggle, according to the writer. In
order to avoid the individual dis
charge of members of the movement
by the heads of plants, added caution
must be taken, it was stated. Also
that hard and fast work vii: oe nee
essary to organize a sufficient num-
Der to insure the success of the gil
gantic undertaking.
The letter, which came into the
hands of the reporter through mill
hand, who is very much out of SYM
patty with all RED" propaganda
and who desires to bring the matter
to light, reads as follows:
Fellow Worker:
Il have your two letters of recent
date, and am glad to hear from you
and note what information you re-
quest, and in reply to your inquiries
/ am at liberty to state that TIE gem
eral executive board has been con-
sidering plans for general recruit
ing to be made in the South in the
near future. However, at this time
cannot say definitely just when this
campaign will be put in operation, it
being dependent on. the time re-
quired by the general executive
board to perfect said plans to such |
an extent as to insure success of the |
movement.
1--WE now have several fellow work
ers in several sections of the South
who are keeping us advised as to con-
ditions and situations, and we are
now sending fellow worker to make
his headquarters in Texas, and he
will endeavor to agitate and organize
the workers of the different indus
trial plants, lumber mills and REIN
cries in that State, and as our move
ment progresses or results Justify We
will send other delegates.
1t is our intention to secure the
services of a Mexican delegate, as
we are advised that Mexican labor is
largely employed in the State of
Texas; therefore we must agitate,
educate and organize this class of
workers to keep them from being
tools in the hands the employing
class to combat organization. We now
have a delegate in Arkansas, who re-
ports good progress, and we will
shortly send a colored delegate to
Louisiana annd Mississippi
1.-THE entire history of our organ
ization is one of struggle and sacri-
fee and in our movement now in
the South we must be very conserva-
tive so as not to be forced into pre-
mature conflict with the employing
class, because by such we would be
playing into the employers hand, as
he can frame and discharge workers
Individually and in most cases re-
place every man one by one, thus
shutting out our membership; there
lore, we must stick tight and agitate
ind organize every spare .aoment. to
get the other fellow into the union,