The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1920-01-29

doctrines and teachings of the /. w.
w. said it was an outlaw organiza-
ton and as result of their verdict
two self-confessed members of the
organization are now serving senten-
ces in the state penitentiary. This
is the organization which is now APP
peafing to the descent, self respecting
citizens of this community to aid in
the defense of IL men who on Nov
ember last should have been in the
penitentiary instead of loafing around
Centralia waiting for an excuse to
kill somebody.
But why waste words? Here's our
answer to the rival claims of the
American Legion and the 1. w. w.
about the Centralia affair:
American Legion
From the preamble of its constitu-
ton:
.'To uphold and defend the constitu-
ton of the United States of America;
to maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate one hundred per cent
Apprehension; to preserve the MEM
cries and incidents of our associa-
ton in the great war; to inculcate
sense of individual obligation to the
community, state and nation; to COM
bat the autocracy of both the classes
and the masses; to make right the
master of might; to promote peace
and good will on earth; to safeguard
and transmit to posterity the princi-
Piles of justice, freedom and DEM
ocracy; and to consecrate and sanctify
our comradship by our devotion to
mutual helpfulness."
1. w. w.
ton:
Between these two classes (the
working class and the employing
class) struggle must go on until
the workers of the world organize as
a class, take. possession of the earth
and the machinery of production, and
abolish the wage system"
The pledge:
81 do solmenly pledge my word and
honor that 1 will obey the constitu-
ton, rules and regulations of the 1.
w. W., and that, keeping always in
view the fundamental principles and
final aims, will, to the best of my
ability, perform the task assigned me.
l believe in and understand the two
sentences, The working class and the
employing class have nothing in
common, and Labor is entitled to all
it produces"
It's fundamental principles and
final aims:
Gas revolutionary organization
the /. w. w. aims to use any and all
tactics that will get results sought
with the least expenditure of time and
energy. The tactics used are deter
minded solely by the power of the or
ganization to make good their
use. The question of right
and wrong does not concern us. In
short, the l. w. w. advocates the use
of militant direct action tactics to
the full extent of our power to make
good. Being propertyless and land
less we have no patriotism nor reason
for patriotism. To us has come the
knowledge that justice, liberty and
rights, etc. are but empty words, and
power alone is real. Towards the ex-
istance of government we are OPEN
ly hostile. With free society, without
class rule or exploitation, society. of
free cooperation, we have that which
corresponds with the absence of gov
eminent. 'Anarchism.' We are Great
ing our own ideas of morality and
ethical conduct, as opposed to the
current conception of what constitutes
right and wrong Love of country? |
We have no country. Love of flag? |
None floats for us"
Which organization do you wish to
get behind? If you really want to
help, hand your contribution to E. w.
Trenbath, finance officer of the local
post. Your money will be forwarded
to state headquarters and be used to
combat the red influences in the trial
city and to aid the families of the
murdered men.
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