The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-16
CONVENTION CALL
ISSUED BY |. ". W,
Administration
Doyle Group Yields to
Rank and File

Just one month from the day the
Red International AfHliation Commit
tee begin it's campaign for a special
convention, the Doyle-Fisher admins
tration yielded to the outstanding
necessity Of preventing an irremedi-
able split, and has issued call for
a special convention of the l. w. w.
to meet at Chicago, Monday, October
10, 1924.
On August Is, 1924, the DAILY
WORKER carried the statement of
the Red International Affiliation Com
mittee against split in the /. w. W.,
which said in part: I'VE urge that
every shred of red tape be brushed
aside and delegates representative of
the entire membership be called into
convention at once"
In spite of Doyle's ostrich-like ef-
forts to cover up the danger to the
organization, his characterization of
the deplorable crisis as little fur
ry" which would elbow over" etc.
recognition of the fact that the faction
which prevented rank and file ex
preston thru an immediate special
convention would be adjudged guilty
by the membership of continuing the
split, finally compelled the Doyle
Fisher administration to issue the
call.
Force Splitters' Hands.
The same feeling that the member
ship would hold responsible for the
split the faction which INSTRUCTED
unity by an immediate convention.
has also caused the Rowan Bowerman
injunctionite faction to issue "sug-
gestion"J that the various industrial
unions "hold conferences as soon as
possible and bring up the matter of
constitutional convention" These
splitters were compelled to do this.
in spite of their reluctance to leave
to the rank and file an issue which
they much preferred to be decided by
the capitalist courts.
This Rowan-Bowerman faction, which
has given up the rival Headquarters
at PALS West Madison street, and
gone underground" awaiting the de-
cision of a capitalist court to give
them possession of the headquarters
now locked up by temporary injunc-
ton, has engaged Justus Ebert as in
tellectual leader and editor of a pub
1ipafiop ooIIod ffrrho TxyooI~1.. n..tr.4: >,
1t is not expected that Ebert's adj
hesfon to the Rowan group will en-
nance its prestige among the western
migratory element, as Ebert is a we'll
known bitter opponent of organization
work among the bum element" as
the S. L. p terms it, which naturally
resents such belittling of its real i'm
portance. 1t was Ebert who, a few
months before the split, argued vi
olently in the General Office Bulletin
against efforts to organize the migra-
tory workers, which, he scornfully
observed, was making the /. w. w.
into. the Industrial Workers of the
Woods"
"The Most Important ISSUE"
The call for the. special convention
issued by the Doyle-Fisher administra-
ton also calls for funds to finance
the meeting, reciting the fact that the
Rowan injunctionites have tied up all
funds. In part the call reads:
"The necessary preparations for this
convention are now the most impor-
tant issue confronting the I. w. w.
Organization work is crippled by the
present split. We cannot allow CAPT
talist judges and lawyers to decide
the destiny of our organization. The
time has come for the rank and file
ia take charge, to express it's de-
cision without delay and to save the
|. w. w. from the disaster which
threatens it.
Remember the proud record of the
|. w. w. It has withstood undaunted
every attack Of the master class. Are
we going to allow a few dollars to
stand between us and future victories?
Only the decision of the membership
expressed thru a convention can save
the I. w. w. This convention must
be held Immediately and it must be
financed"
The statement Of the Red Interna.
tional Affiliation Committee, mentioned
above, warned against any exclusion of
any reallyrepresentative delegates, and
expressed the necessity of bringing
up in the special convention, besides
the simple matter of getting author
lied officials. the theological questions, |
confusion upon which has been the
cause from which the
present controversy and organization
al danger have grown. It remains to
be seen what action in this respect
will be taken by the two groups, but |
L is certain that no real settlement
can come without. definite action on
these two issues.
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