The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11
Unity Call of R.LL. U. OL. w. w.

believe, and agitate, as they have a
right to agitate, for af1liation Of the
I. w. w. to the Red international of
Labor Unions.
In an exceptional burst Of nonsense
the Industrial Worker parades name
less terror before the same 80 per
cent OF uniformed members, and then
threatens that if these same voice
less and uniformed rank and file, al
ready admitted to be counted out Of
the convention, are "still possessed of
complete ownership of the I. w. W.,
all will be we'll" But, "If an outside
agency gains any of it's ends, then the
cause of proletarian progress has been
halted" What does this mean, if not
that the Industrial Worker, organ of
the Rowan-Grifithr Bowerman group,
propagandizes in adance of the con-
vention their intention to split or
secede if their contentious are not
sustained by the convention? Such in
element is downright treachery and
this and all other manifestations of
splits and secession must be vigilantly
fought. Whoever wins, there must be
unity.
1t is silly as we'll as criminal to
agitate against Doyle and Fisher, as
the five G. e. B. members have done
upon the ridiculous claim that they
are followers Of the Communists"
We suppose such i-Communists as
George Williams supports Doyle and
Fisher for that reason. And on the
other hand, we recall that one Of the
same five which signs this allegation,
Harry Trotter, on December 5, 1921,
was removed from control of the Rail-
road Workers I. U. $40, by the then
as now anti-Communist G. e. B., be-
cause Trotter was supposed to be a
Communist. The silly rot of raising
a Communist bugaboo should stop,
particularly as it has never been
proven by fact or document that
the purpose of the Communists is at all
unfriendly to revolutionary industrial
unionism and it's goal as set forth in
the preamble of the l. w. w.
Fellow workers. There must be
unity. While the M. T. w. may greatly
need the $1.OO dues, the talk of seces-
sion we hear, if it does not get this
demand, should be met with vigorous
condemnation. Similarly, if the Lum-
Der Workers see their demands de-
feated by this convention, there must
be no talk Of secession or of splits.
Unity of the whole l. w. w. comes
| first.
Fellow workers! The fact admitted
by both sides that 80 per cent of the
membership is uniformed is a symp-
tom of disease. There must be better
contact between the membership and
headquarters than is afforded by the
General Office Bulletins and those of
the /. US. However plausible the
argument which led to the 1921 con-
vention barring controversies from the
papers of general circulation, it is a
remedy worse than the disease. Every
member needs to and expects to find
all vital news and discussions in the
paper he subscribes to under that I'M
derstanding. Stop treating the mem
bership or even the unorganized as
children unable or unfit to read and
discuss every policy, principle and
tactic. The press must be free and
open. Personal censorship, as now
practiced, must be ended. Both sides
in this dispute have covertly used the
papers under their control. Whoever
wins, unity must be had, and healthy
unity comes only with freedom of the
press for the workers.
Stand for full representation, against
splits, against secession, and for afilia-
ton with the r. /. l.. u.
For unity and revolution,
Red Internat'I AffIIiation Committee.