The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-20
|. v. ". MEET
TALKS BYLAW
ALTERATIONS
Debts of Lower Units
Are Investigated

The 18th general convention of the
industrial Workers Of the World yes
tenday discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of
the cancellation of unoolleetahle in
debtedness Of subordinate parts Of
the organization to the general or
ganzaton, electing a committee TO
examine all accounts to determine
their status. Most Of the day was
given over to discussion Of minor
constitutional alterations.
| The printers devil in The DAILY
WORKER office on Tuesday played a
couple Of tricks with the story. Over
the paragraph concerning Delegate
Mincoff's remarks the sub-head
opposes Dictators" was transformed
to Approves Dictators," which is
quite contrary to the delegates opin
ion. Also, in summarizing Chairman
I Francezons remarks, a slug of type
| lropped out, which made the dele
gate appear to say something quite
| different than he did.
With Them, Not With Their Views.
Francezon had stated that when the
workers of other lands were fighting
against the capitalists, the l. W. W.
should cooperate with them in the
fight, regardless of their political
views. The mistake made it read
that the l. W. w. should Cooperate
with their political views"
1t was learned that on Friday the
convention received the report of P.
]. Welinder, who was general secre-
tary-treasurer pro tenn and member
Of the General Executive Board until
he resigned in July. Some indigna-
ton arose over the circulation of the
report in the months prior to the
convention by private means around
the country.
The report was very lengthy and
condemnatory of almost everyone
who held or holds any influential DO
sition, except. of course, Welinder
himself. In general it charged that
the officials were "dictators," graft
ers and Communists, and it is freely
predicted that the report shows
Welinder is going over to the emerg-
ency program split.
Dual Unionism Expensive.
Welinder scatters his charges
about with free hand, and reports are
hat when he failed of evidence he
was rich in Interpretation. Ore Of
the charges, learned authentidDaN. 4
other sources, concerns the dual uf4
attacks by the Building Construction
Workers Industrial Union $50 on the
Structural Iron Workers Union in
New York.
Welinder, however, was not opposed
to the dualism, but only its expense
account which was increased by sal
aries to questionable organizers of
$66 week, with no results in break
ing up the Iron Workers Union even
at that rate. He charges that the
union spent over $1,000 on the at
tempt.
Welinder also resents that the
Communists have a strong influence
in the /. w. w. in checking the an
archistic campaign of slanderous at
tacks against Soviet Russia, which he
interpreted as the truth about Rus
sia."
Filming with the {. p.
In the view of some /. w. members,
Welinder's report is his apologize for
going emergency" since he started
out with the Rowan split year ago
as chairman of Rowan's convention
came over to the regular organization
only because 1t was obviously the
stronger, and now has gone to Europe
where he writes friendly articles in
the papers belonging to the Anarch.
list International with which the split
is affiliated.
The delegates decided that Welin-
der should be instructed to come back
and face those he accuses and prove
his charges to the next convention.