CHAPTER XIII

DUAL UNIONISM AND DECENTRALIZATION

The policy of "boring from within" 299

Dual unionism 299

An I. W. W. defense of "boring from within" 300

Tom Mann joins in the attack on dual unionism 303

Rejoinders from Ettor and Haywood 303

The 1913 convention 305

Centralization _versus_ decentralization 305

The proposals of the "decentralizers" 306

The relation of the locals to the general organization 307

The Pacific Coast District Organization 311

The East against the West in the decentralization debate 313

The western Wobbly and the eastern 314

Geographical differences in I. W. W. local unions 315

An anarchist's impressions of the 1913 convention 318

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