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, upon the membership of the locals represented. _Cf._ article iv, section 7, of the I. W. W. Constitution (1914 ed., pp. 14-16).

[606] _Supra_, p. 297.

[607] Covington Hall in _The Voice of the People_, Oct. 9, 1913, p. 2, col. 3.

[608] _Proceedings_, p. 43. All of these resolutions were proposed by a delegate from Phoenix, Arizona. In connection with the resolutions it was "moved and seconded that a committee on style be called for, whose duties shall be to strike from the constitution all references to the powers of the General Executive Board, General Organizer, and General Secretary." _Ibid._

[609] Caroline Nelson, "Economic socialism or State capitalist socialism, Which?" _The Voice of the People_, July 30, 1914, p. 4, col. 3.

[610] _Proceedings_, 8th I. W. W. convention, p. 81.

[611] Delegate Schrager, _ibid._, p. 71, col. 1.

[612] _Ibid._, p. 84, col. 1.

[613] Delegate Van Fleet, _op. cit._, p. 69.

[614] _Ibid._, p. 69 (Fellow-worker McEvoy).

[615] _Ibid._, p. 71.

[616] _Ibid._, p. 112.

[617] _Ibid._, p. 33. An unsuccessful effort had been made at the third convention in 1907 to abolish the initiation fee.

[618] Preamble and Constitution (1914), article vii.

[619] _Proceedings_, p. 117, col. 1.

[620] _Ibid._, p. 118, col. 1.

[621] Ben Reitman, "Impressions of the Chicago Convention." _Mother Earth_, October, 1913, vol. viii, p. 240.

[622] G. G. Soltes, "Convention Notes," _Voice of the People_, Oct. 23, 1913, p. 2, col. 3. The italics are not in the original.

[623] "The question of decentralization," p. 2.

[624] Report of Committee. _Solidarity_, Feb. 18, 1911, p. 2, col. 4.

[625] J. M. Foss in his report to the eighth convention, _Proceedings_, p. 37.

[626] _Solidarity_, Oct. 21, 1911, p. 2, col. 3.

[627] Report to the eighth convention, _Proceedings_, p. 36. Some of the delegates at this convention appeared to think that the P. C. D. O. "scheme" was instigated indirectly by the capitalists. Delegate Foss said: "... it is much cheaper for the masters to work within our organization rather than to fight us openly." _Ibid._, p. 38, col. 1.

[628] "The sixth I. W. W. convention," _International Socialist Review_, vol. xii, pp. 301-2, Nov., 1911.

[629] Ewald Koeltgen, "I. W. W. Convention" (8th, 1913), _International Socialist Review_, vol. xiv, p. 275, Nov., 1913. Professor Hoxie took the same general view that decentralization was the slogan of the western membership. "The Truth about the I. W. W.," _Journal of Political Economy_, Nov., 1913. vol. xxi, p. 788.

[630] _Proceedings, Eighth Convention_, p. 52.

[631] _International Socialist Review_, vol. xii, p. 44, July, 1911.

[632] Report of the Eighth Convention, _Proceedings_, p. 37, col. 1, 2.

[633] Report of the Eighth Convention, _Proceedings_, pp. 103-4.

[634] _Ibid._, p. 70.

[635] _Ibid._, p. 56, col. 2.

[636] Report to the Seventh Convention, _Industrial Worker_, Oct. 24, 1912, p. 6, col. 1.

[637] Onlooker, "The Question of Decentralization," _Voice of the People_, Oct. 9, 1913, p. 4, col. 2.

[638] Alexander Berkman, "The I. W. W. Convention," _Mother Earth_, Oct., 1913, vol. viii, pp. 233, 234.

[639] Ben Reitman, "Impressions of the Chicago Convention," _Mother Earth_, October, 1913, vol. viii, pp. 241-242.

[640] Editorial, "Sensationalism _vs._ Organizing Ability," _Solidarity_, Aug. 23, 1913.

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