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You can do this in the next 60 days. Put it in
print and put in the hands of every family in the
United States. Will you do it ? If thertf has been a
secret plot laid by the capitalist class through their
diplomatic agents to have a world war and have
the .working class kill each other until the spirit of
revolt among the working class is destroyed from
off the face of the earth ; then establish a military
despotism all over the lace of the earth for the
purpose of controlling the working class. If the
above is true, you are in possession of the facts and
can prove it. Will you be a real man and tell the
American working class the facts about it? If the
above is not true, you being in possession of the
facts, you can prove that it is not true. If your
preparedness (militarism) is to protect the interest
of the working men, women and children of this
nation, you can prove it.    .
Why don't you do it and put your proof m
print and mail it to every family in this nation?
If you tell the American working class facts,
then you “have your say” (declare war against
Germany or any other foreign power) the workers
will refuse to fight and kill off their working broth-
ers. If you refuse to make the matter clear as to
the real cause of the attack, you should not be
surprised if a part of the working class go to kill-
ing capitalists and capitalist politicians as soon as
you have had your say (declared war). What would
you do if you was a working man and had been
robbed by the capitalist class until you, your wife
and children were homeless, hungry and you knew
that the capitalist class was your only real enemy
on this earth? Would you go to war to protect his
property that he had (by legal possession) stole
from you? Leave your wife and children hungry,
fight and die for that bunch? If the capitalist class
has laid the plan to kill (or have the workers kill)
off the surplus workers of the world, would you,
or could you blame the working class for preparing
and killing off the capitalist class? Mr. Wilson,
you failed to open your mouth when the working-
men’s wives and children were burned alive in
Ludlow, but when a few of the upper ten got
drowned over in the war zone you went in the air.
Why?
The people that John D. Rockefeller burned to
the difference ? Georg. Bernard Shaw in h.» speech
(dedicating the art gallery m London, Engla .)
said:    “That the world would lose absolutely noth
ing if eveiy man and woman that occupied that
hall during his speech were sunk into the depths
of the sea.” If Shaw told the truth about the idle
capitalist class of England, he told the truth about
the idle capitalist class of the I ntcd States. Mr.
Wilson, if Shaw was right, why uon t you come ou
like a man and say so? Why don t you tell t
world that if war is declared (now) that it will be
for the purpose of protecting the capitalist intere
in foreign markets and killing off the working class
and that you are determined to see to * that U
capitalist class do all the lighting. Why don t you
tell the world that you refuse to allow the useful
class to be destroyed on the battlefie Id Pr°‘?ct“J5
the interests of the useless aclss. Why “on )
say that “war is hell”; that you wll .ee to «t
that every capitalist that wants hell shall go to
hell?" That you will declare war and send him to
hell if hell is what he wants ? Why don t you fur"is“
every working man and woman in this nation with
a first class, high power ride and 1,000 cartridges
then tell the capitalist class that yem are ready to
send every useless character to hell, war.
The Dick military law gives you the right_ t<
arm and call into service every ablebodied Ameri-
can citizen in the United States, over the age o
18 and under the age of 45 years. Why don i you
do it and protect the only class that Bernard * haw
says is worth living (the working class;? Why
don’t you write just a short message to congress
tell them that you are done with capitalism anj
the protection of the useless capitalist class
That vou are ready and will arm and direct the use-
ful workers in killing off the useless characters as
long as a useless character can be found.
Mr. Wilson, if it takes preparedness for war
if it takes war to establish peace, lets go at it
right? let’s be careful and kill none but the use-
less. Now, I am ready for such a campaign (kill
useless only). You may call me an anarchist.
Which is the real anarchist—the one that wants to
kill the useful and protect and preserve the useless,
or the one that wants to kill the useless and protect
and preserve the useful?
1 want to protect and preserve the useful only.
Mr Wilson, the world's peace is in your hands.
Yes the world’s civilization rests upon yuur shoul-
der^ And the above is the only way that peace
can be had and civilization preserved. If you adopt
the above there will not be a gun fired. No, there
will not be a drop of blood spilled or a tear shed
by the useful. But the happiest day of useful work-
ers will dawn upon the race Why? Because the
American working class would at once take charge
of all productive enterprises, socialize them,
shorten the hours of labor and employ every ap-
plicant, giving to each worker the full social prod-
uct of their labor. They would say to all warring
nations, if you want anything that we have a «mr-
plus of (except war material) you can nave it by
bringing us something that we can use in exchange.
But while you are at war you must come after it.
We would say to them, we have killed (or sub-
dued) all the useless in America. Now. we have
peace and plenty. We refuse to assist in killing
useful. Your useful in Europe are killing each
other.
if you will turn your guns on the useless we
will help you kill them as long as a useless charac-
ter can be found. When the word went to Europe
the workers would rise; then the useless would
hoist a white flag and pray for peace. The useless
would agree at once to become useful workers and
do their share of the world’s needed work. The
useful workers would then socialize the industries
of all Europe, shorten the hours of labor, so all
could work, giving to each the full product of their
labor Then the workers of the world would estab-
lish markets of exchange without competition and
the world's wars would disappear, with the disap-
pearance of a useless class.
Mr. Wilson, you can do this or you can sink
the world into another dark age; which will you
do?
I will, as patiently as possible, await your an-
swer'    H. L- A. HOLMAN.
Food Situation Overshadows All Other Subjects Before Congress
B“‘    Will^Nol H^lp Much1ifO)un^T)Tf?Stri^pe<f oTcra[n—’aITci? L^Benion    ^
Another Open Letter to Woodrow Wilson
Oklahoma City, Okla., 12-12-1916.
Mr. Woodrow Wilson, President of these United
States, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:    1 again feel it my duty, as an Amer-
A DECLARATION
pear oir; i again icc. n uuy, ........... We, the Industrial Workers of the World, in
ican citizen, to write you at this critical moment, Convention a»*embled, hereby re-affirm our ad-
I    •* I ...........L ___.i__Inrliittfift I l I PI IO n 1 S IT1.
what it pleases me to call an emergency letter.
1 think we occupy the most critical period in
herence to the principle* of Industrial Unionism,
and re-dedicate ourselves to the unflinching prose-
i tnniK we occupy me mu»i cmica.    ... and re-aeaicaie ourieive.    ***“". .....“ *----
the history of the human race. Notwithstanding cution 0f the struggle for the abolition of wage
the fact that there appears in the evening papers giaVeryf and the realization of our ideals in ln-
of today a dispatch indicating that the German dugtrial Democracy.
T'-------------»— ‘~    (s'-    With the European War for conquest and ex-
ploitation raging anc’ destroying the lives, class
consciousness, and unity of the workers, and the
forces in Europe are ready to sue for peace.
1 do not see any chance for peace.
In this evenings papers 1 also £ :e the follow cumtiuuuic..,    — —- - -----
ing;    .    if    ever growing agitation for military preparedness
“If the warring nations reach an agreement cloutJing the main issues, and delaying the realiza-
and a lasting peace is assured, the whole world tjon Qf our ultimate aim with patriotic, and there-
will look to America for supplies during the period fore> capitalistic aspirations, we openly declare
of European reconstruction.    ourselves determined opponents of all nationalistic
“Practically every belligerent nation is short of #ectionalism or patriotism, and the militarism
food stuff. The United States must supply this de- preached and supported by our one enemy, the
mand, as well as furnish the materials for building Capitalist Class. We condemn all wars, and, for
and reconstruction.    , the prevention of such, we proclaim the anti-mili-
“The markets of this country, of couirse, will be tarist propaganda in time of peace, thus promoting
temporarily paralyzed by sudden peace.”    das* solidarity among the workers of the entire
Mr. Hughes, the Republican nominee for I resi- World, and, in time of war, the General Strike in
dent in the campaign just closed, made the follow- all industries.    ...    ,    .
ing statement-    We extend assurances of both moral and mv
“Tne employment of the American working terial support to all the workers who suffer at the
class at the close of the European war will be the hands of the Capitalist Class for their adhesion
greatest problem that the American people have to the principles, and call on all workers to unite
ever been confronted with.”    .    themselves with us, that the reign of the ex-
Mr Hughes told the truth, as did this even- p|0iters may cease and this earth be made fair
ing’s news dispatch, which said that sudden peace through the establishment of the Industrial Democ-
woukl paralyze markets. The closing of our mar- racy
kets in Europe—which has been supplied for the
past two years by American manufacturers) \'i
also close down the manufacturing plants of this
nation (which have been run day and night for the
past two years to supply Europe s demand for our
Pr°This\vill cause the greatest unemployed volume
of workers in America that has ever been ,    „---------
- known. Thes* workers, as a result of no wages,    ^ confronted wi*-!i as great a hungry, howling
will be unable to buy food.    mob, as was the rulers of Greece and Rome.
These workers being dropped from the wage ^ Que#tion .„U1 be. How to feed this howl-
roll will also drop out of the purchasing roll,
(Signed)
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roll will also Crop our oi me pm
which will shorten the sales of the retail dealers to *.    *
such an extent that they will be compelled. ‘VWSWF™
of two things:    Either combine and raise KMfpy
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workers.    ... ,    ,    **
This (in my judgment) will be^
of the political administrators of ^r^:I
F. H. LITTLE.
C. L. LAMBERT.
FRANCIS MILLER.
WM. WIERTOLA.
RICHARD BRAZIER,
WM. D. HAYWOOD.
General Secretary-Treasurer.
her with the balance of the po-
ors of this nation) continue to
nstitution of this nation and all
• i »ou will be compelled to do
You will be compelled to use
s nation to subdue the Euro-
the European markets open
or you will be compelled
to use the armed force of this nation against the
howling, hungry mob of the United States.
WHICH WILL YOU DO?
If my mind serves me right in* dates, on the
3rd day of June, 1916, you signed a draft law. Mr.
Wilson, you had one of two things in your mind
when you signed that draft law. You intended (if
elected) to draft the American working class and
make them go on the battle field and hold the
European markets in order that the capitalist class,
(who robbed the working class of America), coutd
continue to rob the American working class and
unload their stolen goods upon the European mar-
kets, or you intended to use that draft law and
draft one part of the American working class and
make them kill off the hungry- howling mob of
unemployed workers in America.
1 challenge you to attempt to prove to the
world that you had anything else in your mind
except the above when you put your signature ot
approval to that draft law.
If you had anything else in your mind, you have
the intelligence to prove it. I challenge you to at-
tempt to tell the American peoople what it was.
Now, Mr. Wilson, I know what can be done and
avert all this trouble, which is bound to end in
the worst human slaughter the world has ever
known, and possibly sink the world into anotm*t
dark age.
WILL YOU HEED IT?
In your inaugural address of March 4th, 191.1,
T note the following:
BY GEORGE CLINTON.
Washington, Mach 4.—In the presence of a vast
throng of his fellow citizens, Woodrow Wilson to-
day stood in front of the east portico of the capita
and took the oath of president of the United States.
The ship of state was manned by the Democratic
party, which had been ashore for sixteen years.
As the new chief executive of the nation stoo ^
with bared head, Edward Douglass White, chiei
justice of the Supreme Court, held before him the
Bible always used in the ceremony. Mr. Wil*on
placed his hands upon the book and in a voice
strong, though somewhat affected by emotion,
swore to support the Constitution and laws of the
country and to perform the duties of his high of-
fice to the best of his ability.
YOU SAID
“We have come now to the sober second
thought. The scales of heedlessness have fallen
from our eyes. We have made up our minds to
square every process of our national life.
We studied and perfected the means by
which government may be put at the service *>»
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