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“...your Warning was a mere outburst of just and excusable indigna- tion, and that the N. E. C. will take the course I map out: Condemn the R. I. method as unconstitutional and unwar- ranted, and at the same time submit to the membership the question whether they care to have a special convention on the R. I. matter. In that way the best good is obtained. Either the membership is stalwart or it is timid. If stalwart, it will vote NO on the N. E. C. call; and the Curran crew will thereby get a double slap in the face; their call is ignored, and their purpose is knocked down by the NO. If the membership is timid and has been frightened by the partly plausible libels of the Curran Committee, then they will want a convention to look into the matter. The ques- tion of a convention being put by the N. E. C, these men will vote on^ that call, and ignore the Curran Committee. Only those in the conspiracy may vote the other way, but they will surely feel embarrassed, and their conduct be scored against...”