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“...organized wherever the
S. T. & L. A. and the S. L. P. had adherents.
The zeal displayed by these organizations in behalf of the
I. W. W. gave the officialdom of the Socialist Party and other
reactionary elements a pretense to make all sorts of allega-
tions to the effect that De Leon and the S. L. P. were out to
gain control of the I. W. W., to use such control to bolster up
"the dying S. L. P., which after having been proclaimed dead
and buried many times, again was attested to be alive and full
of vigor. How sincerely the membership of the S. L. P.
worked for the I. W. W., expecting the only reward that men
and women who hold a cause higher than all else expect, was
shown by the fact that the year following the first I. W. W.
convention the political propaganda work of the party was con-
sidered secondary in importance, and in some states wholly
neglected.
In New York city the existing S. T. & L. A. locals, which...”
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