rutal and repressive measures to put down the revolution!
Disorganization, crime, chaos, rape, murder and arson are the order
of the day--the inevitable results of social revolution!'

"The above is what we may expect to see on the front pages of what
few newspapers survive the upheaval. No one who has the interest of
the working class at heart wants to see such a revolution. But
whether those interested in the working class want to see such a
revolution or not, there are powerful forces in the United States
that are making for just such a catastrophe. The Industrial Workers
of the World has in the past and is now using all of its energies
to avert such a cataclysmic debacle. It is not yet too late to
avoid this terrible and sanguinary strife--provided that the I. W. W.
is allowed to carry out its program of organizing and educating the
workers for the purpose of taking control of, and operating
industry and giving to those who work the full social value of the
product of their labor."

"The New Solidarity," the Chicago organ of the I. W. W., in its
edition of April 19, 1919, publishes on the editorial page an
article entitled, "When We Are Ready," part of which is hereby
quoted:

"Frequently the question is asked how the proletariat is to know
when they are ready for the revolution, how it would be possible to
know a sufficient number were class conscious enough for the
revolutionary change. This question is asked with the idea that
there must be a periodical counting of noses, and that little or
nothing may be done except educate until an absolute majority has
been obtained....

"It matters not how many members of the working class do or do not
stand up to be counted for or against capitalism, just as soon as
the organized workers can overthrow that system of industry they
will do it and not wait to be counted....

"To wait for majorities at all times is to enervate and emasculate
the working class movement. To constantly attack, and attack for
the purpose of taking and administering industry for the workers by
action on the job and in the Union halls, is to strengthen and
encourage the workers in their task, and is the plan that must
ultimately win the age-long struggle against exploitation."

On September 5, 1917, the I. W. W. headqu