“A SUGGESTION.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2435, 30 May 1922, Page 2

“A SUGGESTION.”

THE STRIKE WEAPON. £

1 A Wellington message states that at the present moment an invidious movement is in operation with the view to stirring up industrial and political skrife. A circular headed “A Suggestion,” is being circulated in some cases surreptitiously, and openly in other's. It is unsigned, and there is no suggestion as to the source from which it comes. It is, however, suggested that the I.W.W. may have somethin/ to do v with it. It has been left in public places and in railway trains. » The text of the circular is as follows :—“Workers. The boss has decided. What are you going. to do — submit to lower wages and worse conditions or fight? The strike is our only tool. Alost of you have seen it in operation. It is a twoedged tool hut not useless as some pretend. “The joli strike —the job strike .has not been tried on a very large scale, but it has always proved its power to compel the enemy to com- >' promise. In some cases the lockout. has resulted. Well, at its worst it is better tharfythe strike You can always lie ready to go back, and do the same under any terms they desire. -They must produce with prolil or close down thus sinking their capital. They (the exploiters) dare not lock out large masses of people ' because tha_t would create what they most dread —a revolutionary position. Now, the job strike stops the heads from, organising scabs, thereby creating friction between ourselves.' When all strike on the job together, our weaker brothers, as a rule, follow the militant ones, thus presenting a fairly solid front to the enemy. Think it out, friends. It concerns you.”