FOURTH BAY.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 64, 31 May 1912, Page 9

FOURTH BAY.

Special Sunday Session. P. C. Weiib presided at 9 o'clock. Resolved that no further deputations he received unless dealing directly with the aims and objects of the Federation. As to Organisation on I.W.VY. Lin-ss. Tho following remit was moved by It. Sent pie:— (1) That Conference take into immediate consideration the advisability of introducing certain machinery clauses that will havo the effect of transforming the Federation into a National Industrial Union of Workers, on the lines of the iff.ff, Mr. Sample ..aid that the I.W.W. system ol organisation was sound. Tho nitiehinery clauses of the federation could not liou- cope with necessary work. Tho committee to lie set up, if tho remit was approved, would have to mould the I.W.W. structure to suit the industrial conditions of New Zealand. Tho workers had to be orgar.ksed in their industrial battalions. At the siuno time, delegates must- not put on paper methods which would prove ineffective iv practice. 11. Coppersmith said that they all recognised that the era of craft unionism had passed. In seconding the motion, he wished to mention that the time of the organiser was almost entirely taken up in settling factional disputes. Each industry must bo linked up. P. Frase.r said that the adoption of the remit did not in any way commit them to adopt in every minute particular the rules and procedure of tho I.W.W. The I.W.W. form of organisation had shown itself infinitely superior to any form of federation or even confederation, its in Franco. If they approached the matter with an open mind, they could forge a weapon for building up the greatest organisation this country had ever known. E. Canham said that the adoption of the remit would consolidate tlto workers' forces. d. Smith said that- the "xporioneo of bis union was that craft unionism failed in important aspects. V. l.osrser said that (he present machinery was efl'efe, and therefore hits union supported th" remit. J. F, Duncan t.aid that I.W.W methods were winning in America. What they needed was to build the industrial structure reqtii,-.:te f.n- the. overthrow of capitalism J. P. Kinc said that th-ev must ad-ipf T.W.W. met hods fo the ecDiunnir conditions of New X,aland. P. Crowley said that though e-d to oppose'(be remit, he bad the opinion tbalt an adaptation of tho I.W.W. might be applicable to New Zealand. V'i. J. Howard said liiat tho United Labor Party had adopted a bogus form of I.W.W. organisation, a.nd they bad therefore to adopt the real thing for the preservation of the wo.rking-c.lass. M. Fagan said that Federation machinery was obsolete, but that be was pleased to know that it was not tho intention ft) adopt entirely I.W.W. tactics. M. J. Savage said that the remit was to keep their machinery iv harmony with industrial development. Working-class history wis going to be made at last in' New Zealand. P. H. Hickey said he felt .satistied that in view of the facility with which the employers could organise, ifc behoved the workers to perfect their own machinery. J. Dowgray said that the T'ederation had all along recognised that its machinery would have to be altered from

time to time, and tho need for a further move was here. M. Laraey said that tho I.W.W. was the only sane system of organisation at this stage. A move in this direction was the very tiling the unions had been looking for. W. Broinilow uLilised tbe Singer Sewing Machine Company's strike at Glasgow lo illustrate tho wisdom of linking-uj). .1. Fulton said that lie was pleased with the feeling of the conference, lie hoped that when the new constitution came down it would be supported with the same splendid spirit and unanimity as the remit. J. Citmming said (bat more organisers were needed in order to expound tho principles of Industrial Unionism. 11. T. Armstrong said that- in order to bold their own against the forces of capitalism they bad to remodel their constitution. Tiie workers wore looking to them as their represent-ativcs_to devise menus for their emancipation from wage slavery. D. Heidv, T. Scott (Demiistou), T. Stephenson, P. Gould. J. Roberts, F. Lurch, A. Patterson, If. Morris, R. H. Dalhonsie, J. Newman, A. J. King, W. E. Parry, J. Scott (Groyrnotith) all spoke in favor of the remit. P. C. Webb said that it was liHle use calling themselves Industrial Unionists unless they adopted the remit. lie was proud that the Federation bad compelled the employers to organise by its declarations and objective. The lirinciplcs of Industrial Unionism bad h""ii established five years ago on the WestCoast by the distribution of literature For months this organi'-or bad e->ne round with bags full of literature. They must never forget that their aim was to abolish the capitalist system ._ The remit was then carried by acclamation. Rules Cortimittee. Resolved that a committee of seven, with president and .secretary ex officio, be set up to act b> ftooord with the foregoing remit. Nominations were received and a ballot taken on individual vote. The result was; J. Dowgrav (40 votes), J. P. King C3G), E. J. Howard (;).T), P. Eraser (31), M. La racy (29,, M. J. Savage (29), P. H. ITickey •(27) —elected; J. Montgomery (21), H. Coppersmith '(19), J. Duncan (19), R. H. Dalhonsie (16). Resolved that the press l>o informed that unless official report be published as furnished, no further reports would be supplied. The Beefton deleg-ites were empowered to appoint -proxies to cast the votes of the Tnatngft-u* Miners' Union-

TJte manifesto to organised Labor elsewhere printed was adopted. At noon the ejiii'et'eiioo rose until Monday morning.