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 here mentioned, there shall be pamphlet on the I. W. W., the Russian trade unions, the question of Canadian autonomy, Washington versus Moscow, etc. The Labor Herald shall publish the mater on the activities of the R. I. L. U., to be furnished by the latter.

d. Finance. The finance system of the league must accomplish the double task of furnishing the necessary funds for the league and consolidating the members into a definite organization. To this end there shall be organized a class struggle propaganda fund, independent of the league. Every member of the league should subscribe regular contributions to the fund. The contributions should be monthly. The utmost efforts must be made to develop the class struggle propaganda fund, and to enlist all possible subscribers as contributors to it. No one shall be considered a member of the league unless he contributes to the class struggle propaganda fund. Fifty per cent of this fund shall go to the national league, the other fifty per cent shall be divided between the local general groups, the national industrial committees and the district. In addition, the present system of raising funds by means of entertainments, sale of literature, donations, etc., shall be continued and intensified. The national and industrial committees shall devote particular attention to the securing of regular donations and special contributions from local unions within their sphere of influence. Such funds as they are thus able to raise shall be at their own disposal. The national industrial committee shall not introduce individual contribution systems in connections with the class struggle propaganda fund.

The Trade Union Educational League must never be allowed to become merely a propaganda body. Above all, it must be a fighting organization. It must ever and always take the lead in the workers' struggles, no matter how these manifest themselves. It must emphasize the importance of direct action and seek to constantly throw ever larger masses of workers more militantly against the employers and the capitalist state. In addition to being educational, the league must be the every-day leader in the battles against capital. In all strikes its militants must be highly active, with a program covering every phase of the situation. In all conventions they must carry on a systematic and thoroughly prepared campaign against the reactionary bureaucracy. For the league to content itself with action and conventions alone, however, would be as great a mistake as for it to ignore conventions altogether and to concentrate entirely upon strikes. The two branches of work, in conventions are strikes, but go hand in hand, supplementing and strengthening each other. Every struggle must be utilized for the up-building of the league. In every possible case the league shall place candidates against the reactionaries in the local and national union elections, and use these elections to the utmost for propaganda purposes.

The league recognizes the present importance of the independent unions and shall remain in friendly and helpful connections with them in the class struggle.