[288] A recognition of a wider meaning in the term "political action" is evidenced in Delegate Foote's statement that "Every action of every individual in ... organized society is a political action, whether it be as you say on the industrial [political] or on the economic field.... The action of the Industrial Workers of the World as a so-called economic organization is a political action in an organized society." _Ibid._, p. 311. [289] _Proceedings, Second I. W. W. Convention_ (1906), p. 309. [290] For discussion of the change in the preamble and on political action in general, _cf. ibid._, pp. 305-313. The amended preamble is printed in full in the _Proceedings_, p. 614, and in a pamphlet entitled, _Industrial Workers of the World--Preamble and Constitution_, published by the Detroit faction. _Cf._, also, appendix ii. [291] Spargo to the contrary notwithstanding. He writes: "At the second convention, September, 1906, the preamble was amended and all emphasis on the need for political action omitted." _Syndicalism, Socialism and Industrial Unionism_, p. 208. [292] Report of the General President, _Proceedings, Second I. W. W. Convention_ (1906), pp. 44-45. [293] _Ibid._, p. 573. [294] This should be the 19th. [295] _Proceedings, Second I. W. W. Convention_ (1906), p. 47. [296] A term applied to members of and believers in what Samuel Gompers has called the "pure and simple trade union"--the conventional type of unionist who will have nothing to do with radicalism and accepts implicitly the capitalistic régime. [297] Vincent St. John, who had been organizing for the I. W. W in the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho, was arrested at about the same time. [298] In his report to the convention, _Proceedings, Second I. W. W. Convention_ (1906), pp. 70-1. [299] _Proceedings, Second I. W. W. Convention_ (1906), p. 41. [300] _Ibid._, p. 411. [301] _Proceedings, Second I. W. W. Convention_ (1906), p. 422. [302] Haywood was acquitted July 28, 1907. [303] _The Miners' Magazine_ continued to bear the I. W. W. label on its title page until August 1, 1907. As explained elsewhere, the two organizations were virtually divorced as early as January, 1907. _Cf. supra_, p. 151. [304] "The World of Labor," _International Socialist Review_, vol. vii, pp. 31-2. CHAPTER VII THE FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE