It is a significant proof of the sound base of the I. W. W. philosophy that the tremendous growth of the past year has not brought with it the germ of opportunism. There was no suggestion of a desire on the part of any of the delegates to swerve from the uncompromising and revolutionary attitude of the organization; nor was there any reaching out for "respectability." Every man was a "Red," most of them with jail records, too.... All striving ... to hasten the day when "the whistle will blow for the Boss to go to work."[595] FOOTNOTES: [557] _Cf._ appendix vii. [558] _Supra_, p. 261 _et seq._ [559] An "I. W. W. strike" may or may not be managed by the I. W. W. Also, it may be managed by I. W. W. leaders, but include no appreciable proportion of "Wobblies" among the strikers. The writer has endeavored to exclude here all strikes in which the I. W. W. did not in some way actively participate. _Cf._ appendix viii. [560] _Report on Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass._, 62nd Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Document No. 870, p. 9. [561] Compiled from data in St. John, _I. W. W. History, Structure, Methods_ (1917 ed.), pp. 20-23. [562] National Industrial Union of Forest & Lumber Workers. [563] _Op. cit._, p. 11. [564] _Hearings on the Lawrence Strike_ (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1912), p. 75. [565] McPherson, _The Lawrence Strike of 1912_ (Reprint from Sept., 1912, _Bulletin_ of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers), p. 25. [566] _Ibid._, pp. 43-44. [567] Mary K. O'Sullivan, "The Labor War at Lawrence," _Survey_, vol. xxviii, p. 73 (April 6, 1912). [568] The chairman of the committee belonged to the I. W. W. but its personnel included those with other affiliations. (_The Strike of Textile Workers in Lawrence, Mass._ [Federal report], p. 66.) [569] "Statements by people who took part." _Survey_, April 6, 1912, vol. xxviii, no. 1, p. 76. [570] Federal report, _op. cit._, p. 39. [571] L. H. Marcy and F. S. Boyd, "One Big Union Wins," _International Socialist Review_, vol. xii, p. 624, Apr., 1912. [572] _Ibid._, pp. 618-619. [573] Federal report. _op. cit._, p. 66. [574] Mary E. Marcy, "The Battle for Bread at Lawrence," _International Socialist Review_, vol. xii, p. 538, March, 1912. [575] _On the Firing Line_, p. 20. This is a pamphlet containing extracts from the report of the General Executive Board to the Seventh Convention. The report is published in full in _The Industrial Worker_ (Oct. 24, 1912). [576] March 21, 1912. [577] Federal report, _op. cit._, p. 15. [578] _Ibid._ [579] McPherson, _op. cit._, pp. 9-10. For a different view _see_ W. E. Weyl, "The Strikers at Lawrence," _Outlook_, Feb. 10, 1912, p. 311. Weyl thinks that "the workers' real attitude is that of the ordinary trade-unionist."