[700] One of them was the editor of _Direct Action_, an I. W. W. paper published in Sydney. [701] _New York Times_, April 14, 1917, p. 6. [702] _Cf._ letter from the General Secretary of the Australian Administration, in _Report of General-Secretary-Treasurer_ to the Tenth I. W. W. Convention (1916), _Proceedings_, pp. 42-43. _Vide_, also, _New York Times_, Dec. 20, 1916, p. 5, col. 2. [703] The _Unlawful Associations Act_ (No. 41 of 1916), assented to Dec. 21, 1916, and amended by the _Unlawful Associations Act_ (No. 14 of 1917), assented to July 27, 1917. [704] _Christian Science Monitor_, October 4, 1918. [705] The preamble is printed in full in _The World_ (Oakland, Cal.), October 18, 1918, p. 3. (Reprinted from the _British Columbia Federationist_, Sept. 27, 1918, article by W. Francis Ahern, Australian correspondent.) Mr. Ahern gives a detailed description of the structure of the new union and shows that in this respect, also, it follows the American I. W. W. very closely. Other meetings in furtherance of this project are reported to have been held in the fall of 1918 in Brisbane and Melbourne. (_Ibid._) This recrudescence of militant industrialism in Australia appears to be an indirect outcome of the defeat of the Labor party in the federal election of 1917. [706] 65th Cong., 2nd sess., S. 4471. [707] _Ibid._ The bill was amended by the Judiciary committee and favorably reported to the House. [708] 65th Cong., 2nd sess., S. 4471. The one hundred odd members of the I. W. W., who were indicted in 1917, were indicted, tried and convicted, not under any specific anti-_sabotage_, "criminal syndicalism" or unlawful associations statute, but under section 4 of the "Espionage Act" of June 15, 1917, and sections 6, 19 and 37 of the Criminal Code of the United States. (_The United States of America vs. William D. Haywood et al._, no. 6125 in the District Court of the U. S., Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.) [709] Acts of 1919, ch. 188. Approved May 5, 1919. [710] Acts of 1917, ch. 145. Approved Mar. 14, 1917. [711] Act no. 139. [712] Acts of 1917, ch. 215. Approved Apr. 13, 1917. [713] Approved Jan. 30, 1918. [714] Acts of 1918, ch. 7. Approved Feb. 21, 1918. [715] Special Session, 15th legislative assembly (1918), Senate bill no. 12. Approved Mar. 23, 1918. [716] Laws and resolutions passed at the 36th (extraordinary) session of the legislature (1918), ch. 9. Approved Apr. 9, 1918. [717] On January 14, 1919, the Washington Syndicalism bill was passed over the Governor's veto. Session laws of 1919, ch. 3. [S. B. 264, Session of 1917]. [718] In the case of State _vs._ Moilen, 167 N. W. 345. [719] A digest of the court's opinion is given in the _Monthly Labor Review_ (U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), vol. vii, pp. 177-179 (July, 1918). [720] _Cf._ Caroline Nelson on "The Constructive Side of the New Unionism," in her pamphlet, _Aggressive Unionism_, pp. 20-24.