Show LETTERS SHOW PLAN OF I. I W. W W. W WAR I ON AMERICA General Strike Str-ike Proposed to Hinder Program of Pre Pre- Preparation Preparation p ration in America By Associated Press CHICAGO May 18 War 11 War against t the American government h by tint tho Industrial Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial Workers of oC the World orld In retaliation rotalia- rotalia tion for a a. declaration of or i war ar against Germany was proposed In correspondence correspondence dence between James M M. t. t and antI William D D. accor according to evIdence evidence evidence evi evI- dence introduced at nt the trial of or 11 leaders faders of or the or organization l today by hy Claude ude IL H. Io Porter ter special prosecutor 11 When hen the thc final break with Germany German teemed Imminent secretary of or orthe the Marine Transport Workers and a defendant in the trial for violation lIon of oC the espionage act proposed a general strike as s one ono means of oC Americas America's war program and a asserted that the organization ors would become the haven lIa for or Germans anti and other othel central powers' powers allies as ns well AS pacifists and conscientious us obJectors tors Like little lillie Id brooks lOk streaming into unto one ono channel our ol organization would woul swell into one grand ran river rl wrote All AU in hi all we could muster quite an rm army There aro arc in this thle country coun- coun try tn Germans Austrians Austrian lIun Hungarians allans D Bulgarians l arians and some Iris i who for Cor patriotic reasons If Ir you please will willbe willbe willbo be bo willing to fj fight ficht ht this government In In case war is declared the capitalists capi of or the country must have re recourse rev re- course to conscription and we must fight ht such a il measure In consequence our organization will stand in danger dancer of or being beliy completely destroyed But nut granting that the I W W. W. W Ideas cannot cannot can- can not be he killed killed we we will persist In keeping keep- keep ing ali alive and being being- tho nightmare nightmare- to toline the line robbing class With the time intro introduction Of the time sensational sensational sensa document which was vas seized from tho files at headquarters In Cleveland Cle 0 O. tho Clio government o nt virtually compelled pres presentation o of personal correspondence cor COI of or lead leading In c eastern stern office oHi- oHi c ce rs |