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Show WHAT 18 THE MEANING OF SABOTAGE? What Is the definition of sabotage? That is a question directed at us The literal meaning is the making of sabots, but. as interpreted by tho French labor agitators, it Is the doing of work by an employe so as to in jure the industrial plant of the employer. em-ployer. The word is from the French and the system of damaging property in order to win labor demands originated with French waiters who, having their grievances disregarded, proceeded to have many "accidents" occur In the establishments rejecting their demands. de-mands. The campaign they carried on proved bo destructive and unnprv-lng unnprv-lng that their employers yielded Since then sabotage has been recognized as a weapon of certain branches of organized labor In France. The I W. W. organization in tho United States accepts sabotage and has attempted to appeal that de structlve policy. |