Scott Nearing

“ Congress further considers that strong, well organized shop committees are indispensable weapons in the struggle to force the capitalists to relinquish their grip on industry, and, therefore, pledges itself to do all in its power to develop and strengthen work-shop organisations. ”

“ Pollitt (Boilermakers) supported the resolution on the ground that the shop committees would train the workers to handle their own industries. Several delegates opposed the resolution because they feared that it was Communist propaganda. F. Lemaire (Compositors) answered that he did not care whether it was Communist propaganda or not. "If any method promises advantage to the Trade Union Movement, the movement should take advantage of it." On a card vote the resolution was carried: 2,466,000 for and 1,218,000 against. ”