The Milwaukee Leader

The General Strike
Discussion of the organization of a nonunion society in England to meet any general strike that may be called continues. This society differs from the little circles of Fascists who try to break up Socialist and Communist meetings. It will confine itself to getting men for various forms of labor in case of a general strike and among its sponsors are a number of prominent politicians.
This new situation faced the Labor party congress at Liverpool which decided to meet it by proposing that in case of a general strike the government and the trade union executives shall arrange for sufficient services to insure that women, children, hospitals and charitable institutions shall not be neglected. It is said that this arrangement is considered impossible outside of Labor circles.
This recalls that in the Seattle general strike a few years ago the unions arranged for the distribution of milk, the care of hospitals, lighting the city, and a few other essential services. Having made these arrangements, the general strike was effective and a splendid demonstration of working class solidarity. The discipline maintained by the unions enabled them to counteract the hysterical propaganda of Mayor Hanson and to block his blundering efforts to transform the strike into a general riot.
Considering the high degree of discipline and solidarity of the organized working class of England, it is practically certain that they could do as well in maintaining a general strike while at the same time seeing that women, children and the sick should not suffer. It is just because the British workers are capable of this that the strikebreaking society is not likely to agree to any such arrangement. - The New Leader.