CALIFORNIA PROFESSOR GATHERS DATA FOR TEXTBOOK AS I.W.W. WORKER
Berkeley, California (JFK+50) On May 5, 1924, The Evening Star reports Professor Fred R. Wedge of the University of California department of education "has been a member of the I.W.W.* in order to obtain first-hand material for a textbook."
During this time, Professor Wedge has taken on jobs as a stevedore, lumberjack, seaman and railroad worker. The professor says, as he was incarcerated in a San Pedro jail with other 'wobblies,' that he has gathered "interesting data" for his textbook.
*International Workers of the World (a.k.a. 'Wobblies') was founded in Chicago in 1905 as a general union subdivided between various industries which employed its members. I.W.W. had ties to socialist labor movements.
SOURCE
"Professor in I.W.W. 8 Months Seeking Data for Text Book," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
