"I believe in the use of the ballot, but, if the will of the people who are workers cannot prevail, then let us apply force. By force I do not mean physical force, such as shooting or mob attacks, but rather the use of industrial pressure by means of one big union."
— Frank T. Johns

January 1, 1970

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From a 1924 interview, as quoted in Comrade Johns: Oregon's Socialist Presidential Candidate, Pedersen, Nate, and Jeffrey Johnson, Oregon Historical Quarterly 116, no. 4 (2015): 476-499. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ohq.2015.0019