Editing Harry McClintock (section)

==Politics==
McClintock was active in the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] (IWW). He served with [[Frank Little (unionist)|Frank Little]] in the Fresno [[Free Speech Fight]] from January 12 to March 4, 1911, and participated in the [[Tucker strike]] in Utah on June 14, 1913, with [[Joe Hill (activist)|Joe Hill]].<ref>Tucker Utah strike on June 14, 1913 (Salt Lake Tribune).</ref><ref>"Joe Hill", Gibbs M. Smith, INC. Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City 1984, photo of spellbinders Mac McClintock and Joe Hill on p. 118</ref> McClintock wrote the marching song of the IWW, "[[Hallelujah, I'm a Bum]]", and he is credited with being the first person to sing Hill's song "[[The Preacher and the Slave]]" in public.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmZSW7G6Fk&gl=US&hl=en|title=Long Haired Preacher (Preacher and the Slave) - YouTube|website=[[YouTube]] |date=7 May 2022|access-date=3 April 2023|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507204924/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmZSW7G6Fk&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In the early 1920s, McClintock worked and organized union men in the oil fields of West Texas, where he met and recruited author [[Jim Thompson (writer)|Jim Thompson]], who later incorporated him into several short stories using the name Strawlegs Martin.<ref>{{cite web|last=Burnett|first=Jay|title=Things Are Not As They Seem|url=http://www.pennilesspress.co.uk/prose/things_are_not_as_they_seem.htm|publisher=The Penniless Press On-Line|access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref>