Gompers Defends Democracy in War Speech at Alliance Conference
Mr. Gompers opened the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy gathering with a keynote urging loyalty to the republic and opposition to disloyalty and pro German propaganda. He urged workers, including foreign born, to unite for victory and warned against attempting to dictate terms of peace.
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Minneapolis
Samuel Gompers
American Federation Labor
United
Organized Labor
Ito
Tator
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Gomepres
Acc
Socialist Party
Sompers
Joan Spargo
Mr. Gompers
Amtwag
American Federation of Laat
TJ. Mead
Maryland
People's Council of America For Democracy
Minnesota
C.F. Kruse
International Brotherhood Welfare Association
Counci
Mahlon Barnes
PD. Shier
America
Gompersalan
Republic of the United States of America
Noble International and the American Democratic Spirit
A historical manifesto urges workers to unite with government, harness moral and material power, and defend democracy. It denounces propaganda that equates militarism with peace and challenges treachery against national unity and noble ideals.
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America
Autocracy’s Threats and Calls for Democracy
The piece denounces autocracy backed by labor groups and the so called People’s Council, arguing democracy must prevail. It warns against surrender to militaristic power responsible for Belgium’s rape and Russia’s oppression, urging resistance to preserve freedom. It notes the Dead Sea’s biblical naming origins.
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Kanda
America
People's Council
Organized Workers of America
Belgium
Russia
Shorter opinions urged upon judges in wartime
The American Bar Association at its session denounced Germany's war laws as illegal and urged state and federal judges to write shorter opinions. It backed investigating Bro oxal to change the presidential inauguration date, opposed repealing the national bankruptcy law by registration, and supported a Senate Bill allowing appellate courts to ignore minor technical errors. Action was deferred on a new standard for bar admission and on whether candidates should serve a year in a law office after graduation.
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Saratoga Springs
American Bar’ Association
Germany
Senate
United States
Committee On International Law
Committee On Public Information
White House no special rules for exemption appeals
Washington Sept 5 The White House will not issue for the present any special regulations regarding exemption appeals. Crowder ordered district boards to send appealed cases to state headquarters for transmission to the provost marshal for presidential action. Governors were told drafted men outside their states may be assigned to a cantonment for temporary residence when returning to the proper precinct is too costly or difficult. Also noted is the invention of compressed air apparatus for blowing ice cream from molds.
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Washington
White House
Crowder
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