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Attack on Liberty of American Working Class
A lengthy discussion denounces a 1902 militia bill, claiming it centralizes military power under the president, enabling a 100,000 person reserve to quell domestic unrest. The piece accuses Republicans and supportive Democrats of rushing the bill, enabling capitalists to suppress labor and threaten civil liberties, with calls for labor solidarity.
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Congress
United States
Russia
Reason
Washington
Appeal To Reason
Thomases
Militia Committee
War Department
House of Representatives
Ohio
Hanna
Ohio Senate
Stark
Nebraska
House
Ta Urye
Union
Secretary of War
National Volunteer Reserve
Representative McLellan
Wiley
National Guard
Clayton
Friends of Labor
Goimpers
Labor Lobby
Hearst
The
Civic Federation
National Economic League
Capitalist Congress