PRESIDENT SUPPORTS IDEA OF LABOR DELEGATE AT DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE
Atlantic City, New Jersey (JFK+50) On August 22, 1921, the Evening Star reported that President Warren G. Harding was looking "with favor on labor's request for representation in the disarmament conference" to be held here in the Nation's Capital.
The Star's source was Samuel Gompers* who was speaking at the opening of the meeting of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor.
Mr. Gompers said...
"Labor has always been an advocate of disarmament and the full force of organized labor...backs President Harding in his move to bring about world peace through disarmament."
*Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) was born in London, England & became an American cigar maker, labor union leader & an important figure in American labor history. SG founded the American Federation of Labor & served as president all but one year from 1886 to 1924.
SOURCE
"President Favors Labor Delegate," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 23, 1921, www.chroniclingamerica.com/
