AFL PRESIDENT HAS NO LOVE FOR FASCISM
New York City (JFK+50) On September 6, 1926, The Evening Star reports that last evening William Green*, president of the American Federation of Labor, said he would "drive Fascism from the face of the earth."
Mr. Green, speaking at Carnegie Hall here in New York to the Anti-Fascist Alliance of North America, added...
"I am deeply in sympathy with the anti-Fascist movement. The AFL stands for freedom and democracy...and it will be heard wherever there is a movement to substitute autocracy for democracy."
*William Green (1873-1952) was born in Coshocton, Ohio & was a member of the Ohio Senate 1911-1915, Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers 1913-1924 & president of AFL 1924-1952. WG was a supporter of cooperation between labor & management.
SOURCE
"Fascism Assailed By William Green," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 6, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
