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Posted by Michael Link on October 6, 2007 at 11:02 AM

Description: "National Archives footage of [Woodrow] Wilson at Labor Convention in Buffalo; footage of Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor."

No audio on this one, but it's worth watching.

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Wonder what the date on that video is? Wilson was in 1913 to 21 I think. I enjoy the archive videos you post.

But for a commentary on our today's religion and politics, did anyone see Bill Moyers last night? Pretty scary stuff. Worth watching though...transcript and video here.

Lieberman compares Reverend Hagee to Moses and a leader of a mighty multitude.

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sunny on October 6, 2007 at 04:06 PM

At YouTube, the poster guesses that it's from 1918, but I have no idea beyond that.

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MichaelLink on October 6, 2007 at 04:30 PM

1918 would be a good guess. Possibly with Gompers pledging that the unions would be behind the war effort.
Has anyone any idea as to the location?

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Butte on October 6, 2007 at 09:46 PM

Aha! I think I found it!
"President Wilson appointed Samuel Gompers to the council of National Defense, where he helped mobilize labor support for the war. Gompers was also crucial in convincing Wilson to craft a war time labor policy that for the first time in US history explicitly articulated government support for independent trade unions and collective bargaining." http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/gompers.cfmgompers.cfm

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Butte on October 6, 2007 at 10:01 PM

Let me try this again;http://www.aflcio.org/aboutus/history/history/gompers.cfm

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Butte on October 6, 2007 at 10:05 PM

Doggone it. Yesterday I found out the lawsuit filed by a Tampa activist against the DNC over the primary....was dismissed quickly by the judge. BUT now we find that activist is going to appeal the case. This just makes me so angry. Florida needs to back off now, and act like a team player. We are not the only state that matters.

Tampa activist lawsuit against DNC to be appealed in Atlanta appeals court

And don't forget the suit filed last week by Bill Nelson and Alcee Hastings, just about the same as the other one.

But the icing on the cake is this one, yet to be filed. But, gee, I hope he goes for it.

IA, NH, NV, SC may get sued by Florida for "conspiracy to intimidate the presidential candidates"

If he files that suit, it would really show Florida in a bad light. Maybe they would then start being team players.

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sunny on October 7, 2007 at 12:11 AM


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