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 * Samuel Gomper**


 * Occupation:** American Cigar Maker


 * Position on Issue:** Annexing should happen because of being a Socialist and believing that people should govern themselves and this is what Gomper disagreed on. He also was for the enlargement of industrialism which is annexing any land would lead to. He also wanted to improve the economy which annexing would accomplish.


 * Reasoning of Interest:**

- leader of AFL that promotes industrial improvement - disagreed socialist beliefs that said people should have self government which annexing disagrees with - focused on economics not politics so annexing for economic gains - wanted larger trade and opening up a port in Asia would allow greater trading


 * Sources:**

"Biography - Samuel Gompers, 1850-1924: 'The Grand Old Man of Labor' (VOA Special English 2007-08-30)."//Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students (Fun English Study)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2011. < [|__http://www.manythings.org/voa/people__]

__[|"Samuel Gompers (1850 - 1924)."//aflcio.org - America's Union Movement//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2011. .

"Samuel Gompers : Biography."//Spartacus Educational//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2011. < [|__http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAgompers.htm__] >.

"Samuel Gompers — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts."//History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2011. < [|__http://www.history.com/topics/samuel-gompers__] >.