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Samuel Gompers; 1850-1924

Overview: Gompers position, as president in the AFL (American Federation of Labor), as of 1886, put him in the perfect position to start the largest campaign to unionize labor workers. Gompers believed whole heartedly that racism was a long standing porblem in labor work and fought against it. Gompers views on foreign affairs were quite simple really, he oppoesed the Treaty of Paris, as well as the colinization of the Philippines. Gompers views stemmed largely from personal belief that the control of the Philippines,“comes the contract of slave labor… There can be no question but what this may have a very deleterious effect upon the workers of our country.” Gompers later joined the anti-imperialism league along with Senator George F., Carl Schurz, William Jennings Bryan, and Mark Twain. Gompers views of American influence can be summed up on the quotation “it [was] not necessary to subjugate by the force of arms any other people in order to obtain that expansion of trade.”

Occupation: President of the AFL Position on the Issue: Against annexation of the Phillipines Interest in topic: Racsim against labor workers The wefare of labor workers Maintaining the union workers

Friends in the matter at hand: Senator George F. Carl Schurz William Jennings Bryan and Mark Twain

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