AND THE WAR BY SAMUEL GOMPERS President of the American Federation of Labor NEW CDH YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY Copyright, 1919, By George H. Doran Company Printed in the United States of America JAPE SCOUTOL 199 Socit. not. Bux. 6-4-257 11950 war. FOREWORD It will remain for history to furnish an adequate evaluation of the services rendered to the cause of world democracy by Samuel Gompers during the great But we need not await history's verdict to know that this service has been of the most vital importance. The profound impress Samuel Gompers has made upon the current of world affairs during the most crucial period in modern history is apparent to all who are informed even in a casual way about dayto-day events. The labors of Mr. Gompers have been prodigious. In normal times his task was difficult enough. But when the United States entered the war his work was at once doubled and trebled and quadrupled. To his duties as president of the American Federation of Labor were added a multitude of duties in connection with war work-the great war work of the Federation itself, the post of chairman of the Committee on Labor, Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense, president of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, and membership on committees almost without end. No man in America has more literally poured out the vital reserve of his spirit and physique than the leader of America's working men and women. His feeling toward the war is perhaps best |