That there has been steady progress in the thinking. the understanding. and the achievements of the wa ge earners of our Republic we owe to the quality of leadership that has directed the labor movemenat of this country. The labor movement as it has developed in the United States has been an outgrowth of the conditions and the problems of American life and Aumericau thought. That our American labor movement has not followed foreign philosophies and practices we owe a great deal to Samuel Gompers. who came to this country at the age of 13 an immigrant boy. ut who was inspired by a dominating love of freedom and who came to understand so truly the spirit and the method of Anmerican desire for democracy that lie became one of the truest American patriots who have served our great Republic. Born in Spitalfields. London.
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