North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 221University of Northern Iowa, 1925 |
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Page 401
... movement increased the vote in the industrial States over that in 1920 , but the 1924 vote was less than that of 1920 in eighteen other States , viz .: Alabama , Arizona , Arkansas , Delaware , Flor- ida , Kentucky , Louisiana , Maine ...
... movement increased the vote in the industrial States over that in 1920 , but the 1924 vote was less than that of 1920 in eighteen other States , viz .: Alabama , Arizona , Arkansas , Delaware , Flor- ida , Kentucky , Louisiana , Maine ...
Page 405
... movement be influenced by the death of Samuel Gompers , for so many years its brilliant and dis- tinguished leader , and the passing of the reins of leadership to younger hands ? Will the result be the closer alignment of the American ...
... movement be influenced by the death of Samuel Gompers , for so many years its brilliant and dis- tinguished leader , and the passing of the reins of leadership to younger hands ? Will the result be the closer alignment of the American ...
Page 408
... movement which he served . That is a mistake that is by no means peculiar to Communists . II From one point of view it is indeed almost impossible to exag- gerate the importance of the life and work of Samuel Gompers in the development ...
... movement which he served . That is a mistake that is by no means peculiar to Communists . II From one point of view it is indeed almost impossible to exag- gerate the importance of the life and work of Samuel Gompers in the development ...
Page 409
... movement in this country would have been the same under any other leadership that could conceivably have been main- tained . Another way of saying the same thing is that if Mr. Gompers had held other views and ideals and had attempted ...
... movement in this country would have been the same under any other leadership that could conceivably have been main- tained . Another way of saying the same thing is that if Mr. Gompers had held other views and ideals and had attempted ...
Page 410
... movement in Great Britain and the principal industrial countries of Europe has consistently pursued an almost identical course toward these revolutionary movements . In view of these facts , and of others which will readily occur to the ...
... movement in Great Britain and the principal industrial countries of Europe has consistently pursued an almost identical course toward these revolutionary movements . In view of these facts , and of others which will readily occur to the ...
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