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LABOR HISTORY TODAY December 13, 1924

Lawrence Smoot | Published on 12/13/2024
Death in San Antonio, Tex. of Samuel Gompers, president and founder of the American Federation of Labor. 
A statue of Gompers stands on Market Street in San Antonio. Photo courtesy Kay Richter