Word: davises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mr. Gompers replied to Mr. Wilson after the Council had endorsed Messrs. LaFollette and Wheeler, and had opposed both Republican and Democratic tickets and platforms. He did not reply to Mr. Wilson's first point. Of the second (in regard to the Clayton Act) he wrote: "We are likewise...
Incidentally, in this letter Mr. Gompers let it be known that he had received in July a request for a personal conference with Mr. Davis, but that, after several exchanges of letters, other matters had prevented the meeting.
To all this Mr. Wilson replied with another letter, reviewing Mr. Davis's labor record at even greater length and saying:
The record maintained by the American Federation of Labor shows that during Mr. Davis's Congressional career he never voted in a single instance unfavorably to Labor. Consequently, I have felt that he also was entitled to a clean bill of health in the matter of domestic policies; and...
To this Mr. Gompers again replied, elaborating on his 'denial that Mr. Davis should receive credit for points 2) and 3). He closed by giving Mr. LaFollette another boost: