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Winning Bid:
$48.07
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Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:00:00 AM)
Auction:
Auction 190 - Part I
Item numbers 1 though 954 and 3000 through 3054 in auction 190.
Item Description
7/8" reads "American Alliance For Labor And Democracy." Red faded a hair and tiny faint age dot on edge. Brunt backpaper. As WWI U.S. casualties began to mount in 1917, a "radical" peace movement "Peoples Council Of America" gained strength. The government worried about a working class revolution and directly supported the pro-war leadership of the AF of L's Samuel Gompers. The government funded the pro-war propaganda organization "American Alliance For Labor And Democracy" in order to split labor's opposition to the war. Scarce and VF.
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