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Gompers Reelected Labor President

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 10, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 48.

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Gompers Reelected Labor President

November 23, Samuel Gompers was reelected president, for the thirty-second time, of the American Federation of Labor, by an overwhelming majority over Max Hayes, of Cleveland, of the International Typographical Union, a well-known Socialist leader, Gompers receiving 11,974 votes, Hayes 5,074. It shows, however, that the Socialist strength is increasing in the Federation of Labor.