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Gompers and Henry George
===Political involvement===
===Political involvement===
Early on, Gompers was a supporter of the Single Tax and [[Henry George]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=u91k0pIimoQC&pg=PA47 The Samuel Gompers Papers: The Early Years of the American Federation of Labor, 1887-90]</ref> When the New York Weekly published [[Progress and Poverty]] serially, he recalled how members of his union read aloud chapters of the book and discussed the major parts. He also helped George gain the nomination for Mayor of New York City.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zEAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA42 The Single Tax Review, Volumes 21-22]</ref>
During World War I Gompers was a strong supporter of the war effort. He was appointed by President [[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson]] to the powerful Council of National Defense, where he instituted the War Committee on Labor. He was an attendee at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as a labor advisor
During World War I Gompers was a strong supporter of the war effort. He was appointed by President [[Woodrow Wilson|Wilson]] to the powerful Council of National Defense, where he instituted the War Committee on Labor. He was an attendee at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 as a labor advisor