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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

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===Death and legacy===

===Death and legacy===

Gompers died in San Antonio, Texas, aged 74, and was widely mourned by labor and political allies. His AFL saw the CIO unions split off in the 1930s and rejoin, forming the AFL-CIO that is still powerful in the 21st century.  Conservatives have hailed him as a tough bargainer who supported capitalism, helped build a blue collar middle class, and opposed socialism in and outside American unions.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E3D81739EF3ABC4953DFB3668389639EDE SOVIET BRIBE FUND HERE, SAYS GOMPERS; Has Proof That Offers Have Been Made, He Declares, Opposing Recognition. NEW PROPAGANDA DRIVE Charges Strong Group of Bankers With Readiness to Accept Lenin's Betrayal of Russia.], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

Gompers died in San Antonio, Texas, aged 74, and was widely mourned by labor and political allies. His AFL saw the CIO unions split off in the 1930s and rejoin, forming the AFL-CIO that is still powerful in the 21st century.  Conservatives have hailed him as a tough bargainer who supported capitalism, helped build a blue collar middle class, and opposed socialism in and outside American unions.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E3D81739EF3ABC4953DFB3668389639EDE SOVIET BRIBE FUND HERE, SAYS GOMPERS; Has Proof That Offers Have Been Made, He Declares, Opposing Recognition. NEW PROPAGANDA DRIVE Charges Strong Group of Bankers With Readiness to Accept Lenin's Betrayal of Russia.], [[The New York Times]]</ref>

The United States Navy destroyer tender [[USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37)|USS ''Samuel Gompers'']] was named in his honor, and in 1989 the [[Department of Labor]] named Gompers into it's Hall of Honor. An impressive monument<ref>[http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001702.htm GOMPERS, Samuel: Memorial near Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C.]</ref> honoring Gompers resides in Gompers Square on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C.

The United States Navy destroyer tender [[USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37)|USS ''Samuel Gompers'']] was named in his honor, and in 1989 the [[Department of Labor]] named Gompers in its Hall of Honor. An impressive monument<ref>[http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001702.htm GOMPERS, Samuel: Memorial near Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C.]</ref> honoring Gompers resides in Gompers Square on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C.

==Works==

==Works==

* [http://history.umd.edu/research/samuel-gompers-papers The Samuel Gompers Papers], at the University of Maryland, College Park

* [http://history.umd.edu/research/samuel-gompers-papers The Samuel Gompers Papers], at the University of Maryland, College Park

 

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