It Won't Work This Time. Van Cleave and Taft against Labor.

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• PUBLISHER: John F. Higgins, Print.

• MEDIUM: Metal cut illustration with text,

  DATE: c.1908.

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• DESCRIPTION: There are three figures represented here. Seated is Samuel Gompers the president of the labor association, standing with his arms out stretched is James W. Van Cleave, president of the National Association of Manufacturers. In Van Cleave's pocket is Judge Taft who often sided with big businesses. On September 24, 1908 Samuel Gompers testified that agents working for Van Cleave attempted to bribe him on numerous occasions to leave the labor association.

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• CONDITION: Good condition, save for overall toning.

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• CATEGORIES: 20th-21st Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical , Political & Early American