07/02/1886
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"If such a commission were fairly organized, the risk of a loss of popular support and sympathy resulting from a refusal to submit to so peaceful an instrumentality would constrain both parties to such..."
"The establishment by Federal authority of such a bureau would be a just and sensible recognition of the value of labor and of its right to be represented in the departments of the Government."
"I am constrained to recommend to Congress legislation upon this serious and pressing subject."
"The present condition of the relations between labor and capital is far from satisfactory."