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Woodrow Wilson: Europe made labor the differential, and the price of it all is enmity and antagonism and prostrated industry, The right…

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Europe made labor the differential, and the price of it all is enmity and antagonism and prostrated industry, The right of labor to live in peace and comfort must be recognized by governments and America should be the first to lay the foundation stones upon which industrial peace shall be built.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson argues that the rights of labor must be recognized to prevent social unrest and promote industrial peace.

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