The Archive · 1940

Denver, Colorado, Sept. 2

A. plea for all possible help to Britain short of entry into war was made by Mr. William Green, President of the American. Federation of Labour, in an address prepared for delivery at the Labour Day meeting here.

"Mr. Green declared: "By aiding Britain we are sin ing our own national defence. If Britain succumbs, the United States and her sister Republics in the Western Hemisphere. may be the next targets of the Dictators."

"He proposed a short term enlistment with higher pay for the armed forces instead of conscription—Reuter, Map of Europe to Be Redrawn,

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