Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1911 — LABOR GIVES ITS APPROVAL [ARTICLE]

LABOR GIVES ITS APPROVAL

Powerful American Federation Condially Joins in Fight Against Spread of Tuberculosis. Direct approval of the campaign for toe sale of Red Cross seals has been given by the American Federation ot Labor, according to an announcement by the National Association tor the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. At the last annual convention of toe American Federation of Labor a resolution was adopted calling on all the members of the Federation to further toe sale as much as possible. The resolution reads as follows: “Whereas, The American Federation of Labor has in every possible way aided the movement for the, study and prevention of tuberculosis throughout the United States and Canada; and, * “Wheras,' The American National Red Cross has been in the past and is now making an especial effort, through the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals, to secure funds to carry on the war against tuberculosis, and br means of the funds raised In this manner has been able to do much effective work in this direction, therefore, be It "Resolved, That the American Federation of Labor give its endorsement to toe movement of the American National Red- Cross, and encourage its members to further in every reasonable way the sale of these seals in their respective communities."