Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1909 — STAMPS TO AID GOMPERS [ARTICLE]

STAMPS TO AID GOMPERS

Rod Cross Plan Will Be Adopted to Raise Defense Money. New York, March 5. —The sale of stamps, similar to the plan of the Red Cross, will be adopted by organized labor in this country to raise a fund for Ihe defense of Samuel Gompers and his associates who were convicted of contempt of court In the center of each stamp there will be a fascimile of the seal of the . American Federation of Labor and below It the words. “A Free Press and Free Speech.’*