Resolution Calling for Addams to be Appointed to the Arbitration Commission for the Miner's Strike, October 17, 1902

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The resolutions, which were adopted amid great applause, follow:

"Whereas, The student of sociology and economics is recognized in the counsels of the coal strike; and

"Whereas, Women and children, as well as our homes, are involved in the result; therefore be it

"Resolved, That the members of the Illinois state federation do hereby recommend the recognition of Miss Jane Addams in the [councils] of the arbitration commission. Be it further

"Resolved, That our president be instructed to forward at once to President Roosevelt the unanimous request of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs to appoint Miss Jane Addams a member of the arbitration commission for the settlement of the miners' strike."

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