1. Actually Apr. 12, 1922. See "Excerpts from the Minutes of a Meeting with Chicago Trade Union Representatives," Apr. 12, 1922, The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 12.

2. Oscar Fred Nelson, a vice-president of the Chicago Federation of Labor from 1910 to 1935.

3. See "To John Frey," Apr. 5, 1922, n. 10, The Samuel Gompers Papers, Vol. 12.

4. SG apparently made no reply to this letter.