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Arbitration Council [Arbitration Council flyer]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00687.150 Author/Creator: Arbitration Council Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Printed document Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 29.1 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

A brief report of the Committee of Arbitration averting strikes and lockouts is included, with reference to the Chicago Board of Trade, the Permanent International Peace Court, the Peace Memorials on International and Industrial Peace at the 1904 Methodist General Conference, the Presbyterian General Assembly, the Congregational Triennial, the Episcopal Triennial, and the International W.C.T.U., all with a role in stopping the South African War.

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

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