Industrial Expert Will Attend Peace Conference

3-Mar-15

An advocate of world peace, Filene became deeply involved in national and international affairs. In 1915, Filene and other prominent Americans, including Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Alexander Graham Bell, and former president William Howard Taft, formed the League to Enforce Peace (LEP). Organized after the outbreak of the First World War, the LEP advocated the formation of an international body to promote world peace. From: The Day Book (Chicago), March 3, 1915.

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  • Repository Library of Congress - Chronicling America
  • Date 3-Mar-15
  • Collection University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library for Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
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  • Title Industrial Expert Will Attend Peace Conference
  • Keywords Marcus, Bacher, Edward, Albert, Filene, Retail, Department, store, jewish, second, generation, boston, Filene's, Bargain, Basement, Cooperative, Association, Union, Credit, Union, peace, conference, industrial, experts,
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  • Access Date September 22, 2023
  • Publisher German Historical Institute
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 9, 2018