James W. Van Cleave Quotes


We are done with demagogues. We need a person at the head of this government who is safe and sane.


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The President was then Theodore Roosevelt who was then the most popular President the nation had ever had since George Washington. Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638616}, {638615}, {638614}, and {638612}.


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James W. Van Cleave, 1849-1910, President of the National Association of Manufacturers, President of the Buck Stove and Range Company, Reaction to President Theodore Roosevelt’s support of amendments to give the Sherman Anti-Trust Act more teeth, NAM Press Conference, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, May 11, 1908

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Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638616}, {638615}, {638614}, and {638613}.


Hydrophobia was a name for rabies where and infected rabid animal would seemingly irrationally attack almost anything in the immediate vicinity. Gompers was the elected head of the newly formed American Federation of Labor which like all other active unions and union organizations to terrorize Van Cleave and other members of the NAM. Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638616}, {638615}, {638612}, and {638613}.


Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638616}, {638612}, {638614}, and {638613}.


The notion that President Theodore Roosevelt could be terrorized was absurd on its face. He faced down everyone; one of the reasons he was so popular. But Van Cleave and his organization was paranoid about organized labor. It is they who were terrorized. Van Cleave was rabidly opposed to any anti-trust government “interference” with business and he was also virulently opposed to labor unions. See {638612}, {638615}, {638614}, and {638613}.


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