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thracite Coal Strike Commission in its report to me 

 of March i8th last: 



It is adjudged and awarded that no person shall 

 be refused employment or in any way discriminated 

 against on account of membership or non-member- 

 ship in any labor organization, and that there shall 

 be no discrimination against or interference with 

 any employee who is not a member of any labor 

 organization by members of such organization. 



I heartily approve of this award and judgment 

 by the commission appointed by me, which itself 

 included a member of a labor union. This com- 

 mission was dealing with labor organizations work- 

 ing for private employers. It is of course mere 

 elementary decency to require that all the Govern- 

 ment departments shall be handled in accordance 

 with the principle thus clearly and fearlessly enun- 

 ciated. 



Please furnish a copy of this letter both to Mr. 

 Palmer and to the Civil Service Commission for 

 their guidance. 



Sincerely yours, 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 

 HON. GEO. B. CORTELYOU, 



Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 



September 29, 1903 



PURSUANT to the request of Samuel Gompers, 

 President of the American Federation of Labor, the 

 President granted an interview this evening to the 

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