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The Times
Washington, District Of Columbia
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On Jan. 22 in New York, Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo spoke at a letter carriers' meeting, endorsing socialism, postal work's honor, workers' right to a living, and the eight-hour day, but declined joining the Socialist party to avoid political misperceptions.
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New York, Jan. 22.—Mayor Samuel M. Jones, of Toledo, addressed a mass meeting of the Letter Carriers' Association this afternoon, in the Grand Central Palace on the right. One-third of the large audience was composed of women.
He spoke in favor of socialism and said that the most honorable kind of work was to be found in the postoffice. Every man who would work had a right to a living, he said, and to establish the eight-hour day was a step in the direction of providing it for all.
A Socialist asked him why he did not join the Socialist Labor party. Mayor Jones said that he did not think it would be proper to do so, as people might think he had a political bee in his bonnet. He added that he did not believe in a fight of class against class or wage-earners against employers.
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Jan. 22
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Mayor Samuel M. Jones of Toledo addressed a mass meeting of the Letter Carriers' Association, speaking in favor of socialism, the honor of postoffice work, the right to a living for every worker, and the eight-hour day as a step toward it. He declined to join the Socialist Labor party to avoid perceptions of political ambition and rejected class against class fights.