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FREE SPEECH - THEN AND NOW

Pennsylvania Labor History Society
Annual Dinner and 2003 Conference

September 19 & 20, 2003 (Proposed)

Friday September 19

1:00 — 3:00 pm Combined Board and Membership Meeting Pumphouse: 1892 Battle Site
3:00 pm Public Tour of the Pumphouse
4:00 pm Tour of Bost Building, Visit to Graves of the Homestead Workers
6:00 pm Reception: St Joseph’s Church (Proposed)
7:00 pm Annual Awards Dinner

2003 Labor Union Woman of the Year Award (To be named) Brennan Labor Education Award: Irwin Marcus (nominated) Sylvis Labor Organizer Award: Barney Oursler (nominated) Mother Jones Award: Molly Rush (nominated)

 Keynote Speaker: (proposed) Robert Reich

 Saturday September 20

Pennsylvania Labor History Society Annual Conference
“Free Speech: Then and Now”

Morning Sessions: 9:00 am to Noon - Homestead Library
“The Struggle for Free Speech in Homestead: 1919-1937”

Suggested Topics: (We are open to other topics: Call for papers to go out in December)

· Suppression of Civil Liberties and Labor Organization
· Divide to Conquer: The Manipulation of Race and Ethnicity
· The New Deal and the Rise of the Labor Democrats
· Andrew Mellon and the Corporate Domination of the Regional and National   
  political Economy
· Mother Jones in Homestead
· Frances Perkins in Homestead and Beyond