"Where (labor) organization is lacking, dangerous discontent is found on every hand; low wages and long hours prevail; exploitation in every direction is practiced; the people become sullen, have no regard for law and government, and are, in reality, a latent volcano, as dangerous to society as are the volcanoes of nature to the landscape surrounding them."
O'Connell and Lennon, of the American Federation of Labor, both served on the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (see History, below).
O'Connell and Lennon, of the American Federation of Labor, both served on the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations (see History, below).