Excerpt from British Labor's War Message to American Labor: Addresses and Discussions at a Meeting of the Committee on Labor of the Council of National Defense, Held in Washington, D. C., On May 15, 1917 As president American Federation of Labor, President Wilson appointed me member advisory commission, Council of National Defense. Special work my committee is conservation and welfare of workers and for effective indus trial service. Cabled dispatch to - day states commission from the British and French Governments will come to United States for conference. We need here the additional advice of representatives of England's workers, and respectfully urge that Appleton and Bowerman be sent here as part of British commission. Have cabled Premier Ribot. Of France, to like effect for French representatives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.