A.M. Van Allen letter to Champ Clark - April 26, 1917
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[Mount Pleasant], Iowa April 26 ” 1917 Hon Champ Clark [Washington, D.C.] Dear Sir I desire to thank you for the position you have taken with reference to conscription. I have no boys to go and I am a Republican, so that I cant be charged with being either against it for personal reasons or prejudiced in your favor. If the President wants to know how the people of the west feel on the subject of war and conscription, let him take a vote. It will be against him at the rate of 100 to 1. Has Congress been reduced to the condition of a Russian Duma and ceased to represent the people who have elected it.” Yours Truly AM Van Allen
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| Title | A.M. Van Allen letter to Champ Clark - April 26, 1917 |
| Creator | Van Allen, A. M. |
| Source | Van Allen, A.M. Letter to Champ Clark. 26 April 1917. Clark, Champ (1850-1921) and Bennett Champ (1890-1954), Papers, 1853-1973. C0666. The State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
| Description | In this April 26, 1917, letter to Champ Clark, A.M. Van Allen of Mount Pleasant, Iowa discussed his support for Clark's anti-conscription stance. Clark, a long-time resident of Bowling Green, Missouri, was a politician in the Democratic Party. He served as a representative of Missouri from 1893 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1921. From 1911 to 1919 he served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. |
| Subject LCSH | Clark, Champ, 1850-1921; World War, 1914-1918--Political aspects--United States; Draft |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; Conscription |
| Site Accession Number | C0666 |
| Contributing Institution | The State Historical Society of Missouri |
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| Date Original | April 26, 1917 |
| Language | English |