On this day in labor history, the year was 1932, a very unusual army marched on Washington, D.C.  Pro-labor Catholic Priest, Father James Renshaw Cox led the march from Pennsylvania to the Nation’s Capital to demand a public work’s program to put people back to work. 
For more information on Cox's March  
http://web.stanford.edu/group/progressive/cgi-bin/?p=2153

On this day in labor history, the year was 1932, a very unusual army marched on Washington, D.C. Pro-labor Catholic Priest, Father James Renshaw Cox led the march from Pennsylvania to the Nation’s Capital to demand a public work’s program to put people back to work. For more information on Cox's March http://web.stanford.edu/group/progressive/cgi-bin/?p=2153

On this day in labor history, the year was 1932, a very unusual army marched on Washington, D.C. &nbsp;Pro-labor Catholic Priest, Father James Renshaw Cox led the march&nbsp;from Pennsylvania to the Nation’s Capital to demand a public work’s program to put people back to work.&nbsp;
For more information on Cox's March &nbsp;
http://web.stanford.edu/group/progressive/cgi-bin/?p=2153

January 12 - Cox’s Army Marches on the Nation’s Capitol

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January 12 - Cox’s Army Marches on the Nation’s Capitol