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John L Lewis — Part 28
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VERY patriotic. miner will agree
d anunnnet the President's assertion that
SUP VET Be 6 Se SS we
“we can no more tdlerate the letting down
' of coal production than we can tolerate hlet-
ting down the shipping of supplies to our
This. ana that the policies of J hn La | ‘
This mesns t the po cies 0 :
Qm sabotaging the prosecution of i /
War mast not be tolerated. Coal production -
most anntinue, A fourth general onal strike *
must not be permitted. /
—
This is the course to take irrespective of
merits or demerits of the War Labor Board's \
decision. The four labor members on the
WLB, and the editorial eolumns of this ; /
paper, have already expressed criticism of |
some of the provisions of the WLB decision
én the nronosed contract for the soft ens)
Wa BER BE wesen eee Se SES Ses
miners, as well as on its $2-cent anthracite
ead ed
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eel
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The President has correctly streased some |
of the good features of the decision, expe- |
cially the recognition for the first time of | ;
the principle of portal-to-portal pay for’ | fo _
which some compensation is granted. This ‘ “ anaes
tg ondcubtedly « partial victory, And it fs f
SOL ORs VICtOry: sal | %
principally due- to “the vigorous voice Presi-
dent Philip Murray of the CIO raised in “| . {
eis sas
- half of the miners. ,
' But for the miners now fo take again to 4, ref s-
the Lewis strike path is to undermine the j wl oA f - PF SAH
chances for a further adjustment In thelr NCT = ES
wage standards and at the same time to 35 Nov 8 1943 =
harm the entire labor movement. Further seze is @ clipping from
provement for them will be possible only Ds of the
: the fight {s successful against the com . _
= | gressional bloc that is scyttling sound stabi. ~ DAILY WORKER - beng
aa’ _ . Meation; against the profits-first crowd and Date
- against the tay-fhe-noor crowd, as against ‘ Seat
‘those who cling to the outward “Little § Steel” Clipped at t thee o!
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a
Le | walse limit. Be Gor
i But this fight can. succeed only by labor |
tt Fe: , {| fully honoring its x no-strike pledge and car-} bi
a 57 We rying ite fight to the people through anited .
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