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\ ' Finger Points to Leys —.— NY oece fs inexcusable today. But there isn’t a shred of plausible reason, lest it be outright sabotage of the. war, for the strike of a half milifory} coal miners. ‘ Labor must hold John L.~Lewis respon- gible for the walkout, regardless of the evident provocations from some of the op- erators. The government, through its custodian of mines, Harold L. Ickes, advanced a pro- posal that would guarantee the miners 8 substantial temporary wage raise pending final settlement. The War Labor Board hid already provided for other improve- ments for the miners in its decision. All whge changes are retroactive. It was no Jonger a question of whether the miners are entitled to an improvement, It was only a matter of bargaining over the margin of difference and “HOW MUCH the improve- ments was to be. To call a strike under auch conditions shows « desire not to serve the interests of the workers but complete indifference and even sabotage of the war. pwis, as the Communist Party's state- men yesterday said in point blank words, “ig trying to assume veto power over U.S. participation in the war. He sets himself above the labor movement and above the government. tween their country and John L. Lewis. ! ‘lhe miners must retin wo ‘work ‘immedi- ately. te eng - Jt is urgent that all labor ‘Seaders speak out and assure the President their support for deciaive action. : The no-strike pledge “and the entire eon- ception that this is Labor's war means : Julius Emspak, secretary-treasurer of the carry out his treasonous program. <Aé United Electrical, Radio and Machine Work- ers told the President in a wire, labor ex- j pects him to take “decisive action” to stop | Lewis and the “tremendous majority” of the trade union movement will back him. | Moreover, Mr, Emspak sees the ‘issues , as far beyond those directly affecting the mine dispute. “We regard a shutdown on . the right of Lewis to organize disruption of the war effort as something that must come re- gardless of the particalsr ectllement af the dispute.” -- ; Of one thing we are “cortain. Lewis por that small group of “powerfol operators,” as Ickes called them, have the elightest interest in the country’s safety. |, The President is duty bound to act t4 in- { sure that our war effort does not falter, The miners must choose be-___-erti all loyal Americans will be behind him ar NOT RECORDED . 35 NOV. 2 1948 This is a cli g from —" -——~d page of the “..<. Y WORKER : Date 2 Clipped at the “Seat of Government Ae : Neither Dag