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(yo Cr) ad wee ~ Le [ Coal Is Ammunition EVERY patriotic miner will agree and support the President’s assertion that “we can no more télerate the letting down of coal production than we can tolerate let- ting down the shipping of, supplies to our fighting men.” ‘ This means that the policies of John La is sabotaging the prosecution of the e r war must not be tolerated. Coal production / 4 must continue. A fourth general coal strike ‘ i Faust 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 Fd WLBE, and the editorial! columns of this | f paper, have already expressed criticism of : some of the provisions of the WLB decision } f on the proposed contract for the soft coal | 4 miners, as well as on its $2-cent anthracite | \ Taise. The President has correctly atreased 8 some : ) of the good features of the decision, espe- tA clally the recognition for the first time of iy the principle of portal-to-portal pay for ' * { which some compensation is granted. This - i is undoubtedly a partial victory. And it is | 4 principally due-to the vigorous voice Presi- dent Philip Murray of the CIO raised ig ot helf of the miners, But for the miners now to take again to | vy the Lewis strike path is to undermine the |” | Ve oe mens S-A chances for a further adjustment in their | NCT RSCORLED wage standards and at the same time to 35 NOV 8 1943 harm the entire labor movement. Further This is a clipping from provement for them will be possible only page of the the fight is successful against the con- gressional bloc that ia scyttling sound stabi- DALTLY WORKER , lization; against the profits-first crowd and Date against the tax-the-poor crowd, as egainat those who cling to the outward “Little Steel” CLLppos ve nent. or Lo raise limit. =. , . But this fight can. succeed only by labor _ ; 59" 4 fully honoring its no-satrike pledge and car- rying its fight to the people fhrough united yin siren sie eaDara ane AE ee eee ee ee