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Pty aa ‘ PN ae « ate ‘Merry-Go-I WHEN MEMBERS of the AFL, executive council took the pplication of John IL 1 United Mine reentry inte the AFL thi: week in Chicago, they dido’t bother fo tell reporters that Lewis might have been back in the AFL some time before, except for sizong intervention from the i White House. i It can now be revealed that i the President was extremely : perturbed about the burly mine . lsbor chief's efforts to climb back on the AFL bandwagon. In fact, be expressed himself to friends Or Ore efi io nar wrSit pe ee in very blunt language about how , foolhardy it would be for the : APL to welcome back a man who ” was in disrepute for openly defy- - ‘mg the Government during the _ mine dispute. ' It also can be revealed that : William Hutcheson, AFL carpen- ! ter’s boss, and other Lewis : friends on the executive council the etage 221 cet far = enenial x had Lt BiG Ml) BE AVA epee . Meeting of the council iast May t to consider Lewis's application. This was the inside reason why ' , John L. inclosed a fat $80,000 . e@heck for advance dues with bis i application. i Just who blocked the move— , and how closely the President {| himself was involved—is a secret, ‘ i But Administration insiders re-~ } port that Marvin Mclotyre, President's secretary, Palen ecreiees, h CU SCE friend of the railroad brother- hoods, had a hand in it Furthermore, immediately af- | ter Lewis requested readmission, the President had separate con- ferences with Dan Tobin, team- eters’ boss and « top-rung mem ber of the AFL executive coun- cil, plus George Harrison, rail- 1 way clerks’ head, who is the most _! powerful figure in the brother- * hoods. Immediately afterward the move for a spécial executive council meeting was abandoned. In the course of one of those. conferences the question of ’ Lewis's application for readmis- sion was discussed at some wre ‘ rc i ny - The WwW Washington “ “Go- Round By Drew Pearson — 5 ae A ieee Cece sre Mr. MeGaifd eet Mr. Quinn Tamm __ Mr. Neass’: Mise Ss a fo NF? — fe a “wastt{ncT0h -Nesmenemasce [ts ee WOENING BDITTON aa