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4 pare. es Seek ON . Me ene pee AE ae UNAS aus, cos; at . ; i Coal Is 5 Ammunition]? | VERY patriotic. miner will agree .and support the President's assertion that “we can no more tolerate 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 Ln’ ; is aabotaging the prosecution of the P / war must not be tolerated. Coal production - : must continve. A fourth general coal strike | / oe hae. shee muat 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 / WLBE, and the editoria) columns of this « paper, have already expressed criticism of some of the provisions of the WLB decision on the proposed contract for the soft coal ; miners, as well as on its 82-cent anthracite | The President has correctly stressed some | of the good features of the decision, espe |. cially the recognition for the first time of - q the principle of portal-to-portal pay for’ - Poy . which some compensation is granted. This | ‘ Tas 5 — ST | we meet Bem eet ue is undoubtedly a partial victory. And it is principally due-to the vigorous voice Preai- dent Philip Murray of the CIO raised in “Te . elf of the miners. ‘But for the miners now to take again to | g the Lewis strike path is to undermine the ; x Y - chances for a further adjustment in thelr NCT ( bts wage standards and at the same time to 95 nov 8 1948 . = harm the entire labor movement. Further This is a clipping from fmprovement for them will be possible only page 3 of the the fight fs successful against the con- . .. ; gfessional bloc that is scyttling sound stabi. « DAILY WORKER tage _ . Hzation; iain! ite profie att crowd and Date - " ggainst the tax-the-poor crowd, as against’ ' those who cling to the outward “Little Steel" OPPO ne thee of b1¢ But this fight can. succeed only by by labor oy 1 fally honoring its no-strike pledge and car- i one politcal sttugtle se here pol cal struggle. Fp te or: ’ TAQ ect tn ee POS eee hee iN Y4l ; Are So aoe Hew ee aww a A I Se | AI ee 2 ee ee