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John L Lewis — Part 30
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4 ———The CIO further declared that itis possib!
he Clo Ss Path V y “> to win this policy and wage adjustment .
( §f the no-strike e is strictly aphe
S A third day of the(general coal strike © caied upon the pe and rafiroa a
#% pessed, with John, Lewis still holding — tp join with the CIO in « drive to win the ©
“g club over the nation’s war effort, millions = Sonie for the change. oo .
‘of Americans both at home and in the armed The leaders of the American Federation
forces are boiling with indignation that such af Labor, on the other hand, are still silent
@ situation could happen in the midst of war. on the mine strike. This strengthens the
statbaniy falacoing Tamia
The miners are mistakenly nuge the here 8 picion that the AFL's convention st n..
in this disastrous strike because they ton delayed readmission of Lewis because it
- . ‘ on nds. ese achemers may rest as~
-the labor movement and are not fully eke ' gured, however, that when the score is added
-. The C10, now in convention at Philadel- The CIO shows not only that its first con-
phia, took a stand that showed ance more | oo) is for the war, but it also recognizes 1
nee
that it really expresses the patriotism and | ¢hat you can’t win America for wage = pre
-will of the workers. Its program should be | oor : :
-brought to the miners. The CIO called for ments, price roll-back and a fair tax pro-
crapping of the outworn “Little Steel” gram by a policy that plays into the hands
of the defeatists and their Lewises.
formula and for wage adjustment. But not ; To win the people, labor has to really pet ;
ifor the purpose of doing away with 8 stabil: "forward its entire united strength— ClO, ;
tion program, but in order to assure te—-—TEL, Railroad Brotherhoods, miners. The i
Lewis path is one that serves those who -
want to drive away public support from
| The AFL's members, as vitally interested
; as the CIO in the policy outlined at Phila-
i delphia, have the big task of bringing out
their unions for it. To do so they must bring
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the full weight of their pressure against the
». Woll-Hutcheson Republican defeatist forces
[es are engaged in intrigues with Lewis in
WU my,
irate mn,
'
efforts to smash the CIO when labor uni
is the urgency, .- =...
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6 ts Clipped at the Seat of
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