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John L Lewis — Part 30

81 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Nov 22, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: John L Lewis · 81 pages OCR'd
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ee 7 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 4h BY oat See wees, + 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, .- =... 1 ¢ This is a clipping from Z page a of th ptf. Care r “\igt tf 4 DATLY WORKER NOT REC RDED 35 NOy Date_J Le u 6 ts Clipped at the Seat of Government? — Saar Pandan ge SN ag ad , BD. r
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