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Se ee ~ Te ee ne ARN AS li tei - F | i Mine Strike J) j , t ORDERING government seizure of the , mines, President Roosevelt took the only : course open to him te protect the intorast« of a pation at war. ordering the fourth mine strike, Joh Li has once more extended a helping and to the Axis, and he did it at the very moment when the cables on the Moscow conference agreements were spelling out an early doom for Hitler. While Senators Rey- nolds and Wheeler, Lewis’ political friends, were mouthing their dissatisfaction because the last weapons wete knocked out of Hit- ler’s hands, Lewis sought to knife the home front. Once more the country can see who really leads Jabor, At Philadelphia, the CIO con- ‘vention under President Philip Murray’s Jeadership, reaffirmed its unqualified no- ‘ atrike pledge at a special order of business. / The CIO fully recognizes that Hitler’s doom ia near, but it also recognizes that it will still take hard fighting and sacrifices to make \ thet possible. It warned against com- placency. Lewis is scabbing upon that policy of labor, and ig exploiting the grievances of - the miners to accomplish his purpose. As we have stated many times, the miners are justified In their dissatisfaction with the \ WLB agreement. But this cannot serve as { \ aii excuse for ihe strike. an © y | The reactionary bloc in Congress which Heven at this hour is preparing to fight the t ] -£ L495 wd ~fAA President's program for a roll-back in prices OT RYGui. D* that he outlined in his food subsidy message NOV & otf: Monday, is, like Lewis, responsible for the situation; ac_are the profit-hungry employ- ers and so is the inflexible attitude of some government officials and the War Labor This is a cll pping fron Board. page £ of the But by striking and playing into the hands of Jabor’s enemies, the miners are jeopardiz- DAILY WORKER ing their own interests both as workers and Date citizens. They should instead join the gen- Clipped at the ‘Sez ' era) stream of labor in s campaign to win ue of : a sound stabilization program, price md Gov rment [met democratic taxes and wage adj ee Eee ments. Through a united effort, labor coul win much without harming the war effort. Tyres, a er a ie te rn Pe Oy CSS OE Da ‘ ~ BN e, OD