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Thee ashington . ae! ‘Merry-Go-R Roun By Drew Pearson - WHEN MEMBERS of the AFL a OME ow xecutive council took ° Mr. MeGeif ———— pplication of John L* Mr. Quinn Tamm nited Mine Workers chiel, Tor , Mr Nease® wo? re-entry into the AFL this week in Chicago, they didn't botber to tell reporters that Lewis Tight have been back in the AFL some time before, except for sigong intervention from the White House. It can gow be revealed that the President was extremely ; Lb A perturbed about the burly mine _ ‘abor chief's efforts to climb back on the AFL bandwagon. In fact, ’ he expressed himself to friends in very blunt language about how _ foolhardy it would be for the : AFL to welcome back a man who - ‘ was in disrepute for openly defy- . ing the Government during the mine dispute. It also can be revesled that William Hutcheson, AFL carpen- . va ter’s boss, and other Lewis : ’ friends on the executive council ’ » had the stage all set for a special 1 ‘ . Meeting of the council last May } s to consider Lewis's application. ft This was the inside reason why ' : ‘ f dohn L. inclosed a fat $60,000 ‘ \ | ¢heck for advance dues with bis - . ; application. \ i erent Just who blocked the meve— \ ’ and bow closely the President { himself was involved—is a secret. - ‘ 1 But Administration insiders re- | port that Marvin Mcintyre, the ! President's secretary, a great « friend of the railroad brother- * hoods. had « hand in it. . Furthermore, immediately af- / * ter Lewis requested readmissian, ' the President had separate con- ! ferences with Dan Tobin, team- | giers’ boss and a top-rung mem- ber of the AFL executive coun- cil, plus George Harrison, fail- way clerks’ bead, who is the most Ahm J fS= ' powerful Bgure in the brother- «bode ately afterward the \ —_ CEST & £: =n move for a special executive ¥ moe eouncll meeting was abandoned. In the course of one of those. conferences the question of ’ Lewis's application for readmis- sion was discussed af some lengitb—and the President ex- : a a gays ee wASH{NGTON -Newmacmeemazay xe wry MORNING SDITION. oes: : = ote « : i: Vr eee Ns Tne Let AES SUS