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Foremen In Union Upheld. — Lewis, United Mine Workers, Score Points in Two Courts John L. Lewis and the Unitedily legal. Justices Henry W. Edger- qMine Workers won points yester-lton and E. Barrett Prettyman joined day in two courts. — . in the opinion, 1 The United Stat urt of! Clark said,that as long az the © Appeals here partly upheld the Government ran the coal mines it -and_file + employer to bargain with the work- union as zank-and-file miners, ers, and that Moreell had done no ThgSupreme Court said itimore than that. a * would hear the 10 objections The opinion did not squarely cp- Lewis and the UMW to their|cide whether fofemen in gene 1 nes of more than 344 million dol- have s for contempt of court for call- Act, to bets eer the Ww aay ing the recenf coal strike. - as the rank and file workers. But Some time ago, foremen in four Clark noted the Jones & Lau gh- tmineg run by Jones & Laughlin 'Steel Corp. joined the United|/# claim that straw bosses could Clerical, Technical and Super- Unioe cere. belong to the are _visory Employes, a division of at in “UMW's District 50. Hearings and|tyy ‘note qmes’ Re Could not see an election were held by the Na- [tional Labor Relations Board. After|°Ut that the bosses have the duty ‘the Government took over the of enforcing safety rules. Clark mines, during the strike last spring, quéted an NLRB ruling which said . the rules were for the ‘safety of NLRB certified the UMW unit as bargaining agent for the foremen. the miners, rather than of the Admiral Ben Moreell, as Coai mines, so that Was no reason fore- ‘Mines Administrator, made 2 “con. |e2 should not be fellow union- ‘tract with the UMW, covering ford ists of the men they, were sate- men's hours, wages and the like,/&™ e Se (for the period the Government] Jones & Laughlin counsel gave hejd the mines, -. 7 . notice of an appeal to the Supre nes & Laughlin ‘went to court|Court, where the foremen's unio to block the contract, but Justice /Westion is already involved in o Befnett C. Clark said in his opinion (case, with another Jones & Laug. yegterday that the deal was perfect-! See COAL, Page 6, Column 1 ERS ath . ne t ‘. / abe “28 y7 (946 WASHHINGTON FOST Page righ foremen to join the same had the same right as any .other, 4 - ~6f ” ft _ Miss Gandy Q —y phy He Tolson r. BE. A. Tawtm r. Clegg Mr. Mr. M Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr, Mr. Mr, Mr. Mr. Col lay | Gtavin x “Ladd , \ Nichols Rosen _. Tracy Carson Egan Hendon Pennington _ Quinn Tamm Nease {fo 2 : |} 47-22: “-F ————eme: = NOT ROU. ewe aoe er” as a Me : / i t ‘ tr