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John L Lewis — Part 28

75 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Nov 22, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: John L Lewis · 75 pages OCR'd
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ON t. “3 cov yet te ae nail “3 { Coal Ik Ammunition i VERY patriotic. miner will agree d anunnnet the President's assertion that SUP VET Be 6 Se SS we “we can no more tdlerate the letting down ' of coal production than we can tolerate hlet- ting down the shipping of supplies to our This. ana that the policies of J hn La | ‘ This mesns t the po cies 0 : Qm sabotaging the prosecution of i / War mast not be tolerated. Coal production - most anntinue, A fourth general onal strike * must not be permitted. / — This is the course to take irrespective of merits or demerits of the War Labor Board's \ decision. The four labor members on the WLB, and the editorial eolumns of this ; / paper, have already expressed criticism of | some of the provisions of the WLB decision én the nronosed contract for the soft ens) Wa BER BE wesen eee Se SES Ses miners, as well as on its $2-cent anthracite ead ed 1 eel j The President has correctly streased some | of the good features of the decision, expe- | cially the recognition for the first time of | ; the principle of portal-to-portal pay for’ | fo _ which some compensation is granted. This ‘ “ anaes tg ondcubtedly « partial victory, And it fs f SOL ORs VICtOry: sal | % principally due- to “the vigorous voice Presi- dent Philip Murray of the CIO raised in “| . { eis sas - half of the miners. , ' But for the miners now fo take again to 4, ref s- the Lewis strike path is to undermine the j wl oA f - PF SAH chances for a further adjustment In thelr NCT = ES wage standards and at the same time to 35 Nov 8 1943 = harm the entire labor movement. Further seze is @ clipping from provement for them will be possible only Ds of the : the fight {s successful against the com . _ = | gressional bloc that is scyttling sound stabi. ~ DAILY WORKER - beng aa’ _ . Meation; against the profits-first crowd and Date - against the tay-fhe-noor crowd, as against ‘ Seat ‘those who cling to the outward “Little § Steel” Clipped at t thee o! - a Le | walse limit. Be Gor i But this fight can. succeed only by labor | tt Fe: , {| fully honoring its x no-strike pledge and car-} bi a 57 We rying ite fight to the people through anited . mM 4 7 TOAD. wee ee EI Sage wr ud } aude rg a EL RS, A RUNS a _
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