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rn S ‘<“ DVON DIT NELAY UAL LS) ead £ IN CURBING LEWIS Senator Asks ‘Who Is Bess of U. S§—John L. Lewis or President Roosevelt?’ at ey woe WRGESACTIONBY CONGRESS, wes eS He Asserts Failure of Execu- tive Branch Leaves dob for Senate and House \! Gpectsl to Tws Mew Teae Tours. WASHINGTON, June 2—Sena- tor Byrd of Virginia said today that millions of Americans are aak- ing the question: “Who is the bass of the Unit ates of America: is it John LMfewils or President Roosevelt?" | “He put the question and others into the Congressional Record as; the Senate completed its business late this afternoon. Unless the executive branch takes decisive ac- tion in the present situation, he held, the Congresa muat “do the best {t ean to perform what the Executive branch hes failed to do.” “What hidden power has John L. Lewis so that he, and he alone,/- can defy the government of the/! United States in an hour of thef gTeatest peril this nation has ever faced?" Mr. Byrd asked. “Has— the American flag which now files! over the coal mines of America lost | t ita power and prestige?” The public was told, Mr. Byrd: stated, that no strike could occur against the United Biates govern-| ment, that Secretary Ickes was op- erating the mines a4 the govern- ment's agent and that the United States was the employer. ~ “Yet, today, in the third day of}: the strike,” he said, “The Associat- ed Presa reporta that 500,000 min- ere remain idle. Mr. Lewis has de- fied the War Labor Board. He has refused to appear before it or to. negotiate directly with it Piece by nlece he is obtaining all that he haa asked for." : If Mr. Lewis can defy the gov- . ernment and the flag now, Mr. Byrd asserted, “how can he be con- trolled in time of peace tn the vol- jeanic readjustment period follow- ‘ing the wart” . 1 introduced legiaiation sixty "days ago providing for ‘work or Cre fight,’ Mr. Byrd continued. “Im- & {IF mediately the various departments an 4,14 the government eppoped_fiia ~ eh wy aD {‘) JeGisiation, saying that it would be “ Ue national morale to re- quire those to fight who have re- H “ — et tregeetS work and prodwcasateni- [mis for those who were fighting. “The winning of the war ebroad will be delayed with much greater logs of Mfe unless we oan control cur domestic affaira at home. We NOT RECOR’ 2p 30) NOV. 1 1943 This is a clipping from page // of the New York Times for . Vo. 2. “9k 3 Clipped at the Seat of Government «