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John L Lewis — Part 28
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third day of the @eneral wot ve |
passed, with is atill holding |
“. club over the nation a war ‘ort, millions
wean 4k. am
‘of Americans both at bome and in the armed
Dark V3 the Clo fariber asdared thal WE pout ap
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oo fhe watenn 2.3 een a
| $0 Win Unis Pouicy and wage adjustment only
f if the no-strike pledge fa strictly upheld. y
The leaders of the American Federation
forces are boiling with indignation that such } of Labor, on the other hand, are still silent
o situation could happen in the midst of war, * on the mine strike, This strengthens the.
The miners are mistakenly following Lewis picion that the AFL's convention at B
in this disastrous strike because they h
go far, seen no other leadership in their
_wnion. They are isolated from the rest of
that there are ways other than strikes
through which they can win their demands, |
a The CIO, now in convention at Philadel-
phia, took a stand that showed qnce more
-that it really expresses the patriotism and
ton delayed readmission of Lewis because it
1 did not want to have the embarrassing strike
. Th
“the labor movement and are not fully ‘aware: 20 its hands. These schemers may rest a2-
- sured, however, that when the sqore is added
{ gp they, too, will not escape pore responsi.
hilite
wuity.
that you can’t win America for wage adjust-
to join with the ClO in & drive to win the *
people for the change. - 5": -%"- -—
The CIO shows not only that its first eon- ; :
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cern is for the war, but it also recognizes
“will of the workers. Its program should be | ments, price roll-back and a fair tax |
rece ‘The CIO called for |
«brought to the miners. The O20 caxed tor gram by a policy that plays into the hands* }
crapping of the outworn “Little Steel” | ; le i
‘ormula and for wage adjustment. But not of the defeatis a ee ee to "really pat -
or the purpose of doing away with astabili- | ¢ 1407 its entire united strength—Cl0, ~ }
tion program, but in order to assure Mr- Railroad Brothechoods, miners. The - i
' | Lewis path is one that serves those who » !
fant to arive away public support from. i; ‘
te The AFLs members, as vitally interested *
; ag the CIO in the policy outlined at Phila- ~
‘ delphia, have the ‘big task of bringing out“
| their unions for it, To do so they must bring —
' the full weight of their pressure against the —
+ , Woll-Hutcheson Republican defeatist forces
who are engaged in intrigues with Lewis s
‘Hefforte to smash the cio when labor uni
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